1997 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

PAINT HAS PEELED AND NOW THE METAL IS RUSTING AROUND ALL EDGES OF THE HOOD. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY MPH WHEN COULD LET ACCELERATOR GO AND VEHICLE WILL NOT DECELERATE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER AND PROBLEM WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. *AK A LOCAL SERVICE STATION DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS A DEFECTIVE IDLER CONTROL AND REPLACED IT. *SLC

I PURCHASED MERCURY SABLE IN JULY 1999 AS A NEW VEHICLE (DEALER DEMO). I EXPERIENCED FIRST PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO DURING TWO SEPARATE WEEKS AND THOUGHT NO MORE ABOUT IT UNTIL THIS MONTH. I LEFT CHURCH AND WENT UP A SLIGHT INCLINE TO A STOP SIGN; WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TRIED TO PULL OUT INTO THE TRAFFIC, THE CAR BEGAN ROLLING BACKWARDS. I BRAKED AND LOOKED TO BE SURE I HAD NOT SOMEHOW PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL; IT WAS IN DRIVE. I AGAIN TRIED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR CONTINUED BACKWARD, HALF WAY DOWN THE BLOCK. I PUSHED HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED FORWARD. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, I SAT AT A RED LIGHT ON FLAT LAND AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND I TOUCHED THE GAS PEDAL, IT REVVED UP BUT DID NOT MOVE. I BRAKED, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THEN BACK IN DRIVE AND IT JERKED FORWARD. WHEN I TOOK IT TO ALLAN VIGIL FORD ON TARA BOULEVARD IN JONESBORO, GEORGIA, THE SERVICE MANAGER QUOTED A PRICE OF MORE THAN $2,500. TO REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION. ON A CAR ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD WITH LESS THAN 70,000 MILES!!!! I HAVE READ OTHER REPORTS ON THIS MAKE AND MODEL AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH FORD TRANSMISSIONS. MY SON IN LAW, JOSEPH KAIGLER, HAS A 2001 TAURUS WHICH HE RETURNED AFTER LESS THAN A MONTH TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED. PLEASE HELP! SHORT OF PAYING $2,500, IS THERE ANOTHER REMEDY I MAY GAIN.*AK

VEHICLE IS REVVING WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING. MPH DOES NOT MOVE, BUT RPMS GO UP, POSSIBLY DUE TO BANDS WITHIN TRANSMISSION THAT ARE SLIPPING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER HAS HAD TIE RODS CHANGED BECAUSE THEY WERE BROKEN, THIS CAUSED STEERING AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET. *AK

THE FLOOR PAN UNDER OUR CAR THAT HOLDS OUR REAR SUSPENSION AND WHEELS IN PLACE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE SLOWED TO 30 MPH, TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT. DEALER FOUND METAL SHAVINGS. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER 14 TIMES FOR LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE SINCE SHORTLY AFER PURCHASE. CURRENTLY, WARRANTYHAS EXPIRED. DEALER FINDS SHAVINGS OF MOTOR ARE GETTING INTO RADIATOR. VEHICLE ALSO HAS A ANTI-FREEZE SMELL. *AK THE DEALER WANTS TO REPLACE THE ENGINE BECAUSE THE METAL PARTICLES CHIPPING OFF THE ENGINE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE RADIATOR CORE ( BAD ANTI FREEZE ODER). *YH

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATED WHICH PREVENTED CLUTCH FROM GOING INTO GEAR. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN FROM EITHER INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER.*AK THE CAM SHAFT SENSOR WAS BROKEN. THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILURE. *YH

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAGS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, CAUSING SEAT BELTS TO GRAB OR TO BE TOO LOOSE. RETRACTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK