2002 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, A FRONT SPRING VIOLENTLY BROKE DAMAGING THE STRUT ALSO. GOD ONLY KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THIS WAS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *TR

BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK AND THE CAR WOULDN'T MOVE. DISCOVERED MY LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, THE SPRING COIL HAD BROKEN AND POPPED THE TIRE. GETTING THE TIRE REPLACED THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THE BACK SPRING WAS BROKEN ALSO. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE AND BLEW THROUGH FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED. HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRINGS, STRUTS AND UPPER MOUNTS AND LOWER BALL JOINTS AND THE TIRE AND A WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THANKFULLY THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED. IT WAS VERY SCAREY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ENTERING A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY DRIVING 5 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLEW. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE COIL SPRING AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO ACTIVE RECALL FOR THE FAILURE AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REPAIRS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. UPDATED 05/04/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE SRPING FAILED, BREAKING THE SWAY BAR END LINK AND TORE A HOLE IN THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE. UPDATED 05.09.11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS INDEPENDENTLY ILLUMINATED WITHOUT WARRANT. THE BRAKES LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE BATTERY WAS DRAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 04V106000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE, RUINING THE BRAKE HOSE AND STABILIZER LINK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,832 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,554.

DRIVING 15MPH THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE SUSPENSION COIL (SURROUNDING THE STRUT) BROKE, IT RIPPED THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND SEVERED THE BRAKE LINE. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN OR PUSHED BECAUSE PART OF THE COIL WAS CAUGHT UP INSIDE THE TIRE. *TR

HEATER/DEFROSTER FAN HAS FAILED. THIS ALSO PREVENTS THE A/C FROM CLEARING THE WINDSHIELD OF CONDENSATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLATTENED. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH A SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE CENTER WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO PUNCTURE. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR THE COIL SPRING FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 1999-2001 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION: FRONT: SPRINGS: COIL SPRINGS). THE CONTACT WILL NOTIFY THE MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

INTERMITTENT FUEL SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OVER PAST YEAR AND A HALF. HAD IT CHECKED AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE IDENTIFIED AS THE FUEL SMELL WOULD NOT BE PRESENT WHEN BROUGHT IN FOR SERVICE CHECK. IN DECEMBER OF 2010, FUEL BEGAN POURING OUT FROM TOP OF FUEL TANK AND ONTO GROUND WHEN ENGINE WAS RUNNING. PROBLEM DISCOVERED IN PLASTIC CONNECTION ELBOW AT TOP OF FUEL PUMP WHICH CONNECTS TO FUEL LINE ABOVE FUEL TANK AT THE PUMP. ELBOW HAD A FINE CRACK ALONG THE TOP AND FUEL WOULD SPRAY OUT WHEN FUEL PUMP WAS RUNNING. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL FACTORY PUMP. CAR WAS ORIGINAL WITH NO HISTORY OF COLLISION OR REPAIRS IN THIS AREA. I HAVE RETAINED THE PUMP.