1995 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF DRIVEWAY FOUND OUT THAT LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS FLAT. TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP FOR TIRE REPAIR AND FOUND OUT THAT FRONT COILS SPRING WERE BROKEN IN TWO PARTS, HAD PUNCHURED TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH ENGINE STALLED, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. ALSO, TURN SIGNALS DID NOT FUNCTION. ENGINE USUALLY STARTED AFTER SITTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES, AND HAS IT CURRENTLY.*AK

CAR WOULD NOT STOP RUNNIING HAD TO TAKE OUT THE FUSES TO STOP THE CAR FROM RUNNUNG. *AK

CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING ERRATIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SPEEDOMETER, TAKEN TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN MARCH OF 1997, THEY REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD, IN OCTOBER OF 2000 THE REPLACEMENT FAILED, ONCE AGAIN EXPERIENCING ERRATIC MOVEMENT WITH NO PARTICULAR PATTERN, THIS TIME IT WAS RELATIVELY BRIEF, IN NOVEMBER OF 2000, PERIODS OF ERRATIC PERFORMANCE BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND LASTED LONGER, FORD ADVISED UNLESS THEY COULD OBSERVE THE FLUCTUATIONS AS THEY WERE HAPPENING, THE CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. *JG

WHEN ACCELERATING THERE WAS A LOUD CLUNK, ENGINE WAS,MOVING. THIS BROKE AIR CONDITIONING LINE. THERE WAS A RECALL PRESENTLY FOR ENGINE MOUNTS, BUT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. *AK

RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 98V323000. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS REFUSED DUE TO "MILEAGE ON VEHICLE, AND IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY." DEALERSHIP CHARGED HIM FOR MECHANIC TO LOOK AT VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR, IT HAD 120,673 MILES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, WE STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR OVERHEATING. THE TEMP INDICATOR WOULD RISE TO HOT, STAY THERE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR MORE AND THEN GO BACK TO NORMAL. WE PUT IN A NEW THERMOSTAT, BUT OCCASIONALLY THE CAR WOULD OVERHEAT. BY THE TIME WE PULLED OVER TO STOP THE CAR, THE TEMP GAUGE WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL. THIS HAS CONTINUED, INTERMITTENTLY, UNTIL LAST THURSDAY. WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, THE TEMP GAUGE ROSE TO HOT, THE ENGINE STARTED TO MIS-FIRE AND I SAW BLUE SMOKE COMING OUT THE BACK. I MANAGED TO GET THE CAR HOME, BUT IT NEVER STARTED AGAIN. WHEN WE CHECKED THE OIL, IT WAS UP A QUART. (MY GUESS IS ANTI-FREEZE IN THE CRANKCASE.) LOOKS LIKE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. I HAVE SINCE HEARD RUMORS THAT IT MAY BE A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THAT ENGINE.

ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER STARTED "BOUNCING" AFTER 19100 MILES, I.E. THE SPEED INDICATOR WOULD SWING WILDLY BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 40 AND 80 OR SO, ACCOMPANIED BY A BUZZING SOUND. THIS OCCURRED AT SPEEDS OVER 45-50 MPH. SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE BY DEALER. THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY UNTIL THE WARRANTY-PERIOD ENDED, THEN WITH APPX. 25000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT SPEEDOMETER, IT STARTED ACTING THE SAME WAY. A LETTER OF COMPLAINT DIRECTED TO FORD/LINCOLN/MERCURY RESULTED IN A CALL SAYING THE DEALER WOULD CONTACT US. THEY NEVER DID. THE SPEEDOMETER IS STILL "BOUNCING" BEING UNRELIABLE AND NOISY WHEN DRIVING OVER 45-50 MPH. *AK

I DID NOT OWN THIS CAR A MONTH, BEFORE THIS HAPPENED , AND THEN, TALKING WITH A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, I WAS INFORMED OF A RECALL THAT MIGHT BE ISSUED FOR THIS BY FORD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I HAVE ANY POSSIBLE RECOURSE TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED ASAP. THANK YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

CONSUMER'S CAR FROM TIME TO TIME CAN SHUT OFF NO MATTER HOW FAST CONSUMER IS GOING, OR HOW LONG CONSUMER HAS BEEN DRIVING. THE PART IS T.F.I (THICK FIXTURE IGNITION. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER WAS WILLING TO REPLACE PART AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK