1993 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH STALLING. VEHICLE BEEN IN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH. THEN IT STARTED TO OVERHEAT, DID NOT STALL. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC INDICATED THAT HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. ALSO INDICATED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A LACK OF LUBRICATION & COOLING LEAKING OUT.*AK THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE BUT UNWILLING NEITHER TO RECALL NOR TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. *YH

WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF TAILPIPE, ENGINE OVERHEATED. HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH AND OVERHEATING/ WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM TAIL PIPE. VEHICLE TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND INFORMED OF A HEAD GASKET FAILURE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMERTHAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, AFTER A MINUTE IT RESTARTS, THE TFI MODULE HAS BEEN RECALL IN CALIFORNIA FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED. NLM

HEAD GASKET PROBLEM IS COMMON. EVEN THE FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP STAFF AND THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER AGREE. YET FORD REFUSES TO RECALL OR TO COMPENSATE FOR THE REPAIR. MY REPAIR COSTING $5,000+ REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE DUE TO SEVERE HEAT DAMAGE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PROCEEDING TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WHEN THE HEAD GASKET ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER THE OIL SYSTEM. THIS SEIZED THE ENGINE AND MY SON WAS ABLE TO CONTROL IT UNTIL IN CAME TO A STOP OFF A FREEWAY. WE HAD IT TOWED AND IS NOW IN A DEALERSHIP LOT AWAITING REPAIR. LANCE TENNEY

OIL PAN KEEPS RUSTING OUT AND LEAKING ONTO EXHAUST, AND OUT BOTTOM OF VEHICLE WHICH COULD RESULT IN FIRE. *AK

MY CAR'S PROBLEM IS IDENTICAL TO THE "THICK FILM IGNITION" PROBLEM IDENTIFIED IN CALIFORNIA, AND THE MERCURY SABLE 1993 MODEL IS ONE OF THE CARS IDENTIFIED WITH THAT SITUATION. MY ENGINE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES AT LOW SPEED UNTIL TWO HIGH-SPEED INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FEBRUARY 2000. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT. I HAVE SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE STALLING. NOW I CANNOT DRIVE OR SELL THE CAR BECAUSE OF ITS HAZARDOUS STALLING CONDITION. I AM SEEKING ADVICE FROM FORD ABOUT MY COMPLAINT. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLOWN @79,500. COST 2,200 TO REPAIR.FORD CLAIMS THE CAR IS NOT COVERED UNDER THEIR "EXTENDED" 7-YEAR WARRANTY FOR HEAD GASKET FAILURES IN THE 3.8L ENGINES. *AK