1997 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED AT 13,000 MILES DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CORE. DEALERR REPLACED IT ANOTHER PUMP WHICH ALSO BECAME DEFECTIVE WITHIN 2 DAYS.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH WASN'T WORKING PROPERLY. FUSE WAS CHECKED. AFTER CHECKING FUSE BOX EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK FINE. SUBSEQUENTLY, SAMETHING HAPPENED AGAIN. CONSUMER WAS CONTACTING DEALER. *AK

UPON DRIVING DURING RAIN OR DAMP WEATHER STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, THE BATTERY LIGHT FLASHES AND THE FAN BELT MAKES NOISE. YH

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD DURING DECELERATION/ACCELERATION, PARTICULARY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. TURNING TO THE RIGHT RESULTS IN GROWLING NOISE FROM UNDER HOOD. INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON AS DOES DOOR AJAR LIGHT AND WARNING CHIME FOR LEAVING KEYS IN IGNITION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ONTO THE RAMP OF A HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 8MPH IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC BARELY TAPPED THE BUMPER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT, AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. ALSO WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED BECAYSE A PIECE OF THE DASHBOARD COVER, WHERE THE AIRBAGS ARE HIDDEN, HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND SHATTERED IT.*AK

CONSUMER EXHAUST SYSTEM FAULTY CAUSING FUMES TO ENTER THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO BECOME ILL (HEADACHE, FATIQUE ECT). NLM

TRANSMISSION CASE HAD 6" CRACK , DIFFERENTIAL JOINT DISINTERGRATED, AND FLUID LEAKED ON TO CATALYTIC CONVERTER THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE.

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEM WITH SUSPENSION. VEHICLE SITS SO LOW TO THE GROUND THAT IN SNOW LIKE WEATHER, BRAKES FREEZE UP, AND PERFORM POORLY UNTIL CAR IS FULLY WARMED UP. CONSUMER NOW BELIEVES THAT HER CLAIMS WERE TOO HASTY AND THAT ALL LOW RIDING CARS HAVE THIS PROBLEM, CAR SIMPLY IS NOT SUITED FOR COUNTRY DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK *ML

DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHT MODULE FAULTY, LOCATION OF MODULE IS BELOW THE ACID STORAGE BATTERY WHICH CREATES A CORROSION PROBLEM. MJS

THATS IT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 45,000, THE WHEEL BEARING WENT OUT SOON AFTER PURCHASED, THE INTERIOR ELECTRICAL WENT OUT SOON AFTER PURCHASE ALSO THE POWER SEAT QUIT WORKING.