2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

THE DEALER SAID THAT HE WILL PUT FRONT SHIELDS AROUND THE FRONT SPRINGS BECAUSE THE SPRING BREAKS AND PUNCHES THE FRONT TIRE. CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE REAR SPRING BROKE AND PUNCHED THE REAR TIRE. DEALER SAID THERE WAS NO COVERAGE.*AK

EVENT LEADING UP TO FAILURE: NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS (38,000 MILES) FAILURE: SUSPENSION--LINKAGE BECOMES LOOSE PREMATURELYAND RATTLES. HANDLING BECOMES LOOSE PRESENTING A SAFETY HAZARD. WHAT WAS DONE TO CORRECT FAILURE: 1 CAR HAD LINKAGE REPLACED. 1 CAR IS STILL IN NEED OF REPAIR

DT: THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS, AND THEY LATER TOLD HIM THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR SRPINGS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK *SC *JB

DT: GOT RECALL NOTICE LAST AUGUST ON GUARD SPRINGS ON FRONT OF CAR, AND IT IS NOW MAY AND HE CAN'T GET ANYONE TO FIX HIS CAR. DEALER KEEPS TELLING HIM THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PARTS YET. CALLED MANUFACTURER AND THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY HELP EITHER.*AK

MY 2000 MERCURY SABLE WAS PARK AT MY PLACE OF BUSINESS....LEAVING FOR HOME, STARTED UP THE CAR (BOOM) SMOKE FOR UNDER THE HOOD. THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLD COVER EXPLODED (TOP OF THE ENGINE) . IT'S GOING TO COST ME OVER $600 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE. HAS THIS PROBLEM HAPPEN TO EVERYONE ELSE..

WHILE STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT FULL THROTTLE, EVEN WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED AGAIN, AND THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. VEHICLE ACCELERATED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN THE FRONT AXLE BROKE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, BUT THEY COULDN'T INDICATED WHY THE ACCELERATION FAILURE OCCURRED, EVEN WHEN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED.*AK CAR KEPT LUNGING AND HOPPING FORWARD WHILE THE BRAKES WERE ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE D THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *BF *NM

AFTER NOTICING THAT REAR LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK THE RESULT OF THE TIRE BEING FLAT WAS BECAUSE THE SHARP EDGES OF THE COIL SPRING CUT THE RUBBER ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE. CONSUMER AWARE OF THE FACT THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND DISAPPOINTED THAT THERE NOT A RECALL FOR THE REAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *BF

2000 MERCURY SABLE WITH DURATEC V6 24V ENGINE. STARTED CAR; LOUD BANG; INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS WITH STARTING OR DRIVING THE VEHICLE. ALL MAINTENANCE DONE IN TIMELY MANNER. WHEN INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPLODED PIECES OF PLASTIC FLEW AND INSULATION UNDER HOOD WAS ACTUALLY SHREDDED. COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY HAD SOMEONE HAD HOOD OPEN WHEN CAR WAS STARTED. CAR CURRENTLY AT NEW BRIGHTON FORD WAITING FOR REPAIR.*AK

SHORTLY AFTER RECALL WAS COMPLETED FOR FRONT SPRING SHIELDS I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION SAGGING. TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHICH DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN. CAR IS LIGHTLY DRIVEN, NO TOWING, AND HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES. DEALER IS RECOMMENDING REPLACEMENT OF BOTH REAR SPRINGS AT MY EXPENSE ($380). AFTER READING OTHER CONSUMER COMPLAINTS WITH SABLE SPRINGS, SEEMS TO ME THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITH DEFECTIVE SPRINGS.*AK