1993 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT. REPAIRED HEAD GASKET, COSTING CONSUMER $1,300. *AK

WAS CHARGED $1155.18 FOR REPAIR TO GASKETS. HAD ORIGINALLY PURCHASED 100,000 MILE/6 YEAR WARRANTY ON VEHICLE IN MAY 1993 (NEW VEHICLE). BECAUSE CAR HAD BEEN OUT OF WARRANTY FOR SIX MONTHS DEALER DID NOT LOOK INTO PARTIAL REDUCTION OF COST EVEN THOUGH SERVICE MANAGER ADMITTED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS ENGINE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40-45 MPH, VEHICLE JUST DIED AND THERE WAS NO POWER AT ALL. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAFELY. AFTER ABOUT 25-30 MINUTES, VEHICLE STARTED BACK UP. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. POWER STEERING LINES WERE LEAKING, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO DIE. REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK *ML

FORD MOTOR CO. IS REFUSING TO PAY FOR THE MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE WHEN HUNDREDS OF CARS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FROM THIS PROBLEM WHICH IS A SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE IT WAS OVERHEATING ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND TO BE BLOWN. DEALER REFUSES TO COVER ANY COST OF REPAIR, EVEN THOUGH THEY COVER REPAIRS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM IN 94 MODELS. *AK *ML

COST OF REPAIR WAS $1,309.94. HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN 3.8L ENGINE. THIS HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL ON 1994 MODEL AND SHOULD INCLUDE THE 1993. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLOWN. CAR OVERHEATED. HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR CAR TO COOL DOWN IN TRAFFIC. HAD TO DRIVE CAR CAREFULLY TO NEAREST REPAIR FACILITY. *AK

ENGINE HAS BEEN OPERATING POORLY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP.CONSUMER WAS INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY BY THE MANUFACTURER. *AK WHILE HAVING RECALL (98V-323) PERFORMED ADDITIONAL REPAIR CHARGES FOR THE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS. *Y HAD TO REPLACE WATERPUMP AND RADIATOR IN OCTOBER OF 2000, $ 925.00

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE ANTI-FREEZE LEVEL WAS VERY LOW, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS EXTREMELY HIGH. IT WAS CAUSED BY BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. BLOWN HEAD GASKET CAUSED SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE TO TIMING COVER GASKET/WATER PUMP GASKET, WATER PUMP, INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET, O2 SENSORS, AND CREATED NEED FOR OIL CHANGE. FORD REFUSES TO ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR COSTS EVEN THOUGH MILEAGE IS LOW . *AK *ML

THE OIL PAN ROTTED B/C THE ENGINE RUNS TOO HOT, AND WE HAD TO REPLACE THE STARTER.*AK