2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LOWER TO THE GROUND ON THE DRIVER SIDE THAN ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. PRIOR TO PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND DURING THE VEHICLE INSPECTION, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COIL SPRING WAS REPLACED. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE A PART OF RECALL # 04V332000 (SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT SINCE THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAVE AFTER MARKET PARTS, HE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY $250 FOR THE REPAIR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 86,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED. BY THE TIME THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER, THE TIRE WAS SHREDDED. HE REPLACED THE SPRING ASSEMBLY AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. HE LATER NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SPRING HAD FAILED IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING. FORD MOTOR COMPANY STATED THAT THERE IS A RECALL FOR JUST THE FRONT SPRINGS, NOT THE REAR. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 45,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO CORROSION FROM SALT. THE CONSUMER STATED DOES NOT KNOW WHY THE SALT CORROSION AFFECTED THE FRONT SPRING BUT NOT THE REAR SPRING. UPDATED 07/31/07 *TR

2001 MERCURY SABLE TAKEN IN FOR TIRE ROTATION AND BALANCE. WHEN THE REAR TIRES WERE REMOVED, MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AT BASE. HE SAID I WAS LUCKY IN THAT THE BREAKS WERE TO THE CENTER OF THE CAR AND NOT TOWARDS THE TIRE SIDE, WHICH WOULD HAVE BLOWN THE TIRE. THE LEFT REAR TIRE WOULD NOT BALANCE, IT WOBBLED, RESULTING IN PURCHASING A NEW TIRE. COST TO REPAIR, $550.00. I AM NO METALLURGIST, BUT LOOKING AT THE BREAKS I'D SAY THAT IT LOOKS LIKE POOR HEAT TREATMENT OF THE METAL COIL THAT CAUSED THE BREAKS. SEARCHING THE INTERNET REVEALED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING 2001 TAURUS FOR SAME COIL BREAKING PROBLEM (SAME BODY AS SABLE). WHY IS THERE NO RECALL BY FORD TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM?. BECAUSE IN THIS COUNTRY THERE HAS TO BE SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH BEFORE ANY ONE REACTS. HOW PATHETIC IS THAT!.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR COIL SPRING FAILED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH. THE FORD DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE COIL SPRING. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, BUT NOT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 52,000. UPDATED 02-01-08 *BF

WE OWN A 2001 MERCURY SABLE WHICH WAS RECALLED PREVIOUSLY DUE TO PROBLEMS WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS BREAKING ON CERTAIN VEHICLES. GUARDS WERE PLACED ON THE FRONT SPRINGS TO AVOID TIRE PUNCTURES.*AK IN MAY 2007 MY WIFE TRAVELLED ABOUT 200 MILES WITH PASSENGERS. UPON RETURNING, ONE OF THE FRONT SPRINGS FELL APART IN OUR YARD. AFTER THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BOTH FRONT SPRINGS WERE BROKEN, ALONG WITH ONE OF THE REAR SPRINGS. SHE WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS WITH THREE BROKEN SPRINGS! THE REAR SPRINGS SEEM SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE FRONT, IF NOT IDENTICAL. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN SUBJECT TO A RECALL AND THE BILL FOR REPLACEMENT OF BOTH THE REAR SPRINGS WAS $632.30. THE DEALER REFUSED TO HELP. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALER, SHE SUGGESTED PURSUING THIS, CLAIMING THEY HAVE REPAIRED LOTS OF REAR SPRINGS ON THESE VEHICLES. SHE SEEMED TO IMPLY THEY HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM AS WELL AS THE FRONT UNITS, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN RECALLED AND THEREFORE NOT COVERED BY FORD. TRAVELLING 65 MPH ON THREE BROKEN SPRINGS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. FORD SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.

TURNING LEFT HAD EXTREMELY LOUD NOISE DUE TO FRACTURED RIGHT FRONT AND LEFT REAR COIL SPRINGS, REPLACED 4 COIL ASSEMBLIES. *AK

I WORK NIGHTS IN KANKAKEE,I HAD JUST GOT OFF OF WORK AND WAS HEADING HOME ON ROUTE 45/52 SOUTH 3 MILES FROM KANKAKEE AT 60 MPH WHEN I HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER THE LEFT TIRE BLEW,I PULLED OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE,WHEN I REMOVED THE WHEEL I NOTICED THE TIRE (SIDE FACING COIL SPRING)LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN CUT OPEN LIKE THE TOP OF A TIN CAN,I THEN NOTICED THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN AND HAD A SHARP EDGE PROTRUDING TOWARD WHERE THE INNER SIDE WALL WOULD BE,I MEAN THIS TIRE WAS CUT ALL THE WAY IN A PERFECT CIRCLE APROXIMATELY 2 INCHES FROM THE WHEEL EDGE,WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR THAT WAS PASSING ANOTHER CAR. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE RIGHT REAR. HE LOOKED IN THE RIGHT SIDE MIRROR AND HE COULD SEE PART OF THE COIL SPRING FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT RETRIEVED THE COIL SPRING. THE DEALER NOTICED THERE WAS MISSING PIECES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR COIL SPRINGS. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS (RECALL #04V332000). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WOULD VIBRATE. THE DEALER NOTICED A FRACTURE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR COIL SPRING DURING A ROUTINE INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THERE WAS RECALL # 04V332000 FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67,000.

LEFT REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE ON MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES. SPRING WAS RUBBING ON THE TIRE. LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE TREAD. NOT ENOUGH TO WARRANT TIRE REPLACEMENT. I LEARNED OF AN NHTSA PROBE OF THIS PROBLEM ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS.COM. *TR