2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECALL FOR FRONT SPRINGS ON 2001 MERCURY SABLES BUT NOT REAR SPRINGS MY VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 60,000 MILES AND I HAD TO REPLACE BOTH REAR SPRINGS DUE TO BRAKING HOW IS THE REAR SPRINGS ANY LESS OF A DANGER THEN THE FRONT SPRINGS

HEARD A LOUD BANG IN REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED A BROKEN DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SPRING. I THEN FOUND OUT THERE WAS A DEALER RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS DUE TO THEM BREAKING PREMATURELY, BUT NO RECALL ON THE REAR SPRING. I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE REAR STRUT AND SPRING. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT BECAUSE THE COIL SPRING PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS (RECALL# 04V332000). THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

FRONT COIL SRING FAILED AND DAMAGED TIRE AS WELL. I HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THE BACKOF THE CAR ANF FORD COVERED IT. IT HAPPENED TO THE BACK AND FORD WILL NOT COVER IT. IT COST OVER $1000.00 TO REPAIR. CAR IS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. *AK

YET ANOTHER FORD TAURUS - MERCURY SABLE REAR SPRING FAILURE AND NO CORRECTIVE ACTION TO DATE BY THE COMPANY OR NHTS. YOUR DATABASE IS FULL OF COMPLAINTS. THE MFG HAS RECOGNIZED THE FAILURE OF THE FRONT SPRING (RECALL# 04V332000), YET WILL NOT OFFER REPAIR SERVICE OR CORRECTIVE ACTION ON THE REAR SPRINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE THE EXACT SAME PART/DESIGN AND ARE EXHIBITING THE SAME DEFECT. HOW MANY PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW OF THE WEBSITE OR THE RECALL? FORD PLAYS OFF THE FRONT SPRING FAILURES TO LESS THAN 2% FAILURE, BUT MECHANICS PERFORMING STATE SAFETY SAY THEY FAIL MORE THEN 25% OF THIS MODEL FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM. IF IT'S A FAILURE FOR A STATE SAFETY INSPECTION, THEN IT MUST BE A SAFETY CONCERN, SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION AND ADD THE REAR SPRINGS TO THE RECALL LIST. I SEE AVG REPAIRS TOTALING OVER $500-$600 + COST OF A NEW TIRE. SOME ONE PLEASE REVIEW THIS MAJOR CONCERN. *TR

THE REAR COIL SPRINGS IN MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE BOTH BROKE WITHIN DAYS OF ONE ANOTHER. I BELIEVE THAT THIS MAY BE A SIMILAR SITUATION TO THE RECALL THAT WAS MADE ON THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS RELATED TO SALT PROBLEMS. *TR

I HAD MY FRONT COIL SPRINGS REPLACED IN 01/2007 UNDER THE STANDING RECALL ON 2001 MERCURY SABLES. NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE THE REAR SPRINGS THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND NO RECALL HAS BEEN INITIATED. HOW FORD/MERCURY IS NOT REQUIRED TO ISSUE A RECALL IS BEYOND ME. AS I DRIVE I NOTICE NUMEROUS SABLES AND TAURUS WITH REAR ENDS THAT ARE SAGGING DUE TO THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT......AND FORD DOES NOTHING....AND NHTSA FOLLOWS SUIT. *TR

I OWN A 2001 MERCURY SABLE SEDAN. ON APRIL 26 I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 9 MPH WHEN MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF THE CAR WITH DIFFICULTY, AND GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. UPON HAVING THE CAR INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BOOT HAD BROKEN AND THE COIL SPRING HAD PIERCED MY TIRE. I HAD THE 2 FRONT BOOTS AND SPRINGS REPLACED ON JANUARY 10, 2006 BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT COIL AND BOOT. I FOUND OUT AT THAT TIME THAT THIS WAS A RECALLED PROBLEM. UPON CALLING THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON APRIL 27 TO NOTIFY THEM, I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A "FREQUENT PROBLEM WITH THE TAURUS AND SABLES, BUT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE BACK COIL SPRINGS". I THEN NOTIFIED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHAT THE DEALER TOLD ME WAS TRUE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A FATALITY. THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE MADE AWARE THAT NOT JUST THE FRONT COILS ARE AN ISSUE. THE CAR IS HAVING BOTH REAR SPRINGS REPAIRED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $470.00 THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE COST OF REPLACING THE DESTROYED TIRE WHICH WILL COST AN ADDITIONAL $85.00. THANK YOU. *AK

DRIVING OUR 2001 SABLE ONE DAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHEN WE WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED AND THE CAR DID NOT MOVE ACCORDING TO THE PRESSURE I WAS PUTTING ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE LIGHT STOPPED FLASHING AND THE CAR RAN FINE. THIS WOULD HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT GOT TO A POINT WERE I TOOK THE UNIT TO A MERCURY DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THEY STATED IT HAD A MIS-FIRE ON THE NUMBER 4 CYLINDER AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE CYLINDER HEAD AT A COST OF 2K ONE HEAD ONLY. I DID SOME ASKING AROUND AT FORD AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE SOME VALVE ISSUES WITH THE 3.0L DOHC 24 V . I LOOKED INTO THE DEALER PROCESS OF CHANGING ONLY ONE HEAD AND I WAS TOLD THAT WOULD NOT BE THE SMART THING TO DO. I FINALLY TOOK THE CAR IN TO CONFIRM WHAT THE DEALER HAD SAID AND TO GET IT FIXED. I TOOK THE CAR TO T.C. AUTO SERVICE IN ANN ARBOR AND HE CONFIRMED I HAD A LEAK DOWN PROBLEM ON NUMBER 4 CYLINDER EXHAUST VALVE. THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CAR AND I HAD BOTH HEADS REWORKED NEW VALVE GUIDE AND SEATS ALONG WITH REPLACING THE VALVES ON NUMBER 4 CYLINDER. I HAVE THE DAMAGED VALVES RETURNED TO ME. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE HAIR DRESSER WHEN SHE HEARD A NOISE UNDER OUR 2001 SABLE THAT SHE NEVER HEARD BEFORE. SHE THEN CALLED TO TELL ME THE TIRE WAS GOING FLAT. WHEN I GOT HOME FROM WORK I TRIED TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE AND IT WOULD NOT HOLD ANY AIR. I PULLED THE TIRE OFF TO TAKE IT TO GET REPAIR AND I NOTICED THAT THE TIRE HAD BEEN DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR, I HAD JUST BROUGHT ALL NEW TIRES TWO WEEKS PRIOR. AFTER GETTING THE TIRE REPLACED I PUT IT BACK ON AND WENT TO SPIN THE TIRE AROUND AS I REINSTALLED THE LUG NUTS AND IT WOULD NOT MOVE. I THEN PULLED THE TIRE BACK OFF AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND THAT'S WHAT DAMAGED THE TIRE BEYOND REPAIR. I CALLED FORD MOTOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I KNEW OF THE FRONT RECALL BUT I WAS TOLD THEY FORD MOTOR COMPANY WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THE REAR SPRINGS BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE RECALL. I THEN TOOK PICTURES OF THE BROKEN SPRING AS THE CAR WAS JACKED UP IN MY GARAGE BECAUSE I NEED TO CUT THE PORTION OF SPRING THAT WAS STICKING OUT SO I COULD PUT THE NEW TIRE ON SO I COULD DRIVE THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP. AS IT TURNED OUT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN BUT IT WAS BROKEN AT THE TOP ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. I HAD THE CAR REPAIR AT T.C. AUTO SERVICE IN ANN ARBOR AND THEY HAVE SEEN MORE THEN JUST MINE. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I THINK THIS IS BULL THAT FORD/MERCURY KNEW THEY HAD A PROBLEM AND WOULD ONLY COVER THE FRONT SPRINGS BY PUTTING A SPRING PROTECTOR ON THE FRONT SPRING TO PREVENT IT FROM DAMAGING THE TIRE WHEN IT FAILED. I HAVE BOTH REAR STRUTS AND COIL SPRING ASSEMBLY. I HAD THEM CHANGED AS ASSEMBLY NOT JUST THE COILS. *TR