2003 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING AIR FILTER RECALL 04V105000 REPAIRS. DEALER STATED THE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE. *AK

NHTSA RECALL 04V105000 CONCERNING AIR FILTER PAPER/FIRE. CONSUMER MADE AN APPOINTMENT ON 3/22/2004 FOR RECALL REPAIRS. DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS, BUT TOLD CONSUMER WHEN THE APPOINTMENT WAS MADE THAT THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. ALSO, DEALER PERFORMED THE RECALL FOR THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WHICH THE CONSUMER HAD NO INFORMATION ON THIS RECALL. DEALER DID NOT KNOW WHEN THE PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE AIR FILTER PAPER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD ON, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *MR

I HAVE A 2003 MERCURY SABLE WAGON VIN [XXX]. IT'S SUPPOSE TO HAVE AN 18 GALLON GAS TANK. I CAN NEVER GET MORE THAN 13 GALLONS IN AND THE GAUGE NEVER SHOWS FULL. THE DEALER HAD THE CAR 4 DAYS BUT DID NOTHING. I CAN TRAVEL 220-230 MILES BEFORE HAVING TO REFILL. I FILL UP WHEN THE LOW TANK LIGHT COMES ON. THEY SAY THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THE SITUATION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS ON THE OPEN ROAD A GAS STATION MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE LEAVING A DRIVER STRANDED IN UNSAFE AREAS. I BROUGHT THIS TO THEIR ATTENTION WITHIN SEVERAL WEEKS OF PURCHASE WHICH WAS 7/30/03 AND A NUMBER OF TIMES SINCE. THIS IS HAZARDOUS.*AK *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKING SYSTEM ON 2003 MERCURY SABLE STATION WAGON.*MR (NAR) *CB

THE OIL PAN GASKET HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE ON MY VEHICLE AND NOW IT IS LEAKING AGAIN. I SUSPECT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. HOW CAN I SOLVE THIS PROBLEM? *LA

2003 MERCURY SABLE WITH 20,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, I STEPPED ON THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS A TRUCK, I HEARD A THUMP AND THEN THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND WE LOST ALL POWER. WE PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT THE ACCELERATOR CABLE HAD SNAPPED. I FOUND A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC ON THE FLOOR THAT CAME FROM THE MECHANISM. WE WERE STRANDED 100 MILES FROM THE NEAREST CITY ON A SUNDAY NIGHT. I SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED THE RENTAL CAR MANAGER IF HE HAD EVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE AND HE SAID THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO A TAURUS HE WAS DRIVING. THIS, AS I AM SURE YOU KNOW A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION - IF WE HAD BEEN ON A CROWDED INTERSTATE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WE WERE LUCKY. IS THERE ANY RECORD OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING. JUDGING BY THE PLASTIC LINKAGE I BET IT HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES. PLEASE LET ME KNOW. *LA

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS SEEING THROUGH WINDSHIELD WHEN THE SUN IS SHINING. THE REFLECTION IS SO BAD THAT IT DISTORTS VISION. WHEN LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, INSTEAD OF SEEING WHAT IS ON THE OUTSIDE, THE CONSUMER SEES THE REFLECTION OF THE DASHBOARD. THE REFLECTION IS VERY STRONG. *AK *TS *NLM

THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS, CAUSING DRIVER TO UNINTENTIONALLY PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WHEN TRYING TO BRAKE. *AK