2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

INTAKE MANIFOLD EXPERIENCED AN EXPLOSION AND BLEW UP. CONSUMER WAS PULLING UP TO THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *AK

I WAS TURNING INTO A DRIVEWAY,ALMOST STOPPED,CAR ACCELERATED EVEN THOUGH I WAS STOMPING DOWN ON THE BRAKE.I ENDED UP IN A GARAGE DOOR,CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY CAR,THEIR CAR AND GARAGE DOOR. I TOOK CAR TO DEALER,NOTHING WRONG.FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEM.*AK

REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR SERVICE ON COIL SPRING.*MR THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN BRAKING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR COIL SPRING ALONG WITH THE FRONT PADS AND ROTORS. THE CONSUMER LATER REVIEWED AN ARTICLE THAT APPEARED IN THE LOCAL PAPER WHICH OUTLINED RECALLS ON 1999, 2000 AND 2001 FORD TAURUS AND SABLE SEDANS FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE REPAIRS ALREADY MADE TO HIS VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS RECALL. *NM

PROBLEMS WITH TIRE EQUIPMENT DEFLATING.*MR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF A GARAGE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. THE CONSUMER THEN HEARD A TREMENDOUS NOISE FOLLOWED BY HISSING. THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT HE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE WAS DEFLATED. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE STRUT AND SPRING HAD SNAPPED PUNCTURING THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR FACILITY TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED TO A FORD DEALER THE PARTS COULD NOT BE GUARANTEED. *NM

THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ON THE VEHICLE BROKE. IT WAS DISCOVERED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED. NO RECALL ON THE REAR. *JB

THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER ON THE COIL SPRING. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE OTHER COIL SPRINGS PER THE MANUFACTURE UNTIL THEY FAILED. *JB

I RECEIVED A NOTICE OF RECALL ON MY 2000 MERCURY SABLE. THE RECALL IS FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY FRACTURE AND PUNCTURE A TIRE RESULTING IN A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. THIS IS RECALL NUMBER 04S17. I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE ON 8/9/04. THE CORRECTION FOR THIS DEFECT IS TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE SHIELDS ON THE VEHICLE TO PROTECT THE TIRES. THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE RECALL IS DECEMBER 2004. FORD/MERCURY INDICATES THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT UNTIL DECEMBER 2004. IN THE MEANTIME, OWNERS DRIVING THESE VEHICLES ARE RISK IF A COIL SPRING(S)SHOULD FRACTURE AND PUNCTURE ONE OF THE TIRES WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS COULD RESULT IN A POTENTIALLY FATAL CRASH. WHY IS FORD/MERCURY PUTTING IT'S CUSTOMERS AT RISK? THE NHTSA LOGO SAYS "PEOPLE SAVING PEOPLE". WHY IS THE NHTSA PERMITTING FORD/MERCURY TO DELAY CORRECTING THIS DEFECT FOR FOUR MONTHS AND PUTTING SO MANY LIVES AT RISK? THE SAME TYPE OF DEFECT OCCURRED IN 92-93 MERCURYS AND IN MY 1992 FORD TAURUS.*AK MR. GRUB CALLED THE VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE DEC-13-2004, STATING THE THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER IS APOLOGETIC, BUT STILL UNABLE TO ADDRESS THE DEALER HAVING NO PARTS AS STATED ON THE LETTER FOR DECEMBER 2004. HE RECEIVED THE RECALL LETTER IN AUGUST 2004.

REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND PUNCTURED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THIS OCCURRED DUE TO THE SAME DEFECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000. THE REAR COIL SPRING AND TIRE WERE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING RECALL 04V332000 RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE COULD STILL OCCUR AND RESULT IN A CRASH.*AK

FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING FAILED WHICH RUPTURED THE TIRE AND DAMAGED THE RIM. *MR A WEEK LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. *SC RECAL #04V332000 *JB