1993 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

TWO 3.8L MERCURY SABLE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURES: THE FIRST 22JAN98, 70418 MILES, REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY CHERNER LINCOLN MERCURY, VIRGINIA. THE SECOND 27 JAN 2000, 77,266 MILES, REPAIRED BY FORD DEALER SOO MOTORS, COST ME US $1571.19. SOO MOTORS SVC SAID IN ESSENCE I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO FORD FOR RELIEF. FORD CUSTOMER SVC, TOLD ME "SO SORRY" VIA PHONE. THANKS, DICK COUCH. *AK

NO HEAT; DEFROST. HAD 2 THERMOSTATS INSTALLED; STILL NO HEAT. TOOK BACK TO MERCHANIC; DISCOVERED BLOWN HEAD GASKET-ONLY 40,000 MILES ON CAR. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HE HAD SEEN MANY OF SAME YEAR AND MODEL WITH SAME PROBLEM. PAID $1200 FOR HEAD GASKET AND THE TWO THERMOSTATS. WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT.

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD CURRENTLY RECALLING 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES/IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS UNJUST EXCLUSION FOR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVE NO LOGICAL REASON FROM FORD. *AK

CHRONIC COOLANT LEAK APPROX. HALF PT. MONTH-CRUISE CONTROL FAILURE-WATER LEAKS REAR WINDOW- RATTLES DURING BITTER WINTER WEATHER. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD COVERS COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THE 1994-95 ENGINES, BUT NOT IN THE 1993. *AK *ML

CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HEAD GASKETS AND MOTOR MOUNTS REPAIRED AT HER OWN COST. THERE WAS 60,426 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL 97V01900/ ENGINE COOLING FAN. *AK *ML

RECALL EXISTS FOR 1994-1995 VEHICLES WITH SAME 3.8L ENGINE. 1993 NOT INCLUDED (PER FORD). WHY? IT'S THE SAME ENGINE WITH THE SAME INHERENT PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT OF CAR SHAKING UPON STOPPING. ALSO, BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND STALLS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACING. *AK *ML