2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT LOCKED AND WON`T RELEASE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT RECALL #01S16 THEY SAY CAR NOT ON THAT RECALL THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME AS THE RECALL,CAR MADE AT SAME PLANT, SAME TIME FRAME AS PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. *NM

DEFECTIVE REAR SPRINGS IN 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE MANUFACTURER ADMITS A DEFECT IN THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND LAUNCHED A RECALL. HOWEVER, THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ALSO PROVED TO BE DEFECTIVE ON MY VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER EXPENSE. THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE WHICH IN TURN DAMAGED THE STRUT AND GOUGED THE NEW TIRE WHILE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. IT IS APPARENT THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE METAL. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE REPAIRS WAS $446.66 FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE TIRE BLEW OUT. *NM

TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP FOR NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT REAR, THOUGHT MAYBE THE BRAKES. REPAIR SHOP SHOWED ME BROKEN SPRING AND STRUT HAD CUT GROOVE IN RIGHT REAR TIRE. I BOUGHT CAR USED IN 2003 WITH ONLY 16,000 MILES ON IT. I T NOW HAS 33,000 MILES ON IT. I AM A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN THAT IS THE SOLE PERSON DRIVING THIS CAR. I HAVEN'T DRIVEN THIS CAR MORE THAN 17,000 IN ALMOST THREE YEARS. THIS KIND OF PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE ON THIS CAR. THE REPAIR SHOP TOLD ME THAT THIS REPAIR IS COMMON ON THIS PARTICULAR CAR! I THINK THIS PART IS HAS BEEN DEFECTIVE SINCE MANUFACTURED. CAN I GET ANY REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS REPAIR? IT IS COSTING ME OVER $900!! *NM

THE REAR COIL SPRING ON MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE BROKE DAYS AFTER I HAD THE VEHICLE IN TO A FORD DEALER FOR THE RECALL ON THE FRONT COIL SPRING. AFTER THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE IT WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE AND WOULD HAVE PUNCTURED THE TIRE IF I DROVE THE VEHICLE BEYOND TO THE REPAIR GARAGE. DUE TO THE REAR SPRING BREAKING I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS AND STRUTS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SEATBELT DOES NOT COME OUT OF THE RETRACTOR MORE THAN ONE AND A HALF INCHES. AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP DETERMINED THE SEATBELT ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

SABLE/2001 REAR SPRING BROKE IN NOT ONE BUT TWO SPOTS,FRONT SPRINGS ARE UNDER RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM,BUT THE REARS ARE NOT! WHY ARE THAY NOT UNDER RECALL! *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED BRIEFLY, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAG SENSORS WERE INOPERATIVE.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE APPEARED TOO CLOSE TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER SUGGESTED REPLACING THE REAR COIL SPRINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE CRACKED. THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED WHICH CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 04/11/06. *JB

2001 MERCURY SABLE LS TIRE BLEW OUT. THE FRONT COIL SPRING AND STRUT ASSEMBLY FRACTURED, PIERCING THE TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE TIRE INSIDE WALL TO SHRED. *TS THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIRS. THE CONSUMER LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BEEN RECALLED. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HER TO CONTACT THE LOCAL DEALER AND SUBMIT THE INVOICE FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THE INVOICE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER BUT THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT IT BECAUSE THE REPAIR WERE NOT MADE BY THEM OR AT ANOTHER FORD DEALER. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT 5 MPH IT FELT AS IF THE PARKING BRAKE WAS ON. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE WHEEL WELLS WERE RESTING ON THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE FRONT DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRINGS WAS FRACTURED. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL, BUT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE NOT REPAIRED. THE REAR COILS SPRINGS WERE REAPIRED UNDER THE RECALL AS WELL. UPDATED 03/28/06. *JB