2002 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

OWN A 2002 MERCURY SABLE SEDAN AND ON 2-11-08 HAD TO REPLACE BOTH FRONT COIL SPRING/STRUTS AT A COST OF APROX. $ 1200. NOW ON 7-9-08 WE WILL HAVE TO REPLACED BOTH THE REAR COIL/SPRING ASSEMBLIES. I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL UP TO 2001 FOR THE FRONT. NOTHING FOR 2002. *TR

RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE CAR AT REST AND TOOK OUT THE STRUT. NEEDED TO BE TOWED IN FOR REPAIR. RIGHT REAR SPRING BROKE A FEW WEEKS EARLIER. *TR

FRONT COIL SPRINGS WENT OUT IN JANUARY 2008. CAR HAD SET FOR A FEW DAYS AND WHEN ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE CAR, THE CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE. UPON INSPECTION, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING HAD PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE COIL SPRINGS IN THE FRONT WERE REPLACED AND A NEW TIRE WAS BOUGHT. IN MARCH 2008, THE DRIVER'S SIDE LEFT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUBBED A RING INTO THE TIRE. AGAIN, THE BACK COIL SPRINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AND A NEW TIRE BOUGHT. *TR

I BOUGHT THESE TIRES AND THEY ONLY HAVE A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. THEY WERE 60,000 MILES TIRES. WITH MY ALZHEIMER'S HUSBAND UNDER THE CARE OF HOSPICE I WENT TO RUN ERRANDS. I ALSO RECENTLY BOUGHT 2 NEW FRONT TIRES. WHEN PUTTING THEM ON THE TOLD ME THEY LOOKED DRY ROTTED AND TO TAKE THEM BACK. MERCHANTS TIRES HAS MOVED. IT COST MONEY TO DRIVE AROUND TRYING TO FIND WHERE THEY MOVED TO. HOSPICE ONLY GIVES ME 1 HR. TELL ME HOW I AM SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS? *TR

MY HUSBAND MERELY SAT IN OUR CAR AND WE HEARD A TERRIBLE NOISE FROM THE BACK - IT WAS THE SPRINGS BREAKING. WE SPENT $400.00 TO REPAIR BOTH REAR SPRINGS. A MONTH LATER, I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR NEW TIRES AND THE DRIVERS-SIDE FRONT SPRING BROKE. WE ENDED UP REPLACING SPRINGS, SHOCKS, AND MOUNTING HARDWARE FOR A TOTAL OF $650. FORD HAS RECALLED THE 1998-2001, BUT THIS PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY IS STILL NOT FIXED AND THE 2002 SHOULD BE RECALLED AS WELL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. ON JUNE 16, 2008, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING ALIGNED, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS FAILED. HE CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR WOULD BE $500. THE VEHICLE NEEDED TO BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND THEN A RUBBING NOISE. SHE PARKED THE VEHICLE. A MECHANIC ARRIVED AT THE SCENE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE SWAY BAR FAILED, WHICH RUINED THE STRUTS AND CV BOOT. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE SWAY BAR, STRUTS, AND CV BOOT. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD TO BE REALIGNED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 32,000. UPDATED 07/15/08. *LJ THE MECHANIC STATED THE SWAY BAR WAS MADE OF PLASITC INSTEAD OF METAL. UPDATED 07/15/08

REGULAR DRIVING. BOTH OF THE REAR SUSPENSION COILS SNAPPED AND THE FRONT COILS APPEAR TO BE ON THEIR WAY AS WELL. *TR

2002 MERCURY SABLE NOT EQUIPPED WITH OPTIONAL "PERSONAL SAFETY SYSTEM" (NO SIDE AIRBAGS OR OCCUPANT SENSORS ON THIS VEHICLE) WAS INVOLVED IN COLLISION. FRONT END DAMAGE APPEARS MINIMAL, MICHIGAN STATE POLICE ESTIMATED VEHICLE SPEED AT COLLISION APPROX. 25 MPG. PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT. THE VEHICLE DID PROTECT THE DRIVER (ME) AND THE SEATBELT SYSTEM WORKED FLAWLESSLY. I COULD HAVE BEEN INJURED BUT WAS NOT. BASED ON EQUIPMENT ON THIS VEHICLE, IF THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED THEN THE DRIVERS SHOULD HAVE AS WELL AS IT DOES NOT HAVE THE OCCUPANT SENSORS, ETC. MAIN CONCERN IS IN REPAIR, THE DEALER STATED THAT THIS HAPPENS SOMEWHAT FREQUENTLY AND I AM CONCERNED THE DRIVERS AIRBAG WILL NOT BE REPLACED. *TR

FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SPRING BROKE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE. THE BROKEN SPRING CUT A 4 INCH GASH IN THE TIRE AND CAUSED A FLAT. THERE WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE WE WERE DRIVING SO SLOWLY IN THE GARAGE BUT THE TIRE BLEW SUDDENLY AND COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE SPRINGS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BREAK HOWEVER THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER, TIRE SALESMAN, AND SEVERAL DEALERS ALL REPORTED IT AS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE MODEL CARE I WAS DRIVING. REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS & STRUTS IN THE FRONT AND TIRE $730.00. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR SPRINGS SHOULD BE SAFE BECAUSE I HAVE A WAGON AND THEY ARE A DIFFERENT PART. *TR