2002 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

NOISE IN REAR SUSPENSION. STRUT COIL SPRING BROKE AND RUBBED HOLE IN REAR TIRE. REPLACED REAR STRUTS AND REPLACED TIRES. *TR

2002 MERCURY SABLE. 40K MILES. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED (BROKE) WHILE BACKING CAR FROM DRIVEWAY. SPRING FAILURE CAUSED RUPTURE OF FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. SPRING CAUSED THE FRONT WHEEL TO LOCK UP, DISABLING THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WHERE THE DAMAGED TIRE AND ALL 4 COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY CORROSION ON THE BROKEN COIL SPRING. THE PAINT WAS INTACT, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PITTING OR BUBBLING, AND THE STEEL LOOKED LIKE A CLEAN BREAK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE TIRE AND COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED AND REPAIRED. APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AND A HALF LATER, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 119,400 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 118,951.

2002 MERCURY SABLE. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLOWOUT. CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE CHANGING THE TIRE IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE SPRING SNAPPED. SHE NOTICED THAT THE BROKEN SPRING WAS ALSO RUBBING AGAINST THE SPARE TIRE. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED 12 HOURS LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE LEFT FRONT TIRE/SPRING. *JB

ON 5-8-08 AFTER PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE PIERCING MY FRONT TIRE AND CAUSING ME TO LOSE CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE. THIS OCCURRED ON A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY, LUCKILY THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC IN THE ONCOMING LANE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROBLEM WAS RECALLED FOR THE SAME CAR UP TO 2001, BUT DOES NOT COVER 2002 VEHICLES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE CONTACT HEARD A RUMBLING SOUND COMING FROM HIS VEHICLE. WHEN HE MADE IT TO THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 20 MPH AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. HE WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND HAVE IT TOWED TO BILL WILSON'S AUTO BODY SHOP. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE SHOP BEING REPAIRED AT THE COST OF $570. THE REPAIRS CONSISTS OF A NEW STRUT, SPRING, AND ALIGNMENT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 73,000. UPDATE 05/13/08 *BF UPDATED

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, A TIRE BLEW OUT. THE FAILURE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO THE SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE AND IS CURRENTLY REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,650 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,660.

2002 MERCURY SABLE RECALL FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRING SNAPPED AND SHREDDED THE FRONT TIRE. CONSUMER WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT. RECALL WAS FOR 1999 TO 2001. *KB

ON MARCH 15TH, 2008 WE PROCEEDED TO ENTER OUR VEHICLE A 2002 MERCURY SABLE, UPON PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION COIL BUSTED OUR TIRE. LUCKILY NO ONE WAS HURT. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AFTER FINDING THIS WEBSITE OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. AFTER A FEW WRONG NUMBERS I GOT A HOLD OF THE RECALL DEPARTMENT AND SO FAR THERE AREN'T ANY RECALLS ON THIS ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE IF WE WERE EN ROUTE SOMEWHERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THERE VERY WELL COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 90,680 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,600.