2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

NO SPECIFIC EVENT LEAD TO FAILURE. REAR SPRING BROKE CAUSING SPRING TO RUB INSIDE SIDE WALL OF TIRE. DEALER IS REPLACING BOTH REAR SPRINGS. PART WOULD BE AT DEALER: T.E. CLARKE FORD HUDSON OHIO

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HEARD A LOUD BANG AT THE REAR OF THE CAR. NO OBVIOUS CAUSE. CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MINUTES, THEN HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE INDICATING A FLAT TIRE. PULLED OVER AND REPLACED FLAT, LEFT REAR TIRE WITH A SPARE. DROVE TO AUTOMOBILE SERVICE CENTER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT/REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, PUNCTURING THE TIRE. PUT ON NEW TIRE. BROKEN COIL SPRING HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED.*AK

DRIVING AT 70MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG, BUT NO OBVIOUS CAUSE. CONTINUED DRIVING. A FEW MINUTES LATER, HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE INDICATING A FLAT TIRE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND REPLACED FLAT LEFT REAR TIRE WITH A SPARE. DROVE TO NEARBY AUTO SERVICE CENTER. MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. AS OF YET, BROKEN LEFT REAR COIL SPRING HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED, AND IS STILL ATTACHED. *AK

PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL REPAIR COMPLETE ON 2001 MERCURY SABLE.*MR WHEN THE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR HIS APPOINTMENT, HE WAS TOLD NO VEHICLES WOULD BE FIXED IN THE STATE OF MONTANA. *JB

WHILE HAVING RECALL REPAIRS DONE FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRING DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE, AND WAS CUTTING A GROVE IN THE REAR LEFT TIRE. *AK *NM

MERCURY SABLE HAD ACCELERATION WHILE USING CRUISE CONTROL AT HIGHWAY SPEED. CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE IN SPITE OF TURNING OFF CRUISE, PULLING UP THE ACCELERATOR, AND ONLY STOPPED WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO NEUTRAL, STOPPED AND THE ENGINE TURNED OFF. COULD NOT STOP WITH THE BRAKES TO THE POINT OF THE BRAKE PADS SMOKING WHILE THE CAR KEPT ACCELERATING.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH DRIVER HEARD A RUBBING SOUND, AND SHORTLY AFTER, THE TIRE BLEW OUT. OWNER HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED AT A TIRE SHOP WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE ON THE RIGHT REAR. *AK

THE REAR COIL SPRING, NOT THE FRONT PER THE RECALL, CRACKED AND NEARLY RUPTURED THE TIRE. WE HEARD A RUBBING SOUND AND STOPPED THE CAR. I HAVE SINCE CHANGED THE SPRINGS.*AK

THE POWER STEERING IN THE CONSUMER'S 2001 MERCURY SABLE STATION WAGON FAILED. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE BELT WAS LOOSE AND THAT THE SPRING LOADED BELT IDLER PULLEY WAS HANGING IN PARTS ON THE ENGINE BLOCK. *NM IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PULLEY ASSEMBLY COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED THAT FORD REIMBURSE HIM FOR THE COST OF REPLACING THE DEFECTIVE SPRING LOADED IDLER PULLEY ASSEMBLY. *SC

BLOWER FAILURE AND STANDING WATER ON DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S FLOOR BOARDS. *NM