2002 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 04V106000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

APPROXIMATELY 39,000 MILES. NO RUST CAR. RUBBING NOISE AND ALL TIRES WITH HISTORY OF LOSING AIR. WHILE REPLACING ALL TIRES, WHEEL TECH NOTICED RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND COMPLETELY WORE OFF INTERIOR TIRE RIDGE. PLACED DOUGHNUT TIRE ON AND ADVISED I TAKE TO MECHANIC TO HAVE ALL SPRINGS FULLY CHECKED. CAR CURRENTLYAT MECHANIC SHOP THIS EVENING. RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING DEFINITELY FRACTURED. SEEMS MANY REPORTS OF SAME NATURE ON THIS MODEL. WHY NO RECALL ON REAR COIL SPRINGS WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS? RUBBING SOUND FROM BENEATH CAR HAS BEEN NOTED AND TIRES CONSTANTLY NEEDED AIR. OTHER ISSUE(S): 1) IGNITION EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN.2) ACCELERATOR SEEMS TO STICK UPON ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE BY LETTING UP FOOT PRESSURE. I INHERITED THIS CAR FROM MY DECEASED FATHER. I WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED THAT HE ACCELERATED TOO QUICKLY FROM A STOPPED POSITION. FATHER TOOK DOWN A LARGE CONCRETE PLANTER DUE TO THIS TYPE OF CAR JERKING, YET I THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO HIS PUTTING TOO MUCH PRESSURE UPON THE ACCELERATOR. NOW THAT I AM DRIVING THE CAR, I NOTE THAT CAR DOES NOT SLOW WHEN I LET UP ON THE ACCELERATOR, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT DUE TO FATHER'S DRIVING. THIS WAS NEVER A PROBLEM WITH HIS FORMER CAR. 3) DRIVER'S DOOR MAKES LOUD CLUNK UPON OPENING AND CLOSING. ARE THESE KNOWN PROBLEMS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND CAUSED THE BATTERY TO DRAIN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS DIMMED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

SPEED CONTROL CABLE CRACKED AND DISLODGED HOLDING THROTTLE OPEN... FORD HAD A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM FOR THIS.. 13B04. HOWEVER IT WAS NEVER DONE, NEVER GOT ANY LETTERS AND HAS NOW EXPIRED... FORD REFUSES TO PAY FOR A CLIP AND CABLE(NEEDS NOW) AND SINCE THIS NEVER WAS A "RECALL" PER SAY IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. HOW CAN I GET FORD TO PAY FOR THIS?

AS I WAS BACKING MY CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A NOISE AND THEN A HISS. THEN THE CAR RESISTED FURTHER MOTION. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT. I TRIED TO REINFLATE IT BUT COULD NOT. I REMOVED THE FRONT WHEEL AND MOUNTED THE MINI SPARE TIRE. THERE WAS A COMPLETE CIRCUMFERENTIAL TEAR OF THE TIRE SIDEWALL NEAR THE TREAD. I ASSUMED IT WAS A SPONTANEOUS FAILURE OF THE TIRE. WHEN I BOUGHT NEW TIRES TODAY AT COSTCO, THE MECHANIC SAID HE COULD NOT PUT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ON THE CAR BECAUSE A PIECE OF BROKEN SPRING WAS PROJECTING OUTBOARD AND HITTING THE SIDEWALL OF THE NEW TIRE. INSPECTION SHOWED THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS ALSO BROKEN BUT THE POINTED END WAS AIMED INWARD. THE INFERIOR COIL WAS BROKEN OFF AND WAS LOOSE BUT COULD NOT BE EASILY REMOVED FROM THE STRUT. I TOLD THE MECHANIC TO REMOUNT THE MINI-SPARE ON THE RIGHT FRONT. UNTIL I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET I HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE THAT FOMOCO HAD PARTIALLY ADDRESSED YEARS AGO IN OTHER MODEL YEARS BUT NOT 2002. IT SEEMS THAT MANY OF THESE FAILURES HAVE OCCURRED AT REST OR SLOW SPEEDS, BUT I ALSO THINK THIS IS A FUNCTION OF THE FACT THAT CARS SIT MOST OF THEIR LIVES. THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL DAMAGE TO OWNERS FOR TIRES AND REPAIRS, BUT LUCKILY THERE HAVE BEEN NO SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES. BECAUSE THE FAILURES ARE SUDDEN AND CATASTROPHIC, THERE IS CERTAIN TO BE A SERIOUS AND PERHAPS FATAL INCIDENT IN THE FUTURE. FOMOCO AND THE US GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE SUBJECTING THE UNKNOWING AND TRUSTING PUBLIC TO THE RISKS OF LUCK, BECAUSE IT WILL EVENTUALLY TURN BAD. APPARENTLY FOMOCO DOES NOT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT ITS DRIVERS TO REPAIR THE DEFECT, OR MITIGATE THE DANGER AND DAMAGE, OR EVEN INFORM OWNERS OF THE DANGER. NHTSA ACT NOW, DO YOUR JOB, AND PROTECT US FROM THOSE WHO BUILD AUTOMOBILES, BUT DON'T CARE.

I PURCHASED THE GRACO COMFORT SPORT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT FOR MY 8 MONTH OLD. APPEARS TO BE A GREAT SEAT UNTIL YOU TRY TO INSTALL IT TO A VEHICLE. I HAVE TRIED PUTTING INTO TWO DIFFERENT CARS, I HAVE TRIED USING THE LATCH SYSTEM AND THEN TRIED THE REGULAR SEAT BELT, NO MATTER WHAT I DO THE SEAT FLOPS AROUND THE BACKSEAT LIKE A DEAD FISH. THE PART WHERE THE TETHER STRAP GOES THROUGH IS AS TIGHT AS IT CAN GET AND THE TOP OF THE CAR SEAT STILL MOVES 5-10 INCHES SIDE TO SIDE. SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE TRIED TO INSTALL THIS SEAT AND NONE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THIS SEAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2002, MAKE=MERCURY, MODEL=SABLE). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, A TIRE BECAME FLAT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH TIRE BECAME FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE. THE FRONT PASSENGER SPRING AND STRUT FRACTURED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SPRING AND STRUT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,867.

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER AND HYDRAULIC HOSE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. HAD REPLACED CALIPER, HOSE AND MASTER CYLINDER. BRAKES STILL MAKE NOISE, GRINDING WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. I TOOK BACK TO HAVE LOOKED AT TWICE, REPLACED HOSE AGAIN. OVER $500.00 IN FIXING AND STILL NOT WORKING RIGHT. REPLACED CALIPER AND HOSE TWICE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON ENTERING THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A LARGE PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE INTERIOR AND FLOOR TO BE SOAKED. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000.