2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES GAS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WILL STICK AND THEN ABRUPTLY ENGAGE. THE DEALERSHIP DID A TEMPOARY FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO TAKE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK GEAR. CONSUMER HAS TO LEAVE VEHICLE IN NEUTURAL GEAR, ENGAGE EMERGENCY BRAKES AND LEAVE KEYS IN THE IGNITION, TO PARK VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED BRAKE WIRES, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

CAR STALLED ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS. IT'S BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY REPLACED SOME IGNITION COILS SECOND TIME, HOWEVER CAR STALLED YET AGAIN. TWICE CAR WAS STARTING FROM A STOP IN TRAFFIC, TWICE COMING TO A STOP AND GETTING READY TO TURN RIGHT. DANGEROUS SITUATION WHEN TURNING AS CAR COASTED INTO LANE WHEN I NEEDED TO BE ACCELERATING. DT

AFTER DEALERSHIP MEASURED THE SPACING BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL SAD IT WAS FINE, BUT CONSUMER HAS SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENT DUE TO THE SPACING OF THE TWO PEDALS. TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATED THAT ON 11/3/02 WAS DRIVING APPROACHING A STOPPED TRAFFIC AND DEPRESSED BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AND CONSUMER PULLED OFF ROAD TO AVOID A COLLISION. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER WHO AT FIRST ADVISED COULD NOT DETERMINE CAUSE. DEALER THEN STATED DISCOVERED PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION SENSOR THAT WAS SIGNALING CAR TO FIVE MORE GAS. DELAER REPAIRED AND RETURNED VEHICLE TO CONSUMER. CONSUMER DROVE VEHICLE FREQUENTLY WITHIN NEXT WEEK TO MAKE SURE PROBLEM WOULD NOT REOCCUR. ON 11/10/02 WHILE DRIVING ENGINE SURGE OCCURED AGAIN. DEALER STATED NO PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE. TS

SEAT BELT BINDS AND BECOMES INOPERABLE REPEATEDLY, REPORTED ISSUE THE FIRST TIME ON 10/05/2001; NEXT ON 10/15/2001; NEXT ON 10/23/2001; AGAIN ON 9/30/2002; AGAIN ABOUT 11/01/2002 (NOT LOGGED IN BY DEALER); AND 11/11/2002. DT

RECALL 02S40 DID NOT ADDRESS MY PROBLEM. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND RELEASED THE VEHICLE AS BEING "OK". MY PROBLEM IS EXCESSIVE BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL (MORE THAN 2.5 INCHES WHEN DEPRESSED). WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLLIED THE PEDAL LEVEL IS MORE THAN 1/2 INCH BEYOND THE GAS PEDAL LEVEL. THE PROBLEM IS NOT A MATTER OF THE TWO PEDALS. IT IS A SITUATION OF TOO MUCH BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL. A SHORTER STROKE IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM WOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM. DT

CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, THE SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS SCC

WHILE DRIVING 35MPH OR MORE THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED INADVERTENTLY. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS