2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

THE CONSUMER WENT INTO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE FRONT COIL SPRING REPAIRED ON A RECALL AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. THE CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND CONTACT WILL BE MADE ON THE REPAIR. *JB

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE. OWNER TURNED ON THE IGNITION SWITCH AND THERE WAS A LOUD BANG LIKE A SHOT GUN WENT OFF. THE OWNER LATER DISCOVERED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW APART. THE MANIFOLD WAS MADE OF PLASTIC. THE OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS NOT UNCOMMON. THE DEALER WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE DEFECT, AND THE ESTIMATED CHARGE OF REPAIR WOULD COST ABOUT $600.00.*AK *EH *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , AND VEERED INTO THE OTHER LANE. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND DRIVER'S REAR TIRE SHREDDED. CONSUMER CALLED AAA, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THE REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FLATTEN.*AK *ER *JB

AFTER GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND MADE AN INSPECTION. NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. CONSUMER GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE SHIFT IT INTO REVERSE, AND VEHICLE MADE A LOUD SCRAPPING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPRING FRACTURED AND PUNCHED THE TIRE.*AK

MERCURY SABLE 2001, FAULTY SUSPENSION REAR SPRINGS. *BF THE SPRINGS ALSO PUNCTURED THE TIRE. *JB

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE RUPTURED. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, AND THE TIRE WAS CHANGED. THAT TIRE WAS REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT PART OF THE COIL SPRING WAS STICKING OUT, AND THAT CAUSED THE TIRE TO RUPTURE. *AK

REAR COIL SPRING FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO BLOW OUT......DIDN'T REALIZE THE CAUSE UNTIL IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WAS INSPECTED FURTHER.*AK

NHTSA CAMPAIGN 04V332000; FORD ISSUED A FRONT COIL SPRINGS RECALL. THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO REPAIR.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS, AND TO DATE THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT MADE CONTACT TO ADVISE THE CONSUMER THAT THE PARTS WERE IN AS THE LETTER STATED.*AK

MY 2001 SABLE LS HAD THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE BLOW OUT THIS MORNING. I TOOK IT TO THE TIRE SHOP AND IT TURNS OUT THAT THE REAR COIL SPRING BROKE AND PUNCTURED THE TIRE. I TOOK THE CAR TO STU EVAN LINC MERC IN GARDEN CITY, MI AND I WAS TOLD THAT ONLY THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE COVERED BY THE RECALL, NOT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS. IT'S THE SAME PART, JUST AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE VEHICLE - AND IT HAD THE SAME EXACT FAILURE AS THAT DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. SEEMS THAT THE REAR SPRINGS SHOULD ALSO BE COVERED BY THE RECALL. DEALER WILL REPLACE THE REAR COIL SPRING AND PERFORM THE RECALL ON THE FRONT - I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD RECALL JUST THE FRONT AND NOT THE REAR. *NM