2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

AFTER THE DEALERSHIP INSPECTED THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL AND INDICATED IT MET THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENT, THE CONSUMER ALMOST HAS HAD 4 NEAR ACCIDENT BECAUSE OF THE BRAKE AND PEDAL BEING TOO CLOSE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS

I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL UNIT FOR MY 2001 MERCURY SABLE IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. IN ADDITION TO THE A/C NOT FUNCTIONING IN WARM WEATHER, THE MOISTURE IS NOT REMOVED FROM THE WINDSHIELD IN COOLER WEATHER, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD FROM THE WINDSHIELD FOGGING. THE TEMPATURE CONTROL UNIT ONLY BLOWS VERY HOT AIR, NO MATTER WHICH TEMPATURE IS SELECTED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN FOR REPAIR FOUR TIMES; THE LAST TIME WAS ON 10/14/02, BUT NO WORK WAS PERFORMED BECUASE THE TSB HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON 9/13/02 THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND THAT FORD IS WORKING ON A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN. AS FAR AS I KNOW, A TSB HAS NOT YET BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH I AM FORCED TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE WINDOWS FOGGED UP. FORD SEEMS UNCONCERNED ABOUT THE SEFETY HAZARD THAT THIS PROBLEM CAUSES. DT

THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED WHILE IN IDLE, THE STRUCTURE OF THE VEHICLE ROCKED BACK AND FORTH OR FROM SIDE TO SIDE. VEHICLE ALSO PICKED UP SPEED ON ITS OWN WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. TS *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN BREAKING THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE FORWARD WITH NO WARNING. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. CAUSE OF PROBLEM STILL UNKNOWN. TS

CONSUMER STATES SHE RECEIVED A RECALL #02 V266000, WHICH STATES SHE NEEDED TO TAKE HER VEHICLE TO HER DEALER AND HAVE HER BRAKES PEDALS ADJUSTED, BUT THE DEALER TOLD HER THAT SHE DID NOT NEED HER PEDALS ADJUSTED. SHE STATES SHE ASKED HIM WHY BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE RECALL CALLED FOR, AND HE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING BY FORD'S SPECIFICATION, WHICH STATES IF THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE GAS PEDAL IS 2 INCHES FROM EACH OTHER THEN NO ADJUSTMENT IS REQUIRED. CONSUMER STATES SHE TOOK HER AUTO TO LIBERTY LINCOLN MERCURY 790 RTE 3, CLIFTON, NJ 07012- 973-473-6455. SHE WOULD LIKE A CALL TO FIND OUT IF THAT IS TRUE. MR DUE TO THE DESIGN OF THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL CONSUMER'S FOOT WILL GET STUCK BETWEEN THE TWO. *TT

THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DESIGNED TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, WHEN CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKE, THE ACCELERATOR WAS ALSO APPLIED AND THEREFORE THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SPEED AND RAN OVER A CEMENT PARKING BLOCK. TS. CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES.*JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE NEW BRAKE PEDAL THAT WAS INSTALL DUE TO A RECALL IS NOW TO BIG AND TO HIGH FOR THE CONSUMER TO REACH CAUSING THEIR FOOT TO GO UNDER THE PEDAL. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH AND MAKING A TURN THE BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS ARE TOO CLOSE. WHICH RESULTED IN THE BRAKES FAILING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

WHILE IN MOTION, THE TRANSMISSION BLEW. THE VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY JOLTED AS IF CONSUMER HAD PLACED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL. AFTER A FEW SECONDS DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE HAD SLOWED CONSIDERABLY, IT WENT BACK INTO GEAR SUDDENLY AND RESUMED HIGHWAY SPEED. WHEN CONSUMER CHECKED BENEATH THE HOOD, THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AS AN INTERNAL FAILURE. THE TRASNMISSION WAS REPLACED. TEH NEW TRANSMISSION IS WARRANTED FOR 24 MONTHS OR 24,000 MILES. CONSUMER REQUESTS TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY FOR A FULL 36 MONTHS OR 36,000 MILES OR TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. *JG