2001 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHILE AT STOP BRAKES APPLIED, VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. CONSUMER SHIFTED TO PARK TO STOP VEHICLE. DEALER REPROGRAMMED POWER MODULE. VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN AT A STOP ON 20 MAR 2002, DEALER FOUND NO PROBLEM.AK *MJ

WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES THEY WERE NOT CATCHING, AND CONSUMER RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL IN MY VEHICLE, I HAVE INADVERTANTLY DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AT THE SAME TIME. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS MY BIG FEET, (SIZE 13), IN CONJUNCTION WITH ME PURCHASING A SMALLER CAR THAN I WAS USED TO. BUT AFTER HEARING ABOUT YOUR INVESTIGATION INTO THE MATTER BASED ON OTHER COMPLAINTS, I HAD TO ADD MY CONCERN AS WELL. *AK

ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND GAS PEDAL ARE SO CLOSE TOGETHER WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED CONSUMER MISTAKENLY STEPS ON ACCELERATOR. *AK CONSUMER HAS COME CLOSE TO HAVING A COLLISION DUE TO THIS DESIGN. *JG

FRONT COLLISION AT 45-50 MPH, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO START VEHICLE, THE KEY WOULD STICK, DASH IS COMPLETELY INOPERABLE, CONSUMER COULD HEAR SOMETHING RUNNING AND VEHICLE WOULD BECOME VERY HOT, DASH DID NOT LIGHT UP, SO THERE WAS NO WARNING, VEHICLE MADE A GRINDING SOUND. TOOK TO DEALER, IGNITION HAS BEEN CHANGED TWICE.*AK. CONSUMER STATES THE POWER WINDOWS WERE INOPERABLE, THE RADIO DID NOT WORK, THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING OR HEAT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE FLYWHEEL, AND THE DASHBOARD DID NOT LIGHT UP.*JB

CONSUMER HAS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME ROLLING WINDOWS UP OR DOWN . THEY WOULD LOCK. DEALER AND MANUFACTURR HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. MECHANIC HAS REPAIRED WINDOW DEFECT 6 TIMES, AND HAD NOT FIXED THE DEFECT.*AK

THE GAS TANK LEAKED DUE TO A DEFECTIVE "0" RING AND FUEL PUMP. I WAS TOLD THIS AUTOMOBILE COULD BLOW UP.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE BRAKING SYSTEM FAILED COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. I TOOK EXTREME MEASURES TO AVOID A PEDESTRIAN AND A PARKING GARAGE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ABS "BRAIN" WAS DEFECTIVE. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF REDUNDANCY IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM AND QUESTION IF THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE ADVISOR CLAIMS HE HAS NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE AND THAT THE NEEDED COMPNENT FOR REPAIR WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO COME IN. THIS PROVIDES US LITTLE PIECE OF MIND. PLEASE PROVIDE US AAN UN-BIASED INVESTIGATION.*AK

THERE IS A VIBRATION IN VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING, VERY NOTICABLE ON DAMP PAVEMENT. IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS JUMPING AND JERKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK