2002 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

CAR SURGES.TRANSAXLE LIGHT COMES ON AND CONTINUALLY BLINKS UNTIL THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES WHERE ERROR PO734 WAS RETRIEVED EACH TIME. DEALER REPLACED SOME TRANSMISSION PARTS. DEALER UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND STILL EXISTS. CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY (MERCURY) CUSTOMER SERVICE. NO HELP. REQUESTED A DISPUTE APPLICATION FORM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OIL LIGHT CAME ON, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING OFF THE HIGHWAY. CONSUMER THEN CHECKED THE OIL LEVEL WHICH INDICATED EMPTY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND STAYED THERE FOR 3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY INDICATED THAT ENGINE LOST ITS OIL. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DID TSB 10007358 PRINT OUT THAT INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THESE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CONSUMER CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAINED MAJOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

DURING A 35 MPH VEHICLE COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WINDSHIELD ON 2002 MERCURY SABLE IS DEFECTIVE. *MR THE CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD IN THE AREA OF THE GLOVE BOX. THE PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT. THE PROBLEM WOULD SEEM TO GET WORSE DURING COLD WEATHER. (RATTLING AND WHISTLING) THE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WOULD STAY LIT AFTER THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO REOPEN THE VEHICLE AND STEP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL A FEW TIMES BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD GO OUT. (THIS WAS AN OCCASIONAL PROBLEM) THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ON RECALL WHICH WAS #04106000, BUT THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT. THE WINDSHIELD RECALL #03V087000. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH IN CRUISE CONTROL THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED AND INSTALLED A NEW BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH. *NM *NM

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 03V087000 CONCERNING WINDSHIELD MOUNTING. THE VEHICLE HAS SEVERE NOISE FROM THE WINDOWS. ALSO THE WINDOWS SQUEAK AND RATTLE SEVERELY. THE RECALL DID NOT COVER CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM

COWL OF WINDSHIELD LEAKING ALOT OF WATER IN FRONT PASSANGER SIDE. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING LEADING TO VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, FOGGING WINDOWS AND INABILITY TO DRIVE SAFELY ALSO LOSS OF HEAT IN VERY COLD WEATHER. *AK

COWL AT BASE OF WINDSHIELD LEAKED WATER INTO BLOWER MOTOR RESULTING IN A LOSS OF HEAT AND FRONT DEFROST CAPABILITY LEADING TO VISIBILITY ISSUES, FOGGING OF WINDOWS AND INABILITY TO DRIVE VEHICLE SAFELY. *LA

CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD RECALL 03V087000 REPAIRS PERFORMED. BUT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DEALERSHIP TOLD CONSUMER THAT THEY WERE PUTTING CONSUMER ON A WAITING LIST, AND WILL CONTACT HER WHEN THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE DEALERSHIP NEVER CALLED. IT HAD BEEN A YEAR.*AK