2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

APPLYING BRAKES AT 5 MPH OR LESS, PEDAL VERY RIGID, NO POWER ASSISTANCE IN EVIDENCE, ENGINE BEGINS TO RACE ON ITS OWN. ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL AND STANDING ON BRAKE PEDAL. VEHICLE RETURNS TO NORMAL OPERATION AFTER BRIEF MALFUNCTION. COMPLIANCE: OWNER'S GUIDE, PAGE 223.

THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES OFFER POOR PERFORMANCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN. THE CAR WAS SO BAD IN THE RAIN THAT MY WIFE REFUSED TO DRIVE THE CAR. THE OE TIRES HAVE A TREADWEAR RATING OF 520. I AM AFRAID THAT THE RUBBER IS SO HARD (WHICH WILL GIVE LONG LIFE) THAT GRIP WAS SACRIFICED. I CHANGED THE TIRES TO CONTINENTAL CONTITOURING CONTACT CH95 WHICH HAVE A TREADWEAR RATING OF 360. THESE TIRES ARE ALSO ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON BMW, MERCEDES, VOLVO, AUDI AMONG OTHERS. THE CAR IS MUCH IMPROVED. WET PERFORMANCE IS MUCH, MUCH BETTER AND DRY PERFORMANCE IS IMPROVED ALSO. MY WIFE NOW FEELS SAFE DRIVING THE CAR. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS REALLY A DEFECT, BUT I WANTED YOU TO KNOW. THANKS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/60R16 )

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES MOTOR STARTED TO RACE AND THE BRAKES WON'T HOLD. THE MORE CONSUMER PRESSED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE FASTER THE MOTOR WENT, CAUSING UNWANTED ACCELERATION. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET TRAVELING 20MPH, WENT TO ADJUST THE POWER ADJUSTABLE PEDAL WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT. INSTEAD, HIT THE BUTTON AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY. THERE WAS NO SAFETY LOCK FEATURE. THERE IS A POTENTIAL RISK INVOLVED. CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND CONSUMER UNION. IN THE OWNERS MANUAL THERE IS A SMALL MENTION OF NOT USING THE ADJUSTABLE PEDAL FEATURE WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. *AK

HEAD RESTS BLOCK TOO MUCH OF REAR VIEW WHEN TURNING HEAD TO SEE REAR OF VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATES WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE IS NO APPARENT REASON FOR IT. THE GLASS ALSO BROKE INTO SLIVERS. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT AUTO'S HAD TO HAD SAFETY GLASS TO PREVENT INJURIES? THE DEALER STATES IT IS TEMPERED GLASS BUT THIS WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON AND THEN THE GLASS SPLINTERED AND FELL INTO THE CAR. COVERING THE BACK OF THE CAR AND THANK GOODNESS THAT MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE FRONT SEAT OR SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED. AS IT IS WE STILL HAD TO USE TAPE TO REMOVE THE SMALL SLIVERS OF GLASS FROM HER CHEEK. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE SPARE TIRE IS NOT UP TO SAFETY STANDARDS ACCORDING TO THE FORD MOTOR SAFETY STANDARD 110 MANUAL. *SLC