2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

NOTICED LOUD METALIC NOISES FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION ON MARCH 25, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON MARCH 26, DEALER ADVISES FRONT SPRING IS BROKEN, AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION. FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A WELL KNOWN INHERENT MANUFACTURING DEFECT FOR MERCURY SABLE AND FORD TAURUS VEHICLES. MANUFACTURER STATES THAT MY VEHICLE IS 2 MONTHS BEYOND THE VOLUNATARY WARRANTY PROGRAM THEY PUT IN.

AFTER EXITING I-95 WITHIN A MINUTE OR SO I HEARD A BANG FROM UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE CAR,FOLLOWED BY A CLANG SOUND BEHIND ME. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR AND SEARCHED THE ROAD ABOUT 200 FEET BEHIND ME. I FOUND A PIECE OF BROKEN SPRING. I RECALLED RECEIVING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM FORD FOR THIS YEAR'S SABLES AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER HAD IT REPLACED , ALONG WITH THE OTHER FRONT SPRING. THE FORD DEALER RECOMMENDED I REPLACE THE STRUTS AND BUSHINGS, WHICH I DID ( THESE STRUTS AND BUSHINGS WERE DONE AT MY OWN COST.). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. HE STATED THAT HIS FRONT LEFT TIRE BECAME FLAT AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE IT HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN .THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WOULD SEND HIM A REPAIR SHIELD WHICH HE HAS NOT RECEIVED YET. HE IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY DEFECT AND THAT THE SHIELD IS NOT A SUFFICIENT REPAIR. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY HE NOTICED A THUMPING SOUND UNDER THE VEHICLE. MOMENTS LATER THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE TIRE WAS FLAT. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING SNAPPED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 70237. UPDATED 2/26/10 *CN UPDATED 07/27/10

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS HAVING HIS VEHICLE SERVICED, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR AND FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT WHENEVER HE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALERSHIP AND THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT IN HIS VEHICLE LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT PULL OUT. HE PURCHASED ANOTHER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY RETRACTOR AND HAD IT REPLACED BY A MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE IS RECURRING. THE FORD MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS REGARDING THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE NOISE WAS HEARD WHENEVER THE VEHICLE DROVE OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS AND SHOCKS WERE THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION,FRONT;SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 131,128.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT RESISTANCE WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WAS NO POWER RESPONSE. THE VEHICLE WAS INOPERABLE AND WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 70,000. UPDATED 05/27/09. *LJ THE DEALER REPLACED A BROKEN ACCELERATOR CABLE. UPDATED 05/28/09.*JB

MY WIFE DROVE TO WORK, WENT INSIDE FOR A COUPLE HOURS. COME BACK TO HER CAR, TO FIND SOMETHING IGNITED BURN OUT THE DASH BOARD. AND, THE CAR IS DESTROYED. *TR

REAR SPRINGS BROKE UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. HAD TO REPLACE STRUTS AS WELL BECAUSE THEY WERE RUINED DUE TO SPRING FAILURE. *TR