2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

2000 MERCURY SABLE COIL SPRING BROKE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. NORMAL DRIVING, BROKE WHILE DRIVING, LOST CONTROL, NEARLY CRASHED. REPAIRED AT LOCAL SERVICE STATION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION AND BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 04V332000 (SUSPENSION;FRONT SPRINGS, COIL SPRINGS), ALTHOUGH THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 103,000.

REAR COIL SPRINGS BOTH BROKE CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEIGHT TO BE BORN BY THE REAR STRUTS WHICH CAUSED THEM TO LEAK. SPRINGS, STRUTS AND SPRING MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $875.00. FRONT SPRINGS HAD SNAPPED LAST YEAR AND WERE REPLACED ON A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE THE TIRES WERE BEING CHANGED BY A MECHANIC, HE NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRINGS ON THE REAR DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FAILED. THERE IS A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL VEHICLES, BUT IT PERTAINED TO THE FRONT TIRES. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED NOT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. HE FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE THE REAR IS LOWER AND MAKES THE VEHICLE DRIVE UNSTEADILY. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60,000. UPDATED 03-27-09 *BF UPDATED 04/01/09. *JB

TIRE WEAR AND SAGGING REAR END, TOOK CAR TO TIRE SHOP FOR NEW TIRES AND TIRE ALIGNMENT. MECHANIC STATED BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT COULD NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL REPAIRED. *TR

NOTICED RATTLE SOUND GOING OVER BUMPS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. SAW A PIECE OF COIL SPRING ABOUT 5" LONG ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. OK CAR TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. DEALER MAKING REPAIRS BROKE A BOLT AND HAD TO ORDER A NEW KNUCKLE CASTING FOR THE LEFT SIDE. WAS GOING TO BE $491 TO REPAIR, NOW IT WILL BE $180 MORE. *TR

1. REAR OF CAR VERY SAGGY 2. REAR SPRING ON 2000 MERCURY SABLE BROKEN PIECE FELL OUT 3. NEW SPRINGS PURCHASED, KEPT BROKEN ONE. *TR

THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TIRE STORE/AUTO REPAIR SHOP FOR EVALUATION OF EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR, AND SAGGING REAR SUSPENSION. MECHANIC FOUND BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN IN ABOUT THE SAME SPOTS WHILE EXAMINING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 3 YEARS AGO DUE TO BROKEN FRONT SPRINGS. OWNER ALREADY AWARE THAT REAR SPRINGS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL OR SUBJECT TO RECALL OF THEIR OWN. SPRINGS AND WORN STRUTS REPLACED, ALONG WITH NEW TIRES INSTALLED. COST OF NEW SPRINGS AND LABOR ALONE $250. OWNER INFORMED THAT PREMATURE TIRE WEAR (WEAR BARS SHOWING AND INNER SIDE WALL WEAR AT 26,000 MILES ON 40,000 MILE WARRANTY TIRES) WAS ATTRIBUTED TO BROKEN SPRINGS WHICH RENDERED VEHICLE OUT OF ALIGNMENT, THUS VOIDING WARRANTY ON TIRES. SPRINGS WERE NOT BROKEN WHEN THE TIRES WERE FIRST INSTALLED. THIS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE TO REPLACE TIRES THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SO BADLY WORN IN 2 YEARS TIME. TOTAL EXPENDITURE TO REPLACE TIRES, STRUTS AND SPRINGS $900. *TR

MY 2000 MERCURY SABLE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF BROKEN COIL SPRINGS. DUE TO THE HAZARDOUS SITUATION I FEEL SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE! FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE FRONT SPRINGS BUT NOT THE BACK. MY BACK SPRINGS HAVE JUST BEEN DISCOVERED TO BE BROKEN AND I'M EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW SAFE CONSUMERS ARE WHILE DRIVING THIS CAR! THIS SPRING COULD EASILY DESTROY THE TIRE CAUSING A CATASTROPHIC ACCIDENT EVOLVING EVERYONE ON THE ROAD! CURRENTLY IT'S BEING FIXED AS THE NEW SPRINGS ARE ON ORDER! *TR

THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AS NORMAL WHEN THE REAR END STARTED TO SAG. ONCE WE INSPECTED THE PROBLEM WE REALIZED BOTH REAR STRUT SPRINGS WERE BROKEN AT ABOUT THE SAME PLACE. AFTER INVESTIGATING WE FOUND THE FRONT SPRINGS WERE SERVICED UNDER A RECALL BUT REARS WEREN'T COVERED EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PRONE TO THE SAME BREAKAGE. I AM GOING TO PAY TO HAVE REPAIRS DONE. *TR