1993 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

THE TRANSMISSION IS JUST ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE HAD WITH THIS CAR.THE AIR CONDITIONING NEVER WORKED VERY WELL. DECEMBER 1998 THE AIR CONDITIONING QUIT WORKING COMPLETELY. THE CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING IN 1996. ONE OF THE POWER WINDOWS QUIT WORKING IN 1997. THE HEADLINER NEAR THE BACK WINDSHIELD STARTED HANGING DOWN IN 1998. OUR LATEST PROBLEM IS A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. WE HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRED 11/1/98 AT A COST TO US OF $1,788.00. PLUS IT COST US OVER $100.00 TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THE FORD COMPANY HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO HELP US.

CONSUMER STATES HEAD GASKET FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HEAD GASKET DISINTEGRATED. *JB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN WHICH WATER ENTERED INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, SINCE WATER IS NOT COMPRESSIBILE THE CONNECTING RODS AND PISTONS WRIST PINS FAILED FROM EXCESSIVE FORCE DESTROYING THE ENGINE, PARTS ENDED UP IN THE OIL PAN AND PUNCHED HOLES IN THE PAN, CONSUMER STATES MANUFACTURER DENIED RESPONSIBILITY EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD A RECALL FOR FAULTY HEAD GASKETS FOR REPLACEMENTS AND HAD REPLACED NUMEROUS ENGINES THAT FAILED, THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS IMPROPER MATERIAL SELECTION FOR THE HEAD GASKETS WHICH WAS A DESIGN ERROR, MANUFACTURER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT SINCE THE ENGINE WAS BEYOND THEIR 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY THEY HAD NO RESPONSIBILITY, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING THAT CLAIM BE RECONSIDERED BECAUSE VEHICLE IS WELL WITHIN THE 60,000 MILE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *JB

PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, CONSUMER STATES THROTTLE STUCK IN CAR WOULD NOT STOP, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO SHOPPING CARTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO VEHICLE, WHEN CONSUMER INQUIRED ABOUT THE RECALL HE WAS TOLD THAT IT DID NOT APPLY TO THE STATE HE WAS LIVING IN, EVEN THOUGH HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL. *JB

HEAD GASKET FAILURE! ENGINE OVERHEATED. BIG BUCKS TO FIX. SMALL CLAIMS COURT HERE I COME! *AK

WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF CAR AND ENGINE HEAT INDICATOR NOTED TO BE RED LINED. CAR TAKEN TO NEARBY DEALER WHO HAD SOLD ME THE VEHICLE 10 MONTHS AGO. DEALER/REPAIR AGENT FOUND ENGINE HEAD GASKET TO BE BLOWN.*AK

WHILE VEHICLE IS IN PARK ENGINE IDLES HIGH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REPEATED FAILURE OF ICM/TFI IGNITION MODULE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE DIES AT IDLE OR VERY LOW SPEEDS. AFTER OPENING THE HOOD AND LETTING ENGINE COOL , CAR WILL START. *AK

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. ANTI-FREEZE HAD BACKED UP AND LEAKED OUT. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS, BUT NO RECALL WAS ISSUED. SENSOR ASSEMBLY, TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET, CYLINDER HEAD GASKET AND THERMOSTAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER WAS RESPONDSIBLE FOR $1700. *AK

"EXCITER RING" IN FRONT ABS SPLIT/SHEARED, CAUSING BRAKE PEDAL TO KICK BACK TOWARDS DRIVER WHEN T BRAKE PEDAL WAS PRESSED. THIS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF BRAKE EFFECTIVENESS. CONSUMER WAS UNSURE ABOUT SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK