1995 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

VEHICLE WAS GOING DOWN THE HILL AND BLACK SMOKE WAS COMING FROM REAR. DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT DUE TO COIL SPRING SLIPPING DOWN OVER THE STRUT WHICH PUSHED UP AGAINST THE TIRE AND PUNCTURING IT. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE WAS A RECALL LETTER SENT TO CONSUMER, (01I011000) THE FIRE WAS DUE TO THE CONDITIONS STATED IN THE RECALL LETTER. CONSUMER IS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE TO COVER THE COSTS OF REPAIR TO VEHICLE. *JG

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED WITH OUT WARNING. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN ON ITS OWN. ALSO, IS HARD TO START UP VEHICLE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A OIL CHANGE. CONSUMER NOTICED HIGH BEAMS WERE NOT SHINING RIGHT DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. CONSUMER FELT BOTH COIL SPRINGS SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. FEELS ITS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT, ENGINE HEADS CRACKED, AND THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE INTAKE. VEHICLE BECAME INOPERABLE. CONSUMER IS ASKING FOR A REFUND OF REPAIR COST. *AK *YD

CONSUMER STATES ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECEIVING SAFETY RECALL 01S30 RELATING TO THE ENGINE COOLING FAN. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS PAID OUT OF POCKET. CONSUMER NO LONGER HAS VEHICLE IN HER POSESSION DUE TO AN ACCIDENT. *TT

OUR 1995 MERCURY SABLE HAD 54,500 MILES ON IT AND THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THE HEAD GASKETS FAILED AND THAT WE MAY POSSIBLY NEED A NEW ENGINE. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY REC'D SEVERAL RECALL NOTICES FROM MERCURY REGARDING 1994 AND 1995 SABLE AND DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS. WHEN WE REC'D NOTICES WE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET UNLESS IT WAS DEFECTIVE AT THE PRESENT TIME. WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS THREE MONTHS OVER THE SEVEN YEAR OR 100,000 WARRANTY FOR THE DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS AND OURS FAILED. I QUESTION WHY MERCURY DID NOT REPLACE ALL HEAD GASKETS IF THEY WERE AWARE THAT THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. SPOKE WITH OUR MERCURY DEALER AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM AND I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. WHAT CAN WE AS CONSUMERS DO TO HAVE MERCURY REPLACE ALL DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT? WE ARE NOW OUT $1200.00 BECAUSE OF A KNOW DEFECTIVE PIECE OF EUQIPMENT.*AK

NEED TO BE REIMBURSED BY FORD FOR REPAIR COSTS FOR TWO EVENTS--- AS ORDERED IN CALIFORNIA SUIT SETTLED 10/25/2001 IN WHICH FORD MUST REIMBURSEOWNERS NATIONWIDE WHO PAID OR WILL PAY TO REPAIR FAILED IGNITION SYSTEMS. (SUP[ERIOR COURT JUDGE MICHAEL E. BALLACHEY . ) PLEASE ADVISE HOW WE CAN RECEIVE PAYMENT. *AK

WE BLEW A HEAD GASKET AND THEN DISCOVERED THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THIS ON 1995 SABLES. FORD SHOULD HAVE DONE A RECALL TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM.*AK