1997 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A CHILDS SEAT, THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. IT STAYS IN THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITION.*AK

FRONT CRASH AT 55 MPH, AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. PASSENGER'S AIRBAG EXPLODED AS SOON AS IT DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT FOOT PRESSING THE THROTTLE. SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T REGISTER SPEED, VEHICLE'S SPEED WAS INCREASING. DEALER WILL BE REPLACING SPEED CONTROL CHIP FOR SIXTH TIME. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS CHECKED TO SEE IF CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT ENGAGE. DEALER HAS DUPLICATED THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

I PURCHASED 8 OF THESE EXACT TIRES. 4 FOR MY 1994 FORD TURUAS AMD 4 FOR MY MERCURY SABLE. PREVIOSLY ON MY 1994 THREE OF THE ORIGINAL 4 TIRES I PURCHASED HAD TO BE REPLACED. ALL WITHIN A MONTHS TIME ALL AT AROUND 20,000 MILES. THE FIRST TIRE BLEW THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR. A WEEK OR SO LATER I NOTED THAT THE TREAD WAS SEPERATING FORM THE LEFT FROM TIRE. I CONTACTED MICHELIN REGARDING THIS AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE WAY MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR. UPON INSPECTION THE MICHELIN DEALER FOUND A NOTHER TIRE THAT WAS DOING THE SAME THING AND THEY REPLACED THEM BOTH AT NO CHAGE TO US. LAST WEEK I NOTICED THAT ON MY SABLE THE LEFT FRONT TIRE SIDE WALL WAS PEELING THE SAME AS THE OTHERS HAD DONE ON MY 1994 FORD. I NOTIFED MICHELIN THIS TIME THEY INFORMED ME TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE DEALER. THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO REPLACE THIS TIRE ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME DEFFECTS AS THE OTHER TWO THAT WHERE REPLACED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AT OR AROUND 20,000 MILES THE SIDE WALLS OF TIRES BEGINS TO CRACK AND THE TREAD BEGINS TO PEAL AWAY FORM THE SIDE. IT HAS HAPPEN TO TWO DIFFERENT CARS THAT I OWN. THE SAME TIRE, TWO DIFFERENT DRIVERS YET THE SAME DEFECT. I AM NOT CONVIENCED THAT I AM THE ONLY ONE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THESE TIRES. I HAVE PURCHASED 8 OF THE SAME TIRES AND 4 OF THE 8 HAVE GONE BAD. THREE TIRES SHOWED THE SAME TIPE OF DEFECT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AS OTHERS MAYBE UNAWARE OF THE DANGER THESE MICHELIN SYMMETRY TIRES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND, IT WILL STICK IN EITHER THE RETRACTING POISTION OR EXTENDED POSITION.*AK CONSUMER STATES SEAT BELT FAILURE STILL PERSISTS AND HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE DATE OF PURCHASE, CONSUMER STATES THE SEATBELTS WILL LOCK UP AND NOT RELEASE, CONSUMER ALSO COMPLAINED OF THE BRAKES SQUEAKING, HOWEVER DEALER COULD FIND NO PROBLEM.*JB

THE FIRE IN MY 1997 MERCURY SABLE STATION WAGON STARTED WHILE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. IT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 11HOURS BEFORE THE FIRE STARTED ABOUT 1:30 AM . THE RIGHT REAR SECTION SHOWED THE MOST DAMAGE BUT THE ENTIRE INTERIOR WAS DESTROYED. THE GAS TANK WAS FULL BUT DID NOT EXPLODE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOWN. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE CAR A TOTAL LOSS.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THE REAR PASSENGER SHOULDER SEAT BELT LOCKED UP, AFTER REMOVING THE BACK OF THE REAR SEAT TO EXAMINE THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, CONSUMER NOTICED A TENSION SPRING, WHICH HAD ENGAGED THE BELT IN A LOCK POSITION. *YD

SPEEDOMETER WOULD MOMENTARILY OPERATE ERRATICALLY. NEEDLE WOULD JUMP BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES IT OPERATED NORMALLY. DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. *AK CONSUMER ADDS ACCELERATOR POSSIBLY CONTRIBUTED TO ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE SPEEDOMETER. *TT

CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WHEN BRAKING AND VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO ACCELATE UNTIL SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK. CONSUMER STATED WHEN VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE, THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON ANOTHER OCCASION, HOWEVER THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED AT THAT TIME, THE DEALER REPLACED THE SENSOR ASSEMBLY, BUT THE PROBLEM REOCCURED.*JB

CONSUMER USED JACK TO CHANGE FLAT TIRE ON DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT, WHEN LOWERING VEHICLE TOP PORTION OF JACK COLLAPSED, AND VEHICLE DROPPED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO ROTOR. *AK