1992 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH. VEHICLE TOOK OFF ON ITS OWN, AND ENGINE KEPT RACING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. EXHAST WAS EXTENSIVE, A LOT OF WHITE SMOKE CAME OUT, AND VEHICLE DIED. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPAIRED IT AT COST OF $1220.71. DEALER SAID IT WAS A FACTORY DEFECT, AND THEY REPAIRED ALOT OF ENGINE HEAD GASKETS. *AK

DANGER!!!! ALMOST CRASH !!!!! --WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 90 IN CHICAGO AT 60M/H, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN!! SPEED DROPS IMMEDIATELLY!! I WAS SURROUNDED BY HEAVY TRAFFIC MOVING AT 60-80 M/P...LUCKILY, BEFORE MY CAR DROPS TO 25M/H, I MANAGED TO STOP AT THE ROADSIDE. WHAT A HELL! I CAN'T CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, IT DOESN'T MOVE. AFTER 1 HR, I WAS SAVED BY A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR LOOKS GOOD, AND HAS ONLY 64500 MILES. WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT FORD IS MAKING! WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF THAT DAY, I FEEL I AM SO SAVED..

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED. HOWEVER, ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO THE OIL, DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE, HAS CAUSED ENGINE BEARING PROBLEMS. *AK

IN TALKING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORD MECHANICS, THERE SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH A FAILURE OF THE HEAD AND OR HEAD GASKET. EVERY MECHANIC I TALK TO NEW EXACTLY WHERE AND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS DEFECT. *AK

ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOISE AT ACCELERATION AND WHEN CAR WAS WARM IT WOULD CUTO OFF WHILE MAKING A TURN OR COMING TO A STOP, RESTARTS IN 1 HOUR. DUE TO DRIVING IN SEPT. FROM A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, CAUSING STRESS TO ENGINE DUE TO NO COOLANT CIRCULATING THROUGH ENGINE.

VEHICLE RAN HOT, NOTICE NO COOLANT IN THE RADIATOR ON SEVERAL TIMES, ALL DUE TO BLOWN GASKET,

I BOUGHT THE MENTIONED SABLE A MONTH AGO. THE CAR OVERHEATED SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC, WHO TOLD ME IT BLEW A HEAD GASKET. I WAS INFORMED BY SEVERAL OTHER, INCLUDING MY MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN BOTH TAURUSES AND SABLES, YET 1992 MODELS WERE NOT RECALLED. ACCORDING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE REPAIR BUSINESS, THE 3.8 ENGINE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM. IT IS APPARENTLY COMMON ENOUGH THAT WHEN I WAS ASKING FOR PRICE QUOTES, THE PERSON ANSWERING THE PHONE WAS ABLE TO CORRECTLY GUESS MY EXACT CAR BY MY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM, AND VICE VERSA. THEREFORE, IT IS A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM, WHICH FORD DOESN'T CONSIDER. I WILL PROCEED WITH A CLASS-ACTION SUIT IF THIS IS NOT RECTIFIED BECAUSE FORD HASN'T RECALLED THIS TYPE ENGINE. *AK

FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE FORD MOTOR CAR COMPANY WEBSITE THEY KNEW THEIR 3.8 LITER ENGINES WERE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE NEVER INFORMED ME AS SUCH AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE HAD A SO-CALLED SILENT RECALL. AFTER TALKING TO THEIR COUSTOMER RELATIONS THEY GAVE ME NO SATISFACTION WHATSOEVER. THEY SAID THEIR RECALL APPLIES ONLY TO 1994 AND LATER MODELS. NO RECALL PROBLEM MENTIONE DWITHIN SUMMARY. *AK

DRIVER'S WINDOW HAS FALLEN OFF THE TRACKS AND INTO THE DOOR FRAME, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *ML