2000 MERCURY SABLE Complaints

COMPONENT: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK DETAILS: VEHICLE WOULD START TO SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN POWER. AFTER ENGINE WAS TURNED ON AND THE GEAR CHANGED TO DRIVE, VEHICLE WOULD JUMP ON ITS OWN. WHILE VEHICLE ACCELERATED, BRAKES STARTED TO MALFUNCTION, AND VEHICLE COULD ONLY STOP WHEN THE COMPLETE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON TWELVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DEFECT CAN CAUSE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS ENGAGE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE PEDALS ARE SET UNUSUALLY CLOSE TOGETHER. THE DRIVER HAS NO MEANS TO KNOW THE STATE OF PEDAL ADJUSTMENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR IS CAUSING A LEAK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V258000 (VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR), BUT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT HER VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 78,000.

CONCERNING A 2000 MERCURY SABLE'S DAYLIGHT ALWAYS ON SAFETY HEADLIGHTS. THE LIGHTS CLOSELY REREMBLE THE ACTUAL HEADLIGHTS SO AT NIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOUR REAL HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS ARE ON. I HAVE FOUND MYSELF DRIVING AT NIGHT WITHOUT THE REAL HEADLIGHTS ON. THUS I HAD NO TAIL LIGHTS ON, I WAS DRIVING WITH THE DAYLIGHT HEADLIGHTS ONLY UNTIL I NOTICED THAT THE DASH LIGHTS WERE OFF. *TR

TOOK 2000 MERCURY SABLE TO DEALER TO HAVE THE REAR BRAKES SERVICED AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. HAD THE DEALER REPLACE THEM FOR A FEE. 80,676 MILES. *TR

MY 200 SABLE HAD THE REAR SPRINGS GO OUT ON IT. MY MECHANIC FOUND THIS OUT WHEN HE WAS PERFORMING A TIRE ROTATION. MY SPRINGS WERE TOTALLY SEPARATED/BROKEN. THANK GOODNESS THAT HE WAS DILIGENT WITH THIS OR ELSE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. *TR

I GOT A FLAT TIRE IN THE AM AND HAD IT CHANGED TO THE DONUT SO I COULD GET TO WHERE I PURCHASED THE TIRES FOR THE WARRANTY TO GET ME A NEW TIRE. I LEFT THE SHOP AND WITHIN 1 MILE THE NEW TIRE BLEW OUT ALSO. COME TO FIND OUT THE DRIVERS SIDE SPRING HAD BROKE AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT. I THEN HAD BOTH REAR SPRINGS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE STRUTS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE BEING SERVICED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR SPRING FAILED AND COULD DAMAGE THE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAS NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE SINCE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE REAR SPRINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 94,000. UPDATED 12/12/07 *TR

BROKEN FRONT AND REAR SPRINGS ON MERCURY SABLE 4 DOOR CAR. THE FRONT SPRINGS BROKE FIRST AND WAS VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR AND IF THE BROKEN SPRING HAD IT THE TIRE I WOULD HAVE CRASHED ON THE FREEWAY. THE REAR SPRING BROKE LAST WEEK AND DID DESTROY THE TIRE AND AGAIN MY LIFE WAS THREATEN BY A CRASH. FORD ONLY RECOGNIZED THAT THEY WOULD PLACE SPRING GUARDS ON THE FRONT SPRINGS TO SAVE THEY RESPONSIBILITY FROM HAVE FRONT TIRES DESTROYED AND KILLING DRIVERS. FORD WILL NOT ADMIT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM; I SPENT ONE HALF HOUR ON THE PHONE WITH THEM AT THE CORPORATE OFFICE THIS WEEK. BECAUSE MY CAR IS OLDER THAN 5 YEARS, THEY WILL NOT EVEN EXTEND ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE HUGE REPAIR COSTS INCLUDING NEW TIRES THAT WERE DESTROYED. I HAVE OWNED MANY CARS THE LAST FORTY YEARS AND WAS A LICENSED MASTER AUTO MECHANIC IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AND ALSO A VOC. ED TEACHER IN POWER MECHANICS ( AUTOMECHANICS) . THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PUBLIC ISSUE AND WHEN TIRES ARE RUINED BY THE BROKEN SPRINGS THE CAR WILL GO OUT OF CONTROL ! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. SHE STATED THAT THERE WAS FAILURE WITH THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS HOWEVER; SHE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE FAILURE DETAILS BECAUSE HER HUSBAND DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #04V332000). THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 66,000. THE VEHICLE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I HAVE A 2000 MERCURY SABLE WITH A SPEED CONTROL THAT CANNOT BE TURNED OFF EXCEPT BY STOPPING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CLOSE CALLS BECAUSE THE SPEED CONTROL WAS REACTIVATED WHILE DRIVING. I CANNOT GET ANY SATISFACTION. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE. *JB