Surprised to see the number of complaints on this component and no recall issued by ford motor company. No safety defect listed.
1992 Mercury Sable engine complaints
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For the past six years this car has continued to stop running when the car is stopped and loses power while driving causing the car to almost stop moving. Six different mechanics have been unable to find the cause, including the mercury and ford dealerships. This is a very dangerous situation. Finances prevent the trading in of this car. I believe ford is aware of this problem and has ignored it. I have talked with other sable and taurus owners who have had the same problem. Car runs rough, cuts off, loses power, and control is lost as engine dies.
Several mechanics reported to me that head gasket failure on this vehicle is a very common and expensive problem. The manufacturer should absorb some of the cost of this repair due to faulty construction.
Head gasket failed in 1999 and not convered by warranty, we changed the entire engine and the new engine failed after 35,000 and still not covered under warranty. It's a disgrace that a major manufacturing company is allowed to sell such inferior products. I would never be allowed to pass this type of junk off as acceptable in my job! Now we can't afford to have the car repaired again and I don't know how we are going to get home after being stranded over 1000 miles away from home!!!!
Blown head gasket at 86,000 miles $1176.00 to repair.
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Car went from 55mph to 20 on the highway, no warning lights came on. Took vehicle to a mechanic, and they said it was the head gasket.*ak head gasket failure caused the radiator and valve to faile.
2nd owner of vehicle. Confirmed 65,000 miles on vehicle. Ford motor company extended warranty only covers 1994 models. I found this absolutely un-acceptable. The head gasket blew long before it's life expectancy and the coverage mileage.
This head gasket and cylinder head were replaced 2 years ago under warranty. Now ford are saying that it is no longer in warranty, and so they will not even look at the car.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
The head gasket had blown causing leakage.
Blown head gasket only 66,000 miles
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Vehicle stopped operating while traveling at highway speed of 60 MPH. Noticed overheating, and white smoke coming from tail pipe. Vehicle towed to independent repair shop mechanic informed consumer of a blown head gasket. Contacted manufacturer, and manufacturer informed consumer that vehicle was not covered under extended warranty. Feel free to provide further details.
The head gasket failed causing the vehicle to backfire when stopping. Nlm
1992 mercury sable with a 3.8l engine had a head gasket failure. This cost me a $2000 loss when I traded it in for a 1998 taurus.
Transmission failed.
Head gasket failure - had to call 911 car was smoking profusely even with engine turned off! Contacted ford motor co., several times to no avail!
Head gasket failure, dealership repaired, I paid $2218 for repairs.
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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.
Head gasket was replaced. However, antifreeze leaking into the oil, due to head gasket failure, has caused engine bearing problems.
Heater hoses damaged. Yh
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.
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,
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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.
Head gasket blew out on engine. Contacted ford customer service department and was told that even though my vehicle has the exact same problem as all the other 3.8 litre engines with the exact same head gasket defect as all the other 3.8 litre engines that they are willing to repair, due to the year model of my car they will not cover the exact same repair that they are willing to correct for the other seven hundred thousand people who have the same engines in their vehicles. I feel that if there is a defect with their product it is their responsibility to repair the defect.
Car would run hot. A/c would blow warm air,heater did not warm ,only air. While driving on highway,vehicle overheated, coolant puoring out of overflow bottle. Part of engine cold and part hot. Vehicle towed to ford repair to find out that there was coolant in oil pan and a blown head gasket. There was no oil in waterlike you may find,coolant was pouring into oil pan and not getting in the engine due to this head gasket.
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