1992 Mercury Sable transmission problems

Filed Sep 1, 2004 · Transmission · FL

While driving transmission made a loud noise. Then it completely failed.

Filed Jun 5, 2003 · Transmission · CA

The transmission failed to go into gear.

Filed Aug 9, 2002 · Acceleration, Transmission · PA

While driving rpms revved to 4700, and vehicle started slowing down on its own,smoke came out of transmission and vehicle stalled. Transmission was gone. Contacted dealer.

Filed Jun 10, 2002 · Transmission · MD

After taking vehicle to the dealer to get recall done on vehicle, remedy did not work, and consumer still had problems with transmission. Contacted dealer.

Filed Apr 23, 2002 · Transmission · FL

While driving on I-95 north in s. Florida a knocking noise started to occur. The car started to slow down and downshifted by itself. The car could no longer accelerate over 55 m.p.h. Transmission failure without warning.

Filed Apr 23, 2002 · Transmission · FL

Reversed out of driveway then put in drive. Heard knocking noise. Car did not move even when eccelerator was pushed. Had to be pushed back into carport. Transmission failure without warning.

Filed Jan 8, 2002 · Transmission · NJ

Vehicle transmission locked up total failure of transmission at 40 MPH no prior warning of failure could have caused accident.repairs to this vehicles transmission seem to be way above average.

Filed Jul 3, 2001 · Engine, Transmission · NC

No summary listed for above vehicle.

Filed Apr 10, 2001 · Engine, Transmission · MA

I am not a mechanic so here goes. I first was driving and white smoke began blowing out of the muffler. I stopppred the car and had it towed to an auto repair shop.he said I had a blown head gasket which is quit common in the mercury sable.I contacted several mechanics who all said the same thing,it must be a defect in the sable. I had that fixed and because of this my transmission let go and blew a rod.

Filed Oct 15, 2000 · Acceleration, Lights · MN

The problem I was having was the inability to shift the car out of "park" in the normal way - start the car, depress the brake and pull the shift lever down. The only way that I could get the car into gear was to pull down on the shift lever while turning the key and then start the engine while in neutral. I discovered, in a conversation with a ford mechanic, that this is a symptom of a failure somewhere in the "brake light" circuit. Something as simple as a blown brake light bulb would cause this problem. There was another symptom that was not discussed with the mechanic, as I didn't realize it was related, but could in itself, cause an accident. The cruise control would not disengage by pressing the brake pedal. Apparently the de-activation is controlled by a component wired into the brake light circuit. After I got the brake lights working (dirty contacts on the brake light switch), everything was back to normal. The car shifted as it was suppose to and the cruise control again disengaged when the brake pedal was depressed. In my opinion, the interelationship of these components has good potential to be extremely hazardous. It would be easy to inadvertantly put the car in forward gear while intending to put it in reverse when starting it in neutral. The car could roll when starting it in this manner. The failure of the cruise control to disengage gave me the sensation of flooring the car and putting my foot on the brake at the same time. Not usually a very good thing to do. That's it. I hope it helps.