The vehicle will shut down without prior warning. And the slidding door will unexpectly open while traveling.
1996 Mercury Sable engine complaints
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Vehicle stalls every time in rainy weather, vehicle was taken to dealer on 5 occasions, dealer replaced serpentine belt and informed consumer that the manufacturer was designing a guard to prevent water from entering the vehicle, however, manufacturer was not aware of new guard.
Coolant turned to acid and cause corrusion to heater plug and water pump.dealership is aware of problem.
Car stalled, thought it to be altenator, towed to my mechanic, found that the oil pump grear was stripped, and engine froze up, due to lack of lubricant. Hd to replace with remanufactured engine, car has been serviced as required from the day it was purchased new, with all service records retained. Cost $4400.00 to replace. Feel it is the responsibility of ford motor company to pay for the replacement. Was out of warrenty, but engine still only had 31613 miles on it.
Coolant inside vehicle has deteriorated, causing engine to rust. Please add additional information.
I was traveling home from my first long distance trip from napa, ca. To ventura, ca. When without any warning the cars temperature gauge went straight to hot, the engine light came on and the car lost total power, result? Two blown head gaskets, numerous cooling parts replaced. When ford was contacted about reimbursement for a known defect (head gaskets) they said the goodwill policy doesn't count in my case because I took it to a repairshop other than ford. So here I am out $2,724.62 repair costs $400. Towing cost and another $250. In rental cost. I believe that I should be reimbursed my costs even though I didn't have the car repaired by ford, because I didn't know about the extended "goodwill" warranty until after the fact. So here is another sob story about defective head gaskets not being fixed. Ford knows about this serious problem and refuses to fix it.
Vehicle started overheating. Cooling system broke down to soon and caused erosion. Ford developed a repair kit for cooling system. Contacted dealer, and dealer paid half of the cost.
Consumer is having some problems with engine, engine overheats and at times stalls.*ak radiator has been replaced two times, headgaskets were replaced and finally engine was replaced. Shocks were replaced.
The vehicles engine compartment caught fire, the consumer stated he recently had the transmission and that may have been the cause of the problem (ohio traffic crash report). Nlm
Front frost plug broke and coolant leaked. Consumer had engine replaced . Ford had a tsb / voluntary recall on vehicle for that problem. Contacted dealer.
Coolant turned to a rusty sluggy mixture. Freeze out plugs had to be replaced and system flushed. New coolant was added and it is already turning brown again. Ford did do the work for free, but told me I was on my own if it occured again. Have learned through various people that the same thing is happening to their sable and taurus cars. Transmission has also had to repaired at a cost to me of $1750.00. When you come to a stop the car will then not go forward. You have to press in on the gas and make it lunge forward, sometimes causing the tires to "burn rubber" ! We brought this problem to the service department three years ago and each time we took the car in the service staff informed us that there was no problem. On last visit is when the coolant problem was discoverd. Was told that our car had "cancer" and should get rid of it, but not at their dealership. The problem with the transmission was a forward engagement piston. The company that made the repair had three other sables in the shop with the exact same problem - each with no support from ford. Each were paying $1750.00. Help!!!
When vehicle shifts gears rpms stay at 1800-2000, will not go down, consumer has to shut off engine and restart. To dealer who replaced air bypass valve, then throttle positioner, coerrected problem for a short time only.*ak air bypass valve and throttle positioner sensor were replaced on warranty.
When driving at any speed and without prior warning vehicle cuts off, causing loss of all power. Also, when making a left or right hand turn there is a knocking noise coming from front end. Consumer has contacted dealer. Please provide any further details.
High idle when moving from park to drive, causing vehicle to lurch forward, and it will also travel couple feet if foot is not on brakes hard. Manufacturer issued a tsb, but it does not correct defect. *ak consumer states that this failure caused the liquid filled mounts to fail which also caused exhaust leak at manifold, the tsb number is 97-7-1, which states the PCM needed replaced due to an incorrect software identification block. Drive and serpentine belts failed.
While driving 45 MPH vehicle shuddered, then stopped, engine still running. Also, transmission had failed.
The passenger door could not be opened from the outside.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
Engine is rusting from inside out. All metal cooling lines replaced and now all freeze plugs need to be replaced, and antifreeze is brown.
The radiator is leaking fluid, the dealer and the consumer's mechanic can not find what is causing the leak.
The engine coolant system freeze-out plugs popped out of the engine block causing the coolant to leak profusely.
While driving on the njp about 55 MPH vehicle began to lose power and just die. This happened without any kind of warning. Vehicle was towed to a dealership. Dealership detected the cause to be a blown engine head gasket. Head gasket was replaced. Owner is still experiencing problems with vehicle. *ak the vehicle had been to the dealer three times but no solution is found. Now the vehicle hits hard when in reverse,drive and park.
I was driving on the trunpike and then all of a sudden there was no more power I had to stay there till this man call the police the car should not do it. There was no warning at all. I then had it tow three time from the place where it broke down ,then to the macenics shop then from there to autoland the total of the no power the car started to burk and that was the end of it it didn;t start anymore took to autoland with harry lupo they said it was this and to find out it was that to but they had my car for over a month .I went and took it out they said it was running fine I stared to drive it all it did was back frie and ran very hot.
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Entire engine seized due to manufactuerer flaw, they refused to pay for repairs and so did the warranty company.
When putting in coolant it leaks out by the time consumer reaches destination.
No light or sensor on the oil pump to indicate a failure which could eventually cause damages to parts and complete malfunction of the engine. Systematic destruction of the engine of this vehicle took place in a chain-reaction from a simple oil pump failure. Took dealer 3 weeks to repair the engine damage from the oil pump, covered half the cost of repair. *ak
Vehicle started to act sluggish, engine check light came on. Vehicle was not operating properly. Took to dealer who said that it was a multi-function relay switch that caused air pump not function properly.
Consumer had recall repair work on the heating and cooling system in april, now the freeze out plugs have gone bad and there is a blown gasket.
I am having a hard time getting ford pay for the problem with a warranty. No summary issued for above vehicle.
Check engine light appeared because engine failed resulting in over heating. Yh
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