1 brake lights fail not covered under recall 1 year ago due to listing was taillight. Brake light switch will not let you shift the car. Has to be checked dayly.*ak 2 oil leaks cause smoke will cost over $300 dollars to fix. 3. Service flashes are not covered. 10 to 15 miles per gallon. Causes pining nosie. 4. Defrost will cause wiring and A/C to smoke. Cause keyless remote car system to stop working. 5. Foot gets caught in brake and gas petal. Checked under recall by a new tech. Checked ok. 6.transmission will cause car to jump back and forward when in park. From a falty valve body. 0.dealer replaced electrical under warntee
2000 Mercury Sable electrical complaints
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While driving 55 MPH vehicle stalled. Consumer tried to restart vehicle, but vehicle would not start. Consumer had vehicle towed to the dealer for inspection, and mechanic could not duplicate the problem.
Immediately upon starting my 2000 mercury sable (car had been off and parked for 4+ hours), there was a loud explosion under the hood. It sounded like a sonic boom (people parked 2 cars away from mine thought someone had hit their car the percussion was so intense). Smoke/vapor was coming from under the hood. It was thought that there was a fire under the hood and I ran inside the establishment where I was parked and got a fire extinquisher. After getting the extinguisher, a concerned passerby asked that I open the hood. There was no fire but a lot of vapor. The intake manifold had blown up. There were 2 pieces that we found near the manifold and the manifold looked as if it had been split along its horizontal axis. The felt material underpinning the hood was ripped in several places. I called a ford authorized service center where we have taken several vehicles over the years and they had it towed to their shop. It then had to be taken to a local ford dealer since the service center said they did not "have the proper equipment to fix it". Upon investigation on the internet to see if there were any similar incidents on file, I found an article that was in the journal of the alliance of automotive service providers, aasp by mark giammalvo describing an incident identical to mine. There had been 2 "owner notifications" issued by ford - 00b38 april 2000 and 00b55 in september 2000 that related to a PCM reprogramming that was needed. I did not purchase the vehicle until october 2000. According to the ford dealership who repaired the vehicle one PCM reprogramming had been done in june 2000. The ford dealership did repair the car: "replaced intake manifold & gaskets, updated calibration already set in PCM, no later calibration is available". My greatest concern over this incident is that if the hood had been open at the time the manifold exploded, there could have been serious injury to anyone nearby.
Loud explosion which was result of back fire blowing out upper intake manifold. This condition is adressed in ford owner notification 00b38 (affecting 2000 sable and taurus with 3.0l duratec engine) in which ford agreed to reprogram the PCM to prevent this backfire and ruptured inake condition. Program was only open from april 2000 to april 2001. Obviously this car was never reprogrammed due to lack mailing issue or change of vehicle ownership. These vehicles that are unrepaired present a significant safety risk to automotive service personel working in the area when the hood is open. The blast of the plastic intake pieces is of such a violent nature that even the underhood insulation is damaged. Believe that these vehicles should all be reprgrammed regardless of date.
Electrical short caused connector/wiring to cooling system fan to burn. Concerned that an engine fire could have resulted.
When emergency parking brakes are engaged the rear brake lights come on and stay on. This results in the battery dying out.
Brakes shudder when applied, been cut down once already stopped for about 5000 miles then started again increasing in intensity as mileage climbed, also car will shut off for a moment or two causing loss of all power, and all dash indicator lights to come on, also had to replace brake light switch twice now.
The back brake lights are not working again. (4th time) also, the car will not move out of park after you start the car. I know these two problems are related to the brake switch. This item has been (replaced) two other times. I am putting the powers that be on notice that if I am in a crash because of this safety issue, I am responsible for it. Also, there is some sort of electrical problem that will keep the car for starting.
Car stalled on 4 separate occasions. It's been to the dealer twice and they replaced some ignition coils second time, however car stalled yet again. Twice car was starting from a stop in traffic, twice coming to a stop and getting ready to turn right. Dangerous situation when turning as car coasted into lane when I needed to be accelerating. Dt
On two occasions on march 18, 2002, and one occasion on march 25, 2002 vehicle failed to start while on a trip from toledo, oh to charlotte, nc. Vehicle would not crank, but exhibited no other faults. After a period of about 15 to 20 minutes, vehicle started. After first incident vehicle one march 18 was taken to turnpike ford in marmet, wv. Service there could not identify problem. After third incident on march 25 vehicle was taken to astrog ford in parkersburg, wv. Service there first reported they were unable to identify problem, but in preparing to return vehicle to me, it failed to start. Astorg ford reported to me that the vehicle needed a new pats switch, but they did not have the part. They suggested I proceed to toledo, not turn off the ignition, and take it to local ford dealer. On march 27 I delivered the vehicle to franklin park lincoln mercury and reported the problem. They kept the vehicle until april 4 and reported that "problem is intermit could not verify at this time all system operate as designed."
This vehicle has had emission, mechanical, and electrical problems . This is primarily emission issues between the check engine's and the gas tank.
Koons lincoln-mercury service technicians have stated that the emission light stays illuminated because vehicle has a defective fuel vapor transfer system. Air bag light was illuminated due to a defective left front air bag sensor. Brake lights inoperative due to a switch stop lamp and broken wire. This defect almost caused me to get rear-ended in stop and go traffic on baltimore's beltway.
While driving at any rate of speed vehicle will completely shutdown without warning, cause unknown. Dealer cannot identify the cause. Please give any further details.
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