Dt: the contact states on occasion when he puts on the brakes instead of braking the car will accelerate and the engine will rev. Has to stomp on the brakes, turn off the ignition and/or put the car in neutral to get it to stop. The contact noticed this just after purchasing the car in june. It has gotten progressively worse. Vehicle is a 2001 mercury sable. The dealer cannot duplicate the problem. He has not talked to the manufacturer. *ak the cigarette lighter was inoperative, the fuse was replaced.
2001 Mercury Sable electrical complaints
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While driving with my lights on, the lights in the dash went out. Then after 10 to 15 minutes, the lights came back again. This happened quite frequently. The car was taken to the dealer on 11/24/2003 and the dealer said that he fixed it but the lights in the dash kept going of and on occationally. The lights in the dash went off completely in october 2004. Took the car to the dealer again and the dealer said that it was a defective switch and replaced it on 11/24/2004. The same night the lights in the dash went out. I will be taking this car to the dealer again on the 5th of december.
The vehicle stalled intermittently while driving at any speed. The vehicle was at the dealer for repairs. The condition maybe due to an electrical problem.
While parked vehicle caught on fire underneath the hood. Due to severe fire damage vehicle was totaled.
While driving inside dash light began to blink and then went out. Took to dealer, dealer replaced ignition switch.
My 2001 mercury sable has now failed on me at least 6 times since I purchased it on nov. 15,2002. Without warning, I would turn my car off, come back to it and it wouldn't start. Nothing, completely dead. The only thing that did work was the theft light would flash. At first, you could wait for 15 to 30 minutes and it would suddenly start again. This last time, that was not the case. I had it at the ford dealership three times for this problem and they could never diagnose the problem because it wouldn't do it to them. After my third time of being stranded I told them to keep the car until it was fixed. After three days, they decided they would go ahead and make new keys and replace the theft system although they still had not diagnosed this to be the problem. It worked for a couple of months and guess what, here I am again without a car. Keep in mind, the three times I had the car in for this problem it was still covered under warranty; it no longer is, it has exceeded the mileage.
Electrical system shut down, loses all power. *ak the auto has accelerated on numerous occasions while stopped in traffic. Teh air conditioner shut down while traveling, twice the vehicle experienced complete electrical shut down, on one occasion requiring the vehicle to be towed. Consumer is requesting a vehicle replacement and for the failures to be recalled.
When at a complete stop vehicle will suddenly accelerate without applying gas.*ak A/C shut down while traveling. Consumer unable to start the vehicle, the wipers, A/C and blinkers failed due to electrical system failure.
When trying to start vehicle, the key would stick, dash is completely inoperable, consumer could hear something running and vehicle would become very hot, dash did not light up, so there was no warning, vehicle made a grinding sound. Took to dealer, ignition has been changed twice.*ak. Consumer states the power windows were inoperable, the radio did not work, there was no air conditioning or heat, the windshield wipers were inoperative, there was a noise coming from the flywheel, and the dashboard did not light up.
Panel located underneath dash has cables and wires exposed and can be dangerous to children. Dealer has been contacted. *ak the areas behind the dashboard go deep behind the instument panel. Children are also able to place their entire arm up and behind the entire dashboard.
The electrical system of the vehicle shuts down randomly, even at highway speeds. The vehical shuts off and cannot be restarted. The vehicle has to be towed. This has happened four times in three weeks on a vehicle that is two months old (purchased new in august). Each time the electrical system failed, the starter motor was burned out. The dealer replaced the starter motor three times and each time, the new starter motor was blown out. The dealer claims there is nothing they can do to correct the problem. It appears they are waiting for the 36,000 mile warranty to expire (even though there are only 2,200 miles on the vehicle) so that they will no longer have to deal with this as a warranty issue.
The vehicle's wire, connnectors, steering wheel and underside of the dashboard exposed because of no panel protection.
The brakes, the pedal, the power train and transmission failed due to the computer malfunctions.
Consumer states he is having trouble turning the key in the ignition, which also resulted in the steering wheel not turning.
The car will not start although the battery is charged. The ant-theft device appears to be the problem again. The ford towing service told me that this is a common problem.
The car would not start even though the battery was not dead. After switching the remote entry back and forth from lock to unlock several times, the engine started. The engine simply stopped without warning several times at various speeds from 65 to about 20mph. The dealer claimed a contact in the fuse box was not long enough to make sufficient contact with the fuse. I also suspect the anti-theft device or ignition switch might be at fault.
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