I had a recall performed 2 years ago for the front coil springs. The driver side spring has broken and is cutting into the tire. The car was driven on 01/16/09 and ok. It was parked on the driveway until 01/18/09 when I started to drive, I heard a scraping sound which I thought was ice and snow in the wheel well. I drove aprox. A half block stopped and looked and the wheel wells were clear, I then drove the car back into the driveway and noticed smoke coming from the tire and a grove being cut into the tire. The coil spring is pressing into the tire.
2001 Mercury Sable suspension complaints
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Rear coil spring has broken and has the potential to puncture the tire. I caught it early enough that it didn't.
Heard a loud bang a couple of weeks ago and did not find anything wrong and then heard a loud bang again on 1/12/2009 and took car in to find I had two broken coil springs in the rear. I am finding this to be a problem and why don't they make it a recall.
Drove 10 hours from louisville kentucky to carlisle pennsylvania. Stopped at a holiday inn for the night. No problems noted with the car during the drive. When attempting to back up 2001 mercury sable in hotel parking lot, a grinding noise was heard coming from the right rear side of the vehicle. Tire was removed by aaa and the right rear suspension spring coil was found to be failed with a portion missing. The remaining end of the coil had embedded itself into the inner wall of the right rear tire creating a gouge. The tire did not rupture. The car was towed to l.b. Smith ford lincoln mercury located at 1100 market st. Lemoyne, pa 17043 (717) 697-2273 by aaa. The right rear coil spring was found to be broken. One (1) part no. 4f1z*5560 was removed and replaced. One ast*52* shock absorber assembly was removed and replaced. One rear tire was removed and replaced with a 9007*1004552* p215/60r6 tire. The tire was mounted and balanced. All four wheels were aligned. Total charge for the repair by the dealership was $504.47.
The rear springs on my 2001 mercury sable have both fractured. The car is in the shop right now being repaired and no one in the shop can believe that both of the springs have fractured. They are amazed!! This is a very big job to fix and is very dangerous. The repair tech could not believe that the car was even drivable. I would like ford motor company to contact me with a response. I see on the internet that many 2000-2001 sables are effected by this problem and yet ford did nothing, allowing people to drive unsafe cars. This should have been recalled and corrected. If I do not hear back, this will be my very last ford car. I would like a reply from ford motor co. I am just glad no one was hurt. Thank god!! Please see : ea06002 and pe05-054.
2001 mercury sable with 50,000 miles. Purchased in california, moved to ohio in 2005. On dec. 6, 2008, while backing out of garage the front coil spring broke and impaled the tire. Vin# , ford site shows no recall in effect. I'm guessing it's because we bought outside of the "salt belt". Did they forget that people move? I was never notified of this problem and was unaware of the limited recall until this happened. Could have been a lot worse had this happened while on the road. Will have it towed to a dealership tomorrow to see how well they'll stand behind their product.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. The contact stated that the rear coil springs failed and punctured the tires. He will take the vehicle to be repaired on december 4, 2008. The contact feels that this is a safety issue because the tires could have blown out and caused a crash. The current and failure mileages were 86,000. Updated 01/14/09. *lj updated 01/21/09.
Rear coil springs on 2001 mercury sable were both broken and positioned such that the spring was about to puncture the tire.
While backing car from lawn onto driveway (not a significant incline), I heard a loud noise. Later when I drove the car I heard a continuous noise from the rear (thought something broke in the brake assembly but discovered spring rubbing on tire). The repair shop inspected and found a broken rear spring. They replaced both springs (unclear if 1 or both were broken).
Noticed a few years ago a rattle in the rear passenger side, thought it might be a sheet metal brace inside a covered panel or something like that. My son made an observation this year of how low the rear of the car was. Took it in for service and found that both rear coil springs were destroyed, one having ground a groove on the inner sidewall down to the cord. Total cost of repair - $1395.14, $243.90 of which was for replacing 2 good tires damaged by the springs. Incident date is just an educated guess, as the failure was not readily noticed by me. Repair was done 7-12-08. This is an obvious defect that has not been addressed yet. Ford should be made to reimburse those owners who have had to pay for repairs. I have owned many ford products over the years and have never had an issue like this occur. A catastrophic tire failure at highway speed could have caused injury or even death that could have been avoided had this issue been properly dealt with.
Broken rear springs (both sides), only consequence so far is sagging rear end and cost to replace rear springs replaced, consider it lucky no other damage was done.
Both rear springs on my car are broken. One of the front springs also broke (and has been repaired) and my mechanic has told me the other is about to go. I have found out that ford recalled the front springs due to a substandard material used in construction, which is prone to road salt corrosion. Since I live in the northeast, road salt is a common occurrence during the winter months. The rear springs are made of the same material and are also corroding. It'll cost me around $1,600 to compensate for a design flaw that ford is washing it's hands of (at 100,000 miles, my front springs aren't even covered under the recall, even though the problem was there from day-1). One would think ford would do the right thing and replace the defective rear springs as well. I guess the number of potential deaths caused by a rear blow-out is below their threshold, so they'll take their chances in court. This is why we need the federal safety agency oversite. However, the federal safety agency has only required ford to recall the front springs to date. Ford expects people to buy their cars, but they don't stand behind them (even when it is a known manufacturing defect). That is why many people are buying japanese cars. I, for one, will never buy ford again.
I had been hearing a rubbing sound coming from rear of car for a few days and after experiencing a flat tire on the same side, further inspection revealed that the rear coil springs were broken. Driver side rear spring (sharp edge)was scraping the inside of the tire, which caused the flat tire. Both rear springs and struts plus new tires were replaced costing $1,200.00.
Discovered a rubbing sound coming from rear of car and further inspection reviled that the rear coils springs were broken. Right rear spring (sharp edge)was scraping the inside of the tire, but not enough to puncture. Both rear springs, struts and stabilizers links were replaced costing $1023.00 I still have the old broken springs.
Right rear coil spring broke and caused tire to blow out.
Rear coil spring broke , possible rear tire puncture.
July 30th 2008, I took my car in for routine maintenance of oil change, tire rotation, etc. Repair shop discovered the left and right rear coil springs were broken. Broken in such a way that they were surprised that the jagged end of the coil springs was not rubbing into my tire. I have no ideal when this might have happened, there was no indication that they had failed. Although the casing around the coil spring easily tore by hand and the broken part of the coil spring is rusted. It scares me to think of how long I might have been driving around with my car on the edge like this. My car has 62,896 miles on it, but exactly when these coil springs failed is unknown. They want upwards of $800.00 to replace coil spring and struts. $500.00 just for coil springs. I had no choice other than to get coil springs replaced. It seemed odd to me that both sides would fail and both side are broken in pretty much the same place. So I gave myself july 31, 2008 for researching the rear coil springs on my 2001 mercury sable, hence my complaint to the federal safety agency. On aug 1, 2008 I will take my car back to repair shop for repair. I will keep my old coil springs in the hope that someone finally realizes that this is a issue that needs to be addressed in the manner of a recall. I have read some of the other complaints and failure of these rear coil springs can come at any time with or without the owners knowledge. Please don't wait until something more fatal happens before ford and the federal safety agency acknowledges that there is a serious problem with these rear coil springs.
Flat tire due to broken coil spring scrapping away tire sidewall rubber and eventually puncturing the tire.
Rear springs broke on my 2001 sable. Cost me several hundred dollars to replace. This is wrong -- ford has know this was an ongoing problem for a long time on specific years.
Rear coil spring broke.
Left rear tire blew out while driving on highway. Service station replaced tire. During test drive, new tire was damaged to almost blow out. Replaced tire again and discovered broken rear spring. Replaced both rear springs and struts, in addition to the 2nd new tire. (also had rear brakes replaced one month earlier. The original issue was that the car shook. Altogether, I spent $2,400. On springs, struts, tires, and brakes.)
Just found out I have two broken rear springs on my 2001 mercury sable. Researched this and discovered this is not uncommon due to poor design by ford. A prior recall covered the front springs, but not the rear. Not fair to consumer, springs should not break from normal driving. I have had this vehicle for almost 7 years, only 65,000 miles. This could cause accidents, if it hasn't already. Ford should issue recall to fix this like they did on the front springs.
Broken front and rear springs 2001 mercury sable.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. The contact stated that both rear coil springs failed and were replaced. Approximately four months later, the front driver side coil spring failed. There is a recall for the front coil springs, but the contact was unaware of the recall. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 87,000 and first failure mileage was 80,063. Updated 05/05/08 *bf updated 05/05/08
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. While rotating the tires, the mechanic noticed that the front and rear suspension coil springs failed on the vehicle. The dealer replaced the front and rear coil springs and the tires remained unaffected. There were no warning signs prior to the failures. The contact can provide invoices. The approximate failure mileage was 49,500 and current mileage was 55,000.
A loud bang from the rear of my 2001 mercury sable. I removed one of the rear tires and found that the rear spring had broke on the drivers side. It had a sharp edge on it that could puncture the rear tire. The front springs had a recall done on them. Why are the rear springs not covered under this recall?
During a routine servicing in nov. 2007 a rear coil spring was noted to be broken, which I had replaced. Subsequently in february 2008 a similar incident was reported to me, however it was a front coil spring which was replaced under a recall (the federal safety agency action #peo4044). I then investigated to see if a recall existed for the rear spring and found that under ea06002 although their were 162 incidents reported the only action is "continued monitoring". I believe with this many incidents ford should have been required to issue a recall and return the cost of repair to the owners.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. While driving 50 MPH, the contact heard a grinding noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an automotive shop and it was discovered that the coil springs in both rear tires failed. The dealer stated that there was no recall for the rear coil springs. The powertrain was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 39,600.
Three springs are broken on my 2001 mercury sable - one front and two back. The dealership told me they would replace the one broken front spring and nothing more. I have since read that they are responsible to replace both front but not the rear. It seems apparent that there is a general problem with the springs whether front or back and ford/mercury should be responsible enough to admit and fix the problem. I am told they will do nothing about the rear springs even though this issue (front & rear springs) seems to effect many people by stuff I have read on the internet. Ford/mercury needs to step up to the plate and fix this problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mercury sable. The contact stated that her vehicle was repaired under the recall for the suspension:front:springs:coil springs. Currently, she is experiencing issues with the rear coil spring and believes a recall should be available. The contact has to pay for the repair. The recall number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 56,425.
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