2002 Mercury Sable body problems

Filed Mar 12, 2010 · Body · 86,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable. While driving approximately 3 MPH in reverse out of his driveway, he heard a loud banging noise. Upon further investigation, he observed that the coil springs had fractured and pierced one of the tires. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 86,000 and the current mileage was 93,000.

Filed Oct 2, 2009 · Body, Visibility · 140,000 miles · WA

Leaking connection between windshield water and blowing motor of heating/ventilation causing windows to fog up after starting and beginning driving. When opening the blower motor compartment you can actually water see dripping out. Also a soaking wet floor will occur right after a severe rainstorm. This is a mayor safety issue due to bad visibility!

Filed May 18, 2009 · Body · 55,500 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable. While the vehicle was parked, the contact heard a loud bang. Upon further inspection, he noticed that the driver's side front end collapsed to the ground. He started the vehicle and heard a loud sound coming from the engine. The contact exited the vehicle and noticed that the tire was flat and that something hanging from the engine sliced the tire. He was unable to open the hood because the hood cable was damaged during the failure. The contact is in the process of towing the vehicle to the dealer for further inspection and notifying the manufacturer. The failure and current mileages were 55,500.

Filed Jun 1, 2006 · Body, Engine · 49,946 miles · CA

1. Driving in hot weather 2. A/c and fans inoperable, slight smell of smoke 3. Replace fan motor, resistor,cowel panel and rain hat seal. This failure was addressed in the federal safety agency item# 10011149.

Filed Nov 14, 2005 · Body, Electrical · NY

Dt: the contact stated water was coming from the outside of the vehicle, and leaking into the brake area. It was coming down behind the dashboard. When it rained there would be water in the driver's and passenger's side floorboard. She contacted the dealer. The first time they cleared out some leaves. The second time they said it was the track on the sun roof. Third time, the dealer claimed the leak was coming from the windshield. The dealer was offering no free remedy. There was noise coming from passenger's side front brakes. The dealer stated this was normal. *ak updated 12/07/05.

Filed Oct 28, 2005 · Body · MA

Had burnt out blower motor replaced on my 2002 mercury sable aug 30, 2005. I was told by dealer that they just go sometimes. On october 26, 2005 I brought car back to dealer due to water leaking onto floor on the passenger side below the blower motor. I was then told they had a "service bulletin" on that and it was caused by a design defect in the cabin air filter and water channels into the blower motor which causes them to burn out. They then said they have to install a rain hat and reseal the area for a cost of about 300.00. While replacing the rain hat , the tech. Pulled out the new blower motor (which was full of water) to blow the water out of it and then replaced it. Obviously this is what caused the first blower motor to go which cost 270.00 to replace. I'm sure the dealer knew what caused the blower motor to burn out because they had that "service bulletin" and should of told me about the design defect then and fixed the problem then. I ended up paying double for labor. This problem should be a recall and the manufacturer should be responsible. It's a defect in the design of the vehicle and the consumer should not have to pay. How many other sable/taurus owners have this problem?

Filed Oct 21, 2005 · Body · NY

Water leak onto the pass side floor. Was told by the service person that this was an on going problem with ford taurus and mercury sables. That it appears to be the way the vehicles were put together in the factory.

Filed Oct 21, 2004 · Body · 43,000 miles · NY

Water leaked into the A/C fan motor, causing failure to the A/C unit. Please provide more information.

Filed Oct 7, 2004 · Body, Brakes · 16,990 miles · GA

1. Vehicle is still under manufacturer's 3 yr bumper to bumper warranty but they will not repair a rupture in the body (fatigue?) which has allowed the driver side door lock to come loose. The rupture is progressively increasing. Brought to attention of dealer, mall of georgia ford in buford ga, tel. 770‑932‑4060, on 10-27-2003. Dealer promised to order part and call my wife at home on its arrival. I went out of the country for 4 months. My wife never rec'd any call. On my return, I called the dealer and was told "sorry! Procedure has now been changed. Bring in vehicle, we'll photograph it, send it to ford for a decision. After going through this procedure I was told "ford does not acknowledge this to be a manufacturing defect" and will not pay. Talked to ford mercury people but they say the dealer decided that it was not covered under warranty, dealer says ford mercury made that decision. I am stuck in the middle trying to argue with both, with each side putting blame on the other. There is no damage to the body where the body rupture exists around the lock assembly hole in the door body: there has been no accident, nobody trying to jimmy open the lock to steal the cart ( an alarm is installed in the car) and I can find no other reason for the body to start splitting at the hole where the lock assembly fits. I need your help to have ford mercury live up to their warranty and, if appropriate, have a neutral party evaluate the problem. 2. On 5-31-2003 while driving the vehicle on I-75 about 30 mile se of atlanta, the vehicle started to skid when the brake was applied even though it has an ABS system installed and a scrunching sound was heard as though metal was rubbing against metal. The same exact situation occurred again once more on hwy 29 near my home in lawrenceville, ga. This is a problem that occurs occasionally, not everytime that the brakes are applied, and has proved impossible to replicate whenever a mechanic has tried to diagnose it.

Filed Aug 14, 2003 · Body · SC

When opening driver side door hinge and bolts that hold the door in place came completely off.