Ford taurus and the mercury sable's have a problem with water leaking into the heater core box which eventually causes the heater motor and stop working. I understand from reading post on the internet that is apparently a design flaw. My car had 44,000 miles at the point where the motor quit working. The bill to repair the car was $471.28. The warranty had obviously expired but I felt like ford motor co should re-imburse the cost of the repair since it is a very common problem. They declined to help with the cost of the repair.
2003 Mercury Sable body complaints
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Mercury sable 2003 leaks water onto the passenger floor board also causing my AC blower motor to short out.
Do any new cars offer an automatic release of the rear door child lock device. This means that the child lock will automatically un-set upon impact of an accident so people in the back seat can quickly get out. I had an incident in a mercury sable where the back seat passenger was nearly burned because they could not get out of the back seat (get the rear door open). This kind of problem is described on a website www.carsafetyusa.com in detail. Does any car have this feature for automatic child lock release after an accident ? I would like for my next purchase to have this feature.
Water and rain leak into blower housing and then onto passenger floor. In heavy rain the blower can be heard agitating the water. There are many reports that this will eventually disable the blower motor and therefore the vehicle will have no defroster, creating a potential hazard.
Dt*: the contact stated water leaked into the front right side of the ventilation system, onto the floor, as the vehicle was driven at 45 MPH, while it was raining. The service dealer has been made aware of the problem, but the manufacturer was not notified.
Water leak in the front passenger cowl and has caused my blower motor to short and am no longer able to use it.
No events leading up to incident. Whenever it rains, water leaks onto the front passenger side floorboard. Water also leaks onto blower motor and resistor causing failure. Caused by a manufacturer design flaw in a plastic cowling in engine compartment.
Water collected in the heater blower motor causing it need repalcement. I have heard this is a design flaw.
The consumer received recall 04v105000 regarding air filter paper. The dealer claimed that the recall part was replaced, but the consumer insisted that it wasn't replaced. The consumer found that the original air filter was still in the vehicle. *ak the service dealer fixed the air leak in the drivers side door and replaced the air filter. *sc
Consumer has problems seeing through windshield when the sun is shining. The reflection is so bad that it distorts vision. When looking through the windshield, instead of seeing what is on the outside, the consumer sees the reflection of the dashboard. The reflection is very strong. *ak *ts
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