Mercury Sable tire blowout problems

Filed Sep 25, 2020 · Suspension · 37,500 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable. The contact stated that while reversing out of the driveway, the front driver's side tire exploded. The suspension coil spring on the driver's side fractured and slashed the tire causing the tire to explode. The contact stated that the suspension needed to be replaced. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 37,500.

Filed Oct 15, 2015 · Tires · 105,029 miles · GA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury sable equipped with douglas x-trac 2 tires, size: p215/60/r16. While driving 65 MPH, the front passenger side tire blew out. As a result, the vehicle veered but the contact was able to regain control of the vehicle. The vehicle and tire were not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The dot number and VIN were unknown. The vehicle failure mileage was 105,029 and the tire failure mileage was 5,159.

Filed Mar 24, 2015 · Suspension · 105,000 miles · WV

Originally, 2 days prior, car felt like I was dragging something underneath. Got out and looked around car, didn't see anything. Left car for 2 days, then started to head to work. Was going only about 20mph when smoke poured out from under my car. A moment later my front passenger side tire blew. Had a friend come to help me change to the spare. He drove the car about 2 minutes back to my house and as soon as he parked it, he took the spare off because we heard a weird popping noise when he was jacking the car back up. Looked and the coil spring on the passenger side had broken and rubbed so violently against the tire that it had torn a 10-14" long hole in the tire and had burnt a ring around the inside of the tire. Thankfully I had 2 friends to replace the whole unit. I also was able to take my goodyear tire back to sam's and they prorated my tire (had less than 6,000 miles on them!!) and replaced it. Time will tell if the other one will go out but the federal safety agency needs to look at this problem. If I had been going faster, I most certainly would have been in a very bad accident. I am very thankful I had friends who were able to change the whole coil spring for me. But if this were to happen while traveling at a high rate of speed, the end result could be catastrophic.

Filed Jan 23, 2014 · Suspension · 91,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury sable. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, a loud noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the rear passenger side tire exploded due to a fractured coil spring. The vehicle was towed to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that both front clock springs, the coil springs, and the stabilizer spring bar needed to be replaced. The contact also stated that the failure occurred on the front driver's side several months later. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred. The approximate failure and current mileage were 91,000.

Filed Jul 1, 2013 · Suspension · 154,000 miles · ME

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury sable. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 10 MPH, the passenger side front coil spring failed and punctured the tire, causing a blow out. The vehicle was taken to a private dealer where it was determined that the coil spring had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The contact also stated that the failure occurred on the front driver's side several months later. The manufacturer was not contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 154,000. The current mileage was 156,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Apr 25, 2013 · Suspension · 100,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury sable. The contact stated that while driving approximately 10 MPH, a loud noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the front driver's side tire exploded due to the fractured coil spring. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that both front coil springs, the driver side tire, and sway bar needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 100,000.

Filed Apr 17, 2013 · Suspension · 72,000 miles · MA

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 mercury sable. The contact stated that after shifting into drive, a loud noise emitted outside of the vehicle. The contact inspected the vehicle and noticed that the front passenger's side tire exploded due to the fractured coil spring. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer where both front coil springs were replaced. Also, the front passenger's side tire was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.

Filed Dec 4, 2012 · Suspension · 113,000 miles · ME

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle made a loud snapping noise. The contact mentioned that while he drove the vehicle out of the garage the passenger front tire blew. After inspecting the vehicle he noticed that the passenger front coil spring broken. The manufacturer advised that the vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 04v332000 (suspension: front: springs: coil springs). The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current and mileage was 113,000.

Filed Jun 18, 2012 · Electrical · MA

I own a 2003 mercury sable, and approximately back in 2010 I experienced my first failure of the blower resistor motor. Then one month later I experienced another failure, being under warranty they replaced it, another month goes by and yet another failure, take it back and we tried to figure why it was failing. We then come up my car was mainly garaged, and I rarely drive in the rain. On the three different dates of failure we were experiencing heavy rain that I had driven in and upon the next day or two going out it failed. They then put silicone around and near everything. Now it is may of 2012 and I experience another failure, doing some of my own investigating I am shocked to know that this is a known issue for 2001 - 2004 ford taurus and mercury sable cars. And there is a tsb 04-15-3 on how to resolve this issue. To me this is a very potential fire hazard since when the water comes into contact with live electricity to cause the blow out can indeed cause a shock or even damage the blower motor. And if a person foot happens to be in the area when the short happens they could get an unexpected jolt and get hurt. This should be a mandatory recall event for this problem before someone gets seriously injured.

Filed Dec 13, 2011 · Suspension · 113,000 miles · MN · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 mercury sable gs. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, there was a loud bang and the front passenger tire blew. The contact almost lost control of the vehicle as she merged onto the shoulder and rolled into a ditch. There were no injuries and the vehicle was not damaged. The tire was removed and the spare was installed. The vehicle was then taken back to the dealer where the tire was originally purchased and after inspection, the technician advised that the coil spring caused the tire damage. The dealer was notified of the coil spring failure and advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The manufacturer was contacted who confirmed that there were no recalls and offered no further assistance. The failure mileage was 113,000.