Owner-reported complaints naming the body or structure system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1987 Mercury Sable submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA 98V323000. SUBFRAME BUSHINGS BROKE LOOSE CAUSE NEAR ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF STEERING. LOCAL FORD MOTOR COMPANY DENIED TO FIX BECAUSE OF VIN NUMBER.
DRIVERS SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM MOUNT. SEAT ROCKS FORWARD AND BACK. DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. DOORS ARE CLOSED. FUEL GAUGE INACCURATE.*AK
WHILE DRIVING LIGHT FOR DRIVER'S DOOR WILL ILLUMINATE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL THEN UNLOCK ON ITS OWN. CAUSE OF PROBLEM IS UNKNOWN. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL (98S36) SUB-FRAME MOUNTS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. *MJS
RECALL REPAIR WORK NOT COMPLETED ON THE SUB-FRAME BODY MOUNTS (#93V106000), DUE TO DEALERSHIP SCHEDULING PROBLEM.
THREE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF FLUSH ON DOORS.
EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THREE INSIDE VEHICLE DOOR HANDLES BREAKING OFF, 1 DRIVER SIDE & 2 PASSENGER SIDE . DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A MFR. RECALL / COULD SOMEONE HELP IN THIS MATTER? *AK
RECALL # 93V106000, THE BODY MOUNTS THAT SUPPORT THE TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE BROKE, WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THIS VEHICLE IS PART OF A RECALL, AND HAS NOT BEEN MODIFIED. MANUFACTURER SAID THEY WERE NOT REPAIRING VEHICLES BEFORE 1988. *AK
SUBFRAME BOLTS FAILED, CAUSING SUBFRAME TO COLLAPSE AND CRASH TO THE GROUND, PRIOR TO RECALL.
VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING FAILURE OF THE RECALL (93V106000) COMPONENT, HOWEVER DENIED SERVICE DUE TO VIN #. (MJS)
HEADS PULLED THROUGH SUBFRAME WASHERS, CAUSING FRONT END TO DROP.
THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, AT ANY TIME THE STEERING CAN GO OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
SUB FRAME MOUNTS CORRODED, CAUSING SUB FRAME TO DROP/LOSS OF STEERING. *DSH
REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS CORRODED AND BROKE, ALLOWING SUB-FRAME TO DROP PRIOR TO RECALL (93V-106.001). *AK
SUBFRAME BUSHINGS FAILED ON 4/15/95. TT
BODY MOUNTS SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING FRONT END TO COLLAPSE. *AW
INTERIOR PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE KEEPS BREAKING. THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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