Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 76 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 Mercury Sable. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
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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.
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED A REAR END COLLISION. DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK
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
IGNITION SWITCH FAILED WHILE ON VACATION IN FLORDIA, I WHEN TO A AUTO SHOP AND BROUGHT A PUSH PULL 50 AMP SWITCH AND BY PASSED THE PARTS OF THE SWITCH THAT HAD MELTED. I REPLACED THE PUSH SWITCH A NUMBER OF TIMES, CHEAPER THEN GOING TO A DEALER AND GETTING ROBBED FOR PART THAT WAS DEFECTIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE.*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
THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE, WHICH WAS NEVER USED, WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING THE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD/BELT SEPARATION, THE TIRE MAKE/MODEL WAS NOT GIVEN BECAUSE THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS UNREADABLE, THE TIRE HAD UNDER 300 MILES ON IT, SPECIFIC INJURY INFORMATION WAS NOT GIVEN. NLM
WHILE GOING 30-35 MPH SMELLED SMOKE. AFTER PULLING OVER CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB BASE COVER MELTED. CONTACTED DEALER. PROBLEM MAY BE LINKED TO BRAKE VACUUM PLATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RIM AND TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHILCLE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT) *MJS
BOLT THAT HOLDS STEERING RACK PULLED THOUGHT THE FRAME. VEHICLE WAS NOT STEERABLE, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL (98S36) SUB-FRAME MOUNTS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN STEERING. *MJS
THE STALLING PROBLEM HAS EXISTED SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE DEALER SAID THEY SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER'S ENGINEER, BUT, HE TOO WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERS WASHED HIS HANDS. THE MANUFACTURER TOO WOULDN'T RESPONSE. SO WE GAVE UP. BUT HEARD OF A RECENT LAW SUIT IN CALIFORNIA. WOULD LIKE YOUR ADVICE. ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAS A LOT OF MILEAGE BUT WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN NEAR MISSES SEVERAL TIMES. WE TRY TO AVOID CONGESTED RAODS AND ROADS WHERE WE COULD GET TRAPPED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED PROMPT RESPONSE.
DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEATBELT BUCKLES BROKE OFF, CAUSING NO PROTECTION TO THE OCCUPANTS IN EVENT OF A CRASH. REPLACED BUCKLES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE STALLS AND SHUTS DOWN. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT IS LOOSE, CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK
STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN FLUID LEAKS FROM RACK AND PINION. ALSO MAKES NOIS EIN POWER STEERING. *AK
DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNT BROKE WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. IF MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AND THE MOUNT BROKE, WE COULD HAVE HAD A BAD ACCIDENT. IF THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN ACCIDENT AND THE MOUNT BROKE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSY INJURED BECAUSE THE SEAT IS THE ANCHOR. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WELDED THE MOUNT TO THE FRAME. WHEN THE SEAT MOUNT BREAKS THE SEAT MOVES ALL OVER THE PLACE. *AK
REPLACEMENT OF THREE FAILED RADIATORS SINCE PURCHASE.
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UPHILL AND APPLYING GAS THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SUDDENLY VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. DEALER SAID THE TRANSAXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THEN THE VEHICLE LOST ITS STEERING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK
ANTILOCK BRAKES LOCK UP, PREVENTING VEHICLE FROM COMING TO A STOP.
RECALL REPAIR WORK NOT COMPLETED ON THE SUB-FRAME BODY MOUNTS (#93V106000), DUE TO DEALERSHIP SCHEDULING PROBLEM.
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND VEHICLE STALLS. ALSO, THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE VEHICLE, AND THERE IS A SHORT IN THE WIRES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIR SERVICE, AND THEY CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
THREE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF FLUSH ON DOORS.
TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT OUT OF FIRST LIKE IT IS SUPPOSE TO DO. GEAR DRAGS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
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
STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN WHEN DRIVING. STEERING WHEEL IS STIFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
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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