1991 Mercury Sable Transmission Problems

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. NLM

NHTSA ID

562297

Incident

Sep 14, 1993

WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE WILL HESITATE , FEELS AS THOUGH VEHICLE IS IN NEUTRAL , LIKE IT IS OUT OF GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE. CONSUMER MUST RESTART VEHICLE, BUT EVENTUALLY DEFECT WILL REOCCUR. CONSUMER RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY IN NOVEMBER 1994 FOR THIS PROBLEM WHICH STATED THAT DEFECT WILL CAUSE ERRATIC TRANSMISSION OPERATION. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED IT HAS PASSED THE WARRANTY BY YEARS AND WILL NOT COVER COSTS. *AK *SLC

NHTSA ID

888371

Incident

Mar 1, 2001

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND CURRENT TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AT ANY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

NHTSA ID

884438

Incident

Aug 1, 1999

CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER REGARDING TRANSMISSION ,AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON "TRANSMISSIONS" FOR THIS VEHICLE... VEHICLE REGISTERED IN NEBRASKA WHERE THERE WAS RECALL 98V323000 REGARDING SUBFRAME CORROSION WHICH COULD EFFECT TRANSMISSION/ENGINE. CONSUMER WAS GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

881694

Incident

Feb 1, 2001

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED PRIOR TO SERVICE PROGRAM #94M84 IN SEPT OF 1994, IN 2000 THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN, CONSUMER BELIEVES FORD REPLACED THE INITIAL TRANSMISSION WITH ANOTHER TRANSMISSION CONTAINING THE SAME INHERENT DEFECT. NLM

NHTSA ID

558289

Incident

Sep 1, 1993

MY 1991 SABLE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPAIRED DUE TO THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT BOLT FELL-OUT, OR BREAKAGE. AFTER REPAIRS WAS MADE THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNT BOLT CAME OUT OR BREAK OUT TWO OTHER TIMES AS OF 23 OCTOBER 2000. MY SABLE WAS PURCHASED IN WASHINGTON STATE AND REGISTERED IN ALASKA, HOWEVER IT IS LOCATED IN MARYLAND WHERE I LIVE FOR THE PASSED TWO YEARS. *AK

NHTSA ID

735057

Incident

Mar 15, 1999

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT A WARNING, AND NO GEAR AT ALL. A TECHNICIAN TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

866776

Incident

Jul 31, 2000

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TRANSMISSIONS GOING OUT ON THE SABLES, BUT WHEN MINE WENT OUT IT JERKED WITH SO MUCH FORCE THAT I COULD BARELY HOLD THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK

NHTSA ID

717819

Incident

Dec 18, 1999

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. ALSO, THERE WAS VIBRATION WITHIN THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, LOSS OF CRUISE CONTROL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITION,SMOKE CAME FROM UNDERHOOD. *AK

NHTSA ID

851259

Incident

Oct 15, 1999

TRANSMISSION FAILED, RECALL (94M-84) HOWEVER DENIED DUE TO YEAR/MILEAGE REQUIREMENTS. MJS

NHTSA ID

549247

Incident

Aug 14, 1999

POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE CAUSING GEARS TO NOT GO FORWARD / BACKWARD. DEALER CANNOT FIX PROBLEM. *YC

NHTSA ID

851508

Incident

Jun 22, 1996

TRANSMISSION WAS MAKING GRINDING NOISE . WAS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED TWICE. PROBLEM WOULD REAPPEAR EACH TIME. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

NHTSA ID

850023

Incident

Jun 23, 1999

WHILE APPLYING ACCELERATOR ENGINE HESITATES, THEN SPEEDS BACK UP. THIS IS THE FORTH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. ALSO, TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY. *AK

NHTSA ID

849398

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, AND THE VEHICLE IS HARD TO TURN. VEHICLE WILL GO ANY OTHER WAY BESIDES THE WAY CONSUMER IS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO, AND THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET AND TRANSMISSION, AND SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

847888

Incident

Oct 1, 1991

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS/CUT OFF AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE IS SHIFTING HARD AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN. *AK

NHTSA ID

847120

Incident

Mar 1, 1999

RANSMISSION IS SHOT. PROBLEM STARTED WITH A CLICKING NOISE, AND TRANSMISSION FLUIDS STARTED RUNNING OUT OFTHE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

846872

Incident

Aug 27, 1999

I AM ON MY 3RD TRANSAXLE. IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR IN TRAFFIC CAUSING A NO POWER SITUATION. I CANNOT ACCELERATE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC!

NHTSA ID

709845

Incident

Aug 10, 1999

DEALERSHIP WILL NOT PERFORM RECALL WORK (98V-323) DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. MJS

NHTSA ID

547471

TRANSMISSION GEARS OVERHEATED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION, DAMAGED TRANSMISSION. MJS

NHTSA ID

547196

Incident

Jun 3, 1999

THIS TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING WITH 76,000 MILES. I HAD HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER AT 66,000 MILES TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION SERVICED & CHECKED AND NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ANYTHING GOING WRONG. *AK

NHTSA ID

707169

Incident

May 19, 1999

FORD INFORMED ME THAT THEY REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNER IN 1996 IN A VOLUNTARY RECALL FOR TRANSMISSIONS; NEVERTHELESS THE TRANSMISSION IS LEAKY AND ALWAYS DOWN A QUART, AND FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS NOW (NHTSA NEEDS TO RECALL FORD/MERCURY TRANSMISSIONS NOW!). *AK

NHTSA ID

706994

Incident

Jan 15, 1998

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SLOW DOWN TO A STOP. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. LEE MYLES AUTO-TRANSMISSION--FLUSHING QUEENS , NEW YORK. SAYS THIS WAS DUE TO INADEQUATE LUBRICATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

822931

Incident

Oct 6, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILED. (MJS)

NHTSA ID

544325

Incident

Jul 3, 1998

THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING IN TO NEUTRAL AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE FIRST TIME THE TRASNMISSION WAS REBUILT WAS AROUND 40,000 MILES. THEN 4 MONTHS AGO THE TRANSMISSON WAS REBUILT AGAIN, AT AROUND 85,000. THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL GOING INTO NEUTRAL, WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 25-55 MPH OR MORE. WHEN I TAKE THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED; THEY SAY THEY CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THIS HAS BEEN AN ON-GOING PROBLEM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS (HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OFF AND ON) AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT IT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. WE ARE CONCERNED NOW FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR TEENAGE SONS WHEN THEY DRIVE IT AS WELL AS OURSELVES. WE ALSO REQUESTED A MAINTANCE REPORT ON THE CAR SINCE WE HAD IT, BUT STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT FROM THE DEALER. ADDITIONALLY, THEY HAVE CHANGED OVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS SEVERAL TIMES AND HAVE ALSO COMMUNICATED THAT SERVICE CODES HAVE BEEN CHANGED SO THAT THEY CANNOT EVEN PROVIDE US WITH AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF EACH VISIT AND WHAT WAS SPECIFICALLY DONE TO THE CAR. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON ADDITIONAL STEPS WE CAN TAKE? THE CAR WAS DROPPED OFF AGAIN TONIGHT, 3/3/99 BECAUSE OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS LAST NIGHT WITH IT. THANK YOU.

NHTSA ID

704001

Incident

Jun 8, 1994

DUE TO DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION, THE VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

834145

Incident

Dec 25, 1998