1992 Mercury Sable Transmission Problems

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD NOISE. THEN IT COMPLETELY FAILED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10090173

Incident

Sep 1, 2004

WHILE DRIVING RPMS REVVED TO 4700, AND VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN,SMOKE CAME OUT OF TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE STALLED. TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK

NHTSA ID

8015913

Incident

Aug 5, 2002

AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO GET RECALL DONE ON VEHICLE, REMEDY DID NOT WORK, AND CONSUMER STILL HAD PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

NHTSA ID

8011377

Incident

Mar 2, 2002

WHILE DRIVING ON I-95 NORTH IN S. FLORIDA A KNOCKING NOISE STARTED TO OCCUR. THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND DOWNSHIFTED BY ITSELF. THE CAR COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE OVER 55 M.P.H. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING.*AK

NHTSA ID

761074

Incident

Apr 22, 2002

REVERSED OUT OF DRIVEWAY THEN PUT IN DRIVE. HEARD KNOCKING NOISE. CAR DID NOT MOVE EVEN WHEN ECCELERATOR WAS PUSHED. HAD TO BE PUSHED BACK INTO CARPORT. TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

NHTSA ID

761072

Incident

Apr 21, 2002

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP TOTAL FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AT 40 MPH NO PRIOR WARNING OF FAILURE COULD HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT.REPAIRS TO THIS VEHICLES TRANSMISSION SEEM TO BE WAY ABOVE AVERAGE. *AK

NHTSA ID

756587

Incident

Dec 30, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

747727

Incident

Apr 1, 2001

I AM NOT A MECHANIC SO HERE GOES. I FIRST WAS DRIVING AND WHITE SMOKE BEGAN BLOWING OUT OF THE MUFFLER. I STOPPPRED THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP.HE SAID I HAD A BLOWN HEAD GASKET WHICH IS QUIT COMMON IN THE MERCURY SABLE.I CONTACTED SEVERAL MECHANICS WHO ALL SAID THE SAME THING,IT MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE SABLE. I HAD THAT FIXED AND BECAUSE OF THIS MY TRANSMISSION LET GO AND BLEW A ROD.*AK

NHTSA ID

743803

Incident

Jan 15, 2001

THE PROBLEM I WAS HAVING WAS THE INABILITY TO SHIFT THE CAR OUT OF "PARK" IN THE NORMAL WAY - START THE CAR, DEPRESS THE BRAKE AND PULL THE SHIFT LEVER DOWN. THE ONLY WAY THAT I COULD GET THE CAR INTO GEAR WAS TO PULL DOWN ON THE SHIFT LEVER WHILE TURNING THE KEY AND THEN START THE ENGINE WHILE IN NEUTRAL. I DISCOVERED, IN A CONVERSATION WITH A FORD MECHANIC, THAT THIS IS A SYMPTOM OF A FAILURE SOMEWHERE IN THE "BRAKE LIGHT" CIRCUIT. SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A BLOWN BRAKE LIGHT BULB WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM. THERE WAS ANOTHER SYMPTOM THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED WITH THE MECHANIC, AS I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS RELATED, BUT COULD IN ITSELF, CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE BY PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. APPARENTLY THE DE-ACTIVATION IS CONTROLLED BY A COMPONENT WIRED INTO THE BRAKE LIGHT CIRCUIT. AFTER I GOT THE BRAKE LIGHTS WORKING (DIRTY CONTACTS ON THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH), EVERYTHING WAS BACK TO NORMAL. THE CAR SHIFTED AS IT WAS SUPPOSE TO AND THE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN DISENGAGED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN MY OPINION, THE INTERELATIONSHIP OF THESE COMPONENTS HAS GOOD POTENTIAL TO BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. IT WOULD BE EASY TO INADVERTANTLY PUT THE CAR IN FORWARD GEAR WHILE INTENDING TO PUT IT IN REVERSE WHEN STARTING IT IN NEUTRAL. THE CAR COULD ROLL WHEN STARTING IT IN THIS MANNER. THE FAILURE OF THE CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGE GAVE ME THE SENSATION OF FLOORING THE CAR AND PUTTING MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AT THE SAME TIME. NOT USUALLY A VERY GOOD THING TO DO. THAT'S IT. I HOPE IT HELPS.

NHTSA ID

734392

Incident

Jun 1, 2000

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

726215

Incident

Jun 3, 2000

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SLC

NHTSA ID

783970

DANGER!!!! ALMOST CRASH !!!!! --WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 90 IN CHICAGO AT 60M/H, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN!! SPEED DROPS IMMEDIATELLY!! I WAS SURROUNDED BY HEAVY TRAFFIC MOVING AT 60-80 M/P...LUCKILY, BEFORE MY CAR DROPS TO 25M/H, I MANAGED TO STOP AT THE ROADSIDE. WHAT A HELL! I CAN'T CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, IT DOESN'T MOVE. AFTER 1 HR, I WAS SAVED BY A TOW TRUCK. THE CAR LOOKS GOOD, AND HAS ONLY 64500 MILES. WHAT KIND OF PRODUCT FORD IS MAKING! WHENEVER I THOUGHT OF THAT DAY, I FEEL I AM SO SAVED..

NHTSA ID

721633

Incident

Mar 20, 2000

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY LOCKED. THE '!@#$% QUALITY METAL USED IN THE MAIN GEAR SET CRUMBLED TO POWDER. FORD QUALITY SCORES AGAIN! *AK

NHTSA ID

719317

Incident

Nov 4, 1999

TRANSMISSION FAILED, COSTING $2000 IN REPAIRS. NOW HEAD GASKET HAS FAILED WITH ESTIMATED REPAIR IN EXCESS OF $1200. I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THIS VEHICLE FOR 10,000 MILES YET. I AM NOW READING ABOUT MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THE FORD 3.8L ENGINE & DRIVETRAIN. I UNDERSTAND THAT FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS & HAS FAILED TO CORRECT THEM. I THINK THE WHOLE SITUATION IS A DISGUSTING INDICTMENT OF THE LACK OF CARING ON FORD'S PART. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT & WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW ABOUT THIS HORRENDOUS SITUATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

718773

Incident

Feb 9, 2000

WHILEDRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APPROACHED A TOLL BOOTH, PAID THE TOLL, AND VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE. ENGINE WAS VERY HOT. PUT 5 QUARTS OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION OVERHEATED AND THE FLUID EVAPORATED. HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED, AND NO EXTERNAL LEAKS WERE PRESENT. *AK

NHTSA ID

849859

TRANSMISSION REPLACE PER FORD DEALER RECOMMENDATION

NHTSA ID

712083

Incident

Apr 1, 1999

I BOUGHT THE CAR LESS THAN A YEAR AGO AND HAVE PAID OVER A $1,000 IN REPAIRS. THE DAY I LEFT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER RE-BUILT THE TRANSMISSION TWICE, BUT I'M STILL HAVING PROBLEMS. RECENTLY I HAD FULL FRONT & BACK BRAKE JOB. WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR THE BRAKES WERE FINE. IN LESS THAN A YEAR I HAD ONLY 10% BRAKES LEFT. THE DAY I LEFT I LOST ALL BACK BRAKES. A MONTH LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN. NOW THEY ARE SAYING FORD HAS RECALLED THE ANTI LOCK SYSTEM AND MASTER CYLINDER. PLEASE HELP.

NHTSA ID

710439

TRANSMISSION WAS RECALLED ON THIS VEHICLE TYPE BUT WE RECEIVED NO NOTICE. MECHANIC SAID RECALL HAD "EXPIRED" AND THAT FORD WOULD NOT PAY FOR IT. TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED WITH GENUINE FORD KIT. IS FORD CO. RESPONSIBLE FOR REIMBURSING ME FOR THIS REPAIR? *AK

NHTSA ID

705949

Incident

Feb 25, 1998

NO SUMMARY.

NHTSA ID

701567

Incident

Oct 28, 1998

POWER TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH

NHTSA ID

701222

Incident

Sep 15, 1996

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT, AND CONSUMER DROVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. SHE S VEHICLE FELT LIKE JUMPING. DROVE TO NEAREST SERVICE SHOP WHERE THEY HAD TOLD CONSUMER THE PROBLEM WAS WITH A PART ON THE VEHICLE WHICH CONSUMER DID NOT RECALL AT THE TIME. *AK

NHTSA ID

823835

Incident

May 24, 1998

WHILE DRIVING IN CENTER LANE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL, LOSING ALL POWER, FORCING DANGEROUS EVASIVE DRIVING TO COAST ONTO SHOULDER.

NHTSA ID

536356

Incident

May 23, 1998

WHILE PARKED ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, GEAR SHIFTED INTO PARK WITH IGNITION OFF, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROLL BACK SLOWLY. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION IS NEEDED. *AK

NHTSA ID

822090

Incident

Mar 21, 1998

TRANSMISSION LOCKED DUE TO INADEQUATE LUBRICATION.

NHTSA ID

530738

Incident

Dec 27, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILURE.

NHTSA ID

530100

Incident

Jul 1, 1997