Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mercury Sable submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 12 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
THIS DEFECT CAUSED NO PARKING LIGHTS, TAIL LIGHTS, SIDE MARKERS OR DASH LIGHTS. DEALER SAID THIS PROBLEM IS COMMON! ONE BECOMES A SITTING DUCK IN THE DARK WITH NO LIGHTS IN THE SIDES OR REAR OF VEHICLE. PLEASE MAKE FORD RECALL AND CORRECT THIS DANGEROUS DEFECT.*AK
EVERY TIME THE DOORS CLOSE OR DOME LIGHT IS SWITCHED OFF THE DOORS LOCK, DOORS LOCK WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING AND NOBODY IN THE VEHICLE
I HAD BEEN NOTICING A STRANGE BURNING SMELL IN THE CAR FOR SOME TIME - BUT COULDN'T PLACE ITS SOURCE. I FOUND THE SMELL GETTING STRONGER OVER TIME, AND STRONGER WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON. THEN I NOTICED THAT THE DASH AREA SURROUNDING THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WAS WARM TO THE TOUCH. I PULLED OFF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH KNOB, AND THE SWITCH SHAFT WAS BURNING - TOO HOT TO TOUCH. I OBTAINED A NEW HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND PROCEEDED TO DISSAEMBLE THE DASH. I FOUND THE BACK END (PLASTIC CONNECTOR RECEPTABLE BODY) OF THE SWITCH TOTALLY MELTED, AND SOME OF THE WIRES HAD THEIR INSULATION MELTED CLEAR OFF, DOWN TO BARE COPPER. LUCKILY NONE OF THE WIRES WERE TOUCHING IN THE BARE AREAS. THE MALE END OF THE HARNESS (THAT PLUGS INTO THE SWITCH) WAS MELTED INTO THE SWITCH BODY. I HAD TO BUY A NEW REPLACEMENT CONNECTOR, SPLICE IT IN AND MAKE UP SOME NEW WIRES, AND THEN INSTALL THE NEW SWITCH. THE AUTO PARTS STORES SAY THAT ALTHOUGH FORD DOESN'T HAVE THE CONNECTOR + PIGTAIL ASSEMBLY AVAILABLE AS A DEALER ITEM, IT IS AN AFTERMARKET ITEM SINCE "THEY BURN UP SO OFTEN." HAD I NOT INTERVENED WHEN I DID, I COULD HAVE HAD A SEVERE IN-DASH FIRE, PLUS LOST MY LIGHTS AT NIGHT. MY LIGHTS NEVER STOPPED WORKING, ALTHOUGH THE BURNING SMELL WAS EVIDENT. MERCURY CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE ADVISED NO PRIOR REPORTS OF THIS TYPE.*AK
WINDOW WIPER/HIGH BEAM/TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS FAULTY CAUSING WIPERS TO NOT PARK IN PROPER POSITION ALSO INTERMITTENT HEADLIGHT PROBLEMS
SITTING IN THE VEHICLE SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. OPENED THE DOOR TO SEE WHERE IT WAS BURNING. TURNED ON HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND A FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE DASHBOARD. *AK
HEADLIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING DASH PANEL LIGHTS TO GO OFF. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE SUN ROOF SWITCH IS CAUSING SUN ROOF NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY.*AK *JB
CONSUMER HAD JUST DRIVEN VEHICLE ABOUT 65 MILES, PARKED IT AT WORK AND THEN ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF, IT STARTED TO SMOKE AND AFTERWARDS CAME THE FLAMES. THE FIRE STARTED IN THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
PLASTIC MOLDING AROUND DRIVER'S SEAT CONTROL CRACKS, CAUSING THE SEAT TO ROCK.
THE PLASTIC MOLDING WHICH SUPPORTS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT CRACKED, PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED ONCE THEN CRACKED AGAIN, UNABLE TO HAVE REPAIR DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.
SIDE SEAT FRAME CRACKED TWICE, SECOND TIME CRACK SPREADED THROUGH TILT SWITCH, CAUSING SEAT TO ROCK BACK WHILE DRIVING.
FRONT DOOR APPEARS TO BE LOCKED BUT IT WAS NOT; THREE YR. OLD PULLED DOOR HANDLE AND IT OPEPENED, 3 YR OLD FELL ONTO HIGHWAY AND SUSTAINED INJURIES. 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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