Owner-reported complaints naming the exterior lighting system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming headlights, tail lights, turn signals and other exterior lighting. 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. 9 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 WAS IN FOR A OIL CHANGE. CONSUMER NOTICED HIGH BEAMS WERE NOT SHINING RIGHT DISTANCE. ALSO, DEALER NOTICED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. CONSUMER FELT BOTH COIL SPRINGS SHOULD NOT HAVE BROKEN AT THE SAME TIME. FEELS ITS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT.*AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 40MPH ENGINE STALLED, CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKING. ALSO, TURN SIGNALS DID NOT FUNCTION. ENGINE USUALLY STARTED AFTER SITTING ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES, AND HAS IT CURRENTLY.*AK
I HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TWICE SINCE I OWNED THE CAR (2 YEARS). THE SWITCH OVERHEATS AND ACTUALLY BURNS/CHARS THE METAL CONTACTS AND MELTS THE PLUG. IT GETS VERY HOT TO TOUCH AND THE HEADLIGHT AND/OR PARKING LIGHTS WILL SHUT OFF AND TURN ON INTERMITTENTLY. I HAVE SPOKEN TO OTHER OWNERS OF THE TAURUS/SABLE AND THEY HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM. IT COST ME $125 EACH TIME TO REPLACE IT (PARTS AND LABOR), BUT I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE FIRE THAT COULD OCCUR. *AK
SPEEDOMETER FAILED TO OPERATE AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE IN AUG 1997 WITH 20,000 MILE OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. ALSO VEHICLE STALLED AND DIED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. IN ADDITION, DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION/ THERMOSTAT/MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH/ MAP SENSOR/SPEED CONTROL SENSOR, AND REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS. *AK
HEADLIGHT SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING DASH PANEL LIGHTS TO GO OFF. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
HEADLAMP SWITCH SHORTED AND MELTED. THE DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE. FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL ON THE HEADLIGHTS, AND THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.*AK *ML
SIGNAL SWITCH SHORTED AND MELTED. *AK
HEADLIGHTS GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FRONT BUMPER. WHEN DRIVING IN SNOWY WEATHER, CONSUMER HAS TO STOP AND WIPE THE SNOW TO CLEAR THE HEADLIGHTS. PROVED A SAFETY DEFECT TO THE OWNER. DEALER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHEN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO GET ODOMETER FIXED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE HEADLAMP SWITCH AND CONNECTER WAS MELTED. IF THE PROBLEM HAD REMAINED UNSOLVED, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD HAVE STARTED BLINKING ON AND OFF AND WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY WENT OUT. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *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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