NHTSA Complaint #711326 — 1989 MERCURY SABLE

MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED X2 AND MECHANICS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND OUT WHY THEY FAIL FORD HAS RECALLED A REAR FRAME BRACKET IN WHICH I THINK HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH FAILED MOTOR MOUNTS,IN TTHE RECALL ON THE REAR FRAME MOUNTS IT SAID THERE WOULD BE A CLUNKING NOISE IN THE REAR AND THIS CAR HAS HAD IT SINCE I BOUGHT IT ALSO WHEN THESE MOUNTS HAVE FAILED THE POWER STEERING HOSE COMES OUT AND NO POWER STEERING THE FLUID SPRAYS EVERWHERE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS IF THE REAR FRAME BRACKETS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILING THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF DEFECT WITH THE DESIGN OF THE MOTOR OR THE MOUNTS THEM SELFS THEY HAVE FAILED X2 WITHOUT MORE THAN 5 MI DRIVEN BECAUSE I COULD FEEL IT WHEN I DROVE NO MORE THAN 1MI.I SPOKE WITH A FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THE FAILURE OF THE MOTOR MOUNT IS VERY COMMON ON THESE CARS WHEN ASKED IF THEY THOUGHT THE REAR BRACKET HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MOTOR MOUNTS FAILING THEY TOLD ME TO CALL FORD MANUFACTURER NO COMMENT