NHTSA Complaint #740436 — 1993 MERCURY SABLE

I TOOK THE CAR IN TO BE CHECKED FOR A COOLANT LEAK AND WAS TOLD THE HEAD GASKETS HAD BLOWN. THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD US THERE WAS A WARRANTY EXTENSION FOR '94-'95 3.8L ENGINES. SINCE IT IS THE SAME ENGINE AND THE SAME PROBLEM SEEMS TO PLAGUE ALMOST ALL 3.8L ENGINES, WHY DIDN'T FORD FIX THE PROBLEM WITH ALL THE 3.8 L ENGINES? AS FOR THE MOTOR MOUNTS I WAS TOLD BY THE SAME FORD DEALERSHIP THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF M PAPER SENT OUT BUT SINCE I DIDN'T OWN THE CAR AT THAT TIME, AGAIN IT WAS TOO LATE FOR THE CORRECTIONS TO BE MADE BY FORD. SO IN THE END IT HAS COST ME AND MY HUSBAND OVER $2,000 TO REPAIR THESE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY FORD. ONE MORE THING ABOUT THE MOTOR MOUNTS, THERE IS NO MECHANICAL SFETY DEVICE TO KEEP THINGS 'TOGETHER' WHEN THE RUBBER BLADDER SLPITS OR COMES APART. THIS COULD ALLOW THE NEGINE TO RAISE UP OUT OF THE WELL AND INTO THE FIRE WALL OR OUT OF THE WELL ALL TOGETHER, NOT TO MENTION PUTTING ALMOST EVERYTHING ELSE ATTACHED TO IT, IN A POWERFUL BIND.*AK