1992 MERCURY SABLE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

STARTED CAR AND BLEW 2 HEAD GASKETS- REPAIRS INCLUDED 2 HEAD GASKETS, 1 SET INTAKE GASKETS, 2 SETS HEAD BOLTS, THERMOSTAT AND GASKETS, INTAKE BOLT, ANTIFREEZE, CONVERTER, GASKET, EGR PRESSURE FEED, BACK SENSOR, REAR AND FRONT OXYGEN SENSOR. TOTAL COST $2,025.

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 15 MPH ENGINE MOUNTS WERE LOOSE AND CAUSED SOME SHAKING. THIS COULD CAUSE LOSS OF ENGINE. CONSUMER FELT LIKE SHE WAS DRIVING ON FLAT GROUND, AND THAT TRANSMISSION WAS GOING BAD. *AK THE MOTOR MOUNT RECALL DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS CONSUMER'S AREA AND THE CONSUMER PAID FOR THE REPAIR. *YH

AT 37,000 MILES, VEHICLE BEGAN LOSING COOLANT. CLASSIC SYMPTOMS OF HEAD GASKET FAILURE. ENGINE DISSEMBLY SAW A 1/2 INCH SECTION OF GASKET BLOWN AWAY. FORD REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE BLOWS OFF WARRANTY CLAIM BY TELEPHONE. FORDS TRULY DO SUCK! *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH, THE MOTOR SEIZED. THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED, MAKING FOR VERY INTERESTING COMMENTS FROM DRIVERS IN BACK. A CONNECTING ROD WENT THROUGH THE OIL PAN, FILLING THE RIGHT LANE OF THE NY THRUWAY WITH A NICE LAYER OF OIL. WAY TO GO FORD!

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

BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

ENGINE HEADS AND GASKETS BLOWN AND CAUSE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND CAUSE RADIATOR TO CRACK. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE. MJS

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE DUE TO OIL LEAKAGE. MJS

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS MADE OF ALUMINUM, NOT STEEL WHICH CAUSES THE HEAD GASKET TO BLOWOUT UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST RESULTING IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE REPAIRED ONCE UNDER RECALL FOR MOTOR MOUNTS, HOWEVER FAILED THREE YEARS LATER DUE TO MOTOR MOUNTS. MJS

THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED ON MY 1992 SABLE. THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL THAT WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF (NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 98V323000. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE CAR (HERITAGE LINCOLN-MERCURY) AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WERE NO SAFETY RECALLS ON THE CAR AND NONE ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS. I THEN CONTACTED FORD VIA THEIR "800" NUMBER AND WAS TOLD ABOUT A RECALL ON THE THROTTLE CABLE AND ONE ON THE EMISSIONS. I FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD REPLACE THESE UNDER THE PRIOR RECALL NOTICE. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINT ENGINE MOUNT ARE DEFECTED; BECAUSE THIS MAKE THE SECOND TIME THE MOUNTS WAS REPLACE WITHIN A TWO YEARS. DEALER/MFR. WAS NOTIFIED.

ENGINE MOUNTS WERE REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (93V106002). *YC

HEAD GASKET FAILED, RECALL ON COMPONENT HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO VIN #. MJS

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT BROKE, CAUSING ENGINE TO VIBRATE AND RUIN AIR CONDITIONING LINES. NLM

BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS.

HEAD GASKET, MOTOR MOUNTS, THERMOSTAT REPLACED FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE THERE IS VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END, AND WHEN TURNING TO THE LEFT THE STEERING WILL LOCK UP DUE TO THE BODY MOUNTS BEING DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE. *AK

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL DUE TO DETERIORATION.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE.

FRONT MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE WHILE DRIVING, AND THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MP MOTOR MOUNTS BROKE, AND WHEN THE ENGINE TRIED TO DO SOMETHING, IT RIPPED OUT THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

I HAVE HEARD THERE IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT AGAINEST FORD ON THIS CAR. ALSO WONDERING IF FRONT MOTOR MOUNT FAILURE RELATED TO BACK RECALL. I NOTICED MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE AIRBAG LIGHT PROBLEM. ALSO, MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH CAR - STILL LESS THAN 100,000 MILES! THANK YOU, SAMA MESHEL

HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTS IN ENGINE BEARING DAMAGE. REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE NECESSARY.

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT FOR NO REASON. POSSIBLE CAUSE POOR DESIGN OF ENGINE. MECHANIC STATED THAT OIL MIXED WITH WATER IN ENGINE CAUSING CYLINDER FAILURE. DEALER STATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK *TT

ENGINE GASKET FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE.

HEAD GASKET FAILED. ANTIFREEZE ENTERING ENTERING THE CYLINDERS ALSO RESULTED IN DAMAGE TO THE OXYGEN SENSORS, NECESSITATING THEIR REPLACEMENT ALSO.

HEAD GASKET VALVE COVER FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT.

THE ENGINE SUPPORT MOUNTS BROKE OFF, ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED 2 ENGINE MOUNTS WHICH BROKE. OWNER WANTS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR COST OF REPAIR OF DEFECTIVE PARTS. *AK *ML

ENGINE MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES DUE TO DETERIORATION.

WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS AND EXTENDED REPAIRS ON THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALERTELLS US THAT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT LISTED UNDER THE RECALL NOTICES, HOWEVER, REPLACEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE ON MOTOR MOUNTS, STRUTS, BRACKETS, AS WELL AS OTHER SITUATIONS. FORD CORP. WILL NOT ASSIST US. WE TAKE EXCELLENT CARE OF OUR VEHICLES AND PARTS JUST SEEM TO CORRODE AND FALL OFF. WE FEEL WE ARE ENTITLED TO SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION. $4,000 IN REPAIRS ALONE IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS. PRIOR WE HAVE HAD MAJOR BRAKE REPAIRS INCLUDING SEIZED CALIPERS ON BOTH SETS AND BRAKE BOOSTER CABLE, COOLING SYSTEM FAILURES, HEAD GASKET FAILURES, BALL JOINTS, SPRINGS/COILS, STRUTS, ETC. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER RECALL NOTICES, WHEN ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THE FACT THAT IT IS AND WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTIES IN THOSE AREAS. PLEASE ASSIST US IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. WE DID GO THROUGH A REVIEW...

PREMATURE WEARING OF MOTOR MOUNTS.

CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS ARE FAULTY, CAUSING COOLING SYSTEM COOLANT TO EXIT THROUGH EXHAUST, ENGINE TO LOCK UP AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. (QCAW)

WARPED HEAD BOLTS CAUSED A HEAD GASKET FAILURE.

CONSUMER'S SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN CAME TO AN INTERSECTION CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC LIGH. LIGHT TURNED GREEN, CONSUMER COMMENCED TO GO ACROSS INTERSECTION WHEN HEARD A LOUD CLUNKING SOUND. CONSUMER CALLED AAA , AAA INFORMED CONSUMER IT WAS BOTH REAR ENGINE MOUNTS THAT HAVE BROKEN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

FAULTY HEAD GASKET CYLINDER.

THE POOR DESIGN OF THE ENGINE GASKET AS WELL AS THE PLACEMENT OF THE COOLANT FLOW CHANNELS IN THE ENGINE BLOCK GOES BACK FARTHER THAN 1994 AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER RECALL. ADDITIONALLY, THE ROTORS TEND TO WARP CAUSING A VIBRATION EACH TIME THE BRAKES ARE USED.

HEAD GASKET LEAKED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT.

MOUNTING BOLT FAILED JUST AFTER RECALL PERIOD.

ENGINE LOOSING COOLANT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE CRANKSHAFT.

INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKETS FAILED.

ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT FAILED.

HEAD GASKET FAILED.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. *AK

RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT WAS BROKEN.

ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE AND THE ENGINE IS NOT HELD FULLY IN THE CAR. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE MAKES NOISE. *AK

GASKET FAILED.

MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. ALSO, AIR CONDITIONER HOSE INOPERATIVE. *AK

ENGINE MOUNTS WORN.