1993 MERCURY SABLE Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

THE VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. YH

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED THE HEATING SYSTEM TO BECOME ERRATIC. YH

HEAD GASKET BROKE, FORD WILL NOT COVER UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY DUE TO MODEL YEAR. NLM

FAULTY HEAD GASKET CAUSED ERRATIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE. NLM

HEAD GASKET FAILER&SUBFARME BUSHING FAILED. *AK

I'M AN OLDER WOMAN AND DO NOT DRIVE MY CAR FAST AND KEEP IN IN GOOD CONDITION. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 45 MPH WHITE PLUMES OF SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE CAR AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED ALL THE WAY TO HOT. I THEN STARTED TO SMELL A FOUL SMELL. . IT COST OVER $1000.00 TO REPLACE THE GASKETS. *AK

FIRST TIME ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WAS AT 43100 MILES, AND THE SECOND TIME HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WAS AT 74100. CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RELIEF FROM MANUFACTURER. ENGINE WAS LEAKING OUT WHITE SMOKE. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED, LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO OIL, OIL PRESSURE DROPPED AT IDLE AT STOP LIGHT. DEALER SAID ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT, POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO MAIN AND ROD BEARINGS. *AK

WHEN WE ENCOUNTERED THIS PROBLEM, WE SPOKE TO FORD AND THEY DENIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH OUR PARTICULAR ENGINE TYPE. WE HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 LITERS SINCE 1988. FORD RECENTLY DID A RECALL AND REIMBURSED PEOPLE WITH 94 AND 94 SABLES WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, MY ENGINE HAS NO PROBLEM, I HAVE BILLS THAT SAY OTHERWISE. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED AT 58,000 MILES. A PROBLEM FORD ACKNOWLEDGES FOR THE 3.8L ENGINE BUT WILL ONLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 1994 AND NEWER CARS. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING ANTI- FREEZE TO LEAK INTO V6 3.8 LITER ENGINE. PROBLEM CAUSED BY FAULTY SEALS BETWEEN THE CYLINDERS AND ENGINE BLOCKS OF THESE ENGINES. OXYGEN SENSORS WERE ALSO DAMAGED BY THE COOLANT LEAK AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORD HELPING TO FIX THE 94 AND 95 SABLE, BUT NOT THIS 93 SABLE, WHICH HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK.

THE VEHICLE'S TEMPRATURE GUAGE INDICATED HIGH DUE TO THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURE. YH

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON TWO OCCASIONS. FIRST FAILURE OCCURRED AT 40,000 MILE UNDER WARRANTY, AND SECOND FAILURE OCCURRED AT CURRENT 80,000 MILES. REPAIRS DONE AT AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. 94 AND 95 MODELS WERE GIVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY, 93 WASN'T, BUT HAS THE SAME HEAD GASKET. OWNER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *AK

FORD REFUSES TO EXTEND WARRANTY TO BLOWN HEADGASKET REPAIR; HAVING IT REPAIRED ELSEWHERE -VIN IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I WILL BE SUING FORD TO RECOVER REPAIR COST FOR DEFECTIVE ENGINE. DOT MUST REQUIRE FORD TO COVER ALL 3.8L FAULTY HEADGASKETS PRODUCED. PLEASE HELP CONSUMERS. *AK

NOTICED COOLANT LEAKAGES . VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER OF A BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET(3.8L ENGINE). *AK

TWO 3.8L MERCURY SABLE ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILURES: THE FIRST 22JAN98, 70418 MILES, REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BY CHERNER LINCOLN MERCURY, VIRGINIA. THE SECOND 27 JAN 2000, 77,266 MILES, REPAIRED BY FORD DEALER SOO MOTORS, COST ME US $1571.19. SOO MOTORS SVC SAID IN ESSENCE I'D HAVE TO LOOK TO FORD FOR RELIEF. FORD CUSTOMER SVC, TOLD ME "SO SORRY" VIA PHONE. THANKS, DICK COUCH. *AK

1993 MERCURY SABLE (58,500 MILEAGE) HEAD GASKET FAILURE: A FEW DAYS AGO, THE TEMPERATURE GUAGE BEGAN FLUCTUATING FROM COLD TO HOT; AND WOULD THEN RETURN TO MID-RANGE ONLY TO GO BACK TO "HOT" -- THIS CYCLE CONTINUALLY REPATED ITSELF. WHILE IT WAS IN THE "HOT" RANGE, A WHIRRING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COULD BARELY BE DETECTED. HEATER WOULD NOT HEAT UP WHILE ENGINE WAS IN IDLE AND WOULD BEGIN HEAT OUTPUT ONLY AFTER THE CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES. TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON TUESDAY, 03/21/00, ONLY A FEW DAYS AFTER NOTICING THIS SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE VEHICLE PERFORMANCE. ESTIMATED COST AS OF 03/21/00 IS: $1,000 - $1,500 (FINAL ESTIMATE FROM DEALERSHIP DUE ON 03/22/00). WILL ALSO BE CONTACTING FORD MOTOR CO. ON 03/22/00. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AS REPORTED ON OTHER 3.8L MODELS. ENGINE WAS REBUILT. *AK

NO HEAT; DEFROST. HAD 2 THERMOSTATS INSTALLED; STILL NO HEAT. TOOK BACK TO MERCHANIC; DISCOVERED BLOWN HEAD GASKET-ONLY 40,000 MILES ON CAR. WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC THAT HE HAD SEEN MANY OF SAME YEAR AND MODEL WITH SAME PROBLEM. PAID $1200 FOR HEAD GASKET AND THE TWO THERMOSTATS. WOULD LIKE REIMBURSEMENT.

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD CURRENTLY RECALLING 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES/IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS UNJUST EXCLUSION FOR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVE NO LOGICAL REASON FROM FORD. *AK

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD CURRENTLY RECALLING 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES/IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS UNJUST EXCLUSION FOR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED NO LOGICAL REASON FROM FORD. *AK

HEAD GASKETS FAILED PREMATURELY. FORD CURRENTLY RECALLING 1994-1995 TAURUS/SABLE VEHICLES WITH IDENTICAL ENGINES/IDENTICAL FAILURES, BUT FORD REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE OWNERS OF 1993 VEHICLES WITH THE SAME ISSUES. THIS IS UNJUST EXCLUSION FOR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED NO LOGICAL REASON FROM FORD. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAVE BLOWN, CAUSING COOLANT TO LEAK ONTO THE ENGINE. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FORD COVERS COST OF REPAIRS FOR THIS PROBLEM IN THE 1994-95 ENGINES, BUT NOT IN THE 1993. *AK *ML

ENGINE HEAD GASKET PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE HEAD GASKETS AND MOTOR MOUNTS REPAIRED AT HER OWN COST. THERE WAS 60,426 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN RECALL 97V01900/ ENGINE COOLING FAN. *AK *ML

RECALL EXISTS FOR 1994-1995 VEHICLES WITH SAME 3.8L ENGINE. 1993 NOT INCLUDED (PER FORD). WHY? IT'S THE SAME ENGINE WITH THE SAME INHERENT PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE OVERHEATS AND STALLS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER, DEALER STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED REPLACING. *AK *ML

ENGINE HEAD GASKET CRACKED, AND WATER WAS LEAKING INTO ENGINE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING LOST COOLANT WATER AND ENGINE BLEW. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO MERCURY DEALERSHIP, AND THEY SAID THE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK *ML

WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE. WHILE ON HIGHWAY, TEMPERATURE GAUGE MOVED BETWEEN COLD AND HOT. I EXITED HIGHWAY AND RETURNED HOME. TEMPERATURE IN NORMAL RANGE. AFTER 1 HOUR STARTED CAR TO TAKE FOR REPAIRS. AFTER QUARTER MILE ON RESIDENTIAL STREET, HEAD GASKET FAILED. WHITE ANTI-FREEZE EXHUAST. CAR WOULD NOT RESTART. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALER.

HEAD GASKETS WERE DEFECTIVE, BUT FORD REFUSED TO REIMBURSE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE SAME THING ON 94-95 SABLES. VERY DISSAPPOINTED WITH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET AT 25 MPH VEHICLE WAS ONERHEATING AND HESTITATING. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT SHOP, AND CONSUME RWAS INFORMED THAT THE 3.8L ENGINE BLEW A HEAD GASKET. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW WHILE OWNER WAS TRYING TO DETERMINE SOURCE OF COOLANT LEAK. AFTER CONTACTING LOCAL MECHANICS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT WITH THE 3.8L ENGINE. AFTER CONTACTING THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SOME SORT OF HIDDEN WARRANTY UP TO 5 YEARS/50,000 MILES FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. THIS MEANS THAT FORD ADMITS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING LEAKAGE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO THERMOSTAT AND STARTER AS WELL. MJS

THE HEAD GASKET LET GO WITH ONLY 52,000 MIL. I BOUGHT THE THE CAR WITH 24,000 MIL. IN DEC OF 1993 I HAVE ONLY PUT ON 24.000 MIL. THERE IS NO RESON FOR THE HEAD GASKET TO FAIL

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED ON HIGHWAY - STEAM AND SMOKE CLOUDS DANGEROUS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC VEHICLE IDLED ROUGHLY AND BEGAN TO OVERHEAT. OWNER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE HOME AT A SLOW SPEED. AFTERWARDS THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHERE THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND BLOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET FAILED CAUSING OVERHEATING AND DAMAGE TO ENGINE COMPONENTS. *MJS

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. 25 MINUTES LATER DRIVER HEARD AN EXPLOSION UNDER THE HOOD CAUSED BY THE HEAD GASKET, AND RESULTED IN CAR FAILURE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK *ML

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH VEHICLE OVERHEATED, AND WATER LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET ( 3.8 L ENGINE). DEALER NOTIFIED ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO MANUFACTURER'S RECALL ON ENGINE HEAD GASKET. *AK

NO REASON FOR HEAD GASKET TO BLOW AT 42,000 MILES. I'M FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO FORD AND HOPE OTHERS DO THE SAME. THERE ARE TOO MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. I WAS EXITING A LOCAL HIGHWAY AND MY CAR RAN HOT. BLUE-WHITE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM MY EXHAUST AND A THE SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE WAS APPARENT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS AND OTHER COMPLAINTS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL ESPECIALLY FOR A CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I AM AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE. I WILL CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THANK YOU, TINA M. FASANO. *AK

ENGINE GASKET AND POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKING.

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND DAMAGE OTHER COMPONENTS. YH

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT WITHOUT WARNING, REQUIRING THE CAR TO BE TOWED. THE CAR WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT SHOP (NOT A DEALERSHIP).

LEFT AND RIGHT MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNT BROKE. THIS REPRESENTS THE THIRD TIME THE MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE FAILED. ALL THREE REPAIRS USED ORIGINAL FORD REPLACEMENT PARTS. ALL REPAIRS WERE DONE BY INDEPENDENT SHOPS.

HEADBOLT SNAPPED, CAUSING ENGINE TO FREEZE AND STOP, RESULTING IN A BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE, MAKING IT DIFFCULT FOR OTHER DRIVERS TO SEE. *AK

1. HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEED, ENGINE COOLANT FOUND IN EXHAUST SYSTEM, DAMAGE IS BEING EVALUATED. 2. AIR COMPRESSOR APPEARS TO BE COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD LINE. HAVE REPLACED ONE IN 89 TAURUS AT SAME MILEAGE WHICH HAS FAILED AGAIN. HAVE ALSO REPLACED AIR COMPRESSOR IN 96 ASPIRE AT 35000

THE GASKET CYLINDER HEAD BLEW AND REPLACED. YH