1994 MERCURY SABLE Power Train Problems

I HAVE HAD CONSTANT OVERHEATING PROBLEMS WITH THS CAR. THE PROBLEMS RANGE FROM CRACKED FLUSH/FILL VALVES, TO HOSES,TO WATER PUMP FAILURE. 03/30/2002 TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING. A MECHANIC AT A LOCAL SHOP RECOMMENDED ADDING FLUID. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND EACH TIME THE MECHANIC RECOMMENDED ADDING FLUID. NO LEAK WAS DETERMINED. PROBLEM CONTINUED UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT IN 07/2003.

HATCH GLASS CAME LOOSE STARTED LEAKING(56000) FUEL PUMP STARTED ACTING UP GET HOT AND HANG UP(75000) NO RECALL. STATE FARM SHOWED THEY PAID FOR TOWING ON MANY, FORD PRODUCTS THAT USED THE SAME PUMP STILL NO RECALL. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN, OR SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING SMITH FORD CONWAY WAS SUPPOSED TO CHECK THE HEADS FOR LEAKS SIX MONTHS LATER THE HEAD GASKET BLEW,AND THE AIR WENT OUT AT THIS TIME I WAS TOLD THE THE DATE THIS CAR WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN SEVICE MADE IT OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS CAR IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE WITH MOTOR OUT OF IT BECAUSE FORD DIDN'T DO ITS JOB. PAINT PEELED OFF THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR POST.

THE KEY INSERT DOES NOT ALIGN, HAVE HAD 2 TRANSMISSIONS IN 5 YEARS. (I KNOW TO CHECK MY FLUIDS) NEW ENGINE, & THE PAINT IS AWFUL. ENGINE, MOTOR, GAS, GASPS AND JERKS WITH ME. HAVE HAD MOTOR MOUNTS REPLACED, NOTHING HELPS. HEATER COIL(?) WENT OUT, I HAVE NO HEAT NOW. WE HAD TO BYPASS. THE REST I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO AFFORD TO REPAIR. I HATE THIS CAR. I AM WORRIED EVERYTIME I GET IN IT THAT MY MOTHER AND I ARE NOT GOING TO GET HOME. I HAVE HAD THE CAR TOWED SO MANY TIMES, THE MAN WHO DOES THE TOWING KNOWS ME AND MY CAR ON SIGHT. I WILL NOT GO MORE THAN 30 MILES FROMT HE HOUSE. MY MECHANIC EVEN HATES THE CAR. I CALL HIM AN ANGEL, BECAUSE HE HAS KEPT IT RUNNING.

MY TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD THUMP NOISE WHEN THE CAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE. ALSO WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN PRESS THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR SEEMS TO BE IN NEUTRAL AND THEN AFTER A FEW SECONDS GOES INTO GEAR AND LAUNCHES FORWARD. WHILE DRIVING, MY SPEEDOMETER WILL BE ACCURATE, AND THEN JUST READ ZERO FOR A WHILE AND THEN WILL START WORKING AGAIN. MY AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOT WORKING FOR A WHILE AND IT JUST RECENTLY STARTED WORKING AGAIN, BUT OFTEN MAKES A LOUD HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING NOISE. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT ONE OR MORE OF MY MOTOR MOUNTS IS LOOSE OR BROKEN BECAUSE WHEN I SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION INTO GEAR, THE ENTIRE ENGINE SEEMS TO JUMP UP AND THEN COME DOWN AND JERK THE WHOLE CAR.*AK

POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW OF SPEEDOMETER EXPERIENCED FAILURE AT 20,250 MILES. REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE ON TWO OCCASIONS. PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED REPEATEDLY. YH

TRANSMISSION IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, STICKS PRIOR TO ENGAGEMENT INTO GEAR AND WILL NOT MOVE/PAUSES. MJS

THE SPEEDOMETER INDICATOR IS ERRATIC. IT SHOWS A SPEED HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL SPEED. ORIGINAL SPEEDOMETER WAS REPLACED ON JULY 2,1996 BY DEALERSHIP AT NO CHARGE TO OWNER. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE CURRENT PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *YC

I BOUGHT BRAND NEW MERCURY SABLE (1994) .WITHIN THREE YEARS, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE BECAME ERRATIC. WHILE DOING 55-60 MILES PER HOUR, THE NEEDLE OR INDICATOR SHOWED VARIABLE SPEED OF

SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED, THE VEHICLE WONT GO INTO GEAR/ REV UP, AND WONT GO WHEN SLOWING DOWN, IT WILL LUNGE FORWARD WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER IS WORKING, THERE IS NO PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE SPEEDOMETER BOUNCES AND MAKES A STRANGE NOISES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER AT 30K MILES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

SPEEDOMETER GIVES INACCURATE READINGS OVER 50 MPH, STICKS WHEN SPEED DECLINES. SERVICE TECH. TOLD ME"CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR THE OWNER OF A LATE MODLE FORD." MEANING: YOUR NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROB. EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE... RADIATOR SIDE TANKS PULLED APART IN COLD WEATHER, NORMAL ANTI FREEZE RATIO, ONCE AGAIN TOLD THIS HAPPENS TO LATE MODEL FORD'S... BLOWER MOTOR CHIRPS IF YOU KEEP IT AT LOW OR MED.-LOW SPEEDS, ONLY STOPS WHEN ON MED-HIGH OR HIGH.

SPEEDOMETER IS FAULTY WHEN YOU REACH 55-65 MPH. THE PROBLEM OCCURS WHEN THE CAR HITS BUMPS IN THE ROAD. THE ODOMETER WILL GO OUT WITH OUT WARNING DUE TO THE SPEEDOMETER HEAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK