1996 MERCURY SABLE Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT DOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AND THE SLIDDING DOOR WILL UNEXPECTLY OPEN WHILE TRAVELING.*JB

CAR STALLED, THOUGHT IT TO BE ALTENATOR, TOWED TO MY MECHANIC, FOUND THAT THE OIL PUMP GREAR WAS STRIPPED, AND ENGINE FROZE UP, DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICANT. HD TO REPLACE WITH REMANUFACTURED ENGINE, CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED AS REQUIRED FROM THE DAY IT WAS PURCHASED NEW, WITH ALL SERVICE RECORDS RETAINED. COST $4400.00 TO REPLACE. FEEL IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT. WAS OUT OF WARRENTY, BUT ENGINE STILL ONLY HAD 31613 MILES ON IT.

I WAS TRAVELING HOME FROM MY FIRST LONG DISTANCE TRIP FROM NAPA, CA. TO VENTURA, CA. WHEN WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CARS TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT STRAIGHT TO HOT, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR LOST TOTAL POWER, RESULT? TWO BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, NUMEROUS COOLING PARTS REPLACED. WHEN FORD WAS CONTACTED ABOUT REIMBURSEMENT FOR A KNOWN DEFECT (HEAD GASKETS) THEY SAID THE GOODWILL POLICY DOESN'T COUNT IN MY CASE BECAUSE I TOOK IT TO A REPAIRSHOP OTHER THAN FORD. SO HERE I AM OUT $2,724.62 REPAIR COSTS $400. TOWING COST AND ANOTHER $250. IN RENTAL COST. I BELIEVE THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED MY COSTS EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED BY FORD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE EXTENDED "GOODWILL" WARRANTY UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. SO HERE IS ANOTHER SOB STORY ABOUT DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKETS NOT BEING FIXED. FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM AND REFUSES...

THE VEHICLES ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE, THE CONSUMER STATED HE RECENTLY HAD THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM (OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT). NLM

CONSUMER IS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE, ENGINE OVERHEATS AND AT TIMES STALLS.*AK RADIATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES, HEADGASKETS WERE REPLACED AND FINALLY ENGINE WAS REPLACED. SHOCKS WERE REPLACED. *SLC

FRONT FROST PLUG BROKE AND COOLANT LEAKED. CONSUMER HAD ENGINE REPLACED . FORD HAD A TSB / VOLUNTARY RECALL ON VEHICLE FOR THAT PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CUTS OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF ALL POWER. ALSO, WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR RIGHT HAND TURN THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE SHUDDERED, THEN STOPPED, ENGINE STILL RUNNING. ALSO, TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED. *AK

ENGINE IS RUSTING FROM INSIDE OUT. ALL METAL COOLING LINES REPLACED AND NOW ALL FREEZE PLUGS NEED TO BE REPLACED, AND ANTIFREEZE IS BROWN. *AK

I WAS DRIVING ON THE TRUNPIKE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS NO MORE POWER I HAD TO STAY THERE TILL THIS MAN CALL THE POLICE THE CAR SHOULD NOT DO IT. THERE WAS NO WARNING AT ALL. I THEN HAD IT TOW THREE TIME FROM THE PLACE WHERE IT BROKE DOWN ,THEN TO THE MACENICS SHOP THEN FROM THERE TO AUTOLAND THE TOTAL OF THE NO POWER THE CAR STARTED TO BURK AND THAT WAS THE END OF IT IT DIDN;T START ANYMORE TOOK TO AUTOLAND WITH HARRY LUPO THEY SAID IT WAS THIS AND TO FIND OUT IT WAS THAT TO BUT THEY HAD MY CAR FOR OVER A MONTH .I WENT AND TOOK IT OUT THEY SAID IT WAS RUNNING FINE I STARED TO DRIVE IT ALL IT DID WAS BACK FRIE AND RAN VERY HOT. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENTIRE ENGINE SEIZED DUE TO MANUFACTUERER FLAW, THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS AND SO DID THE WARRANTY COMPANY.*AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED BECAUSE ENGINE FAILED RESULTING IN OVER HEATING. YH

MOTOR THREW A ROD; OUT OF WARRANTY SINCE PURCHASED USED; MOTOR IS "SO NEW" HAVE HAD TO WAIT 3 WEEKS FOR PARTS; FORD REFUSES TO ASSIST

WE HAVE HAD TECHNICIANS, MECHANICS, AND FORD ENGINEERS WORKING ON THIS CAR. AS OF THIS DATE, THEY CAN NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, CAR WILL ONLY GO 20MPH AND WILL NOT FIRE ON PLUGS 1 AND 5. ALL PARTS THAT COULD BE WRONG HAVE BEEN REPLACED. A COMPLETE CHECK OF THE CAR SHOWS NO OTHER PROBLEM. CAR ALSO UPON STARTING JERKS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ENGINE BLEW. CAUSE UNKNOWN. OWNER NOTES PROBLEM MAY BE INTERNAL. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED A FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF FIREWALL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CAR FILLS WITH GAS FUMES AND THEN STALLS.

WHEN DRIVING THE SABLE IN HOT WEATHER CONDITIONS AND DECELERATING THE VEHICLE SEEMS DIE WHEN DOWN TO 10-15 MPH. THE DEALER WILL NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE FAILS TO START.

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE GARAGE. *AK CONSUMER STATES ABS LIGHT WAS COMING THE DAY VEHICLE WAS PURCHASD AND DEALER ADMTTED THAT IT WAS ON BUT DID NOT SAY ANYTHING, POSSIBLE CAUSE WAS FAN FROM ABS LIGHT.*JB