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1986 Mercury Sable

Safety Score
83
Safe
Recalls
2
Complaints
46
NCAP Stars

Recalls (2)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1986-03-10 86V039000 VISIBILITY 4,700 Details
1985-12-26 85V172000 STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE 4,500 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2003-06-15 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 AFTER DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL. STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL CAUSED THE …
2002-05-17 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 BRAKE CALIPER IS HANGING OUT, CAUSING HUB CAP TO MELT ONTO THE TIRE.*AK
2001-04-21 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUBFRAME WELDS BROKE AND FRAME DROPPED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. NO INJURIES. THERE IS A RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AF…
2001-03-01 VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS No 0 WHILE SITTING ON DRIVER'S SIDE WITH CHILDREN SITTING IN REAR SEAT, A PERSON ALERTED CONSUMER THAT ONE OF THE CHI…
2000-04-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER STATED SHE BOUGHT VEHICLE AS IT IS, AND SHE WANTS TO FILL OUT …
1999-11-30 SEATS No 0 BOLT INTACT, MOUNT FAILED, METAL FAILURE. *AK
1999-03-08 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 DIFFICULTY HAVING SUBFRAME MOUNT NUTS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL, DUE TO DEALERSHIP/MANUFACTURER PROBLEMS. (98V-323)
1999-01-28 SEATS No 0 BOLT IN THE SEAT IS BROKEN, CAUSING THE CONSUMER'S SEAT TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN DRIVING. WHEN CONSUMER STOPS THE SEAT WIL…
1999-01-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT, CAUSING TRANSMISSION NOT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATES/STALLS AND SHUTS DOWN…
1999-01-01 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 RECALL 98S36 FRONT BODY MOUNTS ON THE REAR CORNER OF THE SUBFRAME NOT YET REPAIRED DUE TO DEALER SCHEDULING PROBLEM.
1998-11-20 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 REAR SUBFRAME BOLTS AND NUTS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. NLM (RECALL #98S36) 98V-323.
1998-11-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT 25 TO 30 MPH THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. THE SUB-FRAME SEPARATED FROM THE REAR CORNER OF THE VEHICLE WHIC…
1998-06-25 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 REAR SUBFRAME BROKE AWAY AT THE LOWER BODY MOUNTS WITH NO PREVIOUS INDICATION. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO STEER. THE DEA…
1998-06-15 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERATIVE DUE TO THE BUCKLE SEPARATING. CONSUMER HAS CONTA…
1998-01-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES No 0 WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED DUE TO A LEAK FROM TRANSMISSION'S COOLING UNIT AND LINES. ALSO, MOTOR MOUNT…
1997-10-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE No 0 SEAT SEAT FELL APART.
1997-09-07 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. *AK AFTER VEHICLE STALLS, IT STARTS RIGHT …
1997-04-23 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 1 RECALL COMPONENT OF SUBFRAME MOUNTS POSSIBLY CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND VEHICLE ROLLOVER AND INJURY, CONSUMER NOTIFIED …
1996-11-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 THE DIGITAL COMPUTER WENT DIM ON THE SPEED ODOMETER. CONSUMER STATES SPEED CAN NOT BE READ DURING THE DAY AND AT NIGHT…
1996-06-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
1996-04-26 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 ELECTRICAL FIRE AT MAIN WIRING HARNESS, WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COULD SMELL SMOKE, LATER CONSUMER SAW SMOKE AND DASHBOA…
1996-04-21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT FIRE. *SD
1996-02-21 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER No 0 SEAT; FAILURE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE SEATBACK, BRACKET BROKE AWAY FROM SEATBACK. CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK. *AK
1996-02-17 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 DRIVING HOME, VEHICLE STALLED AT STOP SIGN, TURNED THE IGNITION BACK ON, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
1995-08-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 REPLACED TRANSMISSION PLANETARY ASSEMBLY TWICE. *AK
1995-07-12 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING No 0 SHOULDER BELT CUTS ACROSS DRIVER'S THROAT (OTHER VEHICLE FROM 484009). *AK
1995-07-03 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 THE TRANSMISSION JUST WENT OUT FOR NO REASON AND NO WARNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
1995-05-01 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 ENGINE SURGES INTERMITTENTLY. *DSH
1995-04-06 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP No 0 FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AW
1995-03-15 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 CAR WAS PARKED TWO DAYS AFTER BEING DRIVEN CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE CAR WAS TOTALED . TT
1995-03-14 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAIL TO RETRACT. *SKD
1995-03-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 THE REAR MOTOR MOUNTS ARE BROKEN, THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED, AND THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. TT
1995-02-10 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL (91V-143). TT
1995-02-10 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 UNKNOWN
1995-01-06 WHEELS:HUBCAP/COVER No 0 RIGHT FRONT HUB CRACKED, CAUSING VIBRATION/NOISE. *SKD
1994-08-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION SLIPS, ALSO FAILS TO PROPERLY SHIFT GEARS. *DSH
1991-02-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 BOTH FRONT SEAT RETRACTORS DON'T WORK. TT
1987-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 WIRING HARNESS TERMINAL BLOCK IN STEERING COLUMN SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. *DSH
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON …
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE BECAME VERY HOT/STALLED AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP DUE TO THE TFI IGNITION MODULE BEING TOO CLOS…
SEAT BELTS:INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT No 1 RE CENTURY INFANT SEAT SMARTFIT PLU MODEL # 4529STC, BABY'S HEAD SWINGS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHILE SLEEPING BECAUSE ANGLE …
STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 PAINT IS FADED.
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 THE MOTOR MOUNT AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT . TT
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 DOOR LATCH ON INSIDE DRIVERS DOOR HAS BROKEN ON TWO OCCASIONS, DRIVERS SIDE SEAT ANCHOR HAS A STRESS FRACTURE ALLOWING …
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 WHILE TRAVELING WITHOUT ANY INDICATION RMPS WOULD RUN HIGH. THEN, SOON AFTER VEHICLE WOULD STALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURT…
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 PURCHASE CAR USED THE DRIVER SIDE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE CAME OFF. TT