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1987 Mercury Sable

Safety Score
69
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (4)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1993-06-23 93V106000 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS 1,610,000 Details
1991-08-06 91V134000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR 325,000 Details
1987-02-19 87V017000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR 28,000 Details
1986-10-28 86V144000 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR 4,714 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2006-06-01 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA 98V323000. SUBFRAME BUSHINGS BROKE LOOSE CAUSE NEAR ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF STEE…
2004-07-09 SEAT BELTS Yes 1 WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKES CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED A REAR END CO…
2004-05-03 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER No 0 DRIVERS SEAT BROKE LOOSE FROM MOUNT. SEAT ROCKS FORWARD AND BACK. DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. DOORS ARE CLO…
2002-01-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHILE DRIVING LIGHT FOR DRIVER'S DOOR WILL ILLUMINATE. DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WILL THEN UNLOCK ON ITS OWN. CAUSE OF PROB…
2001-05-06 TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE No 1 THE ORIGINAL SPARE TIRE, WHICH WAS NEVER USED, WAS INSTALLED ON THE VEHICLE, WHILE DRIVING THE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD/B…
2000-10-25 WHEELS:HUB No 0 WHILE GOING 30-35 MPH SMELLED SMOKE. AFTER PULLING OVER CONSUMER NOTICED FRONT LEFT WHEEL HUB BASE COVER MELTED. CONT…
2000-04-27 WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL RIM AND TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHILCLE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. (OHIO TR…
2000-04-02 STEERING:RACK AND PINION No 0 BOLT THAT HOLDS STEERING RACK PULLED THOUGHT THE FRAME. VEHICLE WAS NOT STEERABLE, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO MECHANIC
1999-07-01 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL (98S36) SUB-FRAME MOUNTS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING DIFFICULTY …
1999-02-28 SEATS No 0 DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNT BROKE WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. IF MY FAMILY AND I WERE ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY AND THE MOUNT BROKE…
1999-02-08 STEERING No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THEN THE VEHICLE LOST ITS STEERING. THE…
1999-01-26 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR No 0 STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT TURN WHEN DRIVING. STEERING WHEEL IS STIFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER CONTACTED AND IS AWARE OF THE…
1998-10-15 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THREE INSIDE VEHICLE DOOR HANDLES BREAKING OFF, 1 DRIVER SIDE & 2 PASSENGER SIDE . DE…
1998-10-01 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR No 0 THREE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF FLUSH ON DOORS.
1998-08-04 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE UPHILL AND APPLYING GAS THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SUDDENLY …
1998-04-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND VEHICLE STALLS. ALSO, THERE IS A LEAKAGE WITHIN THE VEHICLE, A…
1998-02-20 SEATS No 0 SEAT BROKE LOOSE CAUSING INJURY.
1998-01-01 STEERING No 0 STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT TURN FLUID LEAKS FROM RACK AND PINION. ALSO MAKES NOIS EIN POWER STEERING. *AK
1997-12-24 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUBFRAME BOLTS FAILED, CAUSING SUBFRAME TO COLLAPSE AND CRASH TO THE GROUND, PRIOR TO RECALL.
1997-10-30 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 TRANSMISSION FAILED.
1997-07-11 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS No 0 LEAKING POWER STEERING HOSE LEAKED FLUID ONTO THE HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD CAUSING FIRE. THE FIRE ALSO RUINED TRANSMISSION.
1997-07-05 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 GOOD YEAR (205/70/14)TIRE TREAD SPLIT.
1997-02-01 SEATS No 0 WELD THAT HOLDS DRIVER'S SEAT TO TRACK SNAPPED.
1996-12-20 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING, THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IT IS RUNNING OUT OF GAS, AND THE VEHICLE …
1996-12-19 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT.(NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT)
1996-10-09 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 THE SUBFRAME MOUNTS HAVE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT, AT ANY TIME THE STEERING CAN GO OUT. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK
1996-10-01 STRUCTURE No 0 HEADS PULLED THROUGH SUBFRAME WASHERS, CAUSING FRONT END TO DROP.
1996-07-25 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITIONS SWITCH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN.
1996-07-25 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 MOTOR MOUNTS FAILED. *SD
1996-06-24 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE STEERING COLUMN, CAUSING THE WIRING HARNES TO BURN. *AK
1996-06-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH BURNED OUT INTERNALLY, CAUSING WIRE IN STEERING COLUMN TO BURN; DIAGNOSED BY MECHANIC PERFORMING OTHER …
1996-05-24 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE No 0 DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FELL APART. *AK
1996-05-03 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 REAR SUB-FRAME MOUNTS CORRODED AND BROKE, ALLOWING SUB-FRAME TO DROP PRIOR TO RECALL (93V-106.001). *AK
1996-05-03 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUB FRAME MOUNTS CORRODED, CAUSING SUB FRAME TO DROP/LOSS OF STEERING. *DSH
1996-04-13 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 WHILE DRIVING, TURN SIGNALS, HEATER FAN AND REAR DEFROSTER ALL WENT OUT AT ONCE, HEARD POPPING NOISE; IGNITION SWITCH A…
1996-04-13 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER No 0 CAR DESIGNED WITH ONLY LAP BELTS IN REAR SEAT. *DSH
1996-04-01 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 POWER STEERING PUMP MALFUNCTIONED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. IN ADDITION, TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND SHIFTS VIOLENTLY …
1996-03-26 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH BURNED, CAUSING DASHBOARD INSTRUMENTS TO FAIL. *DSH
1996-03-19 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 PARKED VEHICLE IN TWO CAR GARAGE, WHEN OWNER WAS ALERTED @ WORK FROM HIS HOME OF VEHICLE FIRE. GARAGE AND VEHICLE DESTR…
1996-02-29 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR No 0 FRONT DISC ROTORS HAVE CORRODED, INVOLVED IN RECALL 91V1340000 BUT PROBLEM CAME BACK AGAIN. *AK
1996-02-29 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 0 SUDDEN ACCELERATION: THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING THE CONSUMER …
1996-01-30 TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE No 1 SPARE TIRE BECAME AIRBORNE IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, INJURING CHILD RIDING IN CAR.
1995-12-22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 SUDDEN LOSS OF SIGNALS, HAZARDS LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO IGNITION SWITCH BURNING OUT AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEATE…
1995-06-14 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED, HEARD SINGLE POP SOUND; VEHICLE CAME TO COMPLETE HALT WITHOUT WARNING DUE T0 TRANSMISSI…
1995-06-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR COME LOOSE AND RETRACTED PROPERLY . TT
1995-05-24 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE No 0 SEAT BELT FELL APART. *DH
1995-04-15 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 SUBFRAME BUSHINGS FAILED ON 4/15/95. TT
1995-04-10 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 BODY MOUNTS SNAPPED OFF, CAUSING FRONT END TO COLLAPSE. *AW
1995-01-12 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY Yes 2 INVOLVED IN COLLISION, PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OPEN AND HIT PASSENGER IN HEAD. TT
1995-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 CAR STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. TT