Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994-10-11 | 94V198000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES | 1,500 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-09-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION JERKED SEVERELY WITH EX… |
| 2013-06-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAK… |
| 2010-05-15 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE CONTACT MADE A RIGHT TURN AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE.… |
| 2010-03-18 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AND HEARD A LOUD SCREECH, SINCE I WAS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM MY HOME I PULLED IN MY DRI… |
| 2010-03-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. THE PERSON I BOUGHT IT FROM SAID IT HAD ALL NEW BRAKES, SPRINGS, FILTERS, SENSORS, RADIA… |
| 2009-06-15 | TIRES | No | 0 | FUTURA 875 TIRES MADE BY BRIDGESTONE FIRESTONE WITH TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL 4 TIRES. THESE TIRES SEEM NEVER TO HAVE EXI… |
| 2009-05-04 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THERE IS A STRONG GAS SMELL ESPECIALLY ON HOT DAYS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE EXCESSIVE PRESSURE IN THE GAS TANK. I HAVE SC… |
| 2008-08-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE RADIATOR FAN SHUTS OFF AND DOES NOT COME BAC… |
| 2008-02-21 | TIRES | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER HAD JUST DRIVEN ALL OVER THE STATE WITH HER STUDENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT. SHE WAS GOING TO TEACH FOR THE DA… |
| 2007-01-03 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHEN I TOOK MY 1995 MERCURY SABLE TO A MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE, HE NOTIFIED ME THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. … |
| 2006-07-31 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL THE VEHICLE STALLS TO A STOP. THE VE… |
| 2006-07-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY STALL WHEN DRIVING IN WARM… |
| 2006-05-04 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR UAED DROVE OFF THE HIGHWAY AND MY CAR STARTED SMOKING FROM THE HOOD, I ALSO GETTING A KNOCKING SO… |
| 2006-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | COMMENTS: I HAVE A 1995 MERCURY SABLE WITH 52,000 MILES ON IT. SOME YEARS AGO, FORD ISSUED A LETTER SAYING IT WOULD M… |
| 2006-03-24 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WAS MAKING A CLICKING SOUND. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DETERMINED THE SUB FRAME ON B… |
| 2005-12-07 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THERE WAS NHTSA RECALL O CAMPAIGN 98V323000 CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE: FRAME AND MEMBERS. HOWE… |
| 2005-10-24 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MOTOR REPLACED ON MY CAR , A 95 MERCURY SABLE, REPLACED AT 85,000 MILES AND JUST BLEW AGAIN I NOW HAVE 123,00 ON THE CA… |
| 2005-06-23 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | RE: NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 98V323000* HELLO, FOMOCO LOCAL DEALER & CORPORATE CUSTOMER RELATIONS INSIST THERE… |
| 2005-04-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SMOKE. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TO FIND THE FIRE HAD COMPLETELY GONE O… |
| 2005-03-31 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | MY 1995 MERC . SABLE .2 MONTHS AGO MY RIGHT FROM SPRING BROKE AND WENT THROUGH MY TIRE I WAS ABLE TO CONTROLE IT TILL W… |
| 2004-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | RECALL CAMPAIGN; 97V019000 CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO CIRCUIT BREAKER. AFTER THE RECALL REPAIRS,… |
| 2004-08-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEED TO BE … |
| 2004-08-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | SEVERAL UNEXPECTED EXPERIENCES WITH COOLING SYSTEM FAILURE. *BF RECALL NUMBERS; 97V019000, 01V390000, & 01I01100… |
| 2004-07-01 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, A LOUD CLANKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER. THE DRIVER NOT… |
| 2004-06-06 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVE WHEN GOT IN TO DRIVE WOULD NOT MOVE. AFTER INSPECTION WE FOUND THAT THE COIL SPRING HAD SHEARE… |
| 2004-02-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING DRIVER SMELLED BURNING ODOR COMING FROM THE DASHBOARD. CONSUMER STATED THAT WIRE MELTED, CAUSING THE B… |
| 2004-01-09 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHEN BEGINNING TO BACK CAR OUT OF GARAGE, DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT COIL SPRING FAILED. LEFT FENDER SAGGED NOTICEABLY AND PI… |
| 2004-01-07 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE FAN MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. THE DEA… |
| 2004-01-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE … |
| 2004-01-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DRIVER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE … |
| 2004-01-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE WAS LEAKING COOLANT INTO ENGINE WHICH CAUSED IT TO SMOKE . CONSUMER HAD THIS VEHICLE CH… |
| 2003-11-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | MY SPEEDOMETER JUMPS BY 10-15 MPH WHEN SPEEDS ARE ABOVE 40 MPH. AT LOWER SPEEDS IT ALSO SHAKES BY 5 MPH OR SO. THIS HAS… |
| 2003-09-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR STALLS IN WARM WEATHER. ON ONE OF MANY STALLED OCCASIONS I WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND WHEN IT TURNED GREEN THE… |
| 2003-07-25 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | SUBFRAME HAS FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE ENGINE TO DROP. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2003-07-09 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND DROVE SLOWLY ABOUT 50 FEET, HE DISCOVERED THE TWO FRONT COILS SPRINGS WERE BR… |
| 2003-06-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | IN JULY '1996, PURCHASED A BRAND NEW MERCURY SABLE WAGON FROM RISING SUN, MD DEALER. THE CAR HAD ONLY ACCRUED 52,000 M… |
| 2003-06-08 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | THE SMELL WHILE USING THE HEATER OR THE AIR CONDITIONER IS SO HORRIBLE IT'S ALMOST A HEALTH HAZARD TO USE IT. THE HEAT… |
| 2003-04-04 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE LUNGED. ALSO WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE THE GEAR SHIFT MOVED INTO NE… |
| 2003-01-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. *JB |
| 2003-01-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE GOES FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND WILL NOT REGISTER THE CORRECT SPEED. … |
| 2003-01-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT RELATES TO FORD AND ITS HANDLING OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 3.8 ENGINE. WHEN NOTIFIED OF THE RECA… |
| 2002-12-27 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | DRIVER WAS DRIVING CAR ON STATE ROAD 84. CAR WAS STALLING. DRIVER PULLS OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD, OPENS HOOD ENGINE COMPART… |
| 2002-12-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET BLEW ON DEC. 25 2002 |
| 2002-12-19 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | BLOWN HEAD GASKET ON ALL FORD 3800'S. TS |
| 2002-12-16 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1995 MERCURY SABLE THAT HAS A BAD HEAD GASKET. I WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BY FORD, BUT… |
| 2002-12-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I CONTACTED THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY COMPLAINING ABOUT A FAULTY TRANSMISSION IN MY 1995 MERCURY SABLE THAT SUDDENLY WENT … |
| 2002-12-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP EVER SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 1999. IT ONLY HAD 86000 MILES ON IT AND … |
| 2002-12-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTIONED. NEEDLE JUMPED BACK AND FORTH, AND WENT OUT OF CONTROL. THIS HAP… |
| 2002-11-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1995 MERCURY SABLE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS. *MR THE ENGINE WOULD IDLE, RUN ROUGH, STALL, AND RESTART IMMED… |
| 2002-11-01 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | CONSUMER HEARD CRACKING COMING FROM FLOORBOARD WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR LOWER SUBFRAME … |