Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Mercury Sable.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN ON BOTH SIDES. POOR DESIGN. I WAS TOLD THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS, BUT I DO NOT SEE IT. THIS… |
| 2016-02-25 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | THE HIGH BEAMS DO NOT FUNCTION, UNLESS THE LEVER (WHICH CHANGES THE BEAM FROM LOW TO HIGH) IS PULLED TOWARDS ME AND HEL… |
| 2015-10-10 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED. DUE TO THE BRAKE FAILURE, THE VEHIC… |
| 2012-12-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD HEAR A RATTLING NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD A… |
| 2012-04-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT HAD BEEN PARKED FOR TWO HOURS IN THE PARKING LOT OF A SMALL COMM… |
| 2011-04-05 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE 3 MPH AND IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WHEN … |
| 2010-05-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY WHEN DRIV… |
| 2009-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP TO RETRIEVE STORED ENGINE CONTROL CODES PO443 AND PO455.… |
| 2009-06-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1998 MERCURY SABLE. SEVERAL MECHANICS STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION AND THE REAR COIL SPRINGS FAI… |
| 2009-02-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SUDDENLY BLEW OUT. THERE WAS N… |
| 2007-12-21 | TIRES | No | 0 | 98 SABLE WAGON. (SPRING PLATE GAVE AND SPRING BLEW OUT TIRE AND DAMAGED FRONT END RODS OR ARMS, SHOCK ACCORDING TO FOR… |
| 2007-12-11 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE SHOP FOR AN OIL CHANGE, THE MECHANIC NOTICED A … |
| 2007-09-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | 1999 MERCURY SABLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CUSTOMER STATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BRA… |
| 2007-08-10 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | BRAKES LINE LEAKING FLUID DUE TO CORROSION OF METAL,LOST ALL BRAKE FLUID WHEN BRAKES WERE PUT ON. *JB |
| 2007-07-31 | STEERING | Yes | 1 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 MERCURY SABLE GS. SHE STATED THAT WHILE TURNING THE VEHICLE IT SWERVED TO THE OPPOSITE DIR… |
| 2007-05-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I DROVE THE CAR TO DO ERRANDS AND IT WAS NOT HAVING ANY PROBLEMS. I PARKED THE CAR AT THE MALL AND CAME BACK TO DRIVE… |
| 2006-07-21 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE BACKING OUT OF THE GARAGE A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD. WHEN THE CONSUMER EXITED THE VEHICLE T… |
| 2006-06-19 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING FRACTURED AND BLEW OUT THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. … |
| 2006-05-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | NOISE FROM FRONT DURING TURNS. TOOK CAR TO SHOP SAME DAY AND WAS TOLD THE DRIVER FRONT COIL SPRING HAD FRACTURED AND R… |
| 2006-02-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | ON FEBRUARY 14, 2006 AS I DROVE UP TO MY NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE DOOR, MY 1998 MERCURY SABLE WAGON HAD 'A MIND OF IT'S OWN'.… |
| 2006-01-08 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE LURCHED FORWARD WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. ALTH… |
| 2005-11-07 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. THE CONTACT SET CRUISE CONTROL SAT ON 35 MPH. WHE… |
| 2005-10-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | 1) VEHICLE WAS HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS WITH NOT EASILY COMING OUT OF THE 'PARK" POSITION. DEALER KEPT STATING THERE WA… |
| 2005-04-17 | SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHILE RESEARCHING ANOTHER PROBLEM ONLINE, I FOUND REFERENCES TO COIL SPRING PROBLEMS FOR OTHER SABLE MODEL YEARS, SO TH… |
| 2005-04-08 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | GOT INTO VEHICLE AND HEARD A SUDDEN SNAPPING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING… |
| 2005-04-02 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS, CAUSING THE FRONT RIGHT CORNER TO HIT A WALL ON THE RAMP. UP… |
| 2005-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | MY BRAKE LINE[METAL],RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH. 1.NO INDICATION OF BRAKE FAILURE. 2.SEVERAL OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS DROV… |
| 2004-12-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION THE VEHICLE IN FRON… |
| 2004-12-17 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | THE CABIN AIR FILTER EQUIPMENT LEAKS RAINWATER INTO THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS CREATES AN EXCESSIVE AMOUN… |
| 2004-11-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | IN 1998 I PURCHASED A NEW MERCURY SABLE. STOPPING DISTANCE HAS BEEN INADEQUATE SINCE NEW. RETURNED TO DEALER 3 TIMES, C… |
| 2004-11-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | Yes | 0 | IN 1998 I PURCHASED A NEW MERCURY SABLE. STOPPING DISTANCE HAS BEEN INADEQUATE SINCE NEW. RETURNED TO DEALER 3 TIMES,… |
| 2004-09-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. IN… |
| 2004-07-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED OVERDRIVE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. THIS CAUSED THE SPEEDOMETER TO D… |
| 2004-07-22 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | RECALL 04V332000 CONCERNING FRONT COIL SPRINGS FAILURE. DEALERSHIP DID NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT… |
| 2004-07-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | CAR SET IN DRIVEWAY AND LEFT FRONT SPRING BROKE. *LA |
| 2004-04-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | Yes | 0 | THE ENGINE ON MY SABLE WAGON ACCELERATES ON ITS OWN AFTER IT IS PUT INTO PARK, AND MANY TIMES BEFORE I TAKE IT OUT OF P… |
| 2004-03-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT VEHICLE SHUTTING DOWN. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. WHILE STOPPING A… |
| 2004-03-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 1998 MERCURY SABLE WITH 3.0 LITER ENGINE APPARENTLY IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE NO ENGINE BRAKING WHEN COASTING. THE ENG… |
| 2004-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT BRAKE PROBLEMS. WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKES FA… |
| 2004-02-28 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | PERSISTENT PROBLEM WITH MANY MERCURY/FORD CARS AND TRUCKS. FAULTY DOOR SENSORS INDICATE UNSAFE CONDITION (DOORS NOT CLO… |
| 2004-02-20 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHILE THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER WAS BACKING THE CONSUMER CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE NOTICED A SCRAPING NOISE. TOW TRUCK DRIVER FO… |
| 2004-02-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS IS THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW THAT I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM FLUSHED BECAUSE IT IS GETTING SOMETHING… |
| 2004-01-03 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE COIL SPRING FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE TIRE WAS PUNCTURED. ONE MONTH LATER, THE FRONT PA… |
| 2003-12-07 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE I STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE BROADSIDE. MY CAR'S FRONT END WAS TOTALED, ALONG WITH THE FRAME CRA… |
| 2003-11-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE DRIVER PRESSED DOWN ON THE ACCELERATED PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FO… |
| 2003-11-09 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | THE AIRBAGS AND SHOULDER HARNESS BOTH FAILED IN A FRONT END COLLISION AT HIGHWAY SPEED RESULTING IN INJURIES TO THE DRI… |
| 2003-11-03 | INTERIOR LIGHTING | Yes | 2 | THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT APPEARS AND WILL NOT GO OFF. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK … |
| 2003-10-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE WAITING AT A STOP VEHICLE SHOOK/VIBRATED. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER,AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN… |
| 2003-09-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED THEN RESTARTED BY ITSELF. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICA… |
| 2003-08-27 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL | No | 0 | TURN SIGNALS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. DEALER REPLACED THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH. *AK |