Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Mercury Sable.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-17 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Sable. While the contact's son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was inv… |
| 2025-06-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Car wheels rusted out |
| 2023-04-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | On April 12 I exited my drive onto the 55 mph highway in front of my house when suddenly the car began to shudder. I ja… |
| 2021-08-09 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Sable. The contact stated their daughter was driving at 55 mph, when the driver was app… |
| 2021-01-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER HEATED SEATS ARE NOT WORKING AND MAKING SHORT CIRCUIT AFFECTING THE WHILE CAR ELECTRIC SOMETIMES, A LOT O… |
| 2020-12-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | GOT MY CAR INSPECTED ON 12/3/20. WAS TOLD MY CAR HAS A RECALL. |
| 2020-01-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE DOING BASIC MAINTENANCE… |
| 2018-10-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEH… |
| 2018-02-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Not sure, but it sounds like the springs. The air condition makes a stumping noise when I turn it on. |
| 2016-06-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING FROZE UP AND COULD NOT TURN TO LEFT / WAS HARD TO STEER AND THEN WHEN TRYING TO TURN LEFT COULD NOT DO IT, HAD… |
| 2016-03-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHILE ON CRUISE CONTROL ON A 6 LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FROM 72 TO 85+ MPH. BRAKES DID NOT DIS… |
| 2016-01-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE, THROTTLE, WRENCH, AND AIR BA… |
| 2015-10-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT CAR REV'D ON IT'S OWN AND BOLTED FORWARD WHILE AT A FULL STOP AT A RE… |
| 2015-09-25 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 MERCURY SABLE . WE LOVE THIS CAR AND ALL OF THE OPTIONS IT HAS TO OFFER,BUT THE VAPOR LOCK… |
| 2015-08-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE STARTED AND IMMEDIATELY SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS CONFUSING BECAUSE TH… |
| 2015-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY HESITATE TO ACCELER… |
| 2015-02-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2015 AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM, I WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE. THE INC… |
| 2014-08-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WE WERE STOPPED BEHIND TRAFFIC, AND AS WE SLOWLY STARTED TO PROCEED, THE CAR SURGED AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND AS TH… |
| 2014-07-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST WHILE DRIVING ON OHIO TURNPIKE 07/19/2014. WITH NO POWER STEERING IT WAS A VERY DANGEROU… |
| 2014-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THERE WERE TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS WITH THIS SAME VEHICLE. INCIDENT #1 WITH FIRST DRIVER: AT ABOUT 5 MPH, THE GAS PEDA… |
| 2014-06-03 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO STEER THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER… |
| 2014-05-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, SHE HEARD A POPPING NOISE AS T… |
| 2013-11-19 | SEATS | No | 0 | NOT LONG AFTER I BOUGHT THIS CAR, THE ELEMENT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT STOPPED WORKING. IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY A… |
| 2013-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE INFORMATION CENTER AT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED. NO INFORMATION SHOWS. CHECKED WEBSITE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS… |
| 2013-09-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY WOULD STAY IN 5TH GEAR AND NOT SHIFT -- LIMP HOME MODE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED OUTPUT SHAFT S… |
| 2013-09-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ON THURSDAY AROUND 11:30 PM, ON SEPT.12, 2013, WHILE MY 77 YEAR OLD MOTHER SLEPT HER 2008, MERCURY SABLE PREMIER MYSTER… |
| 2013-09-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE… |
| 2013-05-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ACCELERATOR STOPPED RESPONDING AND VEHICLE STALLED SHORTLY AFTER. *TR |
| 2013-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | 2008 FORD MERCURY SABLE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO POWER STEERING FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER ST… |
| 2012-12-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT (VERY HARD) TO TURN. TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD SERVICE AGENT AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS THAT THE … |
| 2012-11-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING LAST WEEK MY WIFE NOTICED THAT WHEN TURNING INTO A PARKING SPOT THE STEERING STIFFENED UP AND HAD TO MAKE… |
| 2012-09-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE ON AN INCLINE WHILE AT A … |
| 2012-08-16 | STEERING | No | 0 | CAR DEVELOPED A KNOCK IN STEERING. MOST NOTABLE WHEN STOPPED AND TURNING STEERING WHEEL A FEW DEGREES LEFT AND RIGHT.… |
| 2012-06-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE … |
| 2012-04-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH AND MAKING A TURN … |
| 2012-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | BEGINNING ABOUT THE FIRST OF MARCH, 2012, I NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH MY STEERING FEELING STIFF, JERKY AND HARD TO TURN. … |
| 2011-12-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR WOULD JERK GOING INTERSTATE SPEED OF 70MPH. FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING INTO NEUTRAL AND BACK IN TO GEAR. DID THIS ABO… |
| 2011-11-28 | STEERING | No | 0 | RECENTLY I WROTE YOU ABOUT MY 2008 SABLE IT HAS ONLY 16,000 MILE ON IT AND I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING STI… |
| 2011-11-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN STARTING HIS VEHICLE IN COLDER WEATHER, IT WOUL… |
| 2011-11-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE WHEEL STIFFENS UP WHILE MAKING A TURN. ALSO WHEN SITTING STILL/STOPPED THE WHEEL COMPLETELY FREEZES UP. THE BALL JO… |
| 2011-09-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | ON THE ABOVE DATE - SEPTEMBER 28, 2011, I BECAME AWARE THAT THE GAS IN THE GAS TANK WAS MOVING AROUND (SLOSHING) WHENE… |
| 2011-07-25 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2008 MERCURY SABLE. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH POWER STEERING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE POWER STEERING FAILED AS … |
| 2011-06-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHEN IT WAS DEPRE… |
| 2011-06-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VE… |
| 2011-06-13 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE TECHNIC… |
| 2010-11-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DRIVERS SIDE HEATED SEAT DIED SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THIS WAS ONE OF THE SELLING POINTS FOR ME, I… |
| 2010-07-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 2008 MERCURY SABLE, WHEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SPEEDOMETER HAS MOVED HIGHER AND LOWER ON ITS OWN. WHEN IN CRUISE CONTRO… |
| 2010-04-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATE SPEEDS OF 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY ACCELERA… |
| 2010-03-07 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A GRINDING NOISE AN… |
| 2010-03-03 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 55 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGERS SEAT SUDDENLY CAUGHT … |