Table 1 shows 20 common power train related problems of the 1997 Mercury Sable. The number one most common problem is related to the automatic transmission (19 problems). The second most common problem is related to the power train (four problems).
Vehicle slow to up shift. While driving at any speed vehicle suddenly dropped to lowest gear would not go over 23 mph. Loud roaring! after placing in park; putting into drive transmission slams into first gear, but will not change into higher gear. Read details...
I should have learned that Sable was a bad car after the engine of my mother's '87 Sable exploded, caught fire and busted through the floor of the car beside the gas pedal and brake (1993). Luckily she was not in the car. Read details...
At about 100,000 easy highway miles, we had to replace the torque converter, then the entire transmission, plus for the last two years minor engine repairs to the tune of about $350 every other month, the window won't go down anymore, and now--4 months after the transmission replacement--we have Read details...