Four problems related to tire have been reported for the 2000 Mercury Sable. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Mercury Sable based on all problems reported for the 2000 Sable.
Tire bought at wallmart does not gripe road. Tire spins when taking off at red light. And squeels when going around corner. Air pressure is good.
Rear passenger side coil spring broke while driving and punctured the rear passenger side tire. This occurred due to the same defect as described in the front coil spring recall 04v332000. The rear coil spring and tire were replaced.
Nar 05/21/2003. Right front spring were broken cutting into the right front tire causing a flat.
The original equipment tires offer poor performance, especially in the rain. The car was so bad in the rain that my wife refused to drive the car. The oe tires have a treadwear rating of 520. I am afraid that the rubber is so hard (which will give long life) that grip was sacrificed. I changed the tires to continental contitouring contact ch95 which have a treadwear rating of 360. These tires are also original equipment on BMW, mercedes, Volvo, Audi among others. The car is much improved. Wet performance is much, much better and dry performance is improved also. My wife now feels safe driving the car. I don't know if this is really a defect, but I wanted you to know. Thanks. ( dot number: tire size: p215/60r16 ).