Five problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 2001 Mercury Sable. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Mercury Sable based on all problems reported for the 2001 Sable.
Transmission issues included a near death experience when faulty cruise control wiring / functionality caused automatic transmission to rev to to high rpms. Was unable to shift to neutral gear and was forced to jump from vehicle to avoid potentially fatal wreck. Brake pads burned through to the calipers when trying to brake.
Tl-the contact owns a 2001 Mercury Sable. The contact was driving approximately 65 mph and exhibited an unexpected increase in acceleration. The brake pedal was depressed several times before the vehicle would stop. The cruise control was not engaged when the failure occurred. The contact stated that the vehicle would be towed to an independent auto shop for inspection. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000. Kmj.
2001 Mercury Sable. Consumer writes in regards to cruise control failure the consumer stated the vehicle rolled over twice. The consumer and his wife had to be extricated from the vehicle. The vehicle was totaled.
The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Sable. The contact stated that the cruise control would not disengage when he depressed the button. The cruise control button is currently inoperable. The current mileage was 61,111 and failure mileage was 60000.
Mercury Sable had acceleration while using cruise control at highway speed. Car continued to accelerate in spite of turning off cruise, pulling up the accelerator, and only stopped when the car was put into neutral, stopped and the engine turned off. Could not stop with the brakes to the point of the brake pads smoking while the car kept accelerating.