Body problems of the 2002 Mercury Sable

Three problems related to body have been reported for the 2002 Mercury Sable. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Mercury Sable based on all problems reported for the 2002 Sable.

1 Body problem

Failure Date: 12/15/2009

The contact owns a 2002 Mercury Sable. While driving approximately 3 mph in reverse out of his driveway, he heard a loud banging noise. Upon further investigation, he observed that the coil springs had fractured and pierced one of the tires. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 86,000 and the current mileage was 93,000.

2 Body problem

Failure Date: 05/15/2006

1. Driving in hot weather 2. A/c and fans inoperable, slight smell of smoke 3. Replace fan motor, resistor,cowel panel and rain hat seal. This failure was addressed in the NHTSA item# 10011149.

3 Body problem

Failure Date: 10/19/2005

Water leak onto the pass side floor. Was told by the service person that this was an on going problem with Ford taurus and Mercury Sables. That it appears to be the way the vehicles were put together in the factory.


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