Four problems related to rear suspension 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.
The contact owns a 2002 Mercury Sable. The contact was driving approximately 5 mph in the driveway and heard a loud noise outside of the vehicle. He immediately shut the engine off and observed that the rear driver side strut was broken. The vehicle is in the process of being taken to an independent mechanic for inspection. There are photographs available of the defective component. The failure and current mileages were 125,000.
02 Mercury Sable has broken rear spring that caused the tire to explode. It is going to cost $450. 00 to have repaired plus a new tire. After reading numerous other complaints about the same, I am afraid this may also happen on the front end. The care only has 70,000 miles and there is no sign on rust.
Earlier this year my front spring broke and put a hole in my tire - thank goodness I was not driving - I was just pulling out of my parking place at work. When we took it to the garage to have it fixed they mentioned that my back ones were also broken and needed replaced. The technician told me that this is common in these cars and that I should try to find out about the recall on these parts from Ford. I own a 2002 Mercury Sable. But apparently due to most of the reading I have been doing the recall only went until 2001. But I see that many many people with 2002 & 2003 cars are having the same issue.
Suspension spring braking.