general problems of the 2008 Mercury Sable

The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Sable. The contact stated their daughter was driving at 55 mph, when the driver was approaching an intersection at a red light the driver depressed on the brake pedal and the brake pedal went straight to the floor and the vehicle could not stop causing the vehicle to hit the vehicle in front of them in the rear, the air bags did not deployed. The driver does not remember if there was any warning light illuminated on the vehicle. The crashed caused damage to front bumper and pushed in the front grill and hit the radiator of the vehicle. No one was injured the medical treatment at the scene. A police report filed. The contact is a former mechanic and inspected the vehicle but could not diagnosed the failure, but the contact concern is that there is an issue with anti- lock brake system. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximate 160,000.

We were stopped behind traffic, and as we slowly started to proceed, the car surged at a high rate of speed, and as the brakes were applied, they either were not working or else it was the abs coming on. This was a dry, sunny day-no moisture on the road-of course that would not have had a bearing on why the car surged/accelerated. Then the car shut itself off completely. We then got it started again, and nothing happened getting it back the aproxx. 4 miles back to home-all was normal after the incident all the way to home, though it has not been driven since. It has been reported to Ford hq's and to the dealership we purchased from.

2008 Ford Mercury Sable. Consumer writes in regards to power steering failure. The consumer stated the power steering rack and pump failed. Also, the rear brakes were severely worn and needed to be replaced.