Rear Suspension Problems of Mercury Sable

Rear spring broken.

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The contact owns a 2001 Mercury Sable wagon. The contact was driving approximately 35 mph. As he drove over a road bump the vehicle exhibited an abnormal noise. The contact stopped the vehicle and discovered that the fuel tank had fractured from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they informed him that the rear axle was fractured and caused the fuel tank to fracture. The vehicle was not repaired and was deemed as salvage. The manufacturer was also contacted and offered no assistance. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

I have a 2009 merc Sable premiere, when I go over bumps in the road the struts bottom out, and the car like slides side ways. I took it to the dealer where I bought it and they looked on the internet and found that Ford says when driving over bumps the car will bottom out and this is normal. I told the service man that this was [xxx] and he said he could not replace the struts until they recall them. I asked how much it would cost to replace them myself and he said it would run $1000. To have all 4 replaced. Do people have to get killed before they will cover this? I still have warranty left on my car and I want it fixed. Thank you very much for your time. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

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2003 Mercury Sable catastrophic coil spring failure.

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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.

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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.

Flat tire due to broken coil spring scrapping away tire sidewall rubber and eventually puncturing the tire.

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.

The contact stated had a problem with the right side rear of the car bottoming out when he hitting a bump or pothole. The right rear tire rubs the fender well. Took the vehicle to the dealer four times to try to have this repaired. Nothing has been done to correct the problem. Now, the contact thinks that the vehicle may have been tampered with before he took ownership of the car.

I took this car in for routine tire rotation and wheel alignment and was told about the defective rear camber. They said it needs a kit 20% of the time before 60,000 miles. This rotation and alignment cost me $206. 09. This is unacceptable in my opinion.

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