Underbody Shield Problems of Mercury Sable

I have standing rainwater in the passenger side of my 2000 Mercury Sable.

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The contact owns a 1998 Mercury Sable. While the vehicle was at the shop for an oil change, the mechanic noticed a small hole under the frame. The contact took the vehicle to have the brakes repaired and was informed that there were several small holes near the subframe by the engine. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current mileage was 180,000 and failure mileage was 160,000.

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- the contact called regarding the 2001 Mercury Sable. The contact stated that while driving she felt vibration by the gas pedal. A mechanic diagnosed the failure as the left and right front frame mounts sheared off. The failure mileage was 81,000. The mechanic stated that he will call Ford because he had never seen this type of failure, and did not know what to do to repair it.

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The sub frame on my son's 96 Mercury Sable suddenly broke loose and nearly caused him a serious accident. The steerinmg of the vehicle became very eratic and as such lost control of the vehicle. Luckily no one was hurt. The area where the frame attaches to the body had literaly rusted away and the subfram had shifted. I checked the complaint databases and found Ford had a recall on Sables and tauruses for subframe failures from 89 to the 95 model in saltbelt states. The same type of failures listed in the recall informatioin are also endemic to the 96 model. Other than the subframe failure the car was in excellent shape and well maintained. The major concern I have is how many other 96' Sable and tauruses are still on the roads in the saltbelt states with the potential for a very serious and life threatening accident to occur due to this defect. I seriously believe that Ford or some governmental agency should require warnings to be issued to owners of these cars to have them inspected before people who are driving these cars find themselves in a serious accident.

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: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the left front wheel stabilizer arm wobbled from side to side. The vehicle was inspected by an independent repair shop and it was determined, the front undercarriage and engine mounts were rusted. The vehicle was exposed to extreme winter weather and corrosive road salts. The repair shop concluded that due to the extensive corrosion, the problem could not be corrected. The manufacturer was not alerted.

: the contact stated while driving various speeds, the steering wheel was difficult to turn. The vehicle was inspected by an independent repair shop who determined the engine mount and carriage frame rusted which caused the engine to slip from the mount. The vehicle was exposed to extreme winter weather and road salts. The repair shop concluded that a piece of steel needed to be added to each side of the engine mount to correct the problem. The manufacturer was not alerted.

Consumer's vehicle was part manufacturer's recall 01517. However, she contacted Ford regarding recall number 01s17. Ford indicated that the parts were not in as of yet. Consumer has been waiting since August. Recall campaign.

This was a failure that fortunately was caught before a crash. I purchased the vehicle used last December. From the time I purchased it there was a clunking sound that came from under the front on the driver's side. At the end of September my husband noticed that the engine was moving back and forth (front to back) when the car would start out and back up. He continued to monitor it for a few days when it started to sound if it were whirring and grinding on the driver's side. He took it to a repair place, fisher auto body and repair in somerset. There they found the following, the front struts were bad, the driver side was leaking and had little function, the passenger side was weak; the front subframe assembly mount had rusted through and had seperated; the rear motor mount was defective and had to be replaced; the rear subframe assembly mounts needed to be replaced (to cure the clunking); the driver side wheel bearing had gone and needed to be replaced (to repair the whirring sound), plus strut mount, cushion, etc. The total cost of the repair was nearly $1600. Although I suspect the weak struts allowed the subframe to slam to the ground on hills or sharp gulleys which contributed to the front mounts breaking, they were clearly not designed to stand up in the long run. The same design was used on the 93 taurus for instance and you recalled the rear mounts and required a beefed up mounting plate and design. You should force Ford (Mercury) to do the same with this car.

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