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Mercury Sable Power Train Automatic Transmission Safety Report | Feb 19, 1998
Reported on Feb 19, 1998
| AFTER THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED IN 01-98, THE CRANKSHAFT AND RADIATOR NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO THE HEAD GASKET BEING REPLACED.IN 02-98 THE CRANKSHAFT WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE TIMING COVER BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE WEAR. IN 12-98 THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL. THE TIMING CHAIN COVER GASKET WAS REPLACED AT THE FOLLOWING MILEAGES-44832,45520,67205. ACCORDING TO THE RECEIPTS GIVEN TO ME AT THE TIME, THE TRANSMISSION OIL PAN GASKET WAS REPLACED TWICE UNDER THE SAME DAY. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT BY DOING THAT, THEY COMBINED THREE DIFFERENT WORK ORDERS INTO ONE. THE NEXT TIME IT WAS REPLACED WAS AT 71387. THE CRANK WAS REPLACED AT 45520 MILES, THE SEALS WERE REPLACED AT 46942 , 67205, 68523 AND 67205. FORD MOTOR COMPANY , THROUGH PROGRAM #00M09 , IS ADMITTING A PROBLEM WITH THE 3.8 L ENGINE WITH REGARD TO THE HEAD GASKET. THIS PROGRAM IS ALLOWING FOR A REFUND ON OUT OF POCKET TO THE CONSUMER FOR REPLACING THE HEAD GASKET OR A REBATE ON A NEW FORD OR MERCURY VEHICLE. I AM NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EITHER OF THOSE BECAUSE MY EXTENDED WARRANTY , WHICH WAS PURCHASED THROUGH FORD, WAS BOUGHT WITH A $0 DEDUCTIBLE. I FEEL I AM BEING PUNISHED BECAUSE OF AN OPTION THAT WAS THE MOST FINANCIALLY SOUND AT THE TIME. | |
| Make: | Mercury |
| Model: | Sable |
| Manufactured by: | Ford Motor Company |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Was a crash reported? | |
| Was an injury reported? | |
| Was a death reported? | |
| Was a fire reported? | N |
| Location: | FESTUS MO |
| Vehicle Identification Number (VIN): | 1MELM504XRA |
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| Vehicle type: | FWD |
| Vehicle fuel: | GAS |
| Was a police report filed? | N |
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