1991 Mercury Sable Engine cooling Problems

“My 1991 Sable transmission had to be repaired due to the front engine mount bolt fell-out, or breakage. After repairs was made the front engine mount bolt came out or break out two other times as of 23 october 2000. My Sable was purchased in washington state and registered in alaska, however it is located in maryland where I live for the passed two years.”

“Ford is aware of this problem which seems to be inherent to this engine. The ford dealer where I had it repaired for 1300 change sez ford paid for this repair on 94/95 or 95/96 engines which are basically the same,but have not extended this recall to 1991 models. He said to save my receipt incase they do. If there is a design flaw in this engine. Why dont they fix all of them?”

“Mercury/ford told me 4-19-00 that only '93 & '94 3.8 liter engines with headgasket failures would be fixed if less than 100,000 miles. I had planned to keep the car for 2-3 more years based on low usage as I commute to downtown st. Louis via bus--but now the car doesn't appear worth fixing.”

“Other than the rest of my problems with the above my newest complaint is that I just found out that due to the fact ford installed an aluminim piston where there should have been a steel one which is the only one available now since you discovered your problems. My car is in the shop right now and I'm being told it will cost between $1200.00 - $1500.00 to fix due to ford's poor design. This is not my first Sable wagon. The first one had all kinds of A/C problems and I'm getting tired of paying for your mistakes. My A/C is out now, I replace brake pads all the time.”

“My children and I were almost killed recently when we were doing 70 MPH on I-85 and the car just shut off. I had talked with mechanics in germany when it did it to my husband on the autobahn once coming from frankfurt. We were told the car reaches a certain temperature and has an automatic shutoff. The temperature gauge reads normal so why would the car shut down at normal temperature. This is very dangerous especially when it can happen at interstate speeds. I was lucky I was able to control the car to the side with no power steering or brakes and coast to a stop. …”