2005 Mercury Sable problems
Owners have filed 112 complaints about the 2005 Mercury Sable with NHTSA. Vehicle speed control accounts for 33.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 23.2%.
Complaints112
Crashes3
Fires0
Injuries3
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Vehicle speed control 33.9% · 38
Power train 23.2% · 26
Steering 6.3% · 7
Service brakes 6.3% · 7
Electrical system 5.4% · 6
Engine 4.5% · 5
Air bags 3.6% · 4
Engine and engine cooling 2.7% · 3
Severity
Of those complaints, 3 describe a crash and 3 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 15 model years of the Mercury Sable in this data, 2005 draws comparatively few complaints; 1993 is the outlier year.
Filings have fallen off, 4 in the last three years against 16 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 71,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Car started accelerating on its own and had to put the car in neutral and put both brakes to make it stop. The car lurches forward when it is stopped at signals.Did some research online and found that this has been an issue that nhs has been investigating and is related to the throttle not closing. Http://autos.Yahoo.Com/motoramic/probe-1-9-million-fords-sudden-acceleration. Why no recall yet? Vehicle speed control · reported at 60,000 miles
The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Sable. While traveling 40 mph, the contact noticed that the throttle had become stuck causing the vehicle to accelerate abnormally. In order to stop the failure, the contact had to depress the accelerator pedal vigorously 3-4 times. The vehicle was not diagnosed and no repairs were performed. The current mileage was 140,000 and the failure mileage was 19,000. Vehicle speed control · reported at 19,000 miles
When you accelerate from a stop to get up to the speed limit or flow of traffic when you remove or ease up your foot from the gas pedal the rpm's shoot up to 3500/4000 rpm and the pedal continues to depress, increasing the vehicle speed. Pressing the brake will slow the vehicle, but the engine continues to rev-up. You must kick the gas pedal two or three times to get it to disengage. Vehicle speed control · reported at 125,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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