2001 MERCURY SABLE — Complaint #1091377
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS filed July 28, 2014
NHTSA complaint #1091377 (ODI reference 10616928) concerns a 2001 MERCURY SABLE and was filed on July 28, 2014. The owner reports the failure occurred on May 15, 2014. The vehicle had 147,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as suspension:rear:springs:coil springs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCURY SABLE cohort independently describe similar suspension:rear:springs:coil springs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2001 MERCURY SABLE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT NOTICED A SEVERE VIBRATION UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE TWO REAR TIRES WERE DAMAGED AND REPLACED DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE COIL SPRINGS. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE FAULTY. THE COIL SPRINGS WERE NOT REPLACED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1091377 |
| ODI Number | 10616928 |
| Date Filed | July 28, 2014 |
| Failure Date | May 15, 2014 |
| VIN | 1MEFM50U61G |
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TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, A RUBBING SOUND WAS HEARD IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT TH
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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