2001 MERCURY SABLE — Complaint #828507
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NHTSA Complaint about SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS filed December 1, 2010
NHTSA complaint #828507 (ODI reference 10368934) concerns a 2001 MERCURY SABLE and was filed on December 1, 2010. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 4, 2010. The report was geocoded to Kentucky 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. No VIN was supplied by the filer, so this complaint contributes to model-year trend data but cannot be tied to a specific vehicle.
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
2001 MERCURY SABLE. CONSUMER WRITES REGARDING MERCURY REAR COILS SPRINGS. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED NEITHER HIS MECHANIC OR THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP COULD EXPLAIN WHY THE REAR COILS RUSTED THROUGH COMPLETELY. THE MECHANIC FOUND A RECALL, BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS. *JB
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 828507 |
| ODI Number | 10368934 |
| Date Filed | December 1, 2010 |
| Failure Date | October 4, 2010 |
Similar SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS Complaints for 2001 MERCURY SABLE
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
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN SHE NOTICED THAT THE REAR WAS SITTING VERY LOW TO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MEC
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS ARE SPLITTING IN HALF ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS MAY ALSO BE FAILING. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE
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
REAR COIL SPRING HAS BROKEN AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PUNCTURE THE TIRE. I CAUGHT IT EARLY ENOUGH THAT IT DIDN'T. *TR
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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