1991 MERCURY SABLE

AUTO WAS PARKED. APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF LATER, ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT, A FIRE WAS REPORTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. FIRE GUTTED OUT THE ENTIRE MOTOR AND THE CAR WAS TOTALED. NO INJURIES. THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS INDICATION OF ANY ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. MR

I HAVE LOCATED WHAT APPEARS TO BE A REPETITIVE SEVERE PROBLEMWHERE THE WIRE HARNESS IS RUBBING AGAINST A SHARP BENT METAL EDGE NEXT TO THE FUSE BOX AND AFTER TRYING TO LOCATE PARTS TO REPAIR I OBSERVED SEVERAL BURNED OUT TAURUS AND SABLE VEHICLES WHERE IT APPEARED TO HAVE STARTED AT OR UNDER THE DASH. ALSO A SIMILAR YEAR MK 7 BURNED THE SAME WAY. QUITE UNNERVING. ALSO HAVE A SECOND TAURUS WAGON I'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND EXAMINED IT WIRING AND SAME PROBLEM CHAFFED WIRE HARNESS APPROXIMATE

THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND DANGEROUS AFTER ADDING OIL TO THE ENGINE OF THIS VEHICLE YESTERDAY I MADE SURE THE HOOD WAS SECURLY LATCHED ( BECAUSE IT HAS COME OPEN ON ME PREVIOUSLY WHILE IN MOTION ) I PULLED UP ON THE HOOD AND IT WOULD NOT OPEN. I LEFT THE GAS STATION AND GOT ON THE INTERSTATE. WHILE IN THE FAST LANE DOING APPROXAMATLY 70 MPH THE HOOD CAME COMPLETELY OPEN BENT BACK AND SMASHED THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I WAS TOTALY BLINDED BY IT. I WAS LUKY TO GET THE CAR STOPED WITH OUT GETTING KILLED

BEFORE CONSUMER PURCHASED VEHICLE THEY NOTICED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON, THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY COULD NOT FIX THE LIGHT DUE TO A FEDERAL LAW AND NEVER SAID THE AIR BAGS DID NOT WORK, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT AND 2 OF THE OCCUPANTS INJURIES WERE SORENESS. *SLC

THE FORD/MERCURY A/C HIGH PRESSURE MANIFOLD PASSENGER SIDE HOSE IS LOWER THAN THE CARS FRAME AND BODY, WHICH EASILY CATCHES ON OBJECTS IN THE ROAD MAKING IT A SAFETY HAZARD, AND WHICH THE RUBBER HOSE EASILY TEARS AND LEAKS, THEREBY ALSO CAUSING QUITE AN EXPENSE TO REPLACE WITH ANOTHER DEFECTIVELY LOW HOSE, BECAUSE YOU ALSO HAVE TO REPLACE THE CANISTER, ACCUMULATOR HOSE, FREON, & REVACUUM THE COMPRESSOR (DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE RECALLED! *AK

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10MPH WHEN A BURNING ODOR WAS NOTICED. STOPPED THE VEHICLE & LIFTED THE HOOD. FLAMES SHOT OUT FROM NEAR THE ENGINE AREA WHERE FAN WAS LOCATED. THE PLASTIC COVERING FAN AND RADIATOR WAS BURNING, WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

THE RADIATOR FAN SEIZED, CAUSING THE WIRES TO THE FAN MELT TOGETHER AND RESULTED IN A FIRE. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER , SMOKE STARTED COMING UP BY WINDSHIELD, WHEN DRIVER AND PASSENGER GOTOUT OF VEHICLE, FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF FRONT OF VEHICLE. THE FIRE TOTALED THE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT AT SPEEDS OF 45 TO 50MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

POWER STEERING HOSE FLUID LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.

VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE.*AK

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD

DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE REPORT) *DSH

VEHICLE WAS IMPACTED AT 10:00 POSITION, SPEED 30 MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER IMPACT, CAUSING INJURIES. *AK

THE DRIVERS AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A CRITICAL ACCIDENT. TT

PUT VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND IT SURGED, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. TT