2000 Mercury Sable Air Bags & Restraints Problems

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY DURING VEHICLE ACCIDENT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MERCURY SABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT IN HIS VEHICLE LOCKS UP AND WILL NOT PULL OUT. HE PURCHASED ANOTHER SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY RETRACTOR AND HAD IT REPLACED BY A MECHANIC, BUT THE FAILURE IS RECURRING. THE FORD MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS REGARDING THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000.

BOTH FRONT SEAT BELTS (DRIVER & PASSENGER) LOCK-UP ON THE ROTATION AND PREVENT YOU TO PUT ON SEAT BELT, WHICH CAN RESULT TO SEVERE INJURY IN A CRASH. *JB

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. LEFT REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT.*AK

MY COMPLAINT IS ABOUT MY REAR SEAT BELTS, I USED THE MIDDLE REAR SEAT BELT FROM 2003 UNTIL IT BROKE IN 2004. THE MIDDLE IS WHERE I PUT MY SON'S CAR SEAT. I ALWAYS MADE SURE IT WAS IN RIGHT, IT MOVED NO MORE THEN AN INCH AND I ALWAYS LOCKED THE SEAT BELT. I DIDN'T TAKE THE CAR SEAT OUT MUCH SO THAT IS WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT COULD BREAK SO FAST. I HAD TO MOVE MY SON TO A DIFFERENT SEAT UNTIL I COULD GET IT FIXED, AND THEN THE REAR SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTED TO ACT UP, WHEN IT WAS TIME FOR THE SEAT BELT TO RETRACT IT WOULDN'T YOU HAD YOU USE YOUR FINGERS AND PUSH IT IN. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT FIXED YET. I CANT AFFORD TO AND FORD WONT PAY FOR IT. BOTH TIMES I HAD FORD TAKE A LOOK AT THE SEAT BELTS, AND THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. MY THOUGHTS ON THIS IS THE SEAT BELT SHOULD LAST LONGER THEN THE CAR. *JB

(1) I PURCHASED MY 2000 MERCURY SABLE GS V6 FROM MY FATHER WITH APPX. 38,000 MILES ON IT. MY FATHER AND I KEPT IT WELL MAINTAINED AS REQUIRED IN THE MANUFACTURES WARRANTY GUIDELINES. HE ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT NEW FROM THE MERCURY DEALERSHIP IN FARMINGTON, MI WHICH IS NOW LOCATED IN DEARBORN, MI CALLED JACK DEMMER LINCOLN MERCURY. WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM MY FATHER THE SEATBELTS WERE BOTH WORKING FINE. (2)ON THE MERCURY SABLE BOTH SEAT BELT HARNESSES (SEATBELT ROTATOR) LOCKS UP PREVENTING YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO PUT ON THE SEATBELT. CONSEQUENCES CAN CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY, OR EVEN DEATH. *JB (3) I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED THAT THE CAR HAS 64,000 MILES ON IT AND IS OUT OF THE 36,000 MILE WARRANTY SO THEY ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO REPLACE THE BELTS. THEY DID OFFER TO REPLACE BOTH SEAT BELTS FOR $200.00 PER BELT AS THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T FIX THEM AS ITS A SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR TO THIS DATE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM IN OTHER MERCURY SABLES AND WOULD LIKE IT INVESTIGATED IF POSSIBLE. *JB

THE AIRBAG ON THE STEERING WHEEL WAS CRACKED, THE CONSUMER HAD NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS ISSUE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO STAY LATCHED PROPERLY. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC REPLACED THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT DRIVER AN PASSENGER AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD NO EXTERIOR DAMAGE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DENIED THE CLAIM STATING THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A MECHANICAL DEFECT. *NM

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WOULD NOT FULLY RETRACT BACK, THEREFORE IT WAS LOOSE ON THE DRIVER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *NM

NON DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAGS IN FRONTAL COLLISION IN 2000 MERCURY SABLE, CAUSING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP BUT THE PROBLEM HAD NOT BEEN RESOLVED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE T-BONE THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE WHICH FORCED THE VEHICLE INTO A GUARD RAIL. THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *NLM

SEAT BELT BINDS AND BECOMES INOPERABLE REPEATEDLY, REPORTED ISSUE THE FIRST TIME ON 10/05/2001; NEXT ON 10/15/2001; NEXT ON 10/23/2001; AGAIN ON 9/30/2002; AGAIN ABOUT 11/01/2002 (NOT LOGGED IN BY DEALER); AND 11/11/2002. DT

CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT A BUMP, THE SIDE AIR BAG INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS SCC

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT THE 30 MPH, THE RIGHT SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. MR

AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY , VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY DEALER.*AK

A VEHICLE STOPPED QUICKLY CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAREND THE OTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, FRONT AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS GOING 35-40MPH BEFORE THE CRASH. *AK

WHILE PARKING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE CRASHING INTO A BUILDING. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S FRONT AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. $ 7000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ACTIVATING CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENDLY, REACHING SPEEDS OF 80 MPH. TO AVOID HITTING A VEHICLE IN FRONT, CONSUMER SWERVED INTO AN ENBANKMENT AND WAS HIT BY AN ONCOMING VEHICLE.CONSUMER WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER TO DETERMINE CAUSE.*AK CONSUMER STATES CRUISE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SET AND NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES LATER, VEHICLE INCREASED SPEED TO 80 MPH IN APPROXIMATELY 5 SECONDS, THE SAFETY BELT PREVENTED CONSUMER FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD, HOWEVER DID NOT PREVENT HIM FROM HITTING THE CEILING WITH HIS HEAD, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC