2009 Mercury Sable — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 27 evidence records for the 2009 Mercury Sable, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 27 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Engine5 (18.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–2003.
- Speed control & accelerator5 (18.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1995–1999.
- Suspension5 (18.5%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 1999–2001.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (11.1%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 1996–1999.
- Brakes2 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 1995–2005.
- Seats2 (7.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2004.
Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (3.7%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (6,162 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: suspension, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and speed control & accelerator.
- Safety recalls (81 records, model years 1995–2008) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), brakes and lights.
- Manufacturer communications (2,189 records, model years 1995–2009) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and electrical system.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 1995 481 records for 1995
- 1996 575 records for 1996
- 1997 478 records for 1997
- 1998 378 records for 1998
- 1999 440 records for 1999
- 2000 655 records for 2000
- 2001 554 records for 2001
- 2002 545 records for 2002
- 2003 275 records for 2003
- 2004 109 records for 2004
- 2005 115 records for 2005
- 2008 77 records for 2008
- 2009 27 records for 2009
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 2mention a crash
- 3mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 7
- Owner complaints NHTSA 20
Where to go next
- Mercury Sable coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Mercury Sable Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.