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38 months and counting
kessdoggie, 03/18/2002
1999 Mercury Sable LS 4dr Sedan
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Solid performer overall, may have lower trade in value than Honda/Toyota, but I paid a lot **less** for it to begin with. Get about 24 on highway (65-70 mph avg) and about 17 around town.
Just purchased
Meathead1986, 04/04/2019
1999 Mercury Sable LS 4dr Sedan
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Just bought yesterday with 90k miles on it and have to say I'm impressed so far. Some minor age related issues such as lock actuators have either knocked themselves loose or don't function and power steering needs looked at as pump was replaced but didn't solve the issue. Some common issues with this car but drives nicely otherwise with the 24 valve dohc in it with smooth shifts. Hope to get a few miles out of this car with minimal maintenance.
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those darn windshield wipers!
Sonja Genius, 12/30/2019
1999 Mercury Sable LS 4dr Sedan
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I got this vehicle 13 years ago at 47,000km.... I'm now around 190,000km and had no major repairs! One tie rod end got fixed a couple years ago, and the brake pads obviously got replaced. One thing that bothered me from the start, was (what reviews warned about: electronics) the windshield wiper goes off at random, intermittently going on and off.... it still does that sometimes, but WAY less now than when I first got it. Also seems to have some sort of power drain, because I went through a bunch of batteries, until a mechanic suggested to use one of those maintenance chargers. Now I plug it in once in a while to top up the battery, and haven't had to buy one in years. Before that, a Lordco employee looked at it for me to see where the power drain comes from, and since then I have no horn! Just had that looked at, and found out Ford does not make this part any more, they are not available and would be expensive to replace (it's the coil thingy inside the drive shaft, so not an easy fix). Other than that, I love the car seat adjuster and heat/air conditioner. It came with a radio/CD changer in back, but that gave up the ghost within the first couple years. No more CD's or tapes. It's not the greatest on gas, and worse of all, in winter it swims around when it's slick on the road.... it's not heavy enough, or rear wheel drive. I feel quite unsafe to drive long distances, and wouldn't take it up to a ski hill. On the whole, though, this vehicle has been starting faithfully, and never let me down! Everybody warned me about getting a Ford, and they all went through more cars in that time than I!
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Dollar to Death
dr j, 07/25/2003
1999 Mercury Sable LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
The QC at ford stinks. The wagon has only 64000 on it and a landry list of reparis. Starting with half shafts, then warped rotors, then the 3rd brake lite flew off, then the vacumn system failed (this means your car will start but not move, fun). Also before the vacumn failed the Service light came on and the yo-yos at the dealership couldnt find the problem. Now the RF window is poping out. What a hunk of junk, my real feelings are R rated!
Problems, Problems
rlb71956, 09/08/2003
1999 Mercury Sable LS 4dr Wagon
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Reliability has been marginal at best. Vehicle currently has only 81,000 miles, and have already had to have a complete new transmission ($3,000), replaced the alternator, replaced the power steering pump, replaced the front wheel bearings, replaced the rear brakes and rotors, replaced the front brakes and rotors. Interior quality also not so good, with holes in the carpet on the driver's side. Trade-in value seems to be going down a LOT faster than my loan balance.
something wrong
scott, 02/16/2005
1999 Mercury Sable GS 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
I have owned this vehicle for thity days. There is something wrong when the car is cold. There is a hesitation in the accelleration at about 40 miles per hour. The dealer replaced a transmission line and a purge cannister (gas was leaking). the dealership has been good to take care of the charges so far.
Ford: 4 letter word that starts w/ F
bouletheou, 03/20/2003
1999 Mercury Sable GS 4dr Sedan
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At 64K miles the transmission went out. It was a bad bearing on the pumpshaft which took out the torque converter. That cost $850. At 87K miles a friend wanted to buy it. I told him to have a mechanic check it out and drive it for a few days. Turns out the head gasket was blown. I had no idea. It never got hot and since you can't actually see in the radiator, and the little bottle stayed full, nobody caught it. We are now pround Camry owners.