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Mercury Sable by model year

6,540 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Mercury Sable across 18 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Mercury Sable

Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Mercury Sable 0 500 1,000 1990: 220 '90 1991: 346 1992: 517 '92 1993: 981 1994: 534 '94 1995: 485 1996: 391 '96 1997: 326 1998: 243 '98 1999: 302 2000: 578 '00 2001: 528 2002: 541 '02 2003: 251 2004: 75 '04 2005: 112 2008: 81 '08 2009: 27
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
1990220
1991346
1992517
1993981
1994534
1995485
1996391
1997326
1998243
1999302
2000578
2001528
2002541
2003251
200475
2005112
200881
200927

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2009 27 Cruise control (19%) 19 to 21
2008 81 Steering (20%) 1 19 to 22
2005 112 Cruise control (34%) 19 to 20
2004 75 Cruise control (20%) 1 19 to 20
2003 251 Suspension (20%) 3 19 to 21
2002 541 Suspension (50%) 3 19 to 21
2001 528 Suspension (42%) 8 19 to 20
2000 578 Suspension (29%) 7 19 to 20
1999 302 Suspension (16%) 5 19 to 20
1998 243 Cruise control (14%) 2 18 to 20
1997 326 Transmission (13%) 3 19 to 21
1996 391 Transmission (17%) 5 20 to 21
1995 485 Engine (23%) 5 19 to 21
1994 534 Engine (27%) 4 20 to 21
1993 981 Engine (39%) 6 20 to 21
1992 517 Engine (31%) 4 19 to 21
1991 346 Transmission (27%) 4 18 to 21
1990 220 Engine (13%) 5 18 to 21