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1990 Mercury Sable steering problems

24 complaints about steering have been filed for the 1990 Mercury Sable, which is 11% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
24 11% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 4
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 4 fires.

What owners wrote

Under the hood compartment fire, power steering fluid leak, the hoses are routed too close to exhaust manifold, a heat source, causing a fire.

May 1997 Fire

Other problems reported for the 1990 Mercury Sable

Steering problems in other years

Steering problems across all Mercury models