1998 Mercury Sable suspension problems
Owners reported suspension problems in 27 complaints for the 1998 Mercury Sable, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 27 11% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 101,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When suspension problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 1 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 20 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 101,000 miles, and 10% were reported before 60,000 miles.
None of the suspension complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.
What owners wrote
While consumer was backing out of driveway front coil spring broke, and went through the tire. Dealership was aware of problem.
While parked front driver's side coil spring failed. As a result, the tire was punctured. One month later, the front passenger side failed. Consumer doesn't know if first failure was occurred while parked or while moving it out of 3ft of snow. Consumer couldn't see it until moved from snow, 2nd failure occurred in the parking lot. Both times it ripped a 12' whole in the tire. Consumer neighbor also has the same model vehicle and the same problem. Consumer had to replace both coil springs and tires.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Mercury Sable
- Cruise control 33 complaints
- Brakes 32 complaints
- Transmission 24 complaints
- Electrical system 16 complaints
- Engine 15 complaints