NHTSA — Electrical System Problems

10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
48,550 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

1999 Mercury Sable electrical problems

electrical problem

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1999 Mercury Sable Owner Comments

problem #2

May 032005

Sable 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 97,101 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The check engine light came on. The car started smoking from under the hood. Then the smoke started coming inside the car from the dashboard. After that the car caught fire under the hood and the car was on fire. Almost everything under the hood burned up. The car is not drivable.

- Cleveland, OH, USA

problem #1

Feb 022000

Sable

  • miles
While driving on I-95 started rain/downpour tried to turn on the windshield wipers and they would not work, then the lights on the dashboard came on/airbag light would not go off, and windows would not go up or down. Consumer stopped vehicle until rain stopped, then drove to a near by mechanic, and they said it was an electrical problem. Took to dealer they said they would check the system out. Then they test drove vehicle, and said it was okay. Consumer was petrified to drive on I-95, especially when needing windshield wipers.

- Jupiter, FL, USA

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