NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Mercury Sable Recalls
The 2000 Mercury Sable has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 15, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Mercury Sable. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 464
- Crashes reported
- 34
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Mercury Sable, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Mercury Sable
Suspension: front: springs: coil springs
- Campaign
- 04V332000
- Reported
- July 15, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 899,060
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Sable, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V106000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 938,789
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Sable, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 02V266000
- Reported
- October 2, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 369,614
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Sable, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 01V258000
- Reported
- August 8, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,083,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Sable, 14 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V075000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting: tail lights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V078000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 157,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Sable, 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 00V242000
- Reported
- August 24, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 167,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2000 Mercury Sable complaints by year
NHTSA has received 464 owner complaints about the 2000 Mercury Sable, the newest on April 29, 2020. Of these, 34 describe a crash (7%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Mercury Sable, the component group named most often is the suspension (34%), followed by the vehicle speed control (15%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
1 of the 2000 Mercury Sable's 7 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2000 Mercury Sable owners gave the mileage (232 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension158
- Vehicle Speed Control71
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic62
- Exterior Lighting54
- Air Bags33
- Power Train31
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 42 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 53 | |
| 2002 | 57 | |
| 2003 | 52 | |
| 2004 | 70 | |
| 2005 | 52 | |
| 2006 | 23 | |
| 2007 | 26 | |
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Mercury Sable peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 70. 44% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Mercury Sable drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Mercury Sable year in the same window: 1st highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Mercury Sable years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 464 complaints about the 2000 Mercury Sable are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Sable by model year
Other 2000 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: April 29, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted