NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Mercury Sable Recalls
The 2001 Mercury Sable has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 15, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Mercury Sable. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 430
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Mercury Sable, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2001 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 2000 Sable, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 04V106000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 938,789
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 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 2000, 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 2000 Sable, 14 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 01V144000
- Reported
- April 27, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,567
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: tail lights: switch
- Campaign
- 01V078000
- Reported
- March 12, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 157,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Sable, 1 other model
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 00V396000
- Reported
- November 28, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 495,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Seat belts: front: anchorage
- Campaign
- 00V240000
- Reported
- August 24, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,961
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2005 Sable, 2 other models
2001 Mercury Sable complaints by year
NHTSA has received 430 owner complaints about the 2001 Mercury Sable, the newest on February 17, 2022. Of these, 32 describe a crash (7%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Mercury Sable, the component group named most often is the suspension (47%), followed by the vehicle speed control (14%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (8%).
1 of the 2001 Mercury Sable's 9 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2001 Mercury Sable owners gave the mileage (310 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension204
- Vehicle Speed Control61
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic33
- Air Bags27
- Electrical System26
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29 | |
| 2002 | 30 | |
| 2003 | 21 | |
| 2004 | 35 | |
| 2005 | 60 | |
| 2006 | 49 | |
| 2007 | 48 | |
| 2008 | 46 | |
| 2009 | 22 | |
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 18 | |
| 2013 | 12 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Mercury Sable peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 60. 27% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Mercury Sable drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Mercury Sable year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 6 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 430 complaints about the 2001 Mercury Sable are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Sable by model year
Other 2001 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: February 17, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted