NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Mercury Sable Recalls
The 2003 Mercury Sable has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 2, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Mercury Sable. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 201
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Mercury Sable, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Mercury Sable
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 04V105000
- Reported
- March 2, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 399,926
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 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 Sable, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 03V087000
- Reported
- March 10, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 67,894
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Sable, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: pads
- Campaign
- 16E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002, 2004–2005 Sable, 2 other models
2003 Mercury Sable complaints by year
NHTSA has received 201 owner complaints about the 2003 Mercury Sable, the newest on March 13, 2023. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Mercury Sable, the component group named most often is the suspension (23%), followed by the power train (15%) and the vehicle speed control (14%).
None of the 2003 Mercury Sable's 4 recalls concerns the suspension.
Where 2003 Mercury Sable owners gave the mileage (158 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension47
- Power Train30
- Vehicle Speed Control28
- Structure20
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
- Visibility18
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 14 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 13 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 20 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Mercury Sable peaked in 2012, when NHTSA received 20. 26% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Mercury Sable drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Mercury Sable year in the same window: 4th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2003 one of the three best-measured Mercury Sable years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 201 complaints about the 2003 Mercury Sable are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Sable by model year
Other 2003 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: March 13, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted