NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Mercury Sable Recalls
The 2008 Mercury Sable has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Mercury Sable. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 61
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Mercury Sable, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 Mercury Sable
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V247000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 695
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
2008 Mercury Sable complaints by year
NHTSA has received 61 owner complaints about the 2008 Mercury Sable, the newest on November 24, 2025. Of these, 8 describe a crash (13%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Mercury Sable, the component group named most often is the steering (26%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the power train (18%).
The 2008 Mercury Sable's only recall does not concern the steering.
Where 2008 Mercury Sable owners gave the mileage (53 complaints), the median was 48,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering16
- Electrical System11
- Power Train11
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Engine5
- Air Bags4
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2008 Mercury Sable peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 9. 34% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Mercury Sable drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Mercury Sable year in the same window: 5th highest of the 6 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Mercury Sable years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 61 complaints about the 2008 Mercury Sable are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Sable by model year
Other 2008 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: November 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted