Hi everyone! This is my first post so I apologize in advance if it's in the wrong place or has too much to read! I didn't want to make a million threads so I just wrote everything all out on one.
I have a 2000 Mercury Sable LS.
I was hoping someone would be able to help me out. My Sable is nothing but a headache. I have a few issues and I really would like to fix them without going to a shop. My boyfriend has a mechanic background but he is out of state and won't be home any time soon. I'm not a complete dummy with cars and basic things about their function but I am not even close to an expert on any of them. Although if my car keeps it up I will be a sable expert soon lol.
I bought a new steering wheel cover today. It took me 10 minutes to get it on but I took a picture of it. I was just looking at the picture and noticed my mileage...
How many miles can these get before they collapse?
My first issue *sigh*
When the heat is turned on in my car, my car stalls... or tries to. When I put it on the Auto setting whether it's cold or not the car stalls completely. I could be driving down the highway or parked in my driveway it doesn't matter. It's different when I set the temperature myself instead of auto. It won't stall while driving but if I am stopped at a red light or parked, the idle drops all the way down to the point where the car wants to die but catches itself. I have tried changing the modes for the blowers and it doesn't have any effect. Opening the hood it gives off a light smell but I can't tell if it's antifreeze or the A/C refill refrigerant stuff. Nothing is left behind on the ground after letting the car sit for an entire day so I don't think anything is leaking... On the ground at least. The only other thing I know is that the A/C comes on every time no matter what. I put half of an A/C recharge can in it during the summer and I did notice a small leak of purple fluid a couple inches down near the line from where you fill the A/C but it wasn't much so I didn't bother to do anything about it at the time.
My second issue...
I hope the picture will speak for itself [emoji16]
Third...
Somehow the rear defrost clips have decided they no longer want to be a part of the window any more. Both the driver side clip and the passenger side have fallen off and the wire with the clip and the solder glob are just dangling in the back. It hasn't worked since I bought the car 3 years ago. We knew about them not being attatched to the lines and my boyfriend said he would fix it... But he never did. That was when we had only one car and he had it all of the time. Now the car is being mainly used by me and it's almost winter here in New England. I'd really like to be able to see out of the back window [emoji14]. These little things irk me to death and since nobody is available to give me a hand or an opinion I have taken it upon myself. I did ask the guy at AutoZone what I should do and he told me to buy double sided tape and tape them back on. I'm not going to ask him any more questions again.
Fourth...
The gear shift lights are no longer working. This has happened on more than one occasion before but they always lit back up randomly. This time I think they might not come back on. It's not a big deal in the day but it is at night time. I have a hard time seeing in the dark and one time recently put the car in the wrong gear accidently. Speaking of gears....
Fifth...
Clunking into gear. Any gear except Neutral Is causing some sort of jump or clunk. Like it literally threw itself into gear and landed hard. I haven't noticed a change in the force of that clunk but it's not something I noticed the car doing a year ago.
Sixth...
My brake light. It comes on and I check the fluid and if it is not topped off, the light will stay on. Once I fill it to the line the light goes off. The level when the light goes on on the dashboard is literally right below where it would be full. I have no idea.
Seventh...
Chiming noise while driving coming from the right front passenger side. It sounds like... If you had a marble or something and put it into a metal mixing bowl and spun it really fast. This side also has a banging noise after every bump. It's like a rattle after I hit the bump. It is not a heat shield sound. I jacked the car up and the wheels felt fine and didn't cause the noise. Also bounced the front and back and it has no unusual noise.
Eighth...
The Auto lights and fog lights. The headlights never come on when I use this. The parking lights will come on but never have the headlights come on even in the darkest time of night. I have fog lights as well. They work but even after new bulbs they are still really really dim. I don't know if they are supposed to be or not.
Ninth...
Sometimes after using reverse and putting the car into drive the car accelerates on it's own like the gas pedal is being pushed but it's not. The rpm's hit the ceiling and it doesn't matter if I am in park or drive, cold nor hot. The only way to stop it is to shut the car off, wait a couple minutes and then start it up again. It only happens occasionally and only when going from reverse to drive. We have cleaned the throttle body countless times and replaced the IAC. We have checked the MAF sensor and cleaned it/replaced it too. A lot has been replaced in this thing from trying to figure out a low idle/stall issue before (including the pcv valve etc...). The idle issue before gave 2 system too lean codes but after careful investigation resolved by patching a hole in the exhaust.
Tenth...
The right passenger mirror has no power. The driver's mirror works fine but the right side one doesn't even make that stuck clicking sound or anything.
Eleventh...
The compartment door for access to the sun roof motor keeps falling off I believe because one of the clips broke somehow. When I look at it though I can see old glue too so I don't know if I should glue it back up there and if so what glue to use on it. If not then I guess it's to the junk yard to find a new access cover that has the clips intact.
Well that's it for the list for now. I'm sure I will remember more later, if not I wouldn't be surprised if something new arrives. I appreciate so much any input or advice that anyone could give for any of the issues I'm having with this car. I hate to love it but I love it. I want to get as much life out of it as I can and be able to learn and maintenance most of it on my own.
Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk
I have a 2000 Mercury Sable LS.
I was hoping someone would be able to help me out. My Sable is nothing but a headache. I have a few issues and I really would like to fix them without going to a shop. My boyfriend has a mechanic background but he is out of state and won't be home any time soon. I'm not a complete dummy with cars and basic things about their function but I am not even close to an expert on any of them. Although if my car keeps it up I will be a sable expert soon lol.
I bought a new steering wheel cover today. It took me 10 minutes to get it on but I took a picture of it. I was just looking at the picture and noticed my mileage...
How many miles can these get before they collapse?
My first issue *sigh*
When the heat is turned on in my car, my car stalls... or tries to. When I put it on the Auto setting whether it's cold or not the car stalls completely. I could be driving down the highway or parked in my driveway it doesn't matter. It's different when I set the temperature myself instead of auto. It won't stall while driving but if I am stopped at a red light or parked, the idle drops all the way down to the point where the car wants to die but catches itself. I have tried changing the modes for the blowers and it doesn't have any effect. Opening the hood it gives off a light smell but I can't tell if it's antifreeze or the A/C refill refrigerant stuff. Nothing is left behind on the ground after letting the car sit for an entire day so I don't think anything is leaking... On the ground at least. The only other thing I know is that the A/C comes on every time no matter what. I put half of an A/C recharge can in it during the summer and I did notice a small leak of purple fluid a couple inches down near the line from where you fill the A/C but it wasn't much so I didn't bother to do anything about it at the time.
My second issue...
I hope the picture will speak for itself [emoji16]
Third...
Somehow the rear defrost clips have decided they no longer want to be a part of the window any more. Both the driver side clip and the passenger side have fallen off and the wire with the clip and the solder glob are just dangling in the back. It hasn't worked since I bought the car 3 years ago. We knew about them not being attatched to the lines and my boyfriend said he would fix it... But he never did. That was when we had only one car and he had it all of the time. Now the car is being mainly used by me and it's almost winter here in New England. I'd really like to be able to see out of the back window [emoji14]. These little things irk me to death and since nobody is available to give me a hand or an opinion I have taken it upon myself. I did ask the guy at AutoZone what I should do and he told me to buy double sided tape and tape them back on. I'm not going to ask him any more questions again.
Fourth...
The gear shift lights are no longer working. This has happened on more than one occasion before but they always lit back up randomly. This time I think they might not come back on. It's not a big deal in the day but it is at night time. I have a hard time seeing in the dark and one time recently put the car in the wrong gear accidently. Speaking of gears....
Fifth...
Clunking into gear. Any gear except Neutral Is causing some sort of jump or clunk. Like it literally threw itself into gear and landed hard. I haven't noticed a change in the force of that clunk but it's not something I noticed the car doing a year ago.
Sixth...
My brake light. It comes on and I check the fluid and if it is not topped off, the light will stay on. Once I fill it to the line the light goes off. The level when the light goes on on the dashboard is literally right below where it would be full. I have no idea.
Seventh...
Chiming noise while driving coming from the right front passenger side. It sounds like... If you had a marble or something and put it into a metal mixing bowl and spun it really fast. This side also has a banging noise after every bump. It's like a rattle after I hit the bump. It is not a heat shield sound. I jacked the car up and the wheels felt fine and didn't cause the noise. Also bounced the front and back and it has no unusual noise.
Eighth...
The Auto lights and fog lights. The headlights never come on when I use this. The parking lights will come on but never have the headlights come on even in the darkest time of night. I have fog lights as well. They work but even after new bulbs they are still really really dim. I don't know if they are supposed to be or not.
Ninth...
Sometimes after using reverse and putting the car into drive the car accelerates on it's own like the gas pedal is being pushed but it's not. The rpm's hit the ceiling and it doesn't matter if I am in park or drive, cold nor hot. The only way to stop it is to shut the car off, wait a couple minutes and then start it up again. It only happens occasionally and only when going from reverse to drive. We have cleaned the throttle body countless times and replaced the IAC. We have checked the MAF sensor and cleaned it/replaced it too. A lot has been replaced in this thing from trying to figure out a low idle/stall issue before (including the pcv valve etc...). The idle issue before gave 2 system too lean codes but after careful investigation resolved by patching a hole in the exhaust.
Tenth...
The right passenger mirror has no power. The driver's mirror works fine but the right side one doesn't even make that stuck clicking sound or anything.
Eleventh...
The compartment door for access to the sun roof motor keeps falling off I believe because one of the clips broke somehow. When I look at it though I can see old glue too so I don't know if I should glue it back up there and if so what glue to use on it. If not then I guess it's to the junk yard to find a new access cover that has the clips intact.
Well that's it for the list for now. I'm sure I will remember more later, if not I wouldn't be surprised if something new arrives. I appreciate so much any input or advice that anyone could give for any of the issues I'm having with this car. I hate to love it but I love it. I want to get as much life out of it as I can and be able to learn and maintenance most of it on my own.
Sent from my LG-H811 using Tapatalk