Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||||
| 07311 | 10/01/2007 | 072111 | 10021280 | 6f50 transaxles built prior to 1/1/07 - dtc p0715, p0717, p0718, p0720, and/or harsh engagement, no upshift, fifth gear only. *kb updated 2/6/08. *nj | 03/28/2007 |
| POWER TRAIN - AXLE ASSEMBLY | |||||
| 20003 | 10/01/2007 | 10023436 | 6f50 transaxle equipped vehicles when stopped on a hill in drive or reverse without service brake applied may roll (won't hold). *nj | 12/11/2007 | |
| POWER TRAIN - MANUAL TRANSMISSION | |||||
| TSB-07-21-11 | 10/01/2007 | 10032244 | Ford/mercury/lincoln: some vehicles equipped with a 6f50 transaxle , with any output shaft speed (oss) sensor or turbine shaft speed (tss) sensor diagnostic trouble code(s) (dtcs) p0715, p0717, p0720, p0721, p0722 and/or harsh engagements, | 02/25/2010 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| POWER TRAIN | |||
| 09/01/2012 | 79000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mercury sable. the contact stated that while trying to accelerate on an incline while at a stop sign, the vehicle continued to roll backward. the contact stated that the torque converter engaged and the vehicle stalled, causing the power steering to also fail. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where they advised him that they were unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 79,000. the current mileage was approximately 81,000. kmj | |||
| 09/01/2012 | 79000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mercury sable. the contact stated that while trying to accelerate on an incline at a stop sign the vehicle would roll backwards. the contact stated that the torque converter would engage and the vehicle stalled causing the power steering to fail as well. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. after diagnosis they advised him that they were unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle has not been repaired. the manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. the failure mileage was approximately 79,000. the current mileage was approximately 81,000. tb | |||
| 11/27/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2008 mercury sable. the contact stated that when starting his vehicle in colder weather, it would jump or lunge from first to second gear without any warning. the vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis. the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. the manufacturer was contacted and they advised him they would look into the matter further. the failure mileage was approximately 40,000. the current mileage was approximately 59,000. the vin was unavailable. | |||
| 11/27/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2008 mercury sable. the contact stated that when starting his vehicle in colder weather, it would jump or lunge from first to second gear without any warning. the vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis. after diagnosis they advised him they were unable to diagnose the failure. the manufacturer was contacted and they advised him they would look into the matter further. the failure mileage was approximately 40,000. the current mileage was approximately 59,000. the vin was unavailable. tb | |||
| 11/08/2012 | 60000 | 1 | |
| While driving last week my wife noticed that when turning into a parking spot the steering stiffened up and had to make a sudden stop as to not hit the vehicle to her left . i checked the car out and noticed it is mostly affected at low speed while making turns either left or right this had no warning and could be very dangerous.it is just luck that a walker or jogger were not on the streets at the time .this needs immediate attention i will attempt at repair myself as it is out of warranty possible rack and pinion also transmission slippage at times. *tr | |||
| 12/16/2011 | 63000 | ||
| Car would jerk going interstate speed of 70mph. felt like it was going into neutral and back in to gear. did this about four times and i mean it is hard, will scare you to death if your in the car. after it did this about four time over an hour, the traction control and service light came on and stayed on the rest of the trip. this is a used car i just bought, so im not sure if it will continue to do this. but i am afraid to drive it on the interstate now. | |||
| POWER TRAIN - AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | |||
| 02/10/2010 | 12200 | 1 | |
| Automatic transmission - when the vehicle is in drive and stopped on a hill the car will roll back when you remove your foot from the break even when in drive. this is an ongoing issue. you need to use both feet when on a hill, one on the brake and the other on the gas to avoid rolling back into another car. when the local dealer was in business they indicated this was normal. at this time i have no local mercury dealer to review this situation. *tr | |||
| 02/15/2008 | 1000 | 20 | 07/21/2007 |
| 1. trans fails to downshift,intermittently, when accelerating from appr. 50 mph on and incline, revs to 5500 rpm but car slows down. almost got hit by truck on freeway yesterday. 2. the car ground to a halt while making a left hand turn and accelerating at about 15-20 mph. occurred one time, almost rear ended. 3. on slight incline, in drive, car will roll back as if in neutral, almost hit car behind me several times and difficult to park vehicle. there are other trans related issues, but these three are safety concerns. car has been at dealer several times, for days, they test drove it, had an engineer from ford drive it, state unable to duplicate any of my concerns. in other words, nothing was done to correct the problems. these problems continue to be easy for me to re produce, along with other problems, shifting late and hard, etc.. i have called the regional service person abe bush, twice in the last 3 1/2 weeks, and received no reply from him. *tr | |||