Ownership Cost for 2004 Mercury Sable (LS Premium)
Estimated: $35150 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1235
$593
$519
$469
$420
$3236
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1660
$1709
$1769
$1840
$1923
$8901
Maintenance
$2763
$1781
$895
$505
$2291
$8235
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$365
$365
$365
$365
$365
$541
Total Ownership Costs
$8451
$6765
$6088
$5874
$7973
$35150
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3000.0
Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 200
Engine KW: 149.1400
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: MERCURY
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Sable
Model Year: 2004
Plant City: Chicago
Plant Company Name: Chicago
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Illinois
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: LS Premium
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
ON TWO OCCASIONS DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. WHEN VEHICLE DROVE OVER A SMALL BUMP. (REFER TO ODI # 864201) *ET
2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
THIS COMPLAINT CONCERNS A 2004 MERCURY SABLE STATIONWAGON. IT WAS PURCHASED 5 DAYS BEFORE THE INCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING IN RURAL POWAY ON AUGUST 3, 2004. I APPARENTLY DROVE OVER A PEBBLE OR SOMETHING - I HEARD A "THUNK" UNDER THE CAR. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE CAR LOST POWER, AND CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP A FEW FEET LATER. *AK APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE FUEL LINE AND/OR FUEL PUMP WERE INJURED. AND MOST OF A TANKFUL OF GAS SPEWED OUT INTO THE ROAD. I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF THE CAR SAFELY, THIS TIME. NO ONE HIT THE CAR, THIS TIME. NO FIRE RESULTED FROM ALL OF THAT GASOLINE, THIS TIME. BUT I'M BOTHERED BY TWO THINGS: 1) IS THE FUEL LINE, AND/OR FUEL PUMP, SO EXPOSED AND SO FRAGILE THAT A PEBBLE WILL CAUSE MAYHEM IN THE SYSTEM? 2) IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET A MORE GRADUAL STOPPING OF THE CAR, SO AS TO GET FURTHER OUT OF TRAFFIC THAN I WAS ABLE TO? THIS, AS I SEE IT, IS BAD ENGINEERING. I SHOULD ADD, IN CASE YOU ARE WONDERING - I'M NOT A DITZY TEENAGER. I'M A 54 YEAR OLD WOMAN, AND UP TO NOW A PRETTY GOOD DRIVER.