Ownership Cost for 2003 Mercury Sable (LS Premium)
Estimated: $46812 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$3523
$1691
$1480
$1339
$1198
$9231
Insurance
$1658
$1716
$1777
$1839
$1903
$8893
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$2693
$1484
$1776
$2291
$11007
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$1302
$1302
$1302
$1302
$1302
$1928
Total Ownership Costs
$11956
$9172
$8074
$8413
$9196
$46812
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Wagon
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: 2003
Plant City: Hapeville
Plant Company Name: Atlanta
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Georgia
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: LS Premium
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BATTERY
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 65-70 MPH NOTICED ENGINE CHECK LIGHT AND BATTERY LIGHT COMING ON. PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF VEHICLE, AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD. NOTICED ENGINE COOLANT OVERFLOWING ONTO GROUND. TRIED TO START VEHICLE, BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT START. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY DEALER ,AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ENGINE HAD SUCKED UP THE WATER FROM THE AIR FILTER WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE HEAD TO CRACK. CAN NHTSA HELP IN THIS MATTER, AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH SPEEDS CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP COMPLETELY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK THERE WAS A GAS SMELL INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, A STEERING VIBRATION AND THE OIL PAN GASKET WAS REPLACED. *JB