The Weekly Driver
Reliability
Mercury

Sable

Compact Sedan
2 Generations
13 Engines
1,763 Total Complaints
Generations by reliability score
2 fewer complaints than their class

Generation Timeline

2000-2005 4th
11 engines
1,682 complaints 21 fire reports 1 complaint reports a death
7.7/10
→
2008-2009 5th
2 engines
81 complaints 3 fire reports
8.0/10
→

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