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1997 Mercury Sable visibility & wipers problems

The 1997 Mercury Sable has 24 visibility & wipers complaints filed with NHTSA — 7% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

24

Visibility & Wipers complaints

7%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Visibility & Wipers complaints by year

Sable visibility & wipers complaints by model year56 complaints1986: 2 complaints1987: 1 complaints1988: 2 complaints1989: 2 complaints1990: 8 complaints1991: 10 complaints1992: 14 complaints1993: 56 complaints1994: 25 complaints1995: 15 complaints1996: 30 complaints1997: 24 complaints1998: 10 complaints1999: 21 complaints2000: 12 complaints2001: 13 complaints2002: 29 complaints2003: 21 complaints2004: 1 complaints2005: 4 complaints2009: 1 complaints
Sable visibility & wipers complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“CONSUMER WAS WARMING VEHICLE UP AND GOT OUT, WENT INSIDE AND THE HOUSE AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND THEY NOTICED THAT FIRE STARTED FROM THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF VENT AND IGINITION. VEHICLE BURNED DOWN COMPLETELY. *AK *ML”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Visibility & Wipers · January 4, 1999 · fire

Common questions

How many visibility & wipers complaints does the 1997 Mercury Sable have?

NHTSA has 24 complaints about the 1997 Mercury Sable visibility & wipers — 7% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.