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2002 Mercury Sable airbags problems

The 2002 Mercury Sable has 25 airbags complaints filed with NHTSA — 5% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

25

Airbags complaints

5%

Share of year

21

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Airbags complaints by year

Sable airbags complaints by model year33 complaints1990: 14 complaints1991: 11 complaints1992: 14 complaints1993: 24 complaints1994: 12 complaints1995: 9 complaints1996: 15 complaints1997: 12 complaints1998: 14 complaints1999: 17 complaints2000: 33 complaints2001: 27 complaints2002: 25 complaints2003: 8 complaints2004: 2 complaints2005: 4 complaints2008: 4 complaints
Sable airbags complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“WHILE DRIVING A TRACTOR TRAILER JUMPED IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SLID UNDERNEATH TRACTOR TRAILER. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. DRIVER…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Airbags · March 25, 2005 · crash

Common questions

How many airbags complaints does the 2002 Mercury Sable have?

NHTSA has 25 complaints about the 2002 Mercury Sable airbags — 5% 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.