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3xaladyky, 07/06/2020
updated 07/13/2021
2008 Mercury Sable Premier 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
I bought this car new because of the taller seats which sit more like an SUV or F150 pickup truck. Easy to get in and out of & greater road visibility. Has given me good service, gets 23 or 24 MPG on curvy hilly roads and get better than that on straight roads. Love the stick selector for hi beam or low beam headlights, push forward for hi beam & pull back for lo beam. Love large trunk & seats fold if needing to haul longer items. Peppy enough to pass cars quickly.
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Great Ride!
Utahguy, 06/04/2010
2008 Mercury Sable Premier 4dr Sedan AWD (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
40K mi; had since new. Have had LOTS of vehicles over the last 40 yrs, and this is truly an outstanding sedan value-wise. BIG interior, HUGE trunk, in nice-sized, "Euro-style" car. NO complaints, other than mileage does suffer some from AWD. Around 17 city/22 hwy @ 80mph.
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Nice car if not for all the faulty "Bells and Wistles".
harleyguy2, 01/29/2012
2008 Mercury Sable Premier 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
10 of 15 people found this review helpful
For the most part the car can well and drove nice. The interior and exterior quality was good. However, the Memory Seats, Power Seats, Heated Seats and Heat and A/C controls were problems from the very start. Each were repaired multiple times under the warranty. After the warranty expired problems with power seats and A/C occurred again. Ford would not peform the repairs under the 12 month 12,000 mile warranty as they said the parts that failed were not the same as the parts repaired the previous year, even though the symptoms of the problem were identical. Finally traded it in on a Foreign car. Can't afford a Ford.
Better Than Cadillac
Jim Casterton, 01/17/2009
2008 Mercury Sable Premier 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
My last car was a very nice Cadillac STS, but I honestly like the Sable a lot better. I have owned my '08 Sable for just over a year and have 41,000 miles. I've had no trouble whatsoever. It has a much roomier interior than my Cadillac. The platform seems higher than most cars so it's easier to get into and out of and visibility is great while driving. The hands free phone through Synch is great. I think it's a better car than the Cadillac -- at about half the price. I highly recommend it!
Outstanding ar first
2141marine, 06/14/2013
2008 Mercury Sable Premier 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6A)
9 of 15 people found this review helpful
This is our second Sable, the first was a 1997, and fourth Ford product. As time goes by it seems the quality does not get better. My 1997 Sable was a better vehicle than the 08. At first it was a smooth operating vehicle, after about 20k it developed transmission problem. The Radio/CD player broke and the suspension started to go. Now it is in the shop for an unknown problem, every light on the dash came on , its like the car put itself in safe mode. Don't get me wrong, this is a good vehicle with plenty of room, a strong AC and decent mileage on the highway. Test drive before you drive, after a while it will sound like a lawnmower inside and the transmission will shift hard.