| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 000058428 | Incident Date: Aug, 10 2000 |
| Consumer's City: WEST NEWBURY | Consumer's State: MA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company |
| Model Name: SABLE | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1MEFM55U1WA | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 06 2000 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1998 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The car lost drive power, and appeared to go into neutral. the transmission shop later found that a shaft, from the torque converter to the pump, had snapped. the shaft is a fairly substantial piece of metal. the shop repaired the transmission but could not make a guess as to the reason for the metal failure. i have the shaft that snapped and can provide digital images. there is no obvious reason to me why it would have snapped wether it is design or metallurgy. i can provide digital images of the component breakage. if you so desire, i can provide you with the part if you wish to perform failure analysis for metal defects / manufacturing problems, or design issues. in my case, the failure happened on a lightly travelled road, with no traffic around. if this a failure that had occurred on a busy highway, while turning in traffic, or during many scenarios - this could have caused a real problem for me, passengers, or other motorists. i hope that anyone else with the same failure is as fortunate. |
