2007 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

BRAKES CONTINUE TO BE AN ISSUE TO THE POINT I AM NOT ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR IN BAD WEATHER OR ON ROUGH ROAD. I HAVE BORROWED A CAR TO DRIVE DURING SNOW ETC. BRAKES GO TO THE FLOOR AND DO NOT WORK DEFINITELY ONCE ABS SYSTEM IS ACTIVATED. BRAKES ON A DAILY BASIS CONTINUALLY GO TO THE FLOOR AND DO NOT GRAB ONCE APPLIED. BRAKES ARE WORKING DAY TO DAY DRIVING ON DRY SMOOTH ROADS, BUT TYPICALLY THEY GO TO THE FLOOR AND YOU CAN FINALLY STOP WITH AMPLE SPACE ALLOWED. WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED, YOU FEEL AN INITIAL GRAB, THEN LET GO, PROPELLED FORWARD, AND THEN THE FINAL GRAB ONCE PETAL IS AT THE FLOOR. THIS IS UNPREDICTABLE AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE USING BRAKES IN BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC LET ALONE DAY TO DAY DRIVING STOPPING BEHIND ANOTHER CAR. MUST ALWAYS LEAVE LOTS OF STOPPING DISTANCE IN FRONT OF THE CAR FOR ENOUGH SPACE TO STOP. BRAKES AT TIMES HAVE TO BE PUMPED TO GET ANY PRESSURE. ALL INSPECTIONS ARE UP TO DATE, AND BRAKE PARTS ARE NEW (PADS, ROTORS, MASTER CYLINDER) AND REPEATEDLY CHECKED OVER LAST FEW YEARS. IT HAS COME TO THE POINT I CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR IN THE WINTER. I CANNOT AFFORD A CAR PAYMENT. MINE CAR IS PAID FOR. AND MY CAR IS KEPT IMPECCABLE AND MAINTAINED CONSTANTLY. I WANT MY CAR FIXED. I LOVE MY CAR. THIS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME NOW AND EVERY GARAGE ASSURES ME MY BRAKES ARE SOFT BUT NOTHING WRONG THAT THEY CAN FIND AFTER HOURS AND HOURS AT DIFFERENT REPAIR SHOPS. WHAT IS BEING DONE TO REMEDY THIS? I DO NOT HAVE SCANNING ABILITIES FOR REPAIR RECEIPTS TO BE UPLOADED. I DO NOT HAVE ALL THE RECEIPTS FOR EVERY TIME I HAD A BRAKE INSPECTION WORRIED ABOUT MY BRAKES. I DO HAVE MOST RECENT RECEIPTS FOR SAFETY CHECK 5/3/16, MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED 8/8/16 (PROBABLY NOT NEEDED), BRAKE CHECK 12/14/16, AND BRAKE CHECK 1/17/17. RECEIPTS ARE FROM DIFFERENT GARAGES. THIS CAR IS FOR SURE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN SNOW.

THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES CAME ON WHEN I WAS SLIDING IN SNOW . THEN MY BRAKES WENT SOFT . I HAD TO STOP AND PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND PUMP THE BRAKE PEDDLE TO GET THEM TO COME BACK UP. VERY SCARY THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPENED!

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A MANUFACTURER RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING THE AIR BAGS. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE FIRST NOTICE WAS THE INTERIM LETTER FOR THE RECALL AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD NEED TO WAIT FOR A SECOND NOTICE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PARTS WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHEN THE MANUFACTURER WOULD SEND THE SECOND LETTER. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

I WAS NOTIFIED OF MY AIRBAG TO BE REPLACED JULY 2006, AND I AM STILL WAITING.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR, THE FIRST TIME WAS LAST WINTER. IT WAS A LITTLE SLIPPERY ON THE ROADS SO I WAS NOT AT ALL GOING FAST, COMING TO A STOP SIGN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BRAKING, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKED IN, MADE A LITTLE NOISE, I STOPPED AND THEN WENT ON MY WAY. THE NEXT TIME I CAME TO STOP AFTER THAT I COULD BARELY STOP AND HAD TO PRESS MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR TO DO SO. IT WAS LIKE IT WANTED TO STOP AT THE NORMAL TIME BUT THEN RELEASED A LITTLE TO HAVE MY FOOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEN STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO PLACE, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE BUT THEY BLEED THE BRAKES AND DID SOMETHING ELSE THAT ACTUALLY FIXED IT. FAST FORWARD TO THIS YEAR DECEMBER, SAME THING, TURNING INTO A STORE PARKING LOT, SO AGAIN GOING SLOW, SLIPPERY OUT, ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICK IN. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE THE CAR HAD BEEN FIXED LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO PARK I ALMOST CRASHED RIGHT INTO THE FRONT OF THE STORE BECAUSE I WAS NOT PREPARED TO NOT STOP ON TIME. I WAS ABLE TO STOP FINALLY, SCARED TO DEATH. TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME PLACE THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT AND TRIED WHAT THEY DID LAST TIME BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. AROUND THIS SAME TIME I CAME ACROSS THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIVE RECALL ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE, FORWARDED IT TO THE LINCOLN MERCURY DEALERSHIP I GOT MY CAR FROM AND WAS TOLD YES THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HAVE HAD TO REPAIR SEVERAL ALREADY THIS WINTER BUT SINCE IT IS NOT AN ACTUAL RECALL I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. IT INVOLVES THE HCI (HYDROLIC CONTROL UNIT) AND ECI (ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT). SO NOW I'M STUCK, STILL SCARED UNTIL THIS RECALL HAPPENS OR UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THE $900+ THEY SAY IT WILL COST.

WHEN THE ABS ENGAGES FOR ANY REASON, NO MATTER HOW MINUTE THE EVENT WAS, MY BRAKE PEDAL SINKS ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND I DO NOT STOP. I RECENTLY REAR ENDED SOMEONE (THANKFULLY IT WAS NOT A BIG DEAL) AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING AND A LITTLE BIT SLIPPERY. MY ABS ENGAGED AND INSTEAD OF THE CAR STOPPING, I CONTINUED MOVING AT THE SAME (ALBEIT SLOW) SPEED, UNTIL THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS TAPPED, DESPITE ME SLAMMING ON THE BRAKE. AFTER, I ACTUALLY HAD TO PULL OVER AND PUMP MY BRAKES FOR THEM TO WORK PROPERLY AGAIN! IT IS WINTER HERE IN NEW ENGLAND AND I NOW HAVE TO KEEP A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND CARS IN FRONT OF ME TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THIS INSANE, DANGEROUS SITUATION. NOTHING IS WRONG WITH MY BRAKES THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THE FLUID LEVELS ARE NORMAL. EVERY TIME MY ABS ENGAGES, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF PUMPING MY BRAKES BACK UP. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!!!! THIS IS DANGEROUS! IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW BUT NO PROBLEM COULD EVER BE FOUND WITH MY BRAKES. I'VE JUST LEARNED TO KEEP A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN IT FIRST TOOK PLACE, BUT I WOULD GUESS IT STARTED IN 2015.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS) FOR THE FRONTAL PASSENGER INFLATOR. THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED ON. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.