2008 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

LIKE IN A RECENT NHTSA NOTICE, MY BRAKES WENT SOFT WHEN BRAKING ON ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT ON A CITY STREET AND I CONTINUED INTO THE INTERSECTION BEFORE STOPPING. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES SEVERAL TIMES AND THE BRAKE PRESSURE RETURNED THOUGH FELT SOFT THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP OF 10 MILES. THIS ACCURRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2016. I GOT A BRAKE JOB FROM THE FORD DEALER FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT. I WAS GETTING CLOSE TO NEEDING A BRAKE JOB ANYWAY. AFTER YOUR RECENT NOTICE I'M CONCERNED THAT THE ISSUE STILL EXISTS AND CAN REOCCUR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD. IN ADDITION THE VEHICLE STOPPED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE ABS WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000. UPDATED 05/09/17*LJ *CN

THE FIRST TIME I LOST THE BRAKES I WAS GOING THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT WHEN I HAD TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. AS I DEPLOYED THE BRAKES, I HIT A POTHOLE WHICH CAUSED THE ABS TO ACTIVATE. THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND I HAD TO QUICKLY CHANGE LANES TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS FOR BRAKES TO RETURN TO NORMAL. THE SECOND TIME, I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES WHEN TRAFFIC CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE HALT. I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO STOP, BUT AGAIN WHEN THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE ACTIVATED, I LOST PEDAL AND HAD TO GO INTO THE MEDIAN TO AVOID REAR-ENDING THE CAR IN FROM OF ME. AGAIN, SEVERAL HOURS LATER THE BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL. I WAS ABLE TO CREATE A SIMILAR SCENARIO TO SHOW MY HUSBAND JUST BY SLAMMING ON MY BRAKES AT THE END OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SAND LAID ON THE ASPHALT. HE BLED THE BRAKES AND THE PROBLEM APPEARED TO BE RESOLVED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED, MY 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING IT. SHE LOST PEDAL AFTER ANTILOCK BRAKES WERE ACTIVATED AND, BEING A NEW DRIVER, CLIPPED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS HURT AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE THE ACCIDENT WITHOUT INVOLVING AUTHORITIES. AFTER THIS I HAVE NOT ALLOWED HER TO DRIVE THE CAR AND IT SITS IN THE GARAGE AS WE DEBATE FIXING THE COSMETIC DAMAGE DUE TO THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. THE DATE BELOW IS AN APPROXIMATE DATE OF THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WAS IN AUGUST 2016. IT HAS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 5 TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT HAS BEEN FEW AND FAR IN BETWEEN SINCE IT IS NOT OFTEN THE ABS IS ACTIVATED. THE ONLY TIME IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN SINCE AUGUST WAS TO TAKE IT THROUGH EMISSIONS. *TR

AFTER MY ANTILOCK BRAKES TURNED ON MY PEDAL BECAME SPONGY. THIS HAS NOT RESOLVED IT SELF

TAKATA RECALL....IN JULY 2016 I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE PASSENGER FRONTAL AIRBAG INFLATOR. TO THIS DAY, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY AS TO SOLVING THIS ISSUE. *TR

WHEN BRAKING, I HAVE TO PUT THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND MANY TIMES ENDED IN THE INTERSECTION WHILE DOING SO. I HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL 2 SOMETIMES 3 TIMES FOR IT TO STOP CORRECTLY. THE BRAKES THUMP ALSO WHEN I PRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL. IT IS ESPECIALLY BAD WHEN DRIVING IN THE SNOW AND ICE. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR SOME TIME AND ON THE LOCAL NEWS TODAY, I SAW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH 2007-2009 MERCURY MILAN AND FORD FUSION AUTOMOBILES. *TR

AFTER A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME I WAS FORCED TO SLAM ON MY BRAKES. AFTER THIS INCIDENT, DURING WHICH TIME ABS DID ACTIVATE, I HAD VERY LITTLE PEDAL. I BROUGHT MY VEHICLE INTO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AND THE CAUSE WAS DETERMINED TO BE (INCORRECTLY) THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE BRAKES WERE ALSO BLED AND THE ABS SYSTEM SCANNED, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS.

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT SOFT AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON A SNOWY CITY STREET ON HER WAY TO WORK. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP EVENTUALLY BUT THE STOPPING DISTANCE NEEDED WAS GREATLY INCREASED. SCARED HER TO DEATH. WE TOOK IT IN TO A FORD DEALER (BILL BROWN) AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A FAULTY ABS SYSTEM AND NEEDED THE HCU MODULE REPLACED TO THE COST OF $1459.48. WE INQUIRED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON SUCH A DANGEROUS ISSUE AS THIS. THEY LOOKED IT UP AND FROM THERE WAS NO RECALL. WE WERE OUTRAGED BY BOTH THE DANGER OF THE ISSUE AND THE COST OF THE REPLACEMENT. WE DO HAVE A REPAIR INVOICE #583098 FROM BILL BROWN FORD IN LIVONIA MI. BUT I HAVE NO WAY TO SCAN IT ELECTRONICALLY AND UPLOAD TO YOU. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ISSUES WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL LOSING PRESSURE OR "GOING SOFT" AFTER INCIDENTS OF HEAVY BRAKING. ALONG WITH THE SPONGY PEDAL, AN APPARENT LOSS OF BRAKING POWER IS NOW EVIDENT ALSO. AN OCCURRENCE OF THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE ABOUT 2-3 MONTHS AGO BUT THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO GO AWAY AFTER SEVERAL HOURS OF THE VEHICLE BEING TURNED OFF. THE MOST RECENT INSTANCE HAPPENED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO WHEN I NEEDED TO BRAKE QUICKLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. I FELT THE ABS SYSTEM KICK IN AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED. HOWEVER, DURING THE HEAVY BRAKING THE PEDAL TRAVELED MUCH FURTHER THAN NORMAL AND AFTERWARDS MUCH OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PEDAL WAS LOST. THE BRAKING SYSTEM REMAINS IN THIS STATE AT THE TIME OF TYPING THIS. AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCHING, I HAVE FOUND THAT MANY OTHER MILAN AND FUSION OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THEIR VEHICLES. I HAVE CONSULTED WITH THE LOCAL FORD DEALER AS WELL AS FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND BOTH HAVE STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF PRIOR PROBLEMS LIKE THE ONES I HAVE DESCRIBED. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE BRAKES INSPECTED BY THE DEALER ON 1/4/17. *TR

ON MY DASHBOARD, ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, THERE IS A HOLE THE PART OF THE CONSOLE PUSHED UP WHERE I THINK IS THE AIRBAG. PLUS MY BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. I HAVE TO PUMP MY BRAKES TO MAKE A COMPLETE STOP. IN ICY CONDITIONS, I SLOW DOWN WHILE PUMPING MY BRAKES LIGHTLY. I DID NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICES BY MAIL ON RECALLS. I'VE MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION ABOUT 1 1/2 YEARS AGO. NO ACCIDENTS YET.