2008 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

WELL, THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH MY MERCURY. ON MY TRIPS TO TENNESSEE TO CARE FOR MY ELDERLY PARENTS, ON A RETURN TRIP FROM TENNESSEE TO FLORIDA, MY CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND SLOWED TO A CRAWL. I WAS ABLE TO MANIPULATE MY CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE IT WAS NOT OVERHEATING BUT WOULD NOT INCREASE IN SPEED PAST 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO TAKE AN EXIT AND FIND AN AUTOPARTS STORE AND HAVE THE ENGINE CHECKED, THE BELT HAD COME COMPLETELY OFF WITHOUT BEING BROKEN. I HAD TO HAVE THIS REPLACED. I HAVE EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF COOLANT WHEN THE HOSE BROKE LOOSE. ALSO, MY PROBLEMS WITH THE WEAR AND REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS VERY, VERY FREQUENTLY. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. THIS MORNING, 12/8/2015, ON MY WAY TO WORK THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I NOTICED MY CAR JUMPING WHEN SLOWING AND CHANGING TO THE LOWER GEARS AND ALSO UPON ACCELERATING, THE JUMPING ALSO OCCURRED. I HAVE CONTACTED MY MECHANIC AND AM AWAITING A RESPONSE.

PURCHASED THE 2008 MERCURY MILAN USED IN 2011. FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ANTI LOCK BRAKES, SO THE FIRST TIME ON WET PAVEMENT APPROACHING LIGHT AND THE BRAKE PEDAL JIGGLED WHEN BEING PRESSED, CONCERNED THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP. BRAKE PEDAL FROM THAT INCIDENT STAYED LOW FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL POSITION WHEN PRESSED. THIS ISSUE OCCURS WHEN PRESSING BRAKE OVER POTHOLES, IN WET CONDITIONS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS RECENT EPISODE HAS LASTED FOR MORE THAN 10 DAYS WHICH CAUSED ME TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER REPAIR AND TO DO RESEARCH WHICH LED ME TO ENUMERABLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLES DEFECT. I HAVE READ POST OF THOSE WHO HAVE SPENT OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HAVE REPAIRED AND STILL EXPERIENCE THE PROBLEM, WE ARE A ONE CAR FAMILY AND I AM NOT IN A FINANCIAL POSITION TO INVEST MONEY AND NOT GET THE RESULTS OF HAVING RESOLVED. THIS ISSUE (ABS) REGARDING THE 2008 MERCURY MILAN IS UNACCEPTABLE AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS MATTER.

WHILE DRIVING IF HITTING A SPEED BUMP, POT HOLE, OR SOMETHING SIMILAR THE ABS WOULD KICK IN. THIS WOULD CAUSE THE BRAKE PEDAL TO BE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD ENGAGE. THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED WAS JUST DRIVING AND CAME UP TO THE STOP SIGN AND THE ABS ACTED AS IF IT KICKED IN AND HAD TO PUSH THE BRAKE PEDAL ALL THE WAY DOWN. NORMALLY AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON THE BRAKES WOULD GO TO NORMAL, BUT HAS NOT THIS TIME. CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS, FRONT AND REAR, THE MASTER CYLINDER, AND STILL NO IMPROVEMENT. AFTER READING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON OTHER YEARS FOR THE ABS, FOUND THAT THE ABS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MINE AS WELL. HAVE RECENTLY READ THAT OTHER VEHICLES ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MINE. ABS KICKING IN FOR NO REASON AND NOT HAVING BRAKES UNTIL THE PEDAL IS COMPLETELY PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THIS STARTED HAPPENING SINCE I HIT 80,000 MILES AND NOW HAVE 89,XXX AND IT HAS RECENTLY GOTTEN MUCH WORSE, UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND UNABLE TO AFFORD TO FIX IT.

YESTERDAY WAS A WET, RAINY DAY. I BRAKED COMING TO A STOP LIGHT, BUT HIT A POTHOLE JUST AFTER TOUCHING THE BRAKE. MY BRAKE PEDAL SUDDENLY BECAME "SOFT", MEANING THAT I HAD TO DEPRESS THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP SAFELY. I'VE READ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

WHEN ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES THE CAR FAILS TO RECOVER. BRAKES DO NOT RESPOND, PEDAL HITS FLOOR BEFORE STOPPING. THIS STARTED AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS ABOUT 100,000 MILES AND IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 TIMES. MOST TIMES THE CAR RECOVERS ON ITS OWN WITHIN 24 HOURS (USUALLY WITHIN 2). THIS TIME IT HAS BEEN 3 DAYS, THE CAR WILL NOT RECOVER ON ITS OWN. NO CODES ARE GENERATING. NO LIGHTS ARE ON. THE CAR THINKS IT IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2009 USED AT 25,000 MILES. I AM EXPERIENCING TROUBLE WITH MY MASTER CYLINDER. AS I WENT OVER A POTHOLE AND PRESSED ON MY BRAKES, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HE STATED IT WAS THE MASTER CYLINDER. I HAD MY MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED AND I AM STILL HAVING HE SAME PROBLEM. AN AMBULANCE STOPPED IN FRONT OF A CAR AHEAD OF ME AND I HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES, THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I WENT BACK TO THE MECHANIC AND HE STATED THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS BRAND NEW. HE TOLD ME TO LOOK UP TO SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM. THANK GOODNESS I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED AN ACCIDENT YET. I WANTED TO HAVE THIS ON FILE....UPDATED 12/03/15 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG HOUSING WAS SEPARATED FROM THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHEN GOING DOWN TO CINCINNATI, OHIO, SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED MY MERCURY MILAN, IN SEPTEMBER 2010, I HAD A FLAT TIRE OUTSIDE OF AKRON OHIO. (THE CAR ONLY HAD 3,000 TO 4000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT & WAS KEPT IN A GARAGE DURING THE WINTER, DRIVEN ONLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS HERE IN MICHIGAN.). I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TIRE WHILE IN OHIO AND ALSO PURCHASED A WARRANTY (LIFETIME) ON ALL THE OTHER MICHELIN TIRES. BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, I HAVE HAD NO LESS THEN 15 TO 20 INCIDENTS WHERE THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT COMES ON. I HAVE NEVER RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM THE MANUFACTURER, EVEN THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN ONE RECALL AND THREE SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED FOR THIS VEHICLE. ONE OF THEM INVOLVES THE TIRES. MY VEHICLE NOW HAS 32,000 MILES ON IT AND I AM TOLD I WILL BE NEEDING NEW TIRES SHORTLY. HOW COULD THIS BE? I'VE NEVER HAD A VEHICLE THAT I ONLY GOT 32,000 MILES OUT OF THE ORIGINAL SET OF TIRES. I'M NOW SUSPECTING THAT ITS POSSIBLE THE TIRES ARE LEAKING AIR DUE TO THE VALVE STEM ON THE TIRE ITSELF. I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY I'VE NEVER RECEIVED ANY BULLETINS OR NOTIFICATIONS ON RECALLS. THE PROBLEM LIES EITHER WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE VEHICLE PUTTING POOR QUALITY TIRES ON THE VEHICLE OR WITH THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. I'M ON DISABILITY AND CANNOT AFFORD NEW TIRES. THE CAR HAS ONLY 32,000 MILES ON IT & IS DRIVEN GENTLY. I CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE BUYING MICHELIN TIRES EVER. ONE OTHER THING, 2 OF THE WHEELS HAD CORROSION GROUND OFF THEM IN HOPES THAT THE TIRE WOULD FIT BETTER, HOWEVER, THIS HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM. WHERE DOES THE PROBLEM LIE? I WAS TOLD BY DISCOUNT TIRE THAT IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF ECONOMICS THAT MANUFACTURERS MADE THE DECISION THAT IT'S "QUANTITY OVER QUALITY" WHEN PUTTING TIRES ON NEW CARS. IN OTHER WORDS POOR QUALITY TIRES ARE PUT ON NEW CARS?? APPARENTLY, THIS IS THE CASE WHEN ONE NEEDS TO BUY NEW TIRES AT ONLY 32,000 MILES.

THE PASSENGER-SIDE DASHBOARD UNDER THE AIRBAG HAS BEGUN TO WARP. THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO REPAIR AND HAS INDICATED THAT THE AIRBAG "SHOULD" DEPLOY IN A CRASH. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRBAG SHOULDN'T DEPLOY IN NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE REASON THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T REPAIR IS THAT THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE THE AIRBAG WOULD DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT.

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS IN DASHBOARD. COVER ON AIR BAG IS LIFTING UP. TOOK IT INTO DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND THAT UNLESS THE AIR BAG LIGHT GOES ON THE AIR BAG ITSELF IS OK. THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD AT A COST OF OVER $2000.00. NOTICED IT IN 2014 FOR THE FIRST TIME. A YEAR LATER AND IT IS GETTING WORSE WITH MORE OF THE COVER BUCKLING UP. HAD THE CAR BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR OIL CHANGE AND ASKED SERVICE DEPT. MANAGER ABOUT IT AGAIN. HE SAID IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL - HE'S SEEN IT BEFORE. JUST NEEDS SOME GLUE BUT THEY WON'T REPAIR IT. CALLED AROUND TO VARIOUS VINYL REPAIR AND CAR REPAIR PLACES. NO ONE WILL TOUCH IT BECAUSE IT'S BY THE AIR BAG. WE LIVE IN NORTHEAST OHIO - NOT A WARM STATE LIKE FLORIDA. THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING AND IF IT IS JUST THE COVER THEN WHY WON'T THE DEALERSHIP FIX IT WITH WHATEVER GLUE WAS USED WHEN THEY MANUFACTURED THE CAR? I DON'T WANT TO RISK THE AIRBAG DEPLOYING. I GOOGLED THIS PROBLEM AND THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME ISSUE IN THE 2007 AND THE 2008 MILAN BUT NO ONE HAS RESPONDED TO THEIR QUESTIONS OF HOW TO REPAIR IT. UPDATED 09/09/15*LJ *CN