2009 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD ON CITY STREET, AND APPLIED BRAKES. BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIT TO THE FLOOR. BRAKES STILL GOING STRAIT TO THE FLOOR.

THERE IS A RECALL ON MY MERCURY MILAN 2009. LAST OCTOBER SEPTEMBER OCTOBER I TOOK MY CAR TO HOFFMAN FORD FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE RECALL ON THE AIRBAGS. AFTERWARDS I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A RAISING OF THE DASHBOARD WHERE THEY REPLACE THE AIRBAG. I BOUGHT IT TO THEIR ATTENTION, AND THEY SAID IT WAS FROM THE GLUE THAT WAS USED. LATER A FEW MONTHS LATER I NOTICED THE AIRBAG AREA WAS EXPANDING AND FOAM WAS COMING THROUGH THE AIRBAG AREA & VENTS OVER THE.CONSUL.I CALLED FORD MANF TO REPORT THIS ISSUE. THEY SAID TO SOMEONE WILL GIVE ME A CALL BACK ,I NEVER GOT A CALL BACK. ALSO AFTER THE REPLACEMENT OF THE AIRBAGS THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH MY BRAKES.THEY TOLD ME BECAUSE OF THE CAR SETTING THAT IS PROBABLY JUST RUSTY, BUT I WASN'T COMFORTABLE AND I CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING THE CAR TO THEM AND LOOK AT IT AGAIN BECAUSE SOMETHING WAS DEFINITELY WRONG. THE INVESTIGATOR WHO LOOKED AT THE CAR TO DO THE WORK FOR THE INSURANCE NOTICE THAT THE AIRBAG DOES NOT EXPAND OUT NOTHING ELSE WAS SAID ABOUT THAT BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T CHECK THE BRAKES BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER THAT IS WHEN THE CAR WENT TO HOFFMAN'S AND I NEVER DROVE IT AGAIN TILL THEN AND THAT'S WHEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE BRAKES. NOW JUST THIS WEEK DECEMBER 25TH 2019 THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE BRAKES OF THE MERCURY MILAN 4 MM V I BELIEVE TO 2011. SO I BELIEVE THIS WAS THE REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT. I AM ACTUALLY DRIVING A DEATHTRAP CAR. I HAD MY BACK BRAKES REPLACED WITH NEW BRAKES JUST A YEAR AGO AND A MONTH AGO I HAD TO GET NEW BRAKES AGAIN ALREADY. I HAVE LOST TWO JOBS BECAUSE OF THIS CAR BECAUSE I CANNOT TRANSPORT CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE HAZARD'S. MY LICENSE HAS POINTS AGAINST IT NOW, I PAID A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE, ALL BECAUSE OF THE RECALLS ON THE BRAKES THAT THEY WOULDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE FROM THE BEGINNING. THANK YOU, [XXX] THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

WHEN I HIT A POT HOLE IN THE ROAD OR GO OVER BUMPY RAILROAD TRACKS, MY BRAKES DO NOT WORK AS EFFICIENT AS THEY DID. A JOLT, LIKE HITTING A POT HOLE, WILL MAKE IT AS IF I BARELY HAVE BRAKES. THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL GO ALMOST TO THE FLOOR AND THIS LACK OF BRAKES WILL LAST FROM A COUPLE OF HOURS TO THE NEXT DAY. THEN THE BRAKES ARE FINE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. .ALWAYS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND ONLY UPON A SUDDEN, HARD JOLT. FIRST TIME IN 2017 AND LAST TIME WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED AN UNKNOWN RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT CALLED AN UNKNOWN DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE PENDING AND UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE FELT A HESITATION WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES AT VARIOUS SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

ON DECEMBER 6, 2019 I WAS AT A RED LIGHT ON SPRINGDALE ROAD. HEARD A LOUD POP SOUND. I JUMPED. THEN I THOUGHT IT WAS MY TIRE. LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I TURNED LEFT AND MY TIRES FELT FINE. THEN I STARTED HEARING THIS STRANGE CRACKLING SOUND BEHIND ME. MY GET WAS AN ANIMAL MY BE IN MY TRUNK. I LOOKED IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR TO SEE THAT MY WHOLE GLASS WAS SHATTERED. GLASS IS EVERYWHERE IN MY CAR. I HAVEN'T CLEANED IT OUT. ONLY PLACED A PLASTIC BAG TO COVER OPENING. THANK HEAVEN SO DIDN'T HAVE A BABY IN THE BACK AS REQUIRED BY LAW TO HAVE CAR SEAT REVERSED.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2009 MERCURY MILAN DOWN A DOWNHILL SIDE ROAD ON THE FIRST DAY OF WINTRY ROAD CONDITIONS OF THE 2019 YEAR, AND MY ABS BRAKES ENGAGED AS I HIT SOME ICE. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS INCIDENT AND FOR THE NEXT 20 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING, MY BRAKES FELT VERY SPONGY. SPECIFICALLY, DURING MY NEXT BRAKING ATTEMPT AND EACH SUBSEQUENT ONE FOLLOWING THIS ABS EVENT, MY BRAKE PEDAL JUST WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GROUND EVERY TIME I TRIED TO BRAKE. I COULD FEEL THE BRAKES BEGIN TO ENGAGE ONLY AS THE PEDAL HIT THE GROUND, SO I WASN'T COMPLETELY LACKING BRAKES, BUT I ESSENTIALLY HAD VERY LITTLE BRAKING POWER. IN PREVIOUS VEHICLES, I'VE PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED AIR IN BRAKE LINES AND A FAILED MASTER CYLINDER, AND THIS DID NOT FEEL LIKE EITHER OF THOSE ISSUES -- LESS BRAKING POWER THAN AIR IN THE LINES AND MORE BRAKING POWER THAN A COMPLETELY FAILED MASTER CYLINDER. I ALMOST WRECKED MY CAR A DOZEN TIMES, EVEN THOUGH I RESERVED MYSELF TO DRIVING TENS OF MILES BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT AND LEAVING LOTS OF ROOM IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE CLOSEST AVAILABLE GARAGE (A FIRESTONE) WHERE THEY CONFIRMED THAT I HAD FULL BRAKE FLUID AND SO DISMISSED A MASTER CYLINDER LEAK. THEY DID NOT FIX ANYTHING AT THE GARAGE DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THE HIGH PRICE TAG TO SEARCH. MUCH LATER THAT DAY, I RETURNED TO MY CAR TO COMMUTE HOME ONLY TO FIND THAT THE BRAKES WORKED AS THEY HAD PRIOR TO THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE ISSUE SEEMED TO HAVE RESOLVE ITSELF. AFTER COPIOUS RESEARCH, I CAME ACROSS THE "EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE" INVESTIGATION (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA18002) FOR THIS VERY VEHICLE. MY ISSUE SEEMS TO MIRROR THE ANTILOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT (HCU) PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN THIS INVESTIGATION QUITE WELL. WHY IN THE WORLD IS THIS NOT A RECALL??? MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER THE OTHER DAY, AND NOW I'M TERRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR. COME ON, NHTSA/FORD!

ANTILOCK BRAKES ACTIVATED BASED ON WINTER ROAD CONDITIONS. AFTER ACTIVATION, BRAKE PEDAL EXPERIENCES A LONGER DISTANCE TO PRESS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE VEHICLE COME TO A STOP. MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING, THE PEDAL NEARLY HAD TO BE AT THE FLOOR BEFORE VEHICLE WOULD COME TO A STOP. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL NEAR MISSES AT RED LIGHT INTERSECTIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE SIMPLY WOULD NOT STOP NORMALLY. TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY EXPLAINED IT WAS A FAULTY HCU. THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE CLOSE TO $1000. SINCE THERE IS AN ONGOIJNG INVESTIGATION INTO THESE DEFECTIVE HCU'S, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE NHTSA REQUIRING A RECALL OF THE FUSION AND MILAN HCUS AFFECTED. THIS IS A SAFETY RISK AND SHOULD NOT REQUIRE THE CUSTOMER TO REPLACE THE HCU'S AT THEIR EXPENSE IF THERE IS A DEFECT. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH YIELDED HUNDREDS OF COMMENTS REGARDING THE LOSS OF BRAKE FUNCTIONALITY IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS NOT A USER ISSUE.

BRAKES KEEP GOING MUSHY AFTER ABS ACTIVATES, TAKING SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ABS ACTIVATES OCCASIONALLY FOR NO REASON ON GOOD DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. ALSO, THE ABS LIGHT GOES ON AND OFF IN DRY CONDITIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED TO THE FLOORBOARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TWO UNKNOWN DEALERS. THE FIRST DEALER COULD NOT LOCATE A FAILURE. THE SECOND DEALER CLAIMED THERE WAS A TWISTED BRAKE LINE AND CLAIMED TO HAVE REPAIRED THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.*DT*JB

WHILE CAR IN MOTION ON BUSY STREET I WENT OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT AND HIT BRAKES HARDER THAN NOEMAL BECAUSE UNEVEN PAVEMENT SORT IF JUST APPEARED AND BRAKE PEDDLE WENT LOW. COULD NOT STOP ON TIME. HAD TO ROLL TO STOP. BRAKES ONLY RE ENGAGED AFTER I PULLED OFF ROAD PUT CAR IN PARK TURNED CAR OFF FOR 10 MINS THEN RESTARTED AND REVERSED CAR WHILE PUMPING BRAKES. JUST TERRIFYING AND UNSAFE. I CALLED FORD DEALER WHO SAID THEY'LL LOOK AT IT IN 5 DAYS TIME AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIX. GUY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN RUDER. BUT IM TAKING CAR IN AND HOPING IN MEANTIME NOT TO HAVE REPEAT IF DANGEROUS SITUATION. PLEASE ADVISE ANY RECOURSE I HAVE TO PROTECT MYSELF AS CAR OWNER. THANKS