2008 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

TRANSMISSION ERVING OUT BETWEEN 45-55 MILES PER HOUR AND WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO HIGHER GEAR. THIS WAS ALSO CAUSING IT TO IDLE ROUGH WHEN AT A STOPPED POSITION. LATELY IT WILL HIT AN AREA IN THE TRANSMISSION WHERE IT WILL WIND THE TRANSMISSION OUT TO 5500 RPM'S AND NOT SHIFT. *TR

AFTER I REPLACED THE ORIGINAL BATTERY, I STARTED THE ENGINE. I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 750 R.P.M. WHICH IS THE APPROXIMATE IDLE SPEED OF THE CAR. WHILE IN GEAR, I WAS UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACK DUE TO LACK OF POWER. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER IN CHANDLER, AZ. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE BODY. AFTER REPLACEMENT, THE CAR IS OPERATING NORMAL, ALTHOUGH IT HAS ONLY BEEN FOUR DAYS SINCE THE SERVICE WAS PERFORMED. I DO NOT TRUST IT ANYMORE. *TR

2008 MERCURY MILAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE DASHBOARD HAS WARPED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT PREVENTS THE AIR BAG FROM PROPERLY DEPLOYING. *SMD

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT INTO THE STREET, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED, PUTTING THE CAR INTO A "SAFE MODE" WITH EXTREMELY LIMITED POWER. WAS ABLE TO USE REVERSE TO MOVE CAR BACK INTO PARKING LOT. I KNOW THAT THIS EXACT ISSUE (LOSS OF POWER DUE TO ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE) HAS CAUSED A RECALL FOR SOME FORD AND MERCURY MODELS, INCLUDING THE MILAN, BUT IT DOES NOT YET INCLUDE MY CAR'S MODEL YEAR. FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THE RECALL SHOULD BE EXPANDED. *TR

NO MATTER IF COLD OR HOT, GOING FORWARD OR BACKWARD, ENGINE SURGES. BETTER HAVE FOOT ON BRAKE HARD TO KEEP FROM SURGING UNCONTROLLABLE. HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE. *TR

MY 2008 MERCURY MILAN STALLS AND ACCELERATES RAPIDLY WHEN DRIVING. I HAVE TO PLACE MY FEET ON THE BRAKES AND GAS AT STOPS BECAUSE THE ENGINE INCREASES POWER AND THE CAR ACTUALLY JUMPS AT TIMES WITHOUT MY FOOT BEING ON THE PEDAL. THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE THIS RAPID ACCELERATION AND I HAVE ACTUALLY ALMOST HIT OTHER CARS BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. MY VEHICLE STALLED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO AND I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 1. POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE 2. IGNITION COILS 3. SPARK PLUGS 4. THROTTLE BODY I CALLED FORD'S CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAINED THAT THE CAR WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AND I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOTHING THE COMPANY COULD DO TO ASSIST ME. *TR

UPON PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE THE THROTTLE INCREASED ON ITS OWN REACHING NEARLY 6K RPMS, BY QUICKLY PLACING THE SHIFT LEVER IN NEUTRAL AND APPLYING THE BRAKE I WAS ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION. RESTARTED THE CAR ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AS WELL AS THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT, AFTER CHECKING FOR CODES 2110 WAS PRESENT, CYLINDER 3 HAD MISFIRED. DROVE THE CAR HOME IT WAS FINE. DROVE THE CAR FOR A WEEK WITH 2 MORE OF THE SAME INCIDENTS (INCREASED ACCELERATION WITH OUT PUSHING THE PEDAL) WHILE DRIVING. ON 10/14/13 WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR INCREASED THE THROTTLE ON ITS OWN TO 6K RPMS AND UPON RELEASE OF THE BRAKE MY TIRES BROKE LOOSE AND BEGAN TO SQUEAL AGAIN I WAS ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR BY SHIFTING IN TO NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS SETTLED AT 600, I SHIFTED BACK INTO DRIVE AND IT HAS BEEN FINE FOR 2 DAYS. AFTER LITTLE RESEARCH IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE (GOOGLE SEARCH) THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY IS MALFUNCTIONING AT RANDOM MILEAGE RANGES AND WITHOUT WARNING IN BOTH THE MERCURY MILAN AND FORD FUSION. I AM HIGHLY CONCERNED THAT A REPLACEMENT PART WOULD NOT EVEN FIX THE VEHICLE. ITS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE WARNED, MIGHT BE LIKE TOYOTA INCIDENT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 27 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY MILAN LOST ACCELERATION AND WOULD NOT KEEP CURRENT SPEED. I DRIFTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN IT TURNED OFF COMPLETELY. THE AC/RADIO/WINDOWS STILL WORKED BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP. THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS SHAKING WHILE TRYING TO START IT BACK. AFTER ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES THE CAR STARTED RIGHT BACK UP AND HAD NO OTHER ISSUES UNTIL ABOUT 3 DAYS LATER. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BAD GASOLINE SO I DID PURCHASE A FUEL CLEANER TO SEE IF THAT WOULD HELP. THE PROBLEM CAME BACK ANOTHER 2 DAYS LATER WHERE IT WOULD LOSE ACCELERATION AND JUST DRIFT TO A STOP. SAME ISSUE OF HAVING TO WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE THE CAR WOULD START BACK UP AGAIN. THE CAR IS NOW COMPLETELY PARKED AT MY PARENTS HOUSE SINCE I CAN NOT TRUST WHEN THE CAR WILL WORK OR NOT WORK. I HAVE TWO SMALL CHILDREN AND CANNOT BE REAR ENDED BECAUSE THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING.

CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I HAD ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS BUT WENT TO FILL THE TANK IMMEDIATELY. IT STILL ACTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT, I DROVE VEHICLE HOME AND LEFT IT PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. LATER THAT EVENING I WAS TELLING MY HUSBAND ABOUT THE CAR, HE WENT OUT TO TEST DRIVE IT. THE CAR ACTED COMPLETELY FINE. TODAY I WENT TO GO ON A 65 MILE TRIP AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY MORE THAN 1/2 WAY WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS. I WAITED TIL I WAS IN A SAFE AREA AND PULLED OVER THINKING THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T WARM THE CAR UP ENOUGH. I SAT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND PROCEEDED AHEAD TO MY DESTINATION BUT WAS PETRIFIED THAT I WAS GONNA STALL OUT CAUSE THAT'S HOW THE CAR WAS ACTING. AS SOON AS I ARRIVED I CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM AND THEY WANTED ME TO WAIT A FEW DAYS FOR AN AVAILABLE APPT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE MADE US AWARE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A TBS. THE PCM IS BAD AND COILS ARE MELTED. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS EVER A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE I'VE READ SO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. *TR

AFTER REPLACING MY CAR BATTERY, THE SERVICE LIGHT FOR THE THROTTLE BODY TRANSMISSION CAME ON. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE OFF THERE WAS NO ENGINE POWER.