2010 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

POWER STEERING WENT OUT UNTIL I RESTARTED THE CAR THEN FINE UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY, SAME THING NO POWER STEERING. EVERYTHING WAS FINE UNTIL A FEW DAYS AGO. THEN IT STARTED A AGAIN, AS THE DAYS WENT BY IT WAS HAPPENING MORE AND MORE AND NOW IT WONT RESET WHEN STARTING. NO POWER STEERING AT ALL!

MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN HYBRID WAS PURCHASED AS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED IN MARCH 2013 IN FLORIDA. SINCE IT WAS CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED AND IT WAS ALSO NOT REQUIRED BY FLORIDA TO HAVE ANY SAFETY INSPECTION, I NEVER PAID ANY ATTENTION TO ANY LIGHTS. IN APRIL 2015, I TOOK MY CAR FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A CAR TO BE REGISTERED IN VIRGINIA, SINCE I MOVED BACK TO VIRGINIA. THE CAR DID NOT PASS THE VA SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME. (I FOUND THERE WERE NUMEROUS POSTS ON THE INTERNET DESCRIBING THIS PROBLEM -- BRAKE LIGHTS STAYING ON). THE ENTIRE LIGHT ASSEMBLY CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT FROM THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE TO PAY FOR IT SINCE I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THE ASSEMBLY WAS NO LONGER COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT WAS $365.54 (AFTER TAX). I LIKE TO LODGE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE FORD COMPANY ABOUT A RECALL ON THIS INFERIOR LIGHT ASSEMBLIES, AND MONETARY SUPPORT FROM FORD ON THIS ISSUE. I FEEL FORD SHOULD CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND RECALL THE ASSEMBLIES.

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM DISPLAYS MESSAGE ON DASH DISPLAY, AS WELL AS SERVICE ADVANCETRAC. THE FIRST TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPENED I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND THE POWER STEERING RESUMED WHEN I RE-STARTED THE CAR. THIS WENT ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. NOW I HAVE NO POWER STEERING AT ALL AND IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT (NEAR IMPOSSIBLE) TO DRIVE SAFELY. FORD HAS IDENTIFIED THIS ISSUE IN OVER 400K VEHICLES THAT THEY JUST RELEASED LAST WEEK. I AM IN THE MILITARY AND I LIVE IN ITALY AND HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FIX THIS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS CHRONIC PROBLEM WITH THIS AND IT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED. PLEASE ADD MY VEHICLE TO THE RECALL LIST. HTTP://ABCNEWS.GO.COM/BUSINESS/WIRESTORY/FORD-RECALLS-423K-VEHICLES-POWER-STEERING-PROBLEM-31332026 HERE IS THE LINK TO THE NEWS ARTICLE IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM.

THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES NOW. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY STALL AND DECREASE IN SPEED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR AS WELL. I WENT TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME MY THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, SO I DID THAT. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR LATER THE SAME THING STARTED TO OCCUR. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID THEY DID AN UPDATE, HOWEVER ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME ISSUE OCCURED. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD BECAUSE I AM UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE. RECENTLY NOW ONLY THE BATTERY AND THE OIL CANISTER COMES ON, BUT WHEN IT STALLS OUT NOW IT JERKS REALLY HARD GOING FORWARD THEN STALLS OUT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR. I CALLED FORD AS WELL AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. IT'S SAD TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN.

IT STARTED IN RECENT WEEKS WHEN WE START THE CAR WE GET AN ERROR MESSAGE "ELECTRIC POWER STEERING MALFUNCTION" AND THERE IS NO POWER ASSIST. SHUTTING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING CLEARS THE ERROR MESSAGE. TWICE NOW WHILE DRIVING RIGHT AFTER START UP THE STEER MALFUNCTION ERROR CAME UP AND WITH IT WE HAD A LOSS OF POWER STREERING. BOTH TIMES WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE TO THE CURB, PUT IN PARK SHUT OFF AND RESTART AND NO PROBLEMS. WE WILL BE GETTING THIS TO THE DEALER BUT DON'T ANTICIPATE A FIX. THEY ONLY REPAIR WHEN THEY CAN DUPLICATE A PROBLEM AND THIS PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT EXCESSIVE FORCE WAS REQUIRED TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

DRIVER REAR BRAKE LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN LIGHTS ARE ON. PEOPLE STOP ME AND SAY THE BRAKE LIGHT IS TOO BRIGHT WHEN THEY ARE FOLLOWING ME. THEY TELL ME THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY GET ANNOYED.

THE FUEL TANK HAS A DEVELOPED A CRACK. THIS HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO CONCLUDED THE CRACK IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT THE RESULT OF ANY SORT OF ROAD DEBRIS OR ANYTHING STRIKING THE TANK. THE MECHANIC INDICATES THIS TYPE OF CRACK IS COMMON IN THE MERCURY MILAN AND FORD FUSION. *TR

AS I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN AT A RURAL INTERSECTION I LOST POWER STEERING. I WAS GOING POSSIBLY 25 MPH. I WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE BUT THERE WAS NO VEHICLE THERE. IF THERE HAD BEEN I WOULD HAVE HIT IT. A WARNING CAME ON "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC & SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" THIS ALSO HAPPENED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STOPPED. AT THAT TIME A FORD TECH REPROGRAMMED A MODULE & IT HAS BEEN OK TIL NOW. *TR

DRIVER SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT IS FULLY ILLUMINATED AT ALL TIMES WHEN THE HEADLIGHTS ARE ON. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVER SIDE TAILLIGHT IS $400+. *TR