2008 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

I WAS DRIVING IN THE SNOW. I WENT TO APPLY MY BRAKES THAT WHERE WORKING AS I BEGAN TO STOP THE ABS KICKED ON AND I LOST BRAKE PEDAL PRESSURE. NOW I CAN NO LONGER GET BRAKE PRESSURE BUT STILL HAVE BRAKES.

6 MONTHS AGO I HIT A POT HOLE WHILE BRAKING TO MAKE A TURN. THE ABS ENGAGED AND THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT TO THE FLOOR. I MISSED THE TURN. THE BRAKE PEDDLE WENT 3/4 TRAVEL BEFORE THE BRAKES WOULD SLOW THE CAR. AFTER 3 DAYS THE BRAKES RETURNED TO NORMAL.I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC AND HE COULDN'T FIND THE PROBLEM. ON DEC 2, 2019 I WAS DRIVING IN SNOW AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. AFTER THE ABS ENGAGED IT TOOK LONGER TO STOP THE CAR. THIS TIME THE BRAKES ARE NOT RETURNING TO NORMAL. I AM PLANNING ON CHANGING THE ABS HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT.

DURING A RECENT SNOW STORM, THE ANT-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED AFTER WHICH THE BRAKE PEDAL LOST 3/4 OF ITS TRAVEL AND BECAME SOFT AND SQUISHY WITH BRAKE ENGAGEMENT OCCURRING NEAR THE BOTTOM OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL. BEFORE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING EVENT THE PEDAL HAD NORMAL, FIRM BRAKE FEEL.

ON OCTOBER 1ST 2019 I WAS DRIVING ON A MAIN ROAD AND SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT ONTO MY STREET WHEN I FELT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICK IN. WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN AT A STOP SIGN I REALIZED I HAD LOST BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WAS TO THE FLOOR. I WAS ALMOST TO MY HOUSE SO I WAS ABLE TO PULL IT IN THE DRIVEWAY WITH JUST KNOWING I'D HAVE TO START BRAKING FURTHER AWAY OR USE MY E BRAKE. I HAVE AAA SO THEY CAME AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHERE THEY STATED THE BRAKES WERE FINE AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY BLED THE BRAKE LINES AND FLUSHED THEM AND FREED UP BLEEDERS. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS WORKING AS NORMAL AGAIN. WELL I WAS DRIVING AGAIN YESTERDAY (NOVEMBER 14,2019)ON THE EXACT SAME MAIN ROAD AND SLOWING DOWN TO TURN RIGHT ONTO MY STREET AGAIN AND FELT THE ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICK IN AGAIN AND ONCE SLOWING DOWN THAT THE STOP SIGN NOTICED THE BRAKES HAD GONE AGAIN. I CALLED UP A MECHANIC WHO STATED THEY WON'T LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WITH IT HAPPENING IN THE SAME MANNER IT SOUNDS LIKE A FORD ISSUE AND THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SEEN AT A DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS OVER A $100 TO JUST LOOK AT IT AND CAN'T GET ME IN FOR 5-6 DAYS. I'VE SEEN THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED AND A RE CALL REALLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMEONE DIES FROM THIS. IT'S RIDICULOUS HONESTLY.

WAS BREAKING ON AN ICY SURFACE. ABS WORKED FINE. AFTERWARDS BREAK PETAL WENT ALMOST TO THE FLOOR. NOW BREAK PETAL GOES TO FLOOR IN ORDER TO STOP.

AFTER EMERGENCY BRAKING ON THE FREEWAY TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT,ASB ENGAGED, AND EVER SINCE THE BRAKES HAVE TO BE PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE END FOR BRAKES TO ENGAGE, PEDAL IS SPONGY AND DESPONDENT.

MY CAR HAS A RECALL FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG, BUT MY CAR IS A MERCURY AND THEY DON'T MAKE MERCURY CARS ANYMORE, BUT MERCURY WAS OWNED BY FORD SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEALER TO CALL TO GET IT FIXED.

SEVERAL YEARS BACK, I HAD A NEAR FAILURE OF MY BRAKES WHEN ROLLING DOWN A HILL TOWARD A RIGHT TURN AT THE BOTTOM.( I THINK IN RETROSPECT THAT BECAUSE OF MY HITTING SOME BUMPY PATCHES ON THE TURN LANE THE BRAKES ATTEMPTED TO ACTUATE ABS). I HAD SUFFICIENT BRAKING, PEDAL TO THE FLOOR, TO ROLL TO A STOP. POPPING THE HOOD, I FOUND THE CAP ON THE BRAKES FLUID RESERVOIR WAS AJAR. I REFITTED IT AND FOUND THAT THE BRAKES WORKED NORMALLY. (IN RETROSPECT, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT A "FAILURE" OCCURRED IN THE RESERVOIR CAP, BUT WAS INSTEAD A CONSEQUENCE OF OTHER MALFUNCTIONS IN THE SYSTEM. SOME TIME LATER, I HAD ANOTHER FAILURE, WHICH NEARLY RESULTED IN A CRASH. I LIMPED TO GARNET FORD, AND HAD REPAIRS DONE, TOTALING ABOUT $1200. THE CAUTIONARY I RECEIVED FROM THE SERVICE REP WAS FOREBODING: REPLACEMENT OF THE MASTER CYLINDER MAY NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY THEN CLAIMED THAT THE REPAIR WAS SUFFICIENT. (IN RETROSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE LEAST TAKING THIS ACTION THEN AND THERE: AN AUTOMOBILE WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES ON IT OUGHT NOT HAVE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE BRAKES). LAST MONTH I HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REPAIRED, AS A RESULT OF PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM MY WIFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND EXPERIENCING MUCH THE SAME THING AS HAD OCCURRED TO ME THE FIRST INCIDENT. FRONT ROTORS AND PADS WERE SERVICED, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW MY ABS WARNING LIGHT IS INTERMITTENTLY ON, AND I AM GETTING A ROUGHNESS TO BRAKING AS IF THE FRONT BRAKES ARE WORN DOWN: THEY ARE NOT. I AM RETURNING TO THE MECHANIC WITH THIS PROBLEM. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE, BUT IT IS SUGGESTIVE OF A BUILT-IN DEFECT, WHICH IS TREMENDOUSLY HAZARDOUS, AND IRRESPONSIBLE OF FORD TO IGNORE THIS DEFECT.

VEHICLE HAD GOOD BRAKES TILL ABOUT 100,000 MILES. I EVENTUALLY HAD TO TRAVEL IN SNOW AND WHEN ABS ACTIVATED, THEREAFTER,THE BRAKES WERE SINKING TO THE FLOOR. RANDOMLY A FEW DAYS LATER THEY RETURNED TO NORMAL. NOW, THIS PAST WINTER I HIT SOME ICE AGAIN AND THE ABS ACTIVATED AGAIN AND THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY SINKING EVER SINCE..AS I HAVE READ THIS PROBLEM IS NOT JUST AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT BUT A COMMON ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO OPERATE. WHEN THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT CALLED JENKINS & WYNNE FORD, HONDA, & LINCOLN (2655 TRENTON RD, CLARKSVILLE, TN 37040, (931) 542-4886) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.