2010 MERCURY MILAN Complaints

ABOUT A MONTH AGO THIS FIRST HAPPENED AS I WENT TO ACCELERATE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND COULD GET NO POWER NEAR ACCIDENT....TODAY TRAVELING 55 MPH THE WRENCH APPEARED AGAIN AND I COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE IF A CAR WAS BEHIND ME I WOULD HAVE GOT NAILED. I PULLED OVER TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT WORKED UNTIL EACH TIME I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT THE RPM WOULD SPUTTER AND THE CAR WOULD STALL. READING NEARLY 200 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS SOMEONE IS BOUND TO GET SERIOUSLY INJURED IF IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. IF THIS WAS WINTER ... I SERIOUSLY CRASH ON THE ROAD I WAS TRAVELING. *TR

I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF MAKING A LEFT TURN, WHEN MY ENGINE SUDDENLY STALLED. I LOST ALL ACCELERATION IN THE MIDDLE OF MY TURN, WHILE ONCOMING TRAFFIC WAS APPROACHING. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODE P2112. I HAD TO PULL OVER, SHUT THE CAR COMPLETELY OFF, AND IT WAS FINE FOR ONLY A FEW MORE MILES. THE PROBLEM IS ONGOING AND THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY. INTERMITTENTLY, AT SPEEDS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER, THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED AND SHOWED SIGNS OF THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED ALL THE SYMPTOMS HE EXPERIENCED, WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE13003. ALSO, THE BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT ACTIVATE, WHEN APPLIED. UPDATED 11/05/13

I TURNED THE CORNER TODAY AND MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND SPUTTERED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER. I MANAGED TO ROLL TO THE CURB AND FRONT END STARTED SHAKING SO I IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OFF. TURNED THE IGNITION AGAIN AND IT STRUGGLED TO START BUT DID AND THEN IMMEDIATELY REPEATED THE ABOVE SCENARIO. FIRE STATION WAS ON THE CORNER AND LUCKILY THREE FIREMEN SAW WHAT HAPPENED AND DRIVE DOWN TO HELP PUSH MY CAR INTO A CULDESAC. WAITED 90 MIN FOR A TOW TO THE DEALER AND NOW STUCK WITH PAYING FOR A RENTAL. I PAID FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WILL BE VERY UPSET IF THIS ISN'T COVERED! VERY DANGEROUS AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I'LL FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR ANYMORE! A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED!!!!! *TR

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND UNEXPECTEDLY, THE CAR LOSES POWER AND THERE IS NO WARNING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS THANKFULLY ON AN FM ROAD WHEN CAR LOST POWER - HAS HAPPENED DAILY AND THIS TIME GRANDKIDS IN THE CAR. HOWEVER, AM A SENIOR CITIZEN AND HAVE TO THINK QUICKLY TO GET OFF THE ROAD - THIS TIME THERE WAS NO SHOULDER AND HAD TO POKE TO A TURN AND DRIFT DOWN - I HAVE READ THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO FORD AND THEY SAY THE CAR STILL HAS POWER ENOUGH TO GET SAFELY OFF THE ROAD AND NOT A RISK??? SURELY THEY ARE KIDDING ME - THIS IS A HUGE RISK AND I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN AUGUST 2013 AND IT IF OCT AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AWHILE - I DO NOT THINK I SHOULD PAY FOR A REPAIR AFTER READING HOW MANY MERCURYS ARE AFFECTED OBVIOUSLY WITH THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM - THE SAFETY RISK IS GETTING REAR-ENDED BECAUSE WHEN IT HAPPENS TRAFFIC IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU *TR

AFTER COMING TO A STOP AND TURNED THE CORNER, THERE WAS NO POWER. PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND RESTARTED. THE WRENCH LIGHT THAT WAS ON, SHUT OFF ONCE THE CAR STARTED UP. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER. THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. DO NOT FEEL SECURE IN DRIVING AS WONDER WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. *TR

WHILE COMMUTING TO WORK THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 50MPH ON RT 9A IN OSSINING NY. FORTUNATELY I WAS IN THR RIGHT LANE BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME OR MOMENTUM TO COMPLETELY PULL OFF THE ROAD. A STATE FARM SPONSORED HELP TRUCK ARRIVED ANF PUSHED ME TO THE SIDE. AT MY HUSBAND'S SUGGESTION HE LOOKED TO SEE IF LEAVES HAD CLOGGED THE INTAKE/AIR FILTER. IT DID NOT . THEN HE DISCONNECTED THE HOSE TO THE THROTTLE VALVE AND WHEN HE PUSHED IT WITH THE SCREWDRIVER THE ENGINE REGAINED POWER. I TURNED AROUND TO TRY AND MEET MY HUSBAND AT A MIDWAY POINT. THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN AGAIN BUT AFTER RESTARTING, IT REGAINED POWER. I SWITCHED CARS WITH MY HUSBAND AND HE SPRAYED THE THROTTLE VALVE WITH CARBURETOR CLEANER AND HEADED HOME. THE CAR STALLED OUT ON HIM BUT HE WAS ABLE TO ROLL INTO A GAS/CONVENIENCE STORE IN GARRISON NY AND SPRAYED IT AGAIN. ONCE HOME IN COLD SPRING HE CLEANED OUT THE ASSEMBLY AS GOOD AS HE COULD AND THE CAR WORKED WELL FOR THE NEXT 2 WEEKS. WHILE VISITING HUNGARY FOR A FAMILY ILLNESS, MY SON USED THE CAR AND REPORTED THAT IT BEGAN TO STALL OUT ON HIM BUT UNSTUCK? AND HE WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME. THE CAR WAS BROUGHT TO FREEDOM FORD IN BEACON NY THIS MORNING FOR REPAIR SINCE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IN NYC COMMUTER TRAFFIC. *TR

IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME, BUT I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH AND THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I COULD NOT GET MY GAS PEDAL TO DO ANYTHING. I PULLED OVER, SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WAS FINE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH NO INCIDENTS. THEN IT DID IT ABOUT A WEEK LATER, SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW GOING DOWN THE INTERSTATE. IT SEEMS TO START UP OK AFTER I SHUT IT DOWN, BUT VERY UNSAFE TO BE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AT 70 MPH AND THEN HAVE NO POWER AND HAVE TO PULL OFF. MY ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON AFTER THIS HAPPENS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN WILL SHUT OFF AFTER A COUPLE TIMES OF DRIVING. *TR

THE CAR LOSES POWER WHILE DRIVING, THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH IS SCARY? ALSO THE CAR SOMETIMES HAS AN IDLE PROBLEM, LIKE ITS TRYING NOT TO STALL, BUT CAUSES THE CAR TO JUMP A LITTLE WHILE AT STOP LIGHTS. ALSO WHEN I GET GAS, THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO START, BUT IF I LEAVE THE CAR RUNNING WHILE GETTING GAS THE CAR IS FINE. *TR

PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED. IF IT WASN'T FOR THE QUICK THINKING OF THE CAR I WAS PASSING, WHO SPED UP, I WOULD HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO PULL BACK INTO MY LANE IN TIME TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH AN ONCOMING CAR. I HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART IT. IT RAN FINE AFTER THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS STALLING AND ROUGH RUNNING HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, IT LOOKS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS WHEN IT HAPPENS AT THE WRONG TIME. I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AS THERE IS NO WARNING. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON A FREEWAY (MIDDLE LANE) AT ~ 50 MPH THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CANE ON AND THE VEHICLE SLOWED TO 20MPH. VERY UNSAFE. *TR