MERCURY Complaints

ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY STEER TO GET THE VEHICLE HOME. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, THIS IS A KNOWN AND COMMON ISSUE. FORD MOTOR CO. ADDRESSED THE ISSUE IN 2011 MODELS, BUT NOT IN 2010 MODELS. I HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ACROSS VARIOUS CAR FORUMS FOR THIS ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP HOWEVER, THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY STOP AND NEARLY CRASHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER LUGOFF FORD LOCATED AT 979 HWY 1 SOUTH, LUGOFF, SC 29078 AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V904000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 261,000.

POWER STEERING HYDRAULIC LOCKED ON ME TWICE WHILE DRIVING FIRST TIME I WAS ON EXPRESS WAY AND HIT WALL 2ND TIME I KNEW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AND OF COURSE STEERING LOCKED AND I ALMOST CRASHED AGAIN THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE MY RESEARCH SHOWS ME FOLKS HAVE DIED FROM THIS BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH DEATHS IT WON'T BE RECALLED THIS IS CRAZY WHY RECALL 2011 THAT HAS SAME PART AND NOT 2010

MY BREAK PADDLE IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER DAYS, IS HARD TO BREAK FROM A SHORT DISTANCE. FEELS LIKE IS DOESN'T WANT TO STOP.

THE FORD COMPANY DOES NOT PROVIDE ME WITH LOANER CAR, EVEN THOUGH THEY SAY ON THE RECALL NOTICE THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE A CRASH.

I WAS LEAVING WORK AND DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT BUT THEN IT CAME BACK AND IT KEPT DOING IT OFF AND ON . LUCKILY I ONLY LIVE 15 MILES FROM WORK. ITS HAPPEN BEFORE WHEN I WAS IN A TURN BUT I DIDN'T THINK MUCH ABOUT IT TILL IT STARTED DOING IT TODAY THANKFULLY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I DIDN'T HAVE A ACCIDENT

I OWN A 2005 MERCURY MONTEGO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL GAUGES WOULD ILLUMINATE AND DROP TO ZERO AND THE SEAT BELT INDICATORS WOULD ILLUMINATE AND CHIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT WHEN THE SERVICE ADVANTRAC MESSAGE POPPED UP ON THE DASH AND SHE LOST ALL STEERING CONTROL. FORTUNATELY SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR STOPPED BEFORE HITTING ANYTHING. I HAVE NOTICED THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHEN COLD STARTING THE CAR AND TAKING OFF IN IT THE STEERING HAS BEEN FIGHTING BACK WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A SHARP TURN. I THOUGHT IT JUST HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND THE POWER STEERING FLUID. THE CAR HAS AROUND 149,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS NOT IN THE CAR WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED SO I CAN'T GIVE ANY MORE DETAILS THAN THIS AT THIS MOMENT.

WELL I DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS BUT AROUND AUGUST 2020 MY GRANDSON JUST GOT OUT OF KNEE SURGERY WE WAS DRIVING UP TO LIMESTONE NEW YORK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING AND IT STOPPED MOVING SO I COSTED OFF THE ROAD WE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN IT HAPPENED SO WE SAT THERE AND THERE WAS ALOT OF TRANSMISSION FLUID EVERYWHERE SO A MAN STOPPED TOOK MY BOYFRIEND TO A STORE TO GET TRANSMISSION FLUID WHILE ME MY DAUGHTER N GRANDSON WAITED IN THE VEHICLE HE PUTS THE FLUID IN WE GOT IT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT EXIT WHERE THE FLUID JUST KEPT DRAINED OUT SO WE HAD TO SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR A RIDE AND A TOW WHICH THE PPL PICKED US UP AND BROUGHT US HOME THE NEXT DAY MY BF RENTED A CAR DOLLY AND WE RAN BACK UP TO GRAB AND TOW IT BACK TO MY PLACE AND IT HAS BEEN SITTING HERE EVER SINCE CAN SOMEONE HELP PLEASE I NEED MY VEHICLE FIXED I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT IT WAS DRIVING FINE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST COMPLETELY STOPPED

WHILE DRIVING A BUZZER GOES OFF ON THE CAR (USUALLY INDICATES THAT I HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DASHBOARD FOR AN EXPLANATION, E.G. LOW TIRE PRESSURE WARNING). THE POWER ASSIST FOR THE STEERING IMMEDIATELY CUTS OUT AND I HAVE TO STEER WITH SIGNIFICANT EFFORT. THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL IF I AM GOING STRAIGHT, A VERY BIG DEAL WHEN I AM TURNING WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST EVERY EVENT. THIS EVENT LAST 2-3 SECONDS AND THE ASSIST RECOVERS. THERE IS NO WARNING MESSAGES ON THE DASHBOARD. IT REQUIRES BOTH HANDS TO CONTROL THE CAR FOR THIS SHORT TIME - HOWEVER AT 30 MPH THE VEHICLE TRAVELS 50+ FEET DURING THIS EVENT. THIS HAPPENS EVERY 2-3 MONTHS. . THE DATE LISTED BELOW IS THE LAST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I.E. TODAY WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN TRAVELING AT ABOUT 10 MPH AND LAST 3 SECONDS - ENOUGH TIME FOR ME TO SAFELY COMPLETE THE TURN USING BOTH HANDS. *JS