MERCURY Complaints

I WAS DRIVING AND BRAKE PEDAL STARTED SLOWLY LOSING PRESSURE I REPLACED BRAKE CALIPERS AND ROTORS AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM I BELIEVE IT IS TO BE THE ABS BRAKE SYSTEM I'M NOT SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT REPLACING THIS OR WHAT TO DO TO FILE FOR A RECALL

THE BRAKES ARE SOFT. SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW IF IM GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. I REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BLED THE BRAKES AND NOTHING. I GOOGLED IT AND THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE WITH THE SAME YEAR MAKE AND MODEL AS MYSELF. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE OTHER DAY I HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP AND I JUST ABOUT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. IT'S NOT SAFE.

WHILE IN MOTION, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES WILL RANDOMLY LOCK UP, INCREASING STOPPING DISTANCE SIGNIFICANTLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE A CAR ACCIDENT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 MERCURY TRACER. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH FUEL AND PARKED IN THE GARAGE, THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR AND NOTICED FUEL LEAKING ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR. ALL AMERICAN FORD (3306 BRIDGE AVE, POINT PLEASANT, NJ 08742, (732) 451-3582) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOO OLD AND THEY DID NOT HAVE PARTS. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ALL AMERICAN MAZDA (575 BURNT TAVERN RD, BRICK TOWNSHIP, NJ 08724, (732) 451-6848) WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC AND REPAIR APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 160,000.

THE CARS UNDERBODY HAS FULLY RUSTED EVERY SINCE I BOUGHT IT BACK IN 2015 MY FLOOR PANELS ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE CARS SIDE SKIRTS CAME OFF THE CAR ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE I HIT A POTHOLE IN THE STREET, UNDER THAT IS FULL OF RUST. THE CAR WAS DRIVEN TO AND FROM WORK. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS POSING A THREAT TO ME AS WELL AS OTHER DRIVERS. ANYTHING CAN COME A LOOSE AND I CAN CRASH AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE CAN HAPPEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN HYBRID. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST SYSTEM FAILED WHILE BACKING OUT OF AN INCLINED DRIVEWAY. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED, WHICH MADE IT DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY LOW AND NOW IS VERY LOW ALL THE TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE HYDRAULIC ABS VALVE UNIT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FULL PRESSURE TO REACH THE CALIPERS, RESULTING IN THE LOW PEDAL. IT IS NOT THE MASTER CYLINDER. MY RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THIS IS A BROAD PROBLEM WITH THE MERCURY MILAN AND THE FORD FUSION. THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND CAN RESULT IN A SUDDENLY UNEXPECTED INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE AND RESULT IN ACCIDENTS, INJURY, AND DEATH.

WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE, THE BRAKE PEDAL CAN GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH LIMITED TO NO BRAKING..... SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER GOING OVER A SIGNIFICANT BUMP OR POTHOLE, AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAGES. (MEANING, AFTER ABS SYSTEM BRINGS THE CAR TO A STOP AND THEN RELEASING THE BRAKE PEDAL IT WILL THEN GO TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT BRAKING UNTIL THE SYSTEM RESETS ITSELF...

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.

ON 6/8/2019 WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITH CRUISE SET WITH MY DISABLED SON IN VEHICLE THE CAR PULLED BADLY TO ONE SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY BRAKED AND IT TOOK ALL MY STRENGTH TO GET US OFF THE ROAD. FRONT AXLE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED 2 YEARS AGO. NOW DEALER IS SAYING TRANSMISSION BLEW AND IS OUT WHICH CAUSED FRONT AXLE TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING. REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP HAVE BEEN DONE. BUILT CAR AND ONLY DRIVER USUALLY CITY MILES. 2008 WITH LESS THAN 60,000 MILES. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY WE ALMOST FLIPPED.