2008 MERCURY MILAN

522 complaints filed with NHTSA.

522
Complaints
31
Crashes
3
Fires
10
Injuries
2
Deaths

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
AIR BAGS210
SERVICE BRAKES178
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL19
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC16
POWER TRAIN15
ENGINE12
UNKNOWN OR OTHER10
STRUCTURE:BODY6
WHEELS5
STEERING5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM5
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE4
TIRES3
SEATS3
EXTERIOR LIGHTING3

Recalls (5)

16V38400031/05/2016

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2007-2011 Ford Ranger vehicles, 2006-2011 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ vehicles, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, Lincoln MKX vehicles, 2005-2006 Ford GT vehicles, and 2005-2011 Ford Mustang vehicles originally sold, or ever register

14E02800029/05/2014

EQUIPMENT

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain all weather driver side accessory floor mats sold for use in model year 2006-2011 Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan, 2006 Lincoln Zephyr, and 2007-2011 Lincoln MKZ vehicles manufactured November 9, 2007, through October 31, 2010. The affected floor mats ma

19V90400018/12/2019

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ vehicles. The valves within the ABS Hydraulic Control Units (HCU) may react with brake fluids containing specific corrosion preventative additives. This reaction may cause the valves to not

21V15800010/03/2021

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2007-2011 Ranger, 2006-2012 Fusion, Lincoln Zephyr, Lincoln MKZ, 2006-2011 Mercury Milan, 2007-2010 Ford Edge, and Lincoln MKX vehicles. The driver's side air bag inflator may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to

17V02400010/01/2017

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2012 Ford Fusion and Mustang and Lincoln Zephyr and MKZ vehicles originally sold, or ever registered, in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Marian

Recent Complaints

20210712CrashSERVICE BRAKES

The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Milan. The contact stated while driving 15 mph and approaching a traffic light, when depressing the brake pedal to the floor but failed to stop. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The contact stated he crashed into the curb and bent the front passenger side rim which blew out the tire causing the vehicle to be able to come to a stop. The contact stated the vehicle came to a stop. The air bags did not deploy. The contact stated he sustained injuri

Mileage: 169,000

20201104CrashSERVICE BRAKES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND THE BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. DURING THE CRASH NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. NO POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TOWED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (LITHIA FORD LOCATED AT 501 MARY JANE WOOD CIRCLE, MORGANTOWN, WV 2650) WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE

Mileage: 75,000

20201009CrashSERVICE BRAKES

HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT OF THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING CORRECTLY.

Mileage: 66,000

20201007CrashAIR BAGS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. DURING CRASH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE TOWED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFO

20201007CrashSERVICE BRAKES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE SON WAS DRIVING AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED TO OPERATE WHEN PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO THE REAR OF A SECOND VEHICLE. DURING CRASH THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE TOWED AWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS EXAMINED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS INFO

20200908CrashAIR BAGS

I GOT INTO A CAR CRASH AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT COME OUT WHEN I GOT INTO A CAR CRASH

Mileage: 23,000

20200204CrashSERVICE BRAKES

THE BRAKES WERE SPONGY, I CALL FORD SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THIS AND IT WAS IGNORED I REPLACED BREAKS STILL DIDNT HELP AND THEN MY SON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND I HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO REPAIR MY CAR CAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO CLAIM ON MY INSURANCE IN FEAR OF IT GOING TO INCREASE MY PREMIUMS HOWEVER MY INS DID COVER THE PERSON THAT WAS HIT , ON HIGHWAY AND I JUST COULD BREAK NO MATTER HOW I PRESSED DOWN ON THE BREAK IT JUST WOULDNT, I SO AFRAID IT WAS NOT GOING TO STOP AND THE BOOM THE OTHER CAR WAS HI

Mileage: 200,000

20190222CrashSERVICE BRAKES

WHEN ABS SYSTEM GOES OFF BECAUSE OF SLIPPERY OR UNEVEN SURFACES WHEN BRAKING THE CAR LOSES BRAKES AND CANT STOP ON TIME..PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR..HAD ON FENDER BENDER BECAUSE OF IT ON 376 IN PITTSBURGH

Mileage: 120,000

20190207CrashSERVICE BRAKES

WHEN BRAKING DURING SLIPPERY CONDITIONS I.E RAIN, SNOW, ICE THE ABS SYSTEM WILL ENGAGE CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE PEDAL FULLY DEPRESSES TO THE FLOOR UNTIL THE VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP, ONLY THEN DO THE BRAKES FINALLY RELEASE.

Mileage: 165,000

20181211CrashFireAIR BAGS

THE VEHICLE FIX THE BACK PARTS OF BODY THE POLICE DO NOT FIND AN ACCIDENT REPORT OF JANUARY 2014 IN MANATI PUERTO RICO IN JANUARY 2014 A MERCURY MILAN WAS A COLISION WITH A DODGE RAM IN MANATI PUERTO RICO.THE BLACK MERCURY WAS A MOTOR PROBLEM AND BACK BODY PARTS NEED FIX.I WAIT FOR A FORD MOTOR REPOT THAT EVIDENCE THE PROBLEM COLISION AND DO NOT FIX BECAUSE DO NOT FIND

Mileage: 100

20181211CrashFireSTRUCTURE:BODY

THE VEHICLE FIX THE BACK PARTS OF BODY THE POLICE DO NOT FIND AN ACCIDENT REPORT OF JANUARY 2014 IN MANATI PUERTO RICO IN JANUARY 2014 A MERCURY MILAN WAS A COLISION WITH A DODGE RAM IN MANATI PUERTO RICO.THE BLACK MERCURY WAS A MOTOR PROBLEM AND BACK BODY PARTS NEED FIX.I WAIT FOR A FORD MOTOR REPOT THAT EVIDENCE THE PROBLEM COLISION AND DO NOT FIX BECAUSE DO NOT FIND

Mileage: 100

20181211CrashFireSERVICE BRAKES

THE VEHICLE FIX THE BACK PARTS OF BODY THE POLICE DO NOT FIND AN ACCIDENT REPORT OF JANUARY 2014 IN MANATI PUERTO RICO IN JANUARY 2014 A MERCURY MILAN WAS A COLISION WITH A DODGE RAM IN MANATI PUERTO RICO.THE BLACK MERCURY WAS A MOTOR PROBLEM AND BACK BODY PARTS NEED FIX.I WAIT FOR A FORD MOTOR REPOT THAT EVIDENCE THE PROBLEM COLISION AND DO NOT FIX BECAUSE DO NOT FIND

Mileage: 100

20181115CrashSERVICE BRAKES

ABS FAILURE HAPPENED A 5TH TIME, AND THIS TIME IT SPUN MY CAR INTO A POWER POLE. WAS ONLY GOING 35-40 MPH, DRIVER CAME FROM THE LEFT AND I TRIED TO VEER AND BRAKE TO AVOID THEM, PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND ONE WHEEL LOCKED AND SPUN THE CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. FORD SAYING IT WAS NOT AN "UNREASONABLE SAFETY RISK" IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. ENDED UP WITH A SHATTERED PELVIS, BROKEN CLAVICLE AND RUPTURED SPLEEN. I DO NOT WANT THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS, PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THESE CARS! *DT *JB *DT C

Mileage: 98,000

20180927SERVICE BRAKES

UPON BRAKING WHILE DRIVING OVER UNEVEN PAVEMENT OR LOOSE GRAVEL, OR WHILE ACCELERATING THROUGH A TURN, THE ABS [OR TRACTION CONTROL] MALFUNCTIONS CAUSING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SINK TO THE FLOOR AND THE BRAKING DISTANCE TO BE DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. THIS HAS OCCURRED FOUR TIMES NOW, TWICE WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AND THE LAST TIME NEARLY HAD ME GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 55-60 MPH, THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME HAD TO BRAKE SUDDENLY DUE TO A MERGE IN FRONT OF THEM. I HI

Mileage: 86,000

20180728FatalAIR BAGS

THIS CAR HAS CAUSED NOTHING BUT TEARS AND STRESS. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND THIS PURCHASE WAS HUGE FOR ME AND I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT WITHOUT BEING STRESSED. FIRST OFF THE AIRBAGS WERE RECALLED OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND FORD STILL HASN'T RECEIVED PARTS. SO MY DAUGHTER CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. SECOND AND THIS IS THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE OR UNEVEN PACING OF STREET THE BREAKS HIT THE FLOOR AS DOES NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS TERRIFYING. I WENT THROUGH A STOP SIG

Mileage: 111,613

20180728FatalSERVICE BRAKES

THIS CAR HAS CAUSED NOTHING BUT TEARS AND STRESS. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND THIS PURCHASE WAS HUGE FOR ME AND I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT IT WITHOUT BEING STRESSED. FIRST OFF THE AIRBAGS WERE RECALLED OVER TWO YEARS AGO AND FORD STILL HASN'T RECEIVED PARTS. SO MY DAUGHTER CAN'T EVEN DRIVE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. SECOND AND THIS IS THE MAJOR PROBLEM IS WHEN I HIT A POTHOLE OR UNEVEN PACING OF STREET THE BREAKS HIT THE FLOOR AS DOES NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THIS IS TERRIFYING. I WENT THROUGH A STOP SIG

Mileage: 111,613

20180725CrashSERVICE BRAKES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT HAD TO STEER INTO A CURB TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ABS PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DORIAN FORD (35900 GRATIOT AVE, CLINTON TWP, MI, 586-792-4100) WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE AP

Mileage: 65,000

20180527CrashAIR BAGS

OTHER CAR FAILED TO YIELD AT STOP SIGN. MY CAR HIT THE SUV IN THE DOOR AREA. MY FRONT END AND HOOD ARE DAMAGED. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MY CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET.

Mileage: 77,000

20180221CrashAIR BAGS

TAKATA RECALL RECIEVED RECALL NOTICE ON JULY 2016 AS OF THIS DATE STILL NO PARTS. RECIEVED LETTER NOVEMBER 2017 NO PASSANGER TO RIDE IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. MY VEHICAL WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER 2017 AND THE ON THE DRIVERS FRONT FENDER, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WAS NOT SURE IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.THE CAR SLAMED INTO ANOTHER CARS BACK BUMPER ON THE OTHER CARS LEFT SIDE. IT SLID DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS OF WEATHER. IT WAS AT 3PM ON A ROAD WITH 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT.THE OTHER CAR WAS TURN

Mileage: 91,000

20180221CrashSTRUCTURE:BODY

TAKATA RECALL RECIEVED RECALL NOTICE ON JULY 2016 AS OF THIS DATE STILL NO PARTS. RECIEVED LETTER NOVEMBER 2017 NO PASSANGER TO RIDE IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. MY VEHICAL WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN DECEMBER 2017 AND THE ON THE DRIVERS FRONT FENDER, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. WAS NOT SURE IF THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.THE CAR SLAMED INTO ANOTHER CARS BACK BUMPER ON THE OTHER CARS LEFT SIDE. IT SLID DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS OF WEATHER. IT WAS AT 3PM ON A ROAD WITH 35 MPH SPEED LIMIT.THE OTHER CAR WAS TURN

Mileage: 91,000