2010 MERCURY MILAN Fuel/propulsion System Problems

I collided with three parked vehicles and my airbags did not deploy causing me to hit my head

Check engine light is on mechanic says it's a fuel tank issue

STARTED MY CAR UP AND IT SAID POWER STEERING FAILED..I CUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED THEN IT WENT OFF...AS I WAS HEADED TO WORK THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE..I PULLED INTO THE STORE TURNED THE CAR OFF A WHILE AND STARTED IT BACK UP THE LIGHT WENT OFF BEFORE LEAVING WORK THE POWER STEERING MESSAGE POPPED BACK UP I ONCE AGAIN TURNED OFF THE CAR FOR A WHILE...I MANAGE TO MAKE IT HOME BUT A MILE FROM MY HOUSE THE AIRBAG LIGHT ONCE AGAIN CAME ON.. PLEASE CHECK INTO THIS..I LOVE MY LIFE AND THE LIFE OF MY LOVED ONES DRIVING LIKE THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

Mileage: 126,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK FRACTURED AND LEAKED FUEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR FOUR WEEKS NOW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEGACY FORD (413 INDUSTRIAL BLVD, MCDONOUGH, GA 30253, (770) 914-2800) ONE YEAR AGO TO BE REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE WITH THE VEHICLE AND DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DID NOT REVEAL A CODE REGARDING A VAPOR LOCK FAILURE THAT MAY HAVE DAMAGED THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT BEGAN TO SMELL A FUEL ODOR ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 AND SHE NOTICED A HUGE PUDDLE OF FUEL ON THE DRIVEWAY. SHE TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS SHOWN THE STRESS CRACK ON THE FUEL TANK. THE DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE FAILURE WAS FROM THE RECALL REPAIR A YEAR EARLIER; HOWEVER, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE THE CONTACT FOR THE REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE DEALER AND CONTACT HAD NOT HEARD BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS CHECKED AND THE FUEL VAPOR CANISTER PURGE VALVE IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO OXMOOR FORD LINCOLN (100 OXMOOR LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40222, (502) 426-2500) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT A NEW FUEL TANK WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER ALSO FOUND THAT THE REAR BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEW BRAKES WERE INSTALLED; HOWEVER, FRONT BRAKES WERE INSTALLED INSTEAD OF REAR BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

Mileage: 70,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM GASOLINE) AND STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER (STEVENS JERSEY CITY FORD, 740 NJ-440, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07304) CONFIRMED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO PERFORM THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL INLET AND CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS LISTED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE), WHICH SHE RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY HOLMAN FORD (3641 NJ-42, TURNERSVILLE, NJ 08012, 888-449-0296), BUT THE FAILURES RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES AND STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN SERVICED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,000.

Mileage: 71,000

WELL FOR STARTERS ITS THROWING A CODE SAYING THAT I HAVE A SMALL FUEL LEAK SOME WHERE AND THE 2 IS ONE DAY I HAD A FLAT AND AFTER I CHANGED THE TIRE THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT AND NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE CAR HAS A HEAVY VIBRATION IN IT AND WHILE DRIVING IT WANT TO TAKE OFF EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT WHICH ENDED UP WITH ME RUNNING OFF THE ROAD TWICE ALREADY

Mileage: 166,000

MY STEERING WHEEL COMPLETELY WENT OFF IN THE FREEWAY I GOT A SIGN ON THE DASHBOARD TO SERVICE STEERING WHEEL NOW AND THEN MY STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING AS I WAS DRIVING IN THE FREEWAY. AFTER GETTING THIS FIXED LESS THEN A YEAR LATER THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED AS I WAS DRIVING MY STEERING WHEEL JUST LOCKED AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO STEER MY CAR TO A SAFE PLACE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME BEING ON THE FREEWAY AND THIS SECOND TIME DRIVING IN THE STREETS BOTH TIMES IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING FROM ONE SECOND TO THE NEXT I GOT A MESSAGE TO SERVICE STEERING WHEEL NOW AND THEN MY STEERING WHEEL AUTOMATICLY LOCKED AND IT MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO MANUEVER THE CAR TO A SAFE PLACE. BOTH TIMES MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND IT WAS A VERY SCARY THING TO GO THROUGH.

Mileage: 214,000

TAKATA RECALL . WE WERE NOTIFIED YEARS AGO, STILL PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG NOT REPLACED. NOW FORD IS TELLING US NOT LET ANYONE SIT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. FORD HAD IGNORED ALL OUR CORRESPONDENCE. IT'S REDICULOUS, WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT.

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR MY VEHICLE AND I LOOKED IT UP WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND IT SAID I HAD A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE. I'M UPLOADING THE NOTICE

REAR PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED EVEN WHILE BRAKE PADDLE IS ENGAGED... BASICALLY I HAVE NO BRAKE LIGHTS... ALSO FUEL RECALLS STILL HASNT BEEN DONE ON MY VEHICLE.

Mileage: 22,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KAISER MILLER FORD IN COLLEGEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND STATED THAT THE PART FOR THE REPAIR WAS ON BACKORDER FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

Mileage: 170,000

FUEL TANK & CANISTER PURGE VALVE RECALL - 15S34 RECALL - VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED FOR RECALL IN AUGUST 2016 AND PASSED THE RECALL AND THE RECALL WAS CLOSED BY FORD. IN JULY 2017, THE VEHICLE HAD A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND MESSAGE TO CHECK FUEL TANK INLET THAT WOULD COME ON AND GO OFF IN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CODE WAS RELATED TO THE EVAP SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME FORD DEALERSHIP THAT PERFORMED THE RECALL IN 2016. THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE FAILED AND THE FUEL FILLER PIPE HAD LEAKS AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SUBMITTED A 360 CLAIM FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR. THE 360 CLAIM WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE THE 7 YEARS OF SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE CLAIM BECAUSE THE RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN CLOSED.

Mileage: 124,379

ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND INTERMITTENTLY SMELLED GAS OR GOT FUEL FILL CHECK INDICATOR. UPON DIAGNOSTIC MIL P0455 AND P0457. CANISTER PURGE VALVE HAD TO BE REPLACED PAID $300. GOING THROUGH MY RECORDS I FOUND THAT ON APRIL 5,2016, I HAD A RECALL 15S34 FUEL TANK AND CANISTER PURGE VALVE INSPECTION COMPLETED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF CRACKS OR LEAKS SO ONLY RECALIBRATION WAS COMPLETED. NOW LESS THAN 10,000 MILES LATER A REPLACEMENT WAS NEEDED. AWAITING REVIEW FOR A REFUND FROM FORD DEALERSHIP

Mileage: 75,133

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK FUEL WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AUTO ZONE WERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CANISTER PURGE VALVE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO THE QUIRK FORD DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILLER NECK WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. A YEAR PRIOR TO THE FAILURES, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE NO LEAKS. THE SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE SERVICE LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. AFTER REFUELING, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL PURGE VALVE WAS FAULTY AND WOULD ERRONEOUSLY REMAIN OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM) IN APRIL OF 2016, BUT WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

Mileage: 108,000

TROTTLE ACUTATOR STUCK IN CLOSED POSITION AS THE CAR WAS MOVING ABOUT 25 MPH, PRESSED THE ACCELARATOR BUT NOTHING WAS HAPPENING,ENGINE WAS AT IDDLE, AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND EVERYTHING WORKED FOR ABOT A MINUTE AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN. WHEN I GOT HOME AFTER A FEW RESTARTS I HOOKED UP MY COMUPTER TO READ THE OBD CODE THAT CAME ON !! IT WAS CODE P2112 , WITCH IS THE TROTTLE ACUTATOR MODULE !! AFTER RESETING THE OBD CODE IT WAS WORKING FINE ON THE DRIVEWAY. I'LL TAKE IT FOR A TEST DRIVE LATER. IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT A PROBLEM EXISTS WITH THE TROTTLE ACUTATOR ON THE TROTTLE BODY !!! A DESIGN FLAW IS VERY POSSIBLE, AND IT PRESENTS A DANGER WHEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD WITH A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND SPEED. A RECAL SHOULD BE IN THE WORKS FOR FORD !!! I HAVE READ TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS 32,000 MILES AND IS A 2010 YEAR.

Mileage: 32,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE CODE FOR THE FUEL SYSTEM INDICATED TO INSPECT THE FUEL TANK AND VMV VALVE. AN EVAPORATION TEST WAS ALSO PERFORMED. THE TECHNICIAN REPROGRAMMED THE COMPUTER; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V793000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,006.

Mileage: 53,006

STALLS (APPROX 10 MPH) THEN SUDDEN SURGES. THE VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING, BUT AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEEDS. AFTER SITTING FOR SOME TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR WRENCH SYMBOL GOES AWAY. AFTERWARDS DRIVING BACK TO STALLING (APPROX 10 MPH) THEN SUDDEN SURGES.

Mileage: 79,540

STALLS (APPROX 10 MPH) THEN SUDDEN SURGES. THE VEHICLE KEEPS MOVING, BUT AT DRASTICALLY REDUCED SPEEDS. AFTER SITTING FOR SOME TIME THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR WRENCH SYMBOL GOES AWAY. AFTERWARDS DRIVING BACK TO STALLING (APPROX 10 MPH) THEN SUDDEN SURGES.

Mileage: 79,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN FUEL WAS PUMPED INTO THE FUEL TANK, THE FUEL SPEWED BACK OUT OF THE TANK AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PURGE VALVE CRACKED, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO LEAK. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

Mileage: 98,000

WHILE PASSING THREE SEMI TRUCKS IN THE THIRD LANE OF A HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE POWER CUT OUT. NAVIGATING ACROSS THREE LANES OF HIGHWAY THROUGH MULTIPLE VEHICLES WAS TERRIFYING. MY LIFE WAS PLACED WITH IN JEOPARDY, YET THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ITS THROTTLE BODY CONTROL PROBLEM AS A SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 68,406

(1) MAY 5, 2015: IN TRAFFIC 65MPH ON MA RT3S, ENGINE "BLUBBERED" THEN DIED IN LEFT LANE. SUCCEEDED NOT BEING HIT BY VEHICLES, PARKED ON SHOULDER. WRENCH LIGHT LIT. ENGINE FINALLY STARTED AND RAN OK AFTER 15 MINUTES; (2) JUNE 6, 2015: PULLING INTO 99 RESTAURANT, QUINCY, MA, CAR SUDDENLY DIED, WRENCH LIGHT LIT. CAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY WITHIN THE LOT. CAR PUSHED INTO LOT WITH THE HELP OF THREE MALES. CAR STARTED AFTER C. 12 MINUTES.; (3) JUNE 24, 2015: EXITING BETSY'S DINER, FALMOUTH, MA ON RT28 IN TRAFFIC, CAR BLUBBERED THEN DIED, WRENCH LIGHT LIT. BLACK DODGE RAM NARROWLY MISSED US! CAR STARTED WITH 3-5 MINUTES; (4) OCTOBER 2, 2015: ON MA TPK, I-90W IN FAST TRAFFIC, CAR LOST POWER, BLUBBERED, THEN DIED IN FRONT OF THE CHARLTON STATE POLICE STATION. ENGINE RE-STARTED WITHIN 12 MINUTES, RAN ROUGHLY FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN CLEARED, RAN OK; (5) OCTOBER 7, 2015: 1315, ENGINE SHOOK THEN DIED TWO BLOCKS AFTER LEAVING CAR WASH ON CENTRE STREET, QUINCY, MA, WRENCH LIT. NARROW STREET. LIT THE HAZARD FLASHERS, EXITED CAR. AFTER 15 MINUTES RE-ENTERED CAR WHICH STARTED AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS; (6) OCTOBER 7, 2015: 1405: WITHIN A BLOCK AFTER LEAVING OUR HOUSE, THE CAR ENGINE AGAIN BLUBBERED THEN DIED, WRENCH LIT. PULLED TO THE CURB, SAT FOR FIVE MINUTES. CAR WAS RESTARTED. THREE TIMES I HAVE BROUGHT MY MILAN TO OUR LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE GURU WHO ATTACHED HIS SCANNER AND CONFORMED 2111 CODE AND 2112 CODES (2). I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM ENTERPRISE SALES RENTALS AT 24,000 MILES, NOW 58,000 MILES. NEVER HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE OF ANY TYPE. RESEARCH INDICATES A NUMBER OF TSBS RELATED TO THROTTLE BODY ISSUES BUT NO NOTICE FROM FOMOC OR LOCAL DEALER. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR BEING KILLED IN THIS CAR. HOW TO GET THE CAR PROPERLY REPAIRED?

Mileage: 53,000

FIRST OF ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE THE CAR WILL STALL AND BEGIN TO SHAKE AND PUTS A WRENCH ICON ON THE DASH, THE VEHICLE HAS NO RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATION PEDAL. I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND SH U THINK THE CAR OFF A FEW MINUTES AND THEN GO AGAIN. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE PULLING ACROSS TRAFFIC FROM A STOP, ONE TIME NEARLY GETTING ME HIT FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TELL WHEN OR WHERE THIS WILL HAPPEN. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND WAS DENIED A REPAIR BECAUSE MY VIN WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST FOR THE THROTTLE BODY EVEN THOUGH IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AS THE ONES COVERED. I HAVE HAD THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND RECEIVED CODES THAT MATCH AS WELL.

Mileage: 82,000

DRIVING DOWN THE CAR STALLED AND SPUTTERED PULLED OVER AND IT RESTARTED FINE DRINK HALF MILE AND DID IT AGAIN ALMOST GO HIT BY A CAR THIS TIM I HAPPEN 5 MONTHS AGO AND I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED WAS TOLD MY FORD DEALERSHIP THAT IS THE THROTTLE BODY FORD ISSUED A EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT WILL NOT REPLACE IT UNLESS THE CAR FAILS WHICH I THINK IS BS IF MY FAMILY IS HURT I'LL BE FILING SUIT AGAINST FORD AND THE DEALERSHIP.

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR ON THE INTERSTATE IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE THE ENGINE LOST ALL POWER AND DROPPED TO AROUND 1000 RPM NO MATTER IF I PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR OR NOT. I WAS NEARLY REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI AND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY LANE FOR ME TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO. IT COSTED FOR ABOUT 3/4 OF A MILE UNTIL I COULD PULL BEHIND SOME ORANGE BARRIERS. AFTER SHUTTING IT OFF AND CALLING ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE I RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT WAS FINE. I TOOK BACK ROADS HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE NEXT DAY WHILE GOING 65 ON THE INTERSTATE IT HAPPENED AGAIN BUT I WAS PREPARED FOR A PROBLEM AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO AN EMERGENCY LANE TO TURN THE CAR OFF. IT RESTARTED FINE AND DROVE FINE AGAIN UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHEN IT HAPPENED AT 20MPH ON A CITY STREET. THE DEALER HAS HAD IT FOR 3 DAYS NOW AND HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE ISSUE.

Mileage: 92,480

THE FUEL TANK HAS A DEVELOPED A CRACK. THIS HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY A CERTIFIED MECHANIC WHO CONCLUDED THE CRACK IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT THE RESULT OF ANY SORT OF ROAD DEBRIS OR ANYTHING STRIKING THE TANK. THE MECHANIC INDICATES THIS TYPE OF CRACK IS COMMON IN THE MERCURY MILAN AND FORD FUSION. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE MY CAR CHUGS AND FEELS AS IF IT WANTS TO STALL. I HAVE TO ACCELERATE AT A VERY VERY SLOW PACE. *TR

THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (55MPH) IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. RAPID DECELERATION AND MANY DASHBOARD LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO CHANGE TO THE RIGHT LANE AND THEN BRING THE VEHICLE TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER SAFELY, AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT, AS THE CAR WAS IN RAPID DECELERATION AND STEPPING ON THE GAS WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION, OR ENGINE NOISE OR RESPONSE WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL WHILE IN DRIVE POSITION AND THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION.I TURNED THE CAR OFF FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, WONDERING WHAT TO DO. I THEN TURNED THE KEY BACK ON, AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. I TOOK SIDE ROADS HOME AND THEN SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT AT THE SELLING MANUFACTURER DEALERSHIP. THE DEFECT WAS IN THE THROTTLE BODY? THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE $500 REPAIR UNDER THE NEW VEHICLE WARRANTY (OUT ON TIME), THE $1700 EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED (NOT COVERED PART), THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY (NOT COVERED PART) OR THE HYBRID WARRANTY ( NOT COVERED PART), OR ANY RECALL, OR GOODWILL SERVICE PLAN OR SERVICE BULLETIN REPAIRS. THEN I FOUND OUT THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT WITH THE NHTSA FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS THAT FORD AGREED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THE THROTTLE BODY FOR 150,000 MILES OR 10 YEARS. (THIS VEHICLE IS A 2010 WITH JUST OVER 20,000 MILES. THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE SETTLEMENT BECAUSE IT A HYBRID AND THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE SETTLEMENT. I THINK THAT THIS PREMATURE FAILURE OF AN ITEM THAT THEY WILL REPLACE IF DEFECTIVE IN 150,000 MILES OR TEN YEARS AS PART OF A SETTLEMENT TO AVOID A RECALL AND ASSOCIATED PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THE AGREEMENT. I HAVE THE PART FROM THE DEALER. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE FEWER HYBRIDS ON THE ROAD AS A STATISTIC, IT ONLY TAKES ONE FAILURE TO CAUSE A TRAGIC RESULT. I CAN SEND THE PART FOR INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE IF THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH SUPPLIERS AND PARTS IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO THE SETTLEMENT. *JS

Mileage: 21,350

I WAS MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 60 MPH. MY CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO AN IDLE AND THE WRENCH ICON CAME ON IN THE INDICATOR DASH. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND NO VEHICLE WAS BEHIND ME. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND WAS THEN ABLE TO ACCELERATE. LATER IN THE DAY, I WAS AGAIN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH. WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I THEN WENT DIRECTLY TO A FORD DEALER. THEY IMMEDIATELY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND SAID FORD HAD EXTENDED THEIR WARRANTY ON THIS PROBLEM TO 120,000 MILES. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I AM SURE SOMEONE WILL AND PROBABLY HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE.THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!! *TR

Mileage: 41,190

DRIVING THRU TOWN AT APPROX 30 MPH THE VEHICLES WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED FOR CHECK ENGINE AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL WARNING (WRENCH) ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ANY ACTIVATION OF THE GAS PEDDLE AND DRIFTED TO IDLE POWER. NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT WENT WRONG, I SHUT THE CAR DOWN AND RESTARTED IT TO CLEAR THE FAULTS. I RE-ENTERED TRAFFIC AND PROCEEDED ABOUT 50 FT BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE SAME RESET PROCESS AND WAS ABLE TO LIMP THE CAR HOME. THE CAR WAS TOWED AWAY AND REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT SINCE 2004 FORD HAS KNOWN THAT THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AND THAT THE ENGINE DESIGN DEFAULT IS TO BRING THE CAR DOWN TO IDLE POWER. INTERNET CHAT BOARDS HAVE STORIES OF THIS HAPPENING ON HIGHWAYS AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED. FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NO RECALL BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT (YOU GUYS) HAVE NOT REQUIRED THEM TO DO SO DESPITE THE FAILURE MODE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY IMPLICATIONS, BEING EXACTLY THE SAME AS NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE13031. FORD FIXED THE PROBLEM RECENTLY BUT DID NOT SCRAP OLD DEFECTIVE INVENTORY AND REFUSES TO FIX THOSE SUSPECT PARTS ON OUR ROADS. THEY HAVE CALCULATED THE COSTS AND CHOOSE TO RISK PUBLIC SAFETY INSTEAD OF A RECALL. *TR

Mileage: 38,800

THROTTLE BODY FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. CAR IMMEDIATELY LOST POWER AND HAD NO ACCELERATOR RESPONSE AND WOULD ONLY IDLE. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS HAD THE VEHICLE NOT BEEN IN AN AREA WHERE IT WAS IMMEDIATELY SAFE TO PULL OVER. THROTTLE BODY WAS CHANGED, THE SECOND TIME IT'S HAPPENED TO THIS VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE TRAVELING AT 55MPH MY VEHICLE STALLED, LOST ALL POWER AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS RESTARTED SEVERAL TIMES EACH TIME WITH THE WRENCH SYMBOL ILLUMINATED. WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE HOME AT 45MPH AND THE CAR BUCKED AND STALLED TWO TIMES. WILL BE CALLING FORD FOR REPAIR. LUCKILY I SIGNED UP FOR THE EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AS A CERTIFIED PRE OWNED CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE WHICH I WILL BE EXPLAINING TO THE TECH'S WHEN I BRING IT IN FOR REPAIR. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS CAR AND OTHER CARS INVOLVED IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR. *TR

Mileage: 24,000

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THROUGH TOWN AND VEHICLE DIED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET CAUSING ME TO NARROWLY AVOID AN ACCIDENT WITH MY THREE SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY, I DISCOVERED THAT THE PROBLEM IS A $20.00-$60.00 ELECTRIC MOTOR THAT FORD USES TO RUN THE THROTTLE BODY THE THROTTLE BODY IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO DO THE JOB FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING THE THROTTLE BODY TO GO OUT AT AROUND 50000 - 60000 MILES. I WAS A MECHANIC FOR FORD FOR 7 YEARS BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY AND HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE WITH THIS EXACT MODEL THROTTLE BODY PLENTY OF TIMES. FORD COULD EASILY SELL THE REPLACEMENT ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR THE PRICE LISTED ABOVE, BUT INSTEAD THEY PREFER TO PRICE GOUGE THEIR CUSTOMERS BY FORCING THEM TO PAY OVER $200.00 FOR THE WHOLE NEW THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. ALSO ACCORDING TO OUR LOCAL FORD PARTS DEALER IT IS SUCH A COMMON PART THAT NEEDS REPLACED THAT THE KEEP 3-4 ON HAND AT ALL TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, ON MY WAY HOME WHEN MY CAR SEEMED LIKED IT STALLED. THE WRENCH IMAGE ON THE DASH BOARD APPEARED, AND I COASTED MY CAR OFF OF THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE I WAS COMING UP TO AN EXIT. ONCE MY CAR SLOWED DOWN TO ABOUT 10-15 MPH THE CAR SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY JUMPING, OR BUCKING AND TRYING TO DRIVE AT A VERY SLOW PACE. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHUT THE CARE OFF. I RESTARTED THE CAR, AND THE SAMETHING HAPPENED WITH THE MOTOR RUNNING ROUGH, AND THE IMAGE OF THE WRENCH ON MY DASH APPEARING. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AGAIN, AND LET IT SIT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, AND RESTARTED THE CAR WHILE HOLDING THE THROTTLE DOWN, AND THE CAR SEEMED TO FUNCTION FINE AFTER THAT. THIS ALSO HAPPENED THE NEXT DAY ON MY WAY TO WORK SAME EXACT SCENARIO JUST A DIFFERENT PLACE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 66,125

SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION OR ABILITY TO DRIVE. IMMEDIATE DISPLAY OF ICON SHOWING MECHANICAL PROBLEM. TOWED TO DEALER, WHERE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A TREACHEROUS STRETCH OF I-40 ENTERING NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE SHOULDER IS VERY NARROW, AND WE BARELY ESCAPED INJURY AND/OR DEATH. *TR

Mileage: 53,202

TWICE WHILE TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEED, IT DROPPED INTO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LIMP HOME MODE. A RESTART RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO SOMEWHAT NORMAL OPERATION, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE RUNNING JUST EVER SO SLIGHTLY, ROUGH. *TR

Mileage: 34,668

DRIVING FREEWAY AT 77 MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY STARTED SLOWING DOWN. MANAGED TO GET CAR OVER TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND TRIED TO GET OFF RAMP BUT WOULDN'T MAKE IT. NO LIGHTS CAME ON AND FELT LIKE IT WAS STILL RUNNING AT IDLE. STEPPED ON GAS BUT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE IN DRIVE OR PARK. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND STARTED TWICE BEFORE I COULD GET RESPONSE FROM STEPPING ON GAS. THEN TOOK OFF LIKE NOTHING WRONG. VERY DANGEROUS AND LUCKY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT. HAD ONE OTHER INCIDENT WITH CAR DOING SAME THING BUT WAS SITTING AT TRAFFIC LIGHT. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ACCELERATION. CAR STILL MAINTAINED AN IDLE BUT NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I PRESSED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR IT WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE ME DOING SO. (KIND OF LIKE AND OLDER VEHICLE WITH A CABLE JUST BREAKING). FORTUNATELY IT DID NOT EFFECT STEERING OR BRAKING BUT IT WAS QUITE CHALLENGING TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IF I SHUT OF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED GAS PEDAL WORKS FINE AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED A MASTER FORD TECH THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY AND HE INFORMED ME THAT MORE THAN LIKELY IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY THAT THERE HAS BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS AND REPLACEMENTS DONE ON THAT PARTICULAR ENGINE RECENTLY IN THEIR SHOP. DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDS I CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM A MINIMUM OF 8 TIMES IN 3 WEEKS. I NO LONGER WILL ALLOW MY WIFE TO DRIVE CAR UNTIL I CAN REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 71,020

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

Mileage: 45,000

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

Mileage: 50,125

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WHICH OCCURRED AT VARIABLE SPEEDS (25 MPH, 40 MPH, 60 MPH) WITH RAPIDLY INCREASING FREQUENCY IN THE WEEK BEFORE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE SEEMED TO SHIFT OUT OF GEAR. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO INCREASE IN RPM IN RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATOR. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD WITH VERY LOW RPM, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED EACH TIME WITHOUT PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 43,500

STOP AT RED LIGHT AND THE CAR REFUSE TO ACCELERATE. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN CAR IS CUT OFF AND TURN BACK ON IT WILL RUN FOR A LITTLE WHILE AND DOES THE SAME THING AGAIN. KIDS IN THE CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN I FIRST GOT THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, HAD IT LESS THAN 2 WKS. NOW THIS IS HAPPENING, COST OVER 600.00 DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING THAT IS MANUFACTURED SCREW UP. I NEED MY CAR TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL AND WORK. ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM NEEDS A RECALL VERY QUICK BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

I WAS DRIVING MY MERCURY MILAN WHEN IT STARTING SURGING AND THEN LOST ALL POWER.SINCE THAT DATE IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT LEAST 50 MORE TIMES, SOME WORSE THEN OTHERS.THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AS IT HAS HAPPENED AS I HAVE ENTERED INTERSECTIONS, PUTTING MY LIFE IN DANGER OF BEING HIT !! I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER BUT THEY SAID IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY SO IT WOULD COST OVER $600 WHICH I DO NOT HAVE.THIS IS MAKING ME SICK AS NOW I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR EVEN THOUGH I HAVE TO IN ORDER TO GET BACK AND FORTH FROM WORK!! *TR

Mileage: 49,000

DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING MY CAR APPEARED TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING ON THE INCLINE OF A VIADUCT. IT SLOWED DRAMATICALLY WITHOUT ME BRAKING, SO THERE WERE NO BRAKE LIGHTS TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS. I WAS FORTUNATE THE DRIVER BEHIND ME WAS PAYING ATTENTION AND DID NOT RUN INTO ME. I MADE AN EMERGENCY MANEUVER TO GET OFF THE ROAD, AND CALLED AAA FOR A TOW. WHILE ON HOLD WITH AAA, I RESTARTED MY CAR. IT APPEARED TO BE WORKING NORMALLY, SO I WENT TO WORK WITHOUT INCIDENT. LATER IN THE DAY MY CAR SEEMED TO STALL AGAIN ON THE WAY TO LUNCH. THIS WAS IN A REMOTE AREA WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC. AGAIN IT RESTARTED, AND WORKED FINE ON MY RETURN TO WORK. WHILE DRIVING HOME IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. I HAD TO PULL OVER NEAR HUGE ROLLERS THAT WERE LEVELING NEWLY LAID ASPHALT. LUCKILY IT STARTED AGAIN AND I MERGED BACK INTO CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC AND DROVE HOME. I CALLED THE FORD DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM. THEY TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE IT SOUNDED LIKE ANOTHER BAD THROTTLE BODY. I GOT A RIDE TO WORK THE NEXT DAY, AND TOOK IT IN AS SOON AS I COULD GET AN APPOINTMENT. THE FORD DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY, AND I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS SINCE. *TR

Mileage: 49,604

AT DUSK ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER14,2013 TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON 6 LANE INTERSTATE I-55 IN FAR LEFT LANE AT 67 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW RPM RETURNED TO IDLING SPEED UNDER 800 RPM AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO ACCELERATOR PRESSURE. THE TRAFFIC WAS HEAVY AND I WAS LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ACROSS LANES AND REACH THE SHOULDER BEFORE CAR HAD SLOWED TO 5 MPH. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. SHUT OFF THE CAR RESTARTED IT AND ACCELERATOR WAS RESPONSIVE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE BACK ON TO HIGHWAY AND AGAIN LOST POWER. SHUT OFF CAR AGAIN AND ACCELERATING VERY SLOWLY WAS ABLE TO REACH AN EXIT ABOUT 1 MILE AWAY BEFORE CAR AGAIN LOST POWER. CALLED FOR A TOW BACK HOME AS VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE. CAR TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP SEPTEMBER 16TH FOR REPAIR AND THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I LEARNED ON LINE THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN FORD AND MERCURY PRODUCTS BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL TO FIX THIS DEFECTIVE PART WHICH PUTS THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER IN GRAVE DANGER WHEN THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTIONS .LUCKILY I WAS IN A FAIRLY POPULATED AREA AND CELL PHONE SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE. I FEAR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IF TRAFFIC HAD BEEN EVEN HEAVIER OR BEEN IN A MORE REMOTE AREA. THESE PRODUCTS SHOULD BE RECALLED AS THEY PRESENT A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUES FOR DRIVERS. *TR

Mileage: 40,450

DRIVING 2 WEEKS AGO, GOING 45 MPH AND THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING. ENGINE WAS RUNNING AND I COULD STILL SAFELY PULL IT OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND IT WORKED AGAIN. SINCE THERE WERE MANY AREAS OF NON-SAFE ROADS TO PULL OVER, I DECIDED TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. IT HAS DRIVEN FINE EVER SINCE, UNTIL TODAY, GOING 55MPH, ON THE INTERSTATE, ACCELERATOR STOPS WORKING. I SAFELY PULLED OVER, TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED ENGINE. I SAFELY DROVE TO MY NEAREST FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY SAY IT IS THE THROTTLE SENSOR. WHY IS THIS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECALL YET AS I READ THESE MANY, MANY PAGES OF POSTS ON THE SAME THING? I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER FOR THE PART AS IT IS ON BACKORDER. NO SAFE CAR TO DRIVE UNTIL THEN. *TR

Mileage: 72,000

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND GOT ON THE FREEWAY AND AS I ACCELERATED TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, THE CAR STARTED SPLUTTING AND I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE WITH A TRUCK CLOSE BEHIND ME AND CARS ON EACH SIDE. THE SPEED STARTED TO DECREASE AS I PUSHED ON THE GAS PETAL WITH NOTHING HAPPENING. IT WAS AS THOUGH IT RAN OUT OF GAS AND THE CONSOLE LIGHTS CAME ON. I PANIC AND TRIED TO WORK MY WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER AFTER THE TRUCK BARELY MISSED PITTING ME AND COASTED TIL THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TRIED TO START IT AGAIN, IT STARTED BECAUSE I KNEW THAT IT WASN'T OUT OF GAS, I HAD A FULL TANK. THERE WAS NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AT THAT TIME EITHER. I PRECEDED TO GET BACK ON THE FREEWAY AND GOT UP TO 50 MPH AND WENT TO THE NEAREST EXIT AND MY CAR REPEATED THE SAME THING, THIS TIME WITH A JERKING MOTION..THAT WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I MOVED THE CAR TO A SAFER AREA AND CALLED TO GET IT TOWED. IT WAS PLACE ON THE A MACHINE THAT READ P2111 AND P2112. THE AUTO SHOP INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH ON A HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY WITHOUT WARNING LOSS ALL PROPULSION AND STARTED TO SPUTTER VIOLENTLY. I NOTICED THE "WRENCH" LIGHT INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED AND LUCKILY COASTED WITH NO PROPULSION TO A SAFE AREA ON THE HIGHWAY SHOULDER TO PULL OVER. I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR A MINUTE AND RESTARTED VEHICLE AS NORMAL AND NO "INDICATOR LIGHT" HAD ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE OPERATING AS NORMAL AT THIS POINT. LATER I HAD THE CODES PULLED FOR THE INCIDENT ON MY VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD IT INDICATED A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THIS OCCURRED 3 TIMES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS. AFTER DOING A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND NUMEROUS INCIDENTS OF THE EXACT SAME DESCRIPTION I HAVE HERE. THERE MUST BE AN INHERENT DEFECT OF THE PART USED IN THESE VEHICLES.

Mileage: 91,000

TRAVELING TO WORK ON IH35N IN SAN ANTONIO WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOSE ALL POWER AND THE CAR SEEMS TO STALL, I TURN ON MY HAZARDS AND MAKE MY WAY TO THE SHOULDER WHILE PRAYING THE OTHER TRAFFIC MOVING AT SPEED DOESN'T PLOW INTO ME. ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THE CAR IS SHUDDERING AND SURGING FORWARD, RESTARTED THE CAR AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE, NOT EVEN A "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT. SAME DAY ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK (IH35S NEAR HWY 281 INTERCHANGE) AND THE ENGINE STALLS AGAIN, AT SPEED ON THE INTERSTATE BUT EVEN WORSE NOW BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT NEEDS TO BE DODGED WHILE I GET THE CAR ONTO A RAISED SHOULDER. RESTART THE CAR AND THIS TIME A "CEL" I DRIVE TO AUTOZONE FOR A CODE CHECK AND IT'S P2111 STUCK THROTTLE BODY. SUNDAY NIGHT CAR STARTS STALLING EVERY 50-100 FEET ON A FRONTAGE ROAD OF IH10 NEAR CALLAGHAN WHILE CRESTING A HILL AND NO CLEAR SIGHT LINES, LUCKILY I WAS NOT REAR ENDED. MANAGED TO NURSE IT, SURGING FORWARD SUDDENLY AND SPUTTERING TO A CREEP, INTO A LA QUINTA HOTEL PARKING LOT AND AWAIT A TOW.

Mileage: 49,200

WHILE DRIVING ON I-95 AT 70 MPH SUDDENLY LOST POWER. WAS ABLE TO COAST ONTO AN EXIT RAMP. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE START TEH VEHICLE AND DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE ON CITY STREET AT 45 MPH WHEN VEHICLE DECELERATED AGAIN AND STALLED. WHEN CALLED DEALER INDICATED IT WAS LIKLEY A FAILED THROTTLE BODY, SUGGESTING IT IS NOT AN UNUSUAL PROBLEM. WHEN TOWED TO THE SHOP, THEY DID DETERMIN THE PROBELM WAS TEH THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT. REPAIR WAS $550. FORTUNATELY THIS OCCCURED DURING THE DAY, BUT WAS ON A HEAVILY TRAVELED HIGHWAY AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS IN SPEED.

Mileage: 41,452

I WAS ON FL TURNPIKE AT 70 MPH,TRAFFIC VERY HEAVY .I LOST POWER AND HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER FROM LEFT LANE . ALMOST GOT RAN OVER ,BUT THANK GOD I DIDN'T .I CUT THE MOTOR OFF.RESTARTED IT .I GOT MY SPEED UP TO 70MPH .IT SURGED A FEW TIMES .RAN OK TOO HOME . THIS COULD BE A LIFE OR DEATH THING . I WONDER IF ANYONE HAS BEEN HURT BECAUSE OF THIS . I WILL CALL FORD TODAY AND GET IT FIXED . *TR

Mileage: 37,900

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. CAR LOST ALL THROTTLE CONTROL, IDLED DOWN TO 1000 RPM, AND RAPIDLY DECELERATED IN HEAVY INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. HAD TO PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE STALLS OUT AT RANDOM TIMES. GOES INTO LIMP HOME MODE. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE BODY. WOULD BE NICE IF FORD FIXED THIS AND GOT PARTS OUT. *TR

Mileage: 42,000

FIRST BRAKE LIGHT AND TAIL LIGHT ON DRIVERS SIDE LIGHT UP ONCE IN AWHILE DID NOT KNOW WAS OUT TILL FRIEND TOLD ME , COST TO REPAIR LED LIGHT IS $400 FOR PART HAVE NOT REPAIRED YET, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CAR WILL SHUT DOWN TO LIMP MODE ,DEALER STATED $550 TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THROTTLE BODY , BOTH ARE SERIOUS SAFETY ITEMS THAT COULD RESULT IN BEING REAR ENDED, OUT OF WARRANTY SO ORDERING A THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACE BY OURSELVES FOR IT STALLS OUT CONTINUOUSLY , RECALL SHOULD BE ORDERED ON BOTH THE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES AND THE THROTTLE BODY AS BOTH ARE A COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

AS I ENTERED THE FREEWAY AT 60 MPH BEGIN TO STALL AND THEN LOSING POWER I PUT MY FLASHERS ON HOPING I DON'T GET RUN OVER THE CAR STOPS NO POWER TO STEER AND I'M AT THE MERCY OF SPEEDING VEHICLES. I'M ON A FIXED INCOME.AND DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM TOWN EAST FORD MESQUITE TEXAS. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THIS CAR ON THE NJ GARDEN STATE PARKWAY AT 65 MPH IN THE EXPRESS LANES WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED RUNNING BAD AND LOST POWER. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS CONDITION TO LOSE POWER AT THAT SPEED. SHE PULLED THE CAR OVER TO SIDE, SHUT OFF ENGINE, THEN RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE ABOUT A MILE AND GET OFF THE PARKWAY AT EXIT 117 TO ROUTE 35 SOUTH. THE CAR AGAIN STARTED TO RUN BAD AND SHE PULLED INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP NEAR THIS EXIT. THE FORD DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH WENT BAD. THIS TOOK 5 DAYS AS THERE IS A NATIONAL SHORTAGE FOR THIS PART.#DS7Z9E926D. IT IS EVIDENT THAT FORD HAS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS PART BREAKING DOWN ON THOUSANDS OF CARS AS I SEE OTHER CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET. I CONTACTED FORD CORP. IN DETROIT AND WAS TOLD NOT UNDER WARRANTY ON MY CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. I WORRY THAT THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE, WON'T LAST LONG AND WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. I WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER BREAKDOWN AT HIGH SPEED--VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. *TR

Mileage: 59,523

DRIVING AND THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE CAR BEGINS TO LOOSE POWER. THEN THE CAR LOOSES THE ABILITY TO CONTROL IT AND APPEARS TO NOT HAVE ANY GAS GOING TO IT AND THE WRENCH ON THE DASH BOARD APPEARS AND THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT. THE CAR APPEARS TO NOT BE GETTING ANY GAS. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STOPPED THE CAR. AFTER IT SITS FOR A FEW MINUTES IT WILL START AGAIN. SOMETIMES IT STARTS UP AND DOESN'T HAPPEN FOR AWHILE. OTHER TIMES IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN A FEW MINUTES. IT CAN HAPPEN AT ANY SPEED LIKE 50 MPH OR AT ANYTIME. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

WHEN I PRESS THE ACCELERATOR THE CAR STALLS OUT, OR GOES "LIMP". THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT THE CAR RUNS FINE FOR A MINUTE. TOOK IT TO FORD THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY PART. *TR

Mileage: 79,000

DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND CAR LOST ALL POWER AND YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH. WITH CAR IN LIMP MODE PULLED OVER TO SERVICE LANE. CAR TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALER. DEALER REPLACED DEFECTIVE BATTERY BUT FOUND NO CODES STORED IN COMPUTER. DEALER TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND REPORTED NO PROBLEM. THREE DAYS LATER SAME INCIDENT (LOSS OF POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT). SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND ENGINE HAD NORMAL POWER L WITH WRENCH LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. DROVE VEHICLE TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND LEFT IT THERE FOR MORE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND FEELING FOR ALL ENGINE POWER TO BE GONE UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

Mileage: 22,300

WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY CITY STREET MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST ENGINE POWER CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SLOW RAPIDLY. THE MOTORCYCLIST FOLLOWING BEHIND MY CAR NARROWLY MISSED HITTING THE REAR OF THE CAR AND THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE MOTORCYCLIST SWERVED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO AVOID THE MOTORCYCLE AND MY CAR CAUSING VEHICLES IN THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE TO ALSO SWERVE TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. THE 2010 MILAN CONTINUED TO HAVE THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS AND WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AND THE SUDDEN DECELERATION CAUSED BY THE DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY POSES A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND TO OTHER MOTORISTS. FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR SUFFERS A LOSS OF LIFE. *TR

Mileage: 37,100

MULTIPLE TIMES & VARIATIONS, BUT ALWAYS W/THE SAME RESULT. AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT, WRENCH LIGHT WOULD COME ON & VEHICLE WOULD LOSE ALL ACCELERATION ABILITY WHILE IT SURGED/IDLED VERY ROUGHLY. EACH TIME, I PULLED VEHICLE OFF ROAD TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, PUT IT IN PARK (WOULD THEN IDLE ROUGH, BUT SURGE LESS). TURNED VEHICLE OFF, WAITED 5-10MIN, RESTARTED & VEHICLE WOULD FUNCTION CLOSE TO NORMALLY (MINIMAL SMALL SURGES WHILE DRIVING). WHILE VEH WAS MALFUNCTIONING, I COULD HOLD GASOLINE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR W/NO RESPONSE. COULD NOT MANUALLY SHIFT (I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC SHIFTABLE) PAST 2ND GEAR & VEH WOULD NOT PROGRESS FORWARD - EXCEPT IF THE ENGINE SURGED. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED MORE, WITH LESS TIME BETWEEN FAILINGS AS THE DAY PROGRESSED UNTIL I COULD FINALLY GET TO A POPULATED AREA/SMALL TOWN. IT IS ALSO WORTH MENTIONING, BOTH MECHANICS THAT CHECKED MY VEHICLE FOR ME COULD NOT FIND ANY "HISTORY" IN MY CODES. HOWEVER, THE FIRST FORD DEALERSHIP WAS ABLE TO DO A SPECIAL CHECK THAT FOUND A "THROTTLE BODY FAILURE". THEY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY (PARTS ARE BACK ORDERED TILL 9/24/13) & SENT ME ON MY WAY HOPING THAT WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOT, SO I STOPPED AT THE VERY NEXT TOWN AFTER IT HAPPENED AGAIN & LEFT MY MERCURY MILAN WITH A FORD DEALERSHIP. EACH TIME THIS HAPPENED IT WAS REALLY QUITE SCARY AS TRAFFIC AROUND ME HAD NO IDEA I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THANKFULLY ALL DRIVERS INVOLVED WERE QUICK ENOUGH TO AVOID REAR ENDING ME. *TR

Mileage: 43,604

I WORK FOR THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND MY OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE A 2010 FORD MERCURY MILAN STALLED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 65 PER HOUR. THE CAR STALLED AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER WITH FORD AND A INTERNET SEARCH FOR THIS PROBLEM IS PRETTY WIDE SPREAD. THE STALLING OF A VEHICLE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IS A SERIOUS HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE. HAD TO PULL OVER RESTART CAR. WAS GOOD FOR A WHILE NOW ITS DOING IT 2-3 TIMES JUST DRIVING A COUPLE MILES. IF CAR IS LEFT IDLING SOMETIMES IT JUST DIES ON ITS OWN. TROUBLE CODE P2111 COMES UP. WANTED TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THEY ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY GOING ALMOST 60 MPH WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED AND THE CAR SLOWED AND WHEN YOU PUSHED THE GAS PETAL IT DID NOTHING. WE SLOWED AND TRIED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS THE CAR WAS ALMOST TO A STOP IT STARTED JERKING AND SPUTTERING ALMOST DYING. WE PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WE TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON AND IT STARTED JUST FINE THEN THIS SAME THING CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY FEW MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON SO WE TOOK IT IN TO HAVE A COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD TURNED OFF SO THEY WERE UNSURE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO JUST GO AWAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE GOT IT IN AND HOOKED UP TO A COMPUTER AND GOT THE CODES WHICH WE WERE INFORMED MEANT WE NEEDED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED AND IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS AND TO CONTACT A FORD DEALER. SINCE THIS LAST INCIDENT IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES CAUSING US TO NOT BE ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR EVEN A FEW BLOCKS WITHOUT IT HAPPENING 3-4 TIMES. WE ARE NOW WITHOUT A VEHICLE AS IT IS NOT ONLY UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT VERY INCONVENIENT TO HAVE TO STOP AND GO A MILLION TIMES TO MAKE A SHORT DRIVE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND FROM ALL I HAVE RESEARCHED IT A HUGE PROBLEM FOR MANY OWNERS OF THESE AND SIMILAR CARS! THIS IS DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THOSE WITH ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THESE REPAIRS! *TR

Mileage: 82,700

PULLING ON TO A BUSY STREET THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. WE WERE NEARLY REAR ENDED AND HAD TO DEAL WITH AN AGITATED DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WOULD IDLE BUT HAD NO POWER. THIS ALLOWED US TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER A PERIOD OF THE TIME THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND PERFORMED NORMALLY. ALTHOUGH THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED REPEATEDLY BEFORE WE MADE IT HOME. AUTOSERV, 40 E MAIN ST., TILTON NH CONFIRMED THAT IS WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. CONTACT WITH THE FORD REGIONAL REP. SHOWED THAT OF THE 3 YEAR / 30,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER THIS VEHICLE HAD 22,000 MILES AND 3 YEARS AND 2 WEEKS. THUS THERE WAS NO FORD RESTITUTION. PERSONALLY, WITH MY EXPERIENCE ABOVE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. *TR

Mileage: 21,555

I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, UP TO ABOUT 20 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST TOTAL POWER. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASH WHILE STEERING THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, AND NOTICED THE "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS LIT UP. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND GOT OUT MY MANUAL. THE MANUAL SAID THE LIGHT INDICATED A TRANSMISSION/POWER TRAIN/AWD ISSUE. I THOUGHT I WOULD ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR AGAIN, AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER WENT, AND I HAD POWER WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR. I TOOK MY CHANCES, AND WENT AHEAD AND DROVE IT WORK, HOPING IT WAS JUST A FLUKE, BUT DECIDED I WOULD INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. I CAME ACROSS THE ENTIRE LISTING OF OTHERS WHO WERE EXPERIENCING THIS ISSUE SO THOUGHT I BETTER IMMEDIATELY GET IT TO THE DEALER AND PUT ON DIAGNOSTICS. I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT I THOUGHT THE ISSUE MIGHT BE, THE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM I HAD READ ABOUT. THEY PUT IT ON DIAGNOSTICS, BUT THE ONLY CODE WHICH CAME UP WAS A P0456, SAYING I NEEDED TO REPLACE A VALVE--THIS CODE IS INDICATED BY THE "SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT, AND NOT THE "WRENCH". HE SAID THEY COULD FIND NO CODES FOR THE "WRENCH" LIGHT. I TOLD HIM THAT WAS STRANGE, BECAUSE THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON WHEN I LOST POWER. HE TOLD ME THE P0456 COULD MAKE THE CAR HAVE THE SAME TYPES OF ISSUES. I TOLD HIM I HAD BEEN DRIVING WITH THE P0456 CODE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, AND IT HAD NEVER AFFECTED THE PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE, SO I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD DO IT NOW. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF ISSUES OTHERS ARE EXPERIENCING, BUT THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME PREVIOUSLY WHEN THEY SAW THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CODE. NOT SURE WHY THERE IS NO CODE SHOWING UP, BUT THAT ALSO SEEMS TO BE COMMON. GUESS I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES DRIVING AT THIS POINT. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

COMMUTING HOME FROM WORK THE GAS PEDAL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, THE ENTIRE BEGAN RUNNING VERY ROUGH, AND THE RED WRENCH SYMBOL ILLUMINATED ON MY DRIVERS DISPLAY. COASTED TO A SAFE SPOT TO PULL OFF, TURNED OFF THE CAR LET IT SIT FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, RESTARTED THE CAR, THE DISPLAY WAS CLEAR, GAS PEDAL RESPONSE WAS GOOD, AND ENGINE SOUNDED NORMAL. DROVE HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOUR DAYS LATER A SIMILAR INCIDENT, CONTACTED MY FORD GARAGE, DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC. DIAGNOSTIC CAME BACK WITH THE THROTTLE BODY DIAGNOSIS, THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED RECEIVING DATE. WILL COST JUST UNDER $500 TO REPAIR, 3 MONTHS OUT OF BUMPER TO BUMPER COVERAGE, JUST UNDER 27K ON THE CAR. NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED POWER TRAIN COVERAGE BECAUSE IT IS A SENSOR/ ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I AM 7TH OR 8TH IN LINE FOR THE PART WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AT MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP. *TR

Mileage: 26,468

WHILE DRIVING AT 50-60 MPH THE CAR WOULD START TO SLOW AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE, THIS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN 40 MILES, AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OF THE ROAD WITH NO PROBLEMS. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR 5-10 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO GET IT GOING AND THEN ABOUT 10 MILES LATER IT WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN. GOT IT TO A FORD DEALER AND FOUND OUT IT IS A BAD THROTTLE BODY. THIS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH NO IDEA WHEN AVAILABLE. HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET HOME THAT DAY AT A COST OF $200. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

SEVERAL INCIDENTS WITHIN A 10 DAY PERIOD WHERE THE CARE WOULD JUST DIE WHILE DRIVING. LAST INCIDENT TOOK PLACE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CAR JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN DIES AND LOOSES POWER STEERING AND CONTROL. CAR HAS TO BE COASTED TO A STOP THEN WILL RESTART. THIS IS MY WIFE'S CAR AND MY DAUGHTER AND HER WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A PRACTICE WHEN THE LAST INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. INITIALLY I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BAD FUEL. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER WHO SAID THIS WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND SAID THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE THROTTLE BODY AND VAPOR MANAGEMENT WOULD COST APPROX $800.00. LOOKING AT ARTICLES POSTED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 47,000

DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATION BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND COULD TELL ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT NOT WELL. TURNED VEHICLE OF USING THE KEY AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. IT WAS A LITTLE HESITANT TO START - IT TOOK 5-6 SECONDS OF THE KEY BEING TURNED FOR IT TO START BUT HAD NO PROBLEMS AFTER UNTIL THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. THIS OCCURRED AROUND 5-6 TIMES UNTIL I COULD GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO REGARD FOR SPEED/ROAD CONDITIONS/DRIVING CONDITIONS. ONE MOMENT IT WAS FINE THE NEXT IT HAD NO ACCELERATION. *TR

Mileage: 46,660

THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WAS AT A STOP SIGN. THE CAR ENGINE IDLE BECAME ERRATIC, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHEN I TRIED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ENGINE RAN FINE. THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH. THE CAR ENGINE SPEED BECAME ERRATIC, THEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ENGINE RAN FINE. TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO READ THE ENGINE CODES AND TOLD ME I NEED A THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

THE CAR BEHAVES AS IF IT WAS SUDDENLY PUT INTO NEUTRAL. WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON, AND THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES SPUTTER LIKE IT IS GOING TO SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CAR TO FUNCTION NORMALLY IS TO STOP THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND OTHER BUSY ROADS. THE PROBLEM IS UNPREDICTABLE. A MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED THIS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MY CAR IS UN-DRIVE-ABLE. *TR

Mileage: 53,447

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60 MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I HAD NO ENGINE CONTROL. WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL OVER SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED. ENGINE EXHIBITED ROUGH IDLE APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 900 RPM. THE CAR WAS IN A LIMP MODE.THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED OFF AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMALLY FOR 5 MILES BEFORE THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. CONNECTED A SCAN TOOL TO THE OBD AND NO CODES WERE PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING DAY DRIVING WITH THE SCAN TOOL CONNECTED AT 40 MPH THE SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED. THE SCAN TOOL REGISTERED CODE P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY. MENTIONED THE ISSUE TO THE LOCAL LINCOLN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. WAS TOLD THAT THE PART IN ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND IS NOT AVAILABLE. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED 6 TIMES WITHIN A 10 DAY PERIOD. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED WITHOUT HESITATION AND THE SAFETY ISSUE RESOLVED. *TR

Mileage: 13,800

THIS VEHICLE (MERCURY MILAN 2010) STALLED INTERMITTENTLY AT STOP SIGNS AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS. STALLING OUT MORE FREQUENTLY, I NOTIFIED MY MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED ME, THIS IS A CURRENT PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES AND FORD MAY BE INITIATING A CAR RECALL FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS OF WHICH THE THROTTLE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. I AM REPAIRING THE VEHICLE ON MY OWN DIME FOR OUR OWN SAFETY, WITH THE INTENTION TO FILE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS PROBLEM WHEN FORD (MERCURY) WILL AT A LATER TIME, SEND A RECALL OUT FOR THIS EXTREME IMPAIRMENT TO THE PROPULSION OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 37,456

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR LOSES POWER. IT IS DANGEROUSLY CRIPPLED AS IT HAS TO BE STOPPED COMPLETELY AND PUT IN THE PARK POSITION BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. WHEN RESTARTING IF I TAKE MY HAND OFF THE KEY IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND START THE ENGINE UNTIL IT STARTS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EITHER COMES ON AND GOES OFF OR FAILS TO COME ON.. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 50 MPH ON MON. MAY 27TH, THE CAR SEEMED TO STALL, THE GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK & WE HAD TO PULL OVER ASAP. AFTER STOPPING & RESTARTING THE CAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PROCEED HOME. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE. THEN ON MAY 30TH IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON MY STREET GOING AROUND 30 MPH, SO I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I COULD COME IN THE NEXT DAY. LATER THAT SAME DAY, I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON RT 22(BUSY HIGHWAY) & IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GOING 60 IN THE LEFT LANE, THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH SO MUCH TRAFFIC. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER ON FRIDAY MAY 31ST & THEY SAID THERE WERE NO ALERTS ON THE CAR, THAT THEY WOULD DO A SOFTWARE UPGRADE THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY FIX THE ISSUE. THE RECEIPT THEY GAVE ME LISTED THAT A THROTTLE BODY WAS NEEDED, & IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO MINIMIZE USING THE CAR, BUT ON JUNE 15TH I HAD TO GO TO MY NIECE AND NEPHEW'S DANCE RECITAL IN SOUTH NJ. WHILE DRIVING HOME ON 295 (MAJOR HIGHWAY) GOING AROUND 65 THE CAR DIED AGAIN. I WAS ABLE TO PROCEED AFTER RESTARTING THE CAR, BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT HOME AGAIN WITHOUT IT HAPPENING ANOTHER TIME. I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION LIGHT AND THE ENGINE DIED. THANK GOD IT WASN'T A WIDER INTERSECTION OR I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COAST THROUGH. AT THIS POINT THIS CAR IS UNUSABLE AND IS A DEATH TRAP WAITING TO HAPPEN. I CALLED ANOTHER DEALER, AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER THERE AS WELL. THIS IS CLEARLY A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODIES IN THE 2010 MILAN THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL BE RECTIFIED. THE PROOF IS IN THE FACT THAT THEY CANNOT MAKE THE PART FAST ENOUGH TO FIX THE BROKEN CARS. THE TWO DEALERS I DEALT WITH ARE AWARE OF THIS WIDESPREAD PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. I HAVE <60K MILES. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO LIMP MODE. AFTER PULLING OVER AND SHUTTING IT DOWN, WE LET IT COOL FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. AFTERWARDS IT RAN FINE. LATER THAT NIGHT IT DID THE SAME THING AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF DRIVING. THIS TIME WE TRIED SIMPLY SHUTTING IT OFF AND TURNING IT BACK ON, BUT IT WAS STILL IN LIMP MODE. THEREFORE, WE PULLED OVER, SHUT IT DOWN, AND WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGAIN, AND IT RAN FINE. WE'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS ISN'T A RANDOM OCCURRENCE, BUT HAPPENS AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF REGULAR DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 42,300

CAR GOING INTO "LIMP MODE" FOR NO APPARENT REASON. FEELS AS IF IT HAS STALLED. HAS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH. CAR GOES "LIMP" NO POWER TO MOVE OFF HIGHWAY. HAS ALSO OCCURRED WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF TRAFFIC. CAR ALL BUT STALLS. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

I WAS DRIVING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LEAVING ME STRANDED. DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES SO HAD IT TOWED TO FORD GARAGE FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WOULD BE 200.00 FOR PART PLUS LABOR AND DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE . THIS IS A 2010 COME ON FORD !!! AS A LONGTIME FORD OWNER I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE ,THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED UP AND I WAS ABLE TO GO ON MY WAY. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY THE CAR LOST POWER AND THE WRENCH ICON SHOWED ON THE DASHBOARD. IT WAS LIKE TAKING ONE'S FOOT OFF THE GAS PEDDLE. HAD TO GET CAR TOWED. THE FAULT WAS THE THROTTLE PART #DS7Z9E926D THERE WERE 2 OTHER CARS AT THE FORD DEALER WAITING FOR THE SAME BACKORDERED PART TO ARRIVE. I NEVER SAW 3 CARS AT A DEALER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AT THE SAME TIME. THE PART BEING BACKORDERED IN A LEADING INDICATOR THE QUANTITY OF THE PART BEING REPLACED IS RUNNING HIGH. *TR

Mileage: 37,628

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, AND IT JERKED AND HESITATED AND BEGAN TO DECELERATE AS IT CONTINUED THE JERKING AND HESITATION. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL. CONTINUED TO JERK AND SLOW DOWN AND THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION WERE NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THIS HAS NOW OCCURRED 3 DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS - TWICE AT SPEEDS AROUND 35-40 MPH AND ONCE AT 65 MPH. TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY SAY THAT IT IS DEFINITELY RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. WAITING TO GET A NEW THROTTLE BODY FROM FORD; BUT THERE ARE NONE TO BE HAD ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A MAIN STREET HEADING DIRECTLY INTO THE FREE WAY INTERSTATE. ONCE I APPROACHED THE INTERSTATE I WAS CAUGHT THE LIGHT.... I THEN BEGAN TO TAKE OFF ONCE IT TURNED GREEN. I REACH ABOUT 20MPH AND MY CAR JERKED AND THE WRENCH ICON CAME ON. I THEN NOTICED I HAD NO POWER AND NO WHERE TO GO BECAUSE MY CAR NEVER GOT A GOOD SPEED... I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE AND HELD UP TRAFFIC... HOW EMBRACING SEEING THAT I HAVE A PERFECTLY NICE CAR. ONCE I GOT IT HOME( WHICH TOOK 3HRS DRIVING AT 10MPH AND CUTTING OFF) I TOOK THE CAR TO MY AUTO SHOP AND INFORMED ME ON A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM.... BUT GUESS WHAT? THE DEALERSHIP SAID NOT FOR ME CAR....IF THEIR IS A RECALL ON THIS PART.. WHAT MAKES MY CAR DIFFERENT.? SO I ENDED UP PAYING $300 BUCKS IN REPAIRS, LOSING $200 WORK DAY.... TOTAL LOSS....$500 ON A PART THAT IS ON RECALL... THIS IS BULL... *TR

Mileage: 54,000

I WAS TRYING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ON THE RAMP WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. NO THROTTLE WAS PRESENT AND THE ENGINE WAS SLOWLY IDLING BUT VERY ROUGHLY. PULLED OVER AND TURN IGNITION OFF. IT STARTED RIGHT UP AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY 2 - 3 WEEKS BUT GETS WORSE AND HARDER TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING PROPERLY AFTER OCCURRENCE. NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH THE WRENCH AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR $600 THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 41,000

THROTTLE BODY WENT BAD. CAR UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO DEALER AFTER SHUTTING OFF AND TURNING BACK ON SEVERAL TIMES WHICH RESETS AFFECTED PARTS. FOUR OTHER 2010 MILANS AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING THE CAR FELT AS IF HAD JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, THERE WAS NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. THE CAR BEGAN TO SLOW RAPIDLY, A FOLLOWING VEHICLE HAD TO AVOID REAR-ENDING ME. THE CAR JERKING AND HESITATING WAS ABLE TO BE GRADUALLY MOVED TO A LOCATION WHERE I COULD EXIT THE ROAD. THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR AT ALL. THE ORANGE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED IN MY DASH CONSOLE. AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A COUPLE MINUTES, I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF, RESTARTED, THE PROBLEM HAD CORRECTED ITSELF. THE PRIOR DAY, WHILE BRAKING BEHIND A CAR, FOOT ON BRAKE, NEITHER FOOT NEAR OR ON THROTTLE, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD WITH THE THROTTLE OVERPOWERING THE BRAKE FOR A SECOND OR TWO CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO APPLY THE BRAKE MORE AGGRESSIVELY. I DID NOT THINK ABOUT THIS TOO MUCH, BUT AFTER THIS OCCURRENCE THIS MORNING I WONDER IF THE TWO EVENTS ARE RELATED. I CALLED THE DEALER, WHILE HE WOULD NOT CONFIRM THE FACT, IT SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM ON THIS ISSUE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THE ISSUE. I SUPPOSE THE MOST TELLING POINT IS THAT IF THE PART MOST LIKELY TO BE A PROBLEM, IS INDEED BAD, AND DOES NOT RESPOND TO JUST A CLEANING, THEY CANNOT REPLACE IT BECAUSE THE PART IS ON BACKORDER. I ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL, THE DEALER WOULD NOT COMMENT. THE PROBLEM IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR AGAIN. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED, IF IT HAS NOT ALREADY HAPPENED. *TR

Mileage: 53,000

THE CAR LOSES ACCELERATING POWER AT RANDOM TIME AND SPEEDS. IT HAS PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS SPOT MORE THAN ONCE. CAR WILL LOSE POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND HAS A REPAIR TIME OF 2 TO 4 WEEKS DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE PART(ENORMOUS BACKORDER). *TR

Mileage: 48,500

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE HAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATES ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE SLOWS TO 5/10 MPH. IF YOU SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT, EVERYTHING IS FINE. THESE OCCUPANCIES HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY SOMETIMES MORE. WHEN YOU ARE IN THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR SUDDENLY DROPS DOWN TO 10 MPH, YOU ARE LUCKY YOU DON'T GET HIT. THE DIAGNOSED REPAIR WAS A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THIS PART IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 3 WEEKS WAITING FOR THE PART FROM FORD. IT IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO BE RUN OVER AND KILLED BEFORE THIS BECOMES A SAFETY ISSUE? *TR

Mileage: 52,000

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE CAR WOULD JERK AND THEN WOULD LOOSE POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD BE IN IDLE MODE AND I WOULD HAVE TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I TRY TO START IT AGAIN. THE SECOND IS INCIDENT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME ONLY AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE THIRD I WAS IN TOWN GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE CAR JERKED AGAIN AND WENT INTO IDLE MODE. THE NEXT FEW TIME THAT IT HAPPENED I HAD A VERY HARD TIME GETTING IT STARTED AND MOVING AGAIN. ONCE I DID GET IT STARTED I WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO A COUPLE OF BLOCKS BEFORE THE CAR WOULD JERK AND GO INTO IDLE MODE. *TR

Mileage: 34,652

WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. HAD TO SHUT CAR OFF AND RESTART RAN OK UNTIL STOPPED AT INTERSECTION THEN CAR KEEP DYING. WOULD ALWAYS RESTART OK BUT AT TIMES WOULD HAVE TO PUT CAR IN NETRURAL AND REV ENGINE TO KEEP FROM STALLING. HAVE RESEARCHED ON INTER NET AND SEEMS TO BE SAME PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE BODY. I HAVE TAKEN THE BODY OFF AND CLEANED IT BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *TR

Mileage: 56,000

I SEEM TO BE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE DESCRIBED HERE: HTTP://WWW.NCCONSUMER.ORG/NEWS%20ARTICLES/NCCC%20PETITIONS%20NHTSA%20FOR%20DEFECT%20INVESTIGATION%20INTO%20FORD%20ESCAPE%20VEHICLES.HTML CAR WILL DRIVE NORMALLY, THEN SUDDENLY THE WRENCH WILL COME ON AND ALL THROTTLE RESPONSE / POWER WILL BE GONE. THE CAR WILL NO LONGER RESPOND, AND THIS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TURN, ETC. NORMALLY, IF YOU TURN SHUT THE CAR OFF AND THEN START IT BACK UP IT WILL BEHAVE NORMALLY (AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE) UNTIL THE PROBLEM RECURS. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

RETURNING FROM VACATION TO BLACK HILLS, SD GOING EAST ON I-90 AT 75 MPH. ENGINE INSTANTLY LOST POWER AND I PULLED OFF ON HIGHWAY SHOULDER. ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF BUT "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED BUCKING. VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO FORD DEALER IN PIERRE, SD. DUE TO HOLIDAY THEY DID NOT LOOK AT IT UNTIL 5/28/13. PROBLEM WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAILED THROTTLE BODY. FORTUNATELY IT WAS DAYTIME AND THRU OPEN COUNTRY AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF SAFELY. FORD NEEDS TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSES THE FAILURE AND MAKE IT RIGHT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK POTENTIAL. IMAGINE IF THIS OCCURRED AT NIGHT OR IF I WAS IN A MIDDLE LANE OF A MULTIPLE LANE HIGHWAY GOING THRU AN URBAN AREA WITH HIGH SPEED BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC, I SUSPECT THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED WITH POTENTIAL SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF THE INSTANT DECELERATION. SITTING BY THE SIDE OF I-90 WITH CARS, SEMI'S ETC. WHIZZING BY AT 75-80 MPH WAS RISKY ENOUGH. *TR

Mileage: 37,694

LEAVING WORK FOR THE DAY LAST FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2013 MY MERCURY MILAN WENT INTO LIMP MODE, THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON MY DASH AND TODAY I HAD TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY REPLACED. JUST LAST WEEK MY HUSBAND HAD TO HAVE THE SAME PART REPLACED IN HIS 2010 FORD FOCUS SES. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH ALL THE 2010 FORD CARS. HE HAD TO PAY $800 FOR HIS. LUCKILY I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON MINE AND ONLY HAVE TO PAY THE $100 DEDUCTIBLE. SURE WOULD LIKE TO GET THIS $900 REFUNDED WHEN YOU RECALL ALL THE 2010 FORDS. THANK YOU! *TR

Mileage: 49,300

THE ENGINE STALLS UNPREDICTABLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD, THE ENGINE CAN BE STARTED AND THE CAR DRIVEN WITHOUT RECURRANCE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTICS INDICATE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 39,500

VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN STOPPED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. RE-STARTED, TRAVELED SHORT DISTANCE, AND IT STOPPED AGAIN. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR MANY TIMES WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS, PULLING ON HIGHWAY RAMPS, AND PULLING OUT OF INTERSECTIONS. I TOOK IT TO FORD (MERCURY) DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM. NO CODE READING. CAR CONTINUED TO REPEAT PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES - NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO OBD CODES ON READER. CAR FINALLY STOPPED COMPLETELY. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY. PART IS ON BACK ORDER - 6 MONTHS ANTICIPATED SINCE SO MANY (TOGETHER WITH FORD FUSION) HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I SEE FROM NHTSA COMPLAINTS THAT AT LEAST 35 HAVE BEEN REGISTERED ON MILAN. FORD SEEMS TO IGNORE THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OR TO TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. STARTED JUST AFTER PURCHASE (31,000 MILES). NOW HAD 41,000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN SPUTTER LOSE POWER NO THROTTLE RESPONSE HAD TO PULL OFF BUSY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.WAITED ABOUT FIVE MINUTES RESTARTED CAR. WENT TO FORD THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. SEARCHED INTERNET FOUND SEVERAL SIMILAR CONDITIONS RESULTING IN FAULTY THROTTLE BODY ASYM. HAPPENED AGAIN TWICE, VERY DANGEROUS BACK TO DEALERSHIP THEY FOUND FAULTY THROTTLE BODY, GUESS WHAT PART ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER NEED TO DRIVE CAR TWO TO THREE WEEKS WITH THIS CONDITION NOT TOO SAFE. CAR HAS 2.5 ENGINE AUTO TRANS. *TR

Mileage: 48,000

DRIVING AT 45MPH ON ROAD, MAINTAINING CONSTANT SPEED, CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE, NO THROTTLE CONTROL. WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF THE ROAD, PUT CAR INTO PARK AND WAITED A FEW SECONDS, CAR RE-IGNITED AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN 2 TIMES THE NEXT DAY IN ROUTE TO THE GROCERY STORE WHICH IS LESS THAN 4 MILES AWAY. IT HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN HAPPENING NEARLY EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I HAVE STALLED OUT AT 2 INTERSECTIONS WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS. I JUST HAD THE CAR DIAGNOSED WITH ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. 136.00 LATER, AND I HAVE ORDERED THE NEW PART, BUT WAS TOLD IT COULD TAKE 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE THEY ARE AVAILABLE AND THAT IF I SAVED MY RECEIPT I WILL BE REIMBURSED BY FORD/MERCURY AT RECALL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THERE IS NO TELLING WHEN IT WILL JUST STALL AGAIN. REALLY NEED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK! *TR

Mileage: 41,000

CAR WILL LOSE POWER AT ANY GIVING TIME OR SPEED ABOVE 40MPH. YOU MUST THEN TRY TO PULL OFF ROAD AND TURN OFF AND RESTART. IT WOULD ONLY DO THIS ONCE A WEEK, BUT NOW IT'S DOING MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. DEALER WILL NOT ADDRESS IT AS A WARRANTY PROBLEM DUE TO FACT IT HAS OVER 36000 MILES ON IT. TRIED TO ORDER REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY THRU THEM BUT IT ON BACK ORDER. *TR

Mileage: 38,000

MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED AT MY EXPENSE TO A SHOP. THE VERDICT WAS A 'THROTTLE BODY' ISSUE. THIS VEHICLE WENT INTO THE 'LIMP HOME' MODE WITH NO WARNING. I WOULD CHALLENGE THE PRESIDENT OF FORD TO ATTEMPT TO LIMP THIS VEHICLE JUST 5 MILES ON ANY BUSY ROAD IN THE NATION IN THIS MODE. APPARENTLY, JUDGING BY MY RESEARCH, IT IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM AND WIDESPREAD. AS OF RIGHT NOW THE VEHICLE IS UNUSABLE, SINCE THE PARTS ARE ON 'INDEFINITE BACK-ORDER' AWAITING SOME SORT OF RELEASE OF PARTS. THE VEHICLE IS STUCK AT A DEALERSHIP, NO FIX DATE IN SIGHT UNTIL THE PART (OR SUBSTITUTE PART) BECOMES AVAILABLE. THIS LEAVE ME WITH NO TRANSPORTATION (I'M DISABLED CURRENTLY) AND NO RECOURSE. EVEN IF I FIND A CURRENTLY AVAILABLE REPLACEMENT PART, WITHOUT WHATEVER FIX IS NEEDED, MY FAITH IN THE VEHICLE IS GONE. FAITH IN ALL FORD VEHICLES I MIGHT ADD. THE RIDE HOME WAS DANGEROUS AT THE CRAWL SPEED IT WILL DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LURCHING AT TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 74,000

DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED LIMIT WITH CRUISE ON THERE WAS A LOSS OF CRUISE CONTROL, NO THROTTLE RESPONSE AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE HIGHWAY. ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGHLY, TURNED IT OFF IMMEDIATELY. NO CELL PHONE SERVICE IN THE AREA SO I COULD NOT GET A TOW TRUCK. RESTARTED THE CAR. OPERATED FINE TO GET HOME 10 MILES. WAS TAKING IT TO THE NEAREST DEALER 30 MILES FROM HOME WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I'M GLAD I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME DURING THESE INCIDENTS. AFTER VIEWING INTERNET VIDEOS AND READING ON MANY INTERNET SIGHTS THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH MANY MERCURY MILANS. FORD NEEDS TO RECALL AND FIX THE PROBLEM THAT CAUSES THIS. *TR

Mileage: 59,363

PURCHASED THIS CAR USED IN JULY 2012. IS A 2010 AND HAD LOW MILES ON IT. DEALER CLAIMED VEHICLE WAS A LEASE AND WAS TURNED IN. AFTER DRIVING THE CAR SEVERAL DAYS, IT STALLED AT STOP SIGN, NO ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. AFTER RE-STARTING, IT DROVE FINE. SEVERAL WEEKS LATER, VEHICLE AGAIN STALLED AT STOP SIGN. NO ENGINE LIGHT. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALER WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. SEVERAL DAYS LATER, VEHICLE AGAIN STALLED AT STOP LIGHT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 9 MONTHS. IT MAY NOT STALL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR ONE WEEK, WITH A MECHANIC DRIVING IT AS IT WAS HOOKED UP TO PORTABLE DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. IT NEVER STALLED, NOR DID IT SHOW ANY ENGINE LIGHTS. DEALER CLAIMS THEY CANNOT FIX IT IF THEY DO NOT SEE ANY INDICATORS ON DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE. IT IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND IF I WANT TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THIS, I HAVE TO PAY FOR EACH TRIP. CERTAINLY, SOMEONE MUST HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT IS CAUSING THIS AS THIS SEEMS TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE. I AM EXPECTING TO BE REAR-ENDED ANY TIME NOW. *TR

Mileage: 10,000

STALLED THREE TIMES, WITHOUT WARNING, WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH. ALMOST REAR ENDED EACH TIME. VEHICLE 38 MONTH OLD AND LESS THEN 34,000 MILES. REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. PLEASE HAVE FORD CHECK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

Mileage: 33,437

2010 MERCURY MILAN ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED ON AN URBAN INTERSTATE WITH SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF RUNNING OUT OF FUEL, AND HAS DIED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE. WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS ENGINE DIED, BUT NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OR CODES APPEAR FOR DIAGNOSIS. MUST SHUT OFF ENGINE, THEN ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE. ENGINE DIES RANDOMLY AND IS NOT AFFECTED BY MOISTURE, TEMP, OR TIME DRIVEN. CONDITION IS HAZARDOUS ANYTIME ACCELERATION AND CONTROL ARE CRITICAL. WEBSITE ENTRIES INDICATE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. TOOK INTO FORD DEALER ONCE FOR DIAGNOSIS AND DEALER REPLACED AIR FILTER, DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. THROTTLE BODY SUSPECTED CULPRIT, BUT NO DIAGNOSTIC CODES APPEAR. *TR

Mileage: 52,500

QUA DAUGHTER DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO WORK, VEHICLE SPUTTERS AND LOSES ALL SPEED NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. HAS TO PULL OVER AND RESTART ENGINE THEN PROCEED WITH CAUTION. UNIT CUTS OFF EVERY 15 TO 20 MILES. FORD MECHANIC SAYS ITS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY OF COURSE IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 48,785

I WAS ENTERING THE INTERSTATE AT 60 MPH WHEN MY CAR JERKED, AND LOST RESPONSE OF THE ACCELERATION. THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SO I RESTARTED THE CAR AND ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE INTERSTATE AND TOOK MY CAR TO A AUTO STORE TO RUN A CHECK, WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WAS AT FAULT. NOTICED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MANY OWNERS OF THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL HAVE. HOPEFULLY MERCURY WILL RECALL THIS PART. *TR

Mileage: 77,157

STARTED VEHICLE AND NOTICED CAR JERKING AND NOT ACCELERATING CORRECTLY. I WAS STOPPED AT LIGHT APPROX 1/3 MILE FROM START AND CAR DIED AT LIGHT , CAR RESTARTED AND MADE LEFT TURN ONTO BUSY FREEWAY AND CAR HEISITATED AND STATED JERKING AGAIN WITH NO ACCELERATION. MOVED TO SHOULDER OF ROAD AND CALLED AAA TO HAVE CAR TOWED....UNSAFE AND UNABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVE HOME...15 MILES AHEAD. FORD SERVICE PULLED CODE P2111 FROM DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND SAID THROTTLE BODY WAS SHOT...AT 38000 MILES. NO RECOURSE FROM FORD OUT OF WARRANTY 2000 MILES . I WAS CHARGED 198.55 LABOR AND 137.80 PARTS...TOTAL WITH TAX 347.96. THEY REPLACED PART WITH A NEW PART NUMBER ...OBVIOUSLY THEY KNOW THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART....NO CUSTOMER COMPENSATION. *TR

Mileage: 37,807

DRIVING CAR SLOWS AND JERKS PRESS GAS NOTHING HAPPENS. PULL OVER CAR JERKS I CUT IT OFF AND RESTART THE ENGINE. WORKS FINE FOR A FEW MOMENTS THEN STARTS AGAIN. REPEATED THIS PROCESS 6 TIMES. MADE IT TO THE FORD DEALER THEY REPLACED A THROTTLE SENSOR. WORKED FINE AFTER THAT. THEN I TRADED IT. *TR

Mileage: 38,000