2010 MERCURY MILAN Vehicle Speed Control Problems

CAR LOOSES ALL POWER ENGINE SHUTTERS AND SPUTTERS VERY DANGEROUS! THROTTLE BODY CODE CAME UP WITH MY MECHANIC TOOK IT TO FORD DEALERSHIP THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE IT NOW . HAS HAPPENED 6 TIMES THIS PAST MONTH FORD TOLD ME A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR WAS AT FAULT THAT HAS BEEN FIXED WITH NO IMPROVEMENT OF CAR BASICALLY SHUTTING DOWN ..LIMP MODE FOR SAFETY ??? FORD ! YOU DRIVE THIS CAR 70MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN LIMP MODE IGAGES PRETTY SCARY !! YOUR GOING TO KILL PEOPLE !

Mileage: 12,000

WHILE DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT FLAT HIGHWAY AT 55 MPH THE THROTTLE SUDDENLY REVVED UP AND REMAINED REVVED UP AS I REMOVED FOOT FROM GAS PEDAL VISUALLY CHECKED THAT IT WAS IN DRIVE AND THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL WASN'T ON, AND IT WAS IN DRIVE AND CRUISE WAS T TURNED ON. I TAPPED THE GAS PEDAL, THEN TAPPED 3 QUICK TIMES, TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND ABOUT 2-3 SECONDS AFTER I TAPPED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT QUIT REVVING UP AND IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL, DECELERATED BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MY FOOT ON EITHER PEDAL. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE IT AND HAVEN'T HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS.

Mileage: 122,234

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN A PARKING LOT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A LIGHT POST THEN THE VEHICLE VIOLENTLY WENT BACKWARDS DUE TO THE IMPACT APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET. THE ENGINE AND THE RADIATOR WERE PUNCTURED DUE TO THE IMPACT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNDRIVABLE. THE CONTACT WENT TO A DOCTOR WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED SHE SUSTAINED NECK AND MINOR BRUISING. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 182,000.

Mileage: 182,000

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE FREEWAY THERE IS A JERK IN THE CAR, THE TRIANGLE WARNING LIGHT COMES ON THAT SAYS PULL OVER WHEN SAFE, THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF, AND WE CAN NO LONGER ACCELERATE. WE PULL OVER, TURN OFF THE CAR, AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON. *TR

Mileage: 104,000

IT'S BEEN PULLING HARD AND JERKING THE CAR LOT WAS SUPPOSED TO FIX IT AND NEVER HAS I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND IT ALWAYS SMELLS LIKE IT'S OVERHEATING

INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE. ONCE VEHICLE IS PULLED OVER TO SAFETY, VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE SHUT OFF. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE MAY BE RESTARTED AND THE WRENCH LIGHT DISAPPEARS AND THE VEHICLE DRIVES NORMALLY FOR A FEW MORE MILES. THEN, THE ISSUE COMES BACK AGAIN. TO GET ANYWHERE FROM A TO B, THE VEHICLE WILL NEED TO BE PULLED OVER TO SAFETY AND SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED EACH TIME THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO DECELERATE.

Mileage: 140,000

TAKATA INFLATORS : I PICKED UP MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN AFTER BEING ADVISED OF THE RECALL AND WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE COULD NOT BE DRIVEN I RECEIVED A CALL TODAY AFTER 2 MONTHS STATING MY CAR WAS READY AS I ARRIVED TO THE DEALERSHIP I RETURNED THE RENTAL AND TRIED TO START MY OWN CAR AND COULD NOT THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPED AND I LEFT DEALER TURNED INTO TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE AS THE CAR WAS SEIZED UP INTO 2ND GEAR THE BELTS HAVE POSSIBLE DRY ROT BRAKES HAVE CORROSION FROM THE CAR BEING STATIONARY ALL THE TIME WAITING ON PARTS. I RETURNED TO THE DEALER WHERE I WAS TOLD MANY CARS ARE HAVING NUMEROUS ISSUES AND THEY COULD NOT HELP ME AND I WAS THEN LEFT TO DRIVE MY UNSAFE VEHICLE HOME

Mileage: 200,000

MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN WOULD NOT EXCEED 15 MILES PER HOUR AND DID NOT RESPOND TO THE GAS PEDAL. THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT WERE LIT ON MY DASHBOARD

Mileage: 27,910

SURGING WHILE DRIVING ON URBAN STREET, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, MECHANIC SAID CODE 2111 SHOWS. CODE INDICATES MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY.

Mileage: 74,955

PANEL LIGHT CAME ON,"SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" WHILE DRIVING,HAD TOWED,RESET, DID THE SAME THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING. REPLACED GEAR AND PINION, NEXT DAY THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, ALMOST HAD A WRECK. CAR HAS 117,000 MILES.NO THE TRACTION LIGHT COME ON. HAD RESET ,SAME PROBLEM. ADVANCE AUTO HAD CODES C1277,C1963,P1450,P0456

Mileage: 117,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PROCEEDING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHE DROVE 2 MILES, SHE DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 09/29/17*LJ *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND A WRENCH SYMBOL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 52,000.

Mileage: 52,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH TO PARK, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO STOP, THE BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

Mileage: 80,000

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

I WAS DRIVING ON 495 TOWARD SILVER SPRING/GEORGIA AVE. AND THE CALL JUST LOSS ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. THE CAR CRUISED AT ABOUT 5 MILES AN HOUR. AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO SAY THE LEAST. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND HAD TO WORK MY WAY OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I'M TAKING THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP ON 8/23/2016 FOR DIAGNOSIS. THERE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS REPORTED TO NHTSA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND THE CASE WAS CLOSED WITHOUT A RECALL. LET ME TELL YOU, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY REAL BUT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SOMETHING MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.

Mileage: 62,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AND SURGED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STRUCK A CURB. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED.. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS INVALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 32,000. ...UPDATED 01/13/16 *BF VIN UPDATED AND CAR FIXED UPDATED 4/30/18/*JB *JS

Mileage: 32,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY ABLE TO BE DRIVEN AT LOW SPEEDS. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000.

Mileage: 49,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 60,000

THIS HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES NOW. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY STALL AND DECREASE IN SPEED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES THAT I HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT BY ANOTHER CAR AS WELL. I WENT TO FORD AND THEY TOLD ME MY THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, SO I DID THAT. APPROXIMATELY A YEAR LATER THE SAME THING STARTED TO OCCUR. I TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID THEY DID AN UPDATE, HOWEVER ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER THE SAME ISSUE OCCURED. I TOOK IT BACK TO FORD BECAUSE I AM UNDER WARRANTY AND THEY KEPT MY CAR FOR 4 DAYS AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND THE ISSUE. RECENTLY NOW ONLY THE BATTERY AND THE OIL CANISTER COMES ON, BUT WHEN IT STALLS OUT NOW IT JERKS REALLY HARD GOING FORWARD THEN STALLS OUT. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR. I CALLED FORD AS WELL AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THAT THEY CAN DO. IT'S SAD TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN.

Mileage: 61,000

INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTIVITY AND ISSUE WITH THROTTLE. CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE WE RECEIVED IT IN NOVEMBER 2010. INTO WALKER FORD CLEARWATER 4 TIMES RECORDED - 2 OTHER TIMES NOT. SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS REPLACED THROTTLE BODY 11/12 AND COMPLETED RECALL 13B17 (6/2014) BUT THE SAME EXACT ISSUES PERSIST. SERVICE DEPARTMENT STATED AT LEAST 4 TIMES THAT THEY CANNOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE OR FIND THE ISSUE. CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK OF OCTOBER 14, 2014 AND WAS ASSIGNED [XXX] (866-631-3788 - EXT [XXX]) WHO WE TALKED TO AT LENGTH AND SEND A FOLLOW UP EMAIL (OCTOBER 16, 2014) . CALLED TWICE AND NOT RETURNED OUR CALLS. [XXX]. SAID SHE WOULD BE BACK TO US IN A FEW DAYS WITH A SOLUTION AND HAVE A SERVICE DEPARTMENT PREPARED TO FIX THE CAR. IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER 15 DAYS SINCE THE ORIGINAL CONVERSATION. WE ARE AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE,IT HAS SUDDEN REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER, REVS INTO A HIGH GEAR WITH NO MOVEMENT WHILE TRAVELING AT 30-55 MPH, AND TWICE HAS DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. SAME ISSUES AS DESCRIBED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE13003. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 40,000

INITIALLY IT BEGAN AS REDUCED POWER TO THE ENGINE AND THE WRENCH/CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATING. HOWEVER, AFTER THAT, I WOULD GET SURGES OF POWER TO THE ENGINE AND THE CAR WOULD JUMP FORWARD. THE CAR REMAINED DRIVABLE, BUT CLEARLY UNSAFE. I COULD NOT WITH ANY CONFIDENCE CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE CAR ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH I DO DAILY. *TR

Mileage: 69,500

POWER STEERING RECALL: FORD MOTOR COMPANY (FORD) IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2008-2011 FORD ESCAPE AND MERCURY MARINER VEHICLES MANUFACTURED AUGUST 18, 2006, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11, 2010. THE AFFECTED VEHICLES HAVE A STEERING TORQUE SENSOR THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PROPERLY DETECT DRIVER STEERING INPUT. I CALLED FORD MOTOR COMPANY REGARDING MY VEHICLE 2010 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER BECAUSE I HAD TO HAVE MY POWER STEERING REPLACED ON MY VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO CALL FORD AND INFORM THEM THAT MY CAR SHOULD BE LISTED IN THE RECALL. WHEN I CALLED I WAS TRANSFERRED TO CUSTOMER RELATIONS. THE WOMAN WAS VERY RUDE AND KEPT REPEATING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. I EXPLAINED TO HER I UNDERSTAND THE PROTOCOL I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT INFORMATION REGARDING THE CALL WILL BE SUBMITTED ABOUT MY VEHICLE POWER STEERING WAS SERVICED ON MY MILAN AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING FURTHER THAT I COULD DO REGARDING MY VEHICLE POSSIBLY BEING IN THE RECALL. HER TONE OF VOICE WAS VERY RUDE AND SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT MY CONCERN. I AM CONSIDERING PURCHASING A HONDA VEHICLE. WHEN MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT IT WAS FOUR OCCURRENCES 3 TIMES ON THE FREEWAY AND ONCE LEAVING FROM WORK. NOT ONLY WAS MY LIFE AND DANGER BUT THE OTHER DRIVERS AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME. SO TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MY CONCERN IS VERY UPSETTING AND I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE ANYMORE FORD/MERCURY VEHICLES. *TR

MY CAR STALLED SUDDENLY IN MODERATE 35 MPH TRAFFIC ON 8/16/14. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED WHILE I HAD TO RESTART MY CAR AS THERE WAS NOWHERE TO PULL OVER. ON 8/17/14, MY CAR STALLED SUDDENLY AFTER TRAVELING .5 MILE FROM HOME (AT APPROX. 20 MPH), SO I RETURNED TO MY HOUSE. ON 8/18 AT 7 AM, I SPOKE TO SHEEHY FORD IN RICHMOND, VA, AND WAS GIVEN AN APPOINTMENT FOR THROTTLE BODY REPAIR TO OCCUR ON 8/19 UNDER THEIR "CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM" 13B17. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NOT IN DANGER OF GETTING STRANDED, SO I HAD MY HUSBAND FOLLOW ME TO WORK ON 8/18. THE CAR STALLED AGAIN ON 8/18 WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH. RATHER THAN REPLACE THE FAULTY PART WHICH THEY DID HAVE IN STOCK, FORD MERELY RECALIBRATED THE POWERTRAIN SINCE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS NOT LIT WHEN I DROPPED OFF THE CAR FOR SERVICE, EVEN THOUGH I NOTIFIED THEM TWICE OF THE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS (VIA PHONE ON 8/18 AND IN PERSON ON 8/19). I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD SINCE THE CONTAMINATED INTERNAL MOTOR CONTACTS OF THE THROTTLE BODY REMAIN IN MY VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 47,500

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE SOON AND WRENCH WARNING ICON WAS ILLUMINATED. ADITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION DIRECTLY RELATED TO FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

Mileage: 18,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 70MPH WHEN MY CAR JOLTED. THEN FROM THERE IT DECELERATED VERY FAST. I PUSHED ON THE GAS AND NOTHING IT FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL WITH NOTHING HAPPENING. I QUICKLY WAS ABLE TO GET INTO THE BREAKDOWN LANE BUT DUE TO BEING IN THE HIGH SPEED LANE I ALMOST GOT HIT BY 2 CARS. AS I PULLED OVER IT FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS ABOUT TO STALL. I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND WAITED. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT DROVE FINE. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO I HAD STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE MY CAR AGAIN FELT LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRESSED ON THE GAS IT DID NOT GO ANYWHERE... EVEN THOUGH IT WAS IN THE DRIVE GEAR. I SHUT IT OFF AND TURNED IT ON AND IT WAS FINE. MY CAR FEELS LIKE IT HESITATES AND BUCKS SOMETIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING ALSO. THIS SEEMS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SEEING AS I WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO SEE IF MY VIN WAS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN RECALL TO GET THIS FIXED. I WILL SAY IF I FIND OUT ITS NOT PART OF THE RECALL EVEN THOUGH ITS LISTED IN IT THEN I WILL NEVER BY A FORD OR MERCURY EVERY AGAIN BECAUSE IT SHOWS THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS SOMETHING IS AND ITS FORDS FAULT NO FAULT OF MINE! *TR

Mileage: 66,000

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

THE REAR RIGHT EXTERIOR LIGHT BURNED OUT. THERE ARE SUPPOSEDLY LED LIGHTS. DEALER NOTIFIED ME THAT THE COST OF THE PART WAS APPROXIMATELY $450.00 AND THAT DID NOT INCLUDE LABOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD REFUSES TO PAY ANYTHING. THIS CAR IS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. IT IS MY FIRST FORD PRODUCT. I HAVE BEEN A LOYAL TOYOTA DRIVER BEFORE THEIR BUT WANTED TO BUY AN AMERICAN CAR. THIS IS AFTER THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. HOW CAN THEY JUSTIFY THIS? *TR

Mileage: 37,000

WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR STARTED SHAKING AND SPUTTERING AND WOULD NOT ADVANCE AND I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ALSO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THANK YOU *TR

Mileage: 51,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE DESPITE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR INSPECTION. THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED BUT DID NOT HAVE A CLEAR DIAGNOSIS HOW IT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000.

Mileage: 56,000

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE BRAKE LIGHT CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY AND RADIATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO FOUND THAT THE TAIL LIGHT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60MPH WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL. I TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE CAR STARTED TO SHAKE A LOT AS IT SLOWED DOWN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, AND WAS ABLE TO START BACK UP AGAIN. THE VERY NEXT MORNING WHILE TRAVELING A 50MPH ON A DIFFERENT HIGHWAY THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC RUN ON THE CAR AS I HAD NO IDEA WHY IT WAS STOPPING. AS I WAS ABOUT TO TURN INTO THE DEALERSHIP TRAVELING AT 25MPH IT STALLED AGAIN. THE RESULT OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS THERE WAS A CODE STORED IN SYSTEM OF THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. IT WAS GIVING A CODE FOR BEING STUCK OPEN WHEN IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN. IT WAS A FAILED COMPONENT. AFTER FURTHER INTERNET RESEARCH THERE IS AN OPEN NHTSA INVESTIGATION ACTION NUMBER PE13003 (HTTP://WWW-ODI.NHTSA.DOT.GOV/CARS/PROBLEMS/DEFECT/RESULTS.CFM?ACTION_NUMBER=PE13003&SEARCHTYPE=QUICKSEARCH&SUMMARY=TRUE) FOR THIS EXACT ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE MY VEHICLE TO BE ADDED TO THE INVESTIGATION AS THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT WITH MY VEHICLE THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED ME BODILY HARM OR DEATH. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND THE PART RECALLED. *TR

Mileage: 85,705

WHILE DRIVING AROUND 60 MPH ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY THE CAR SUDDENLY WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE AND I CAME TO A STOP. THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND SHUT IT OFF. I TURNED IT BACK ON AND IT TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO START. I DROVE AWAY AGAIN ONLY TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 61

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER AS THE MIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED, AND FUNCTIONED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 44,000. UPDATED 12-26-13 *BF THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 12/30/13

Mileage: 44,000

ENGINE GOES LIMP. THROTTLE BODY CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON. FORD HAS REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL TWICE AND THE PROBLEM KEEPS COMING BACK. FORD WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY OTHER PROBLEMS AND KEEPS WANTING TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. MOST OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN IN REVERSE GOING UP A HILL. IF I PLACE THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE, THEN RE-START, THE ENGINE IS NO LONGER LIMP. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED OVER 6 MONTHS, MULTIPLE (>20) TIMES. *TR

Mileage: 39,000

I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN WHEN THE CAR ENGINE SEEMED TO STALL OUT. IT WAS SURGING A BIT, BUT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE CURB, BUT COULD CONTINUE TO FEEL THE ENGINE SURGE AS I WAS STOPPING. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO RESOLVE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE HOME NORMALLY AFTER TURNING OFF AND RESTARTING THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 42,040

WITH NO WARNING, VEHICLE APPEARED TO STALL OUT WHICH RESULTED IN A LIMP HOME OR REDUCED POWER MODE; AFTER THE THIRD CIRCUMSTANCE WE TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASY. *TR

Mileage: 48,565

WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MILES PER HOUR ON NOVEMBER 2, 2013, AND AT A SPEED OF 50 MILES PER HOUR ON NOVEMBER 4, 2013, MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN ABRUPTLY STALLED AND I HAD TO PULL OVER INSTANTLY ON BOTH OCCASIONS IN ORDER TO PREVENT BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. ON THESE TWO OCCASIONS, THE CAR HAD TO BE RE-STARTED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, WHICH WAS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS NO LONGER UNDER THE GENERAL WARRANTY AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 39,050

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 28,708. ..UPDATED 12-26-13 *BF THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS RE-STARTED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED AT A COST OF $455.50. UPDATED 12/30/13

Mileage: 28,708

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD CARBON BUILD UP INSIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 46,000.

Mileage: 46,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER THEN IT STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AT 55MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE RPM GAUGE WAS BOUNCING UP AND DOWN RAPIDLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING. ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, NO ENGINE LIGHT, NO SHAKES, NOTHING. I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND 15 MINUTES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING. I BARELY MADE IT BACK HOME DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS SPITTING AND SPUTTERING AND CAUSING TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN WHEN IT STALLS AND NOW I'M OUT OF A VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT IT COST SOO MUCH TO FIX. CODE WAS P2111. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE PROPERLY AND THE MIL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE THROTTLE BODY HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,875.

Mileage: 31,875

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT REMEDY THE ISSUE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/14/13*CN

Mileage: 82,000

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

FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS PULL OUT INTO A 4 LANE ROAD AND THE CAR JUST SHOOK AND HAD NO POWER. 2ND TIME I WAS GOING 70 ON HIGHWAY AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER. ALMOST HAD SEMI IN REAR END. 3RD TIME I WAS ON SIDE STREET AT 4 WAY STOP. CAR LOST ALL POWER AFTER GOING. ALL TIMES THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON THEN THE ENGINE LIGHT. HAD 2 MECHANICS LOOK AT IT AND SAID BAD THROTTLE. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE PART NOT COVER ANY LONGER. SEEN ALL COMPLAINTS ON IT. SHOULD BE RECALLED DANGEROUS. *LN *TR

Mileage: 76,000

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER FORCING A PULL OVER AND SHUTTING CAR DOWN WAITING AND RESTARTING. THE MAINTENANCE SYMBOL(WRENCH) WOULD GO AWAY AND CAR WILL RUN SMOOTH TILL NEXT OCCURRENCE. FOUND OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILURES RESULTING IN ENGINE STALL AND OR SURGE WHILE DRIVING. THESE FORD VEHICLES ARE ALSO HAVING MULTIPLE LED TAIL LIGHT FAILURES DUE TO DEFECT. 400.00 A PIECE FOR WHOLE LENS IS ONLY WAY TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE LAMP. *TR

Mileage: 38,625

I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (70MPH) WHEN MY ENGINE BEGAN TO "STALL OUT" ON ME CAUSING A RAPID DECELERATION. I WOULD SAY IT STALLED, BUT IT DID NOT 100% CUTOUT, RATHER IT WENT INTO THE LOWEST LIMP MODE ON THE ENGINE. LUCKILY, SINCE IT WAS A BUSY TIME OF NIGHT (APPROXIMATELY 6PM), I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LAND AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF BEFORE BEING REAR ENDED...THOUGH IT WOULD ALMOST INEVITABLY HAPPENED HAD I BEEN IN ANY OTHER LANE. I WAS NEAR AN EXIT AND COASTED SLOWLY IN THE LIMP MODE AND MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT, WHERE I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND POPPED THE HOOD TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE FURTHER. THE OIL WAS WITHIN RANGE AND BELTS WERE OK. JUST AS I WAS FINISHING THE COASTING, I SAW THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATE. AFTER CHECKING THE ENGINE, I WAS ABLE TO RE-START MY CAR AND DRIVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ONLINE & FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I ORDERED OEM REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK TO ARRIVE. OVER THE COURSE OF THAT WEEK, THE ISSUE OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND HAPPENED MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. I AVOIDED HIGHWAYS ALTOGETHER FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. I CONTACTED FORD WHO TOLD ME I COULD HAVE IT REPAIRED AT MY COST AT A DEALERSHIP (SINCE I WAS A FEW THOUSAND OVER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY). I BOUGHT OEM PARTS & DID THE REPAIR MYSELF AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN SINCE. THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE LISTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE13003. *TR

Mileage: 66,000

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

Mileage: 51,200

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

Mileage: 32,254

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

Mileage: 105,000

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

Mileage: 54,010

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK WITH A JERKING MOTION AND SHUT OFF. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT SIMULTANEOUSLY ILLUMINATED WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED WITHIN A MINUTE BUT OPERATED FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE TIME AND DISTANCE. THE CONTACT CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY AND STARTED THE ENGINE BUT IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 45,000. UPDATED 11/5/13*CN THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE PART, AND INSTALLED IT HIMSELF. UPDATED 11/12/13

Mileage: 45,000

THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS DRIVING 65 IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND HAD TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH NO WAY TO ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND IT WORKED FINE FOR THREE DAYS. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY GOING BAD. THIS COSTS $420.00 TO REPLACE. THIS IS A TERRIBLE HAZARD AS THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO IS HOPE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD SAFELY. *TR

Mileage: 67,900

I WAS DRIVING APPROX 60 MPH ON A HIGHWAY. MY CAR "JERKED" FORWARD ONCE, AND I COMPLETELY LOST THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. AFTER MOVING TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, MY CAR WAS SHAKING AND DIFFICULT TO PUT IN PARK DUE TO THE SHAKING. CAR WOULD START UP AGAIN, BUT DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE EXCEPT IN LOW DRIVE. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EXCEPT IN LOW. HAD TO TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACED AND KAM RESET. THIS IS A 2010 CAR, FAIRLY NEW. *TR

Mileage: 34,000

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

I WAS ROLLING UP TO A RED LIGHT. THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TURN GREEN, I STEPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE I TURNED AND COASTED INTO A STORE PARKING LOT. THE ENGINE KEPT ON RUNNING AT A VERY LOW RPM. IT WAS IDLING. I JUST SPENT &300 ON A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY. *TR

Mileage: 42,300

I WAS IN CINCINNATI THAT WEEKEND (3 HOURS AWAY FROM HOME) AND AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A STORE, THE CAR JERKED VERY HARD AND THEN THE WRENCH SHOWED UP ON THE DASH AND I LOST ALL POWER. I WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO A PARKING SPACE. I THEN SHUT OFF THE CAR AND WAITED A BIT AND RESTARTED IT. THE WRENCH CAME OFF THE DASH AND THE CAR WAS WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. WE THEN WENT ABOUT OUR DAY AND AS WE WERE HEADING BACK TO MY NEPHEWS FOOTBALL GAME, WE WERE DRIVING DOWN 4 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND I HAD JUST PASSED A SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR JERKED ABRUPTLY AGAIN AND I LOST ALL POWER. I PUT MY TURN SIGNAL ON AND WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF A SIDE ROAD. THE WRENCH CAME ON AGAIN. IT HAPPEN THE NEXT DAY AS WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE BACK HOME. WE TRIED TO DRIVE THE CAR BACK HOME IN MANUAL AND IT WORKED JUST FINE. I GOT OUR CAR INTO OUR LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED REPLACED. SO AFTER FORKING OUT $375, IT HASN'T DONE ANYTHING SINCE. THE REASON I'M FILING THIS COMPLAINT IS THAT IF THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD'VE ACTED UP WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING THROUGH THE HILLY ROADS IN CINCINNATI, WE WOULD'VE BEEN IN A SEVERE CAR ACCIDENT. THIS PROBLEM IS A HUGE CONCERN AS YOU LOSE ALL CONTROL OF THE CAR. YOU HAVE NO GAS AND THE RPM'S JUST QUIVER ON THE DASH. IF I HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE WOULD'VE BEEN HURT DUE TO A CAR CRASH. THIS CONCERN NEEDS TO BE SENT TO FORD/MERCURY AS THIS SEEMS TO BE A HUGE PROBLEM ONCE I RESEARCHED IT. WE WERE FORTUNATE THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE TRAVELING 70 MPH ON I-75 IN OHIO ON OUR WAY BACK. THE PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE ISSUED AS A RECALL. IT IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE IN A VERY BAD ACCIDENT OR KILLED. *LN

Mileage: 58,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT MANUAL FORCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE THROTTLE POSITIONING SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

Mileage: 59,000

ON 12 SEPTEMBER I WENT TO TAKE OFF FROM A LIGHT AND THE CAR HAD NO ACCELERATION, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN CONTROL PANEL...I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER ON OTHER SIDE OF INTERSECTION AND PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON IT STARTED FINE AND THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON. IT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS LATER ON 27 SEPTEMBER WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A 2-LANE ROAD GOING ABOUT 45 MPH AND THE CAR LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME BACK ON. THERE WAS NOT MUCH OF A SHOULDER TO PULL OFF ON BUT FOUND A SPOT AND PLACED CAR IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. I SMELLED A SLIGHT BURNING SMELL SO WAITED LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN LAST TIME AND TURNED THE CAR BACK ON. IT STARTED UP AND THE LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ON AND IT DROVE FINE. I TOOK TO A MECHANIC ON SATURDAY MORNING AND TOLD ME THE DIAGNOSTIC COULD NOT PRODUCE A CODE BECAUSE THE INCIDENT COULD NOT BE REPLICATED BUT BELIEVED IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND NEEDED A REPLACEMENT. *TR

Mileage: 55,650

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE WITH A REDUCTION IN ENGINE RPMS. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. AFTER RESTARTING, THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO OPERATE NORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON TWO SEPARATE TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,000.

Mileage: 64,000

TRAVELING ON THE FREEWAY DURING RUSH HOUR AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH WHEN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN BEGAN LOSING SPEED, IN SPITE OF PRESSING ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR. GOT THE CAR TO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND TURNED IT OFF. WAITED APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES AND RESTARTED ENGINE AND ALL WAS WELL AGAIN. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED EACH DAY FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS--NEARLY KILLING ME ON SATURDAY. COULD NOT GET IT IN ANYWHERE FOR DIAGNOSIS BECAUSE OF THE WEEKEND. DID INTERNET SEARCH AND FIND THIS SITE, WHICH HAS MORE THAN 250 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEM!!!!!! I EVEN CALLED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE TOLD ME THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE A FUEL FILTER. C'MON FORD, YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM, HERE. I AM GOING TO THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW, MONDAY, AND WILL INSIST ON THIS PROBLEM BEING FIXED WITHOUT ANY COST TO ME. I URGE EVERYONE TO CALL FORD AT 800-392-3673. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. THERE IS NO WARNING BEFORE THE CAR LOSES ALL ACCELERATION.

Mileage: 64,000

DRIVING ALONG, ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR SLOWED, MY GAS PEDAL BECAME UNRESPONSIVE (WOULD NOT ACCELERATE), THE RPM'S WOULD NOT EVEN GO TO 1000, WOULD STAY BELOW THAT. WHEN I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK, THE MOTOR BEGAN TO SHAKE. AS SOON AS THE CAR LOST SPEED THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER STOPPING AND TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING, THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS GONE AND CAR RAN FINE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME 3 DAYS IN A ROW AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS, DIFFERENT MILES IN BETWEEN OCCURRENCES. TOOK THE CAR TO MY TRUSTED MECHANIC ( AFTER SECOND OCCURRENCE), THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. AFTER THE THIRD OCCURRENCE I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY KNEW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS RIGHT AWAY AND FIXED IT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR AND PROCEEDED TO CHARGE ME $171.00 FOR THE THROTTLE BODY AND $330.00 IN LABOR FOR AN HOUR OF WORK. PLEASE KEEP INVESTIGATING AS THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. I WAS ON A HIGHWAY TWICE AND WAS FORTUNATE TO GET INTO A MIDDLE TURN LANE BEFORE BEING REAR ENDED. IT WAS A CLOSE CALL AND VERY SCARY AS I WAS POWERLESS TO DO ANYTHING BUT STOP THE CAR ON A VERY BUSY ROAD AND PRAY TO NOT GET IN AN ACCIDENT. IT IS UNFAIR THAT I HAD TO PAY ALMOST $600 TO REPLACE A DEFECTIVE PART. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE.

Mileage: 33,748

I'VE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL INSTANCES OF MY VEHICLE STALLING WHILE IN MOTION AT VARIOUS SPEEDS (30-65 MPH). AT THE DEALERSHIP IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE THROTTLE & THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. IT IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION & CANNOT GET IT REPAIRED. DESPITE THE LOW MILEAGE, I AM BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER'S WARRANTY. THIS ISSUE IS NOT DUE TO WEAR & TEAR BUT TO A MANUFACTURER'S MECHANICAL FAILURE. WHY IS THE CONSUMER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS TO A PREEXISTING PROBLEM IN THESE CARS?

Mileage: 33,500

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AS THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MERGED TO THE SHOULDER AND RESTARTED THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC TO BE INSPECTED WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

Mileage: 37,000

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SPORADICALLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED, WHICH LOCATED THE FAILURE AT THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

Mileage: 104,000

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

VEHICLE STALLS OUT , NO RPM'S, OVER $400 IN REPAIRS TO AN ITEM THAT SHOULD LAST A LIFETIME IN A VEHICLE, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN FORD FUSION AND MERCURY MILAN'S. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF VEHICLE STALLS ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. *TR

Mileage: 27,500

2010 MERCURY MILAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO SUDDEN DECELERATION WHILE STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED EVEN THOUGH HE WAS STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WAS SHAKING AND LURCHING. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE ANY FASTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHERE THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPROGRAMMED THE PCM.

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE CAR JERKED AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY DECELERATED. THE THROTTLE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND WE HAD TO MANEUVER THROUGH MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH. PARKED THE CAR AND TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN FINE FOR 2 DAYS, WHEN IT OCCURRED AGAIN, THIS TIME WE WERE DRIVING AT 40 MILES PER HOUR. IT HAS SINCE OCCURRED 5 MORE TIMES, MOSTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DURING RUSH HOUR. THIS HAS OCCURRED BOTH WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER RUNNING AND WHEN IT WAS OFF. WE HAVE COME VERY CLOSE TO BEING REAR-ENDED MULTIPLE TIMES, WE WERE NOT IN SAFE SITUATIONS AND THIS IS OUR ONLY VEHICLE. I AM UNABLE TO AFFORD A RENTAL CAR AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT PROVIDE US WITH A SAFE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 55,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR FAILED TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THROTTLE BODY MOTOR ASSEMBLY HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,925. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,100. UPDATED 10/17/13*LJ UPDATED 10/25/2013 *JS

Mileage: 18,925

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

CAR SUDDENLY STALLED IN INTERSECTION WITH CROSS LANE TRAFFIC AND ON MASS TRANSIT TROLLEY TRACK. MOVE TO OTHER SIDE OF INTERSECTION AND RESTARTED FINE, THEN STALLED AGAIN ON HIGHWAY MULTIPLE TIMES. PULLED VEHICLE OVER EACH TIME AND IT RESTARTED, YET STALLED AGAIN AFTER A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON STEADY (NON-BLINKING). HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP WOULD INDICATED THE THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD AND MUST BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

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

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE AND STALLED. THE WRENCH LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. ONCE PULLED OVER, I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT BACK HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE NORTHWAY PREPARING TO GET IN THE RIGHT LANE TO EXIT AND I LOST ALL SPEED, NO ACCELERATION WAS POSSIBLE BUT I STILL HAD RADIO/A/C, ETC. I WAS ABLE TO GET OVER AND STOP THE CAR AND WHEN I PUT IT IN PARK IT "SPUTTERED" UNTIL I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF ENTIRELY. I WAITED A FEW MOMENTS AND TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON AND IT STARTED FINE AND THEN DROVE FINE THE REST OF MY DRIVE. WHEN I GOT BACK TO WORK I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND WAS SURPRISED AT THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME ISSUE. EVERYONE HAD TAKEN THEIR CAR TO A DEALERSHIP OR MECHANIC AND COULD NOT FIGURE IT OUT. NO WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON IN THE DASH. FINALLY AFTER READING SO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONE CAR OWNER STATED THAT A DIAGNOSIS RESULTED IN CODE P2111 (FAULTY THROTTLE BODY). I'M CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THIS CAR AND HAVING IT HAPPEN AGAIN. I DRIVE ON A FAST 3 LANE HIGHWAY ABOUT 20 MILES EACH WAY TO WORK AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS VERY EASY TO GET OVER TO SAFETY. AFTER SEEING THIS HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED IN ANOTHER STATE I AM HOPEFUL IT RESULTS IN A RECALL SO THIS PROBLEM CAN BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED AND FIXED. PLEASE HELP! *TR

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO STALL AND THE WRENCH INDICATOR SHOWED ON THE DASH. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER AND IDLED VERY ROUGH. AFTER PULLING OFF THE ROAD I SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT, THE INDICATOR LIGHT WAS STILL ON AND I HAD NO THROTTLE. THE ONLY WAY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE WAS TO CLEAR THE CODE USING A CODE READER. THIS ALLOWED ME TO GET THE VEHICLE SAFELY HOME. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, SINCE I CLEARED THE CODE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE OPERATIONAL THEY WOULD NOT CORRECT THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEIR DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG. EVEN WITH ME PROVIDING THEM THE CODE THAT WAS INDICATED (P2112) AND OFFERING TO PROVIDE THEM THE TSB THAT WAS ISSUED AND THE NHTSA #. *JB

Mileage: 46,000

ON AUGUST 30TH, 2013, THE VEHICLE ENGINE WOULD NOT RUN OVER 2000 RPM DURING A DRIVE AT 40 MPH NO MATTER HOW HARD PUSH THE GAS PADDLE. AFTER PUSHED THE BRAKE, SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE, ENGINE STILL WOULD NOT RUN OVER 2000 RPM. THEN I PUT THE SHIFT IN PARKING, TURN OFF ENGINE (USING KEY), RESTART IT, THE ENGINE HAD CHOKE SOUND AND WOULD NOT RUN OVER 1500 RPM. AFTER THAT A GENTLE MAN HELPED ME TO PARK MY CAR IN HIS DRIVEWAY. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE TOW TRUCK TOWED THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, IT HAD ME, MY WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN IN THE CAR, AND HAPPENED WHEN I DROVE THE VEHICLE ACROSS THE RAILROAD CROSS. AFTER 4 DAYS INCLUDING WEEKENDS, THE DEALERSHIP TARGET THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. *JB

Mileage: 39,000

DRIVING 55 MPH CAR POWERS DOWN AND YELLOW WRENCH WARNING LIGHT GOES ON. CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE. IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER TO PREVENT FROM GETTING REAR-ENDED. LET CAR SIT FOR TEN MINUTES AND RESTARTED. CAR TRAVELED .25 MILES BEFORE POWERING DOWN ONCE AGAIN. BROUGHT IT TO DEALERSHIP WHO SAID IT WAS THE WAS ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. 650 DOLLARS LATER THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. I SEE THAT THIS HAS AFFECTED A MULTITUDE OF FORD VEHICLES. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THEM WAS MINE. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL FOR THIS PART. SOMEONE COULD SERIOUSLY BE HURT WHEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND LOSING ENGINE POWER.

Mileage: 42,500

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON EXPRESSWAY ABOUT 60 MPH IN FAST LANE, LOST ALL ACCELERATION. I WAS STILL TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND THE SPEED WAS DROPPING AND I HAD TO CROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS ON AND I TURNED THE CAR OFF. I DECIDED TO TRY TO MOVE A LITTLE FATHER UP TO A WIDER SHOULDER SO I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OUT AND IT SEEM TO RUN OK. I WAS VERY BLESSED THAT I MOVED TO THE SIDE WITHOUT BEING HIT BY ALL THE BIG TRUCKS AND CARS AROUND ME. THE DEALER TELLS ME IT IS THE THROTTLE AND I DO NOT HAVE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND MY WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT. I AM VERY CONCERNED AS I SEE THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE WITH THIS CAR. I COULD HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRUCK OR CAUSED A LOT OF CARS TO CRASH AND KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I TRANSPORT GRANDCHILDREN FOUR DAYS A WEEK IN THIS CAR AND I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED AND FIXED. MY LAST MERCURY I HAD 13 YEARS AND NEVER HAD SUCH A SCARE. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR FORD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? A REAR END COLLISION WITH A FIRE TO KILL A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE EXPRESSWAY? *JB

Mileage: 39,290

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED TO THE SHOULDER WHERE IT WAS SHUT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMAL FUNCTION. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ONE WEEK LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER REPAIRED NOR DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000.

Mileage: 89,000

I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN INITIALLY PUTTING THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, THAT I WOULD NOTICE A SURGE, BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. AND NOTHING I THOUGHT ANYMORE ABOUT. YESTERDAY THE CAR DROVE A COUPLE OF BLOCKS NORMALLY, THEN STARTED THE SAME SURGING BUT THIS TIME THE SURGING DID NOT STOP AND I HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THEY TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY WAS STUCK OPEN AND IT HAS TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 52,910

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE HIGHWAY AT 65MPH MY CAR JUST STOPPED THROTTLING AND LOST POWER DROPPING ME TO LIKE 5MPH THE LIL WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON ON THE LEFT THEN WENT OFF YET I STILL HAD NO POWER. SO I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON THE HAZZARD LIGHTS AND TRIED TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD THROUGH TRAFFIC AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AFTER A FEW MINUTES I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT CAME ON LIKE NORMAL TO MY SURPRISE SO I STARTED TO DRIVE ONLY TO HAVE IT HAPPEN AGAIN AND AGAIN BEFORE MAKING IT HOME. I LITERALLY JUST PURCHASED THE CAR 2 MONTHS PRIOR AND ITS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP, AS THEY TRY TO TALK TO FORD ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO GET IT CORRECTED FOR THE PAST MONTH! *TR

Mileage: 69,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTS SHAKING. I TRIED TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY BUT THE CAR HAD NO POWER SO I TRIED TO MOVE TO THE SHOULDER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BAD IDEA. AS MY SPEED IS DECREASING RAPIDLY THERE IS CARS HONKING AND TRYING TO MOVE AROUND TO AVOID HITTING ME. I GET TO THE MEDIAN, BETWEEN AND EXIT AND THE FREEWAY, AND TURN OFF MY CAR. I TURN ON MY CAR AGAIN AND AS I TRIED TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY THE CAR WONT LET ME PICK UP SPEED AND IT STARTS SHAKING AGAIN. I WAS STUCK IN THE MEDIAN FOR AROUND 10 MINUTES BEFORE TRAFFIC GOT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR ME TO ENTER THE LANE AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE, BEING THAT EVERY TIME I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO GET IN THE LANE IT WOULD START SHAKING. TO ME THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM AND CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS NOT A RECALL. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE FOR THE MONEY THEY CHARGE US FOR THESE CARS THEY COULD AT LEAST MAKE A CAR THAT WONT CRAP OUT SO SOON! *TR

Mileage: 37,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND DIAGNOSED AS HAVING A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30000.

Mileage: 30,000

THE CAR SUDDENLY JOLTED TO A HALT IN AN INTERSECTION AND WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO MOVE. FORD DEALER STATED IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 60,000

I WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 60MPH AND THE CAR POPPED AND LOST SPEED AND THE CAR WOULD BARELY STAY RUNNING. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD ( DURING RUSH HOUR) AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. I RE-STARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN CORRECTLY. *TR

Mileage: 50,100

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

I WAS TRAVELING 70 MPH WHEN MY CAR STALLED OUT, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO COAST TO SAFETY. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING GOING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. CAR WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL. *TR

Mileage: 58,000

THROTTLE BODY DEFECT -- THE PROBLEM BEGAN JULY 14 AND HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. IT WAS FINALLY FIXED BY JULY 31. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, MOSTLY AFTER STOPPING AT AN INTERSECTION AND MAKING A TURN TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT. IT HAPPENED ONCE WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND SLOWING DOWN FOR A SCHOOL ZONE. IN MOST CASES, I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN OFF THE CAR, AND RESTART. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON IN EACH INCIDENT. THANKFULLY, I DID NOT HAVE TO GO ONTO A HIGHWAY BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. AFTER THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, IT TOOK ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO GET THE PART. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING FOR THE CAR TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT! THIS IS A POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT, AND THESE CARS SHOULD BE RECALLED SO THAT THE COMPANY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR. MOST OF MY DRIVING IS DONE AT VILLAGE SPEED LIMITS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. EVEN AT THOSE SPEEDS, IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING FOR THE CAR TO SUDDENLY STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. I AM STILL VERY HESITANT TO TAKE THE CAR OUT ON THE HIGHWAY. EVEN AFTER REPAIR, IT SOMETIMES FEELS LIKE IT HESITATES AND MIGHT LOSE POWER. *TR

Mileage: 17,300

I WAS PASSING ANOTHER CAR. I BEGAN TO INCREASE MY SPEED. THE READING OF MY SPEEDOMETER BEGAN TO DECREASE & MY CAR BEGAN TO STOP PULLING, AS IF IT HAD LOST ITS ENERGY. I PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD. PRESSED ON THE GAS PEDAL TO IDLE UP CAR. NOTHING HAPPENED. TURNED CAR OFF & BACK ON. CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE NORMAL FOR ABOUT 5 DAYS. THEN IT HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES IN ONE DAY. NEXT, I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY STATED IT WOULD TAKE ABOUT $520 TO REPAIR. I THOUGHT MY PLATINUM WARRANTY WOULD COVER THIS BUT, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS TOLD IT WOULDN'T. I JUST PURCHASE THIS CAR IN FEB 2013. TODAY'S DATE IS AUGUST 16,2013. ...NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER!!!! *TR

Mileage: 68,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT MANUAL FORCE AND STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

Mileage: 60,000

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

MY CAR HAS STOPPED NUMEROUS TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY EXPRESSWAY AND HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT. I HAD TWO SMALL CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE AT THE TIME, MY CAR CONTINUES TO STOP MANY TIMES AND I ATTEMPTED TO GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED BUT I CANNOT SINCE THERE IS A SEVERE BACK ORDER ON MERCURY MILAN THROTTLE BODY. THEREFORE I AM FORCED TO DRIVE IN UNSAFE CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF A MASS PROBLEM THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING ON WITH FORD/MERCURY VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 63,000

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

VEHICLE LOST SPEED FOR NO REASON. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD NO RESPONSE BUT THE MOTOR STAYED AT IDLE. STILL HAD BRAKES, STEERING AND OTHER FUNCTIONS BUT NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE DID HAVE A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON (WRENCH ICON) AT THE DASH. *TR

Mileage: 44,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 58 MPH ON 7/20/13 THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, THE CAR LOST POWER. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THERE WAS NO REACTION IN POWER WHEN PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL. PULLED THE CAR OVER, PUT IN PARK, IT WAS STILL RUNNING, WITH A SLIGHT SHAKE, TURNED CAR OFF WAITED SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE STARTING. WHEN STARTED THE CAR RAN FINE AND THE LIGHT WAS OFF. TWO DAYS LATER, 7/22/13, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN FROM A STOP SIGN. SAME THING PULLED OVER, RESTARTED, LIGHT WAS OFF, DROVE FINE. FEW DAYS LATER, 7/25/13, CAR WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND I HAD THEM SEE WHAT THEY COULD FIND OUT. UP UNTIL THIS POINT THE CAR HAS RAN FINE, NO ISSUES, AND I LOVE THE CAR. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AND IS ON BACK ORDER FOR ONE-TWO MONTHS. I THEN DRIVE THE CAR WITH NO ISSUES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. ONCE AGAIN ON 7/30/13 THE SAME THING HAPPENS THIS TIME AT ABOUT 35 MPH, IS FINE ONCE STARTED BACK UP. SAME THING ON 8/1/13. ON 8/4/13 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME GOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH AND THIS HAPPENS, I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD QUICK ENOUGH THAT IT DIDN'T INTERFERE WITH THE TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. I GOT DOWN THE ROAD AND WAS TRYING TO TURN ONTO MY ROAD AND THIS HAPPENS AGAIN AND I AM NOW IN MIDDLE OF LANE FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC, I MANAGE TO GET IT GOING AND FINISH TURN JUST FOR IT TO HAPPEN AGAIN AND I WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED BY PERSON TURNING ONTO ROAD. I THEN LET THE CAR SIT FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE I HAD TO RUN AN ERRAND, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAKE IT THREE HOUSES DOWN BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY ISSUE, I AM LUCK IN THAT I LIVE IN A RURAL AREA, BUT THERE IS ENOUGH TRAFFIC OR WHEN GOING TO WORK, THAT THIS COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT CAUSING INJURY NOT ONLY TO MYSELF OR ANOTHER DRIVER BUT TO THE CHILDREN IN MY CAR. *TR

Mileage: 52,000

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, I LOST THROTTLE RESPONSE, THE ENGINE ASSUMED IDLE RPMS. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS A PLACE I COULD PULL OVER AND CALL FOR A ROLL BACK TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER. THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY WAS THE CULPRIT AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 47,856

DRIVING CAR STARTED TO SHAKE ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO DIE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ONE AND LITTLE WRENCH LIGHT THIS HAPPENED OUT OF THE BLUE NO WARNING OR ANYTHING ONE SECOND CAR RUNNING FINE THE NEXT WILL NOT ACCELERATE? *TR

Mileage: 46,000

SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, VEHICLE WOULD 'STUMBLE' AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (40-65). POWER WOULD RECOVER AND CONTINUE. PROBLEM SEEMED TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN IN HOT WEATHER AND SEEMED LESS FREQUENT IN COOLER (WINTER) WEATHER. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE BUT PERFORMED RECALL 10B15C. PROBLEM WORSENED WITH LOSS OF POWER WITHOUT WARNING AT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35 - 65MPH WITH 'WRENCH' APPEARING ON DISPLAY. SHUTTING CAR OFF AND RESTART AFTER A COUPLE/FEW MINUTES RETURNS POWER WITH NO ILLUMINATION OF WRENCH OR ENGINE SYMBOL. POWER LOSS NOW OCCURRING ON EACH TRIP AND HAS OCCURRED REPEATEDLY WITHIN SHORT TIME (MINUTES) OF FIRST FAILURE. IF ENGINE DIES REPEATEDLY, ENGINE SYMBOL ILLUMINATES AND CODES P2111 AND P0685 HAVE BEEN FOUND. ENGINE NOW DIES BOTH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND AT IDLE. RESEARCHED WEB FOR CODES AND FOUND THAT THROTTLE BODY IS A LIKELY PROBLEM. CONTACTED DEALER(S) WHO STATED ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CUSTOMER'S EXPENSE. *TR

Mileage: 27,759

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,150.

Mileage: 42,150

DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY AT 65 MPH, AND VEHICLE LOST POWER, COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD. ENGINE WAS VIBRATING/SHAKING A LOT. THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS LIT. I SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF. WAITED JUST A SHORT TIME, ABOUT 30 SECONDS AND STARTED AND IT SEEMED OKAY. I CONTINUED HOME, ABOUT 10 MILES WITHOUT ANOTHER PROBLEM. IT ALSO HAPPENED ANOTHER TIME, JUST DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH, WHEN I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. I BELIEVE THE ENGINE QUIT, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT, AND BACK INTO MY DRIVEWAY. I REMEMBER SEEING THE WRENCH LIGHT AND THE BATTERY LIGHT. AGAIN, THERE WAS A LOT OF SHAKING OF THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 48,200

DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL. ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STOPPED. I TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO CREEP TO A SHOULDER WHEN IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. $500 REPAIR AND $55 TOW. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE FORD MOTOR CO. WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WHEN THE MILEAGE GETS AROUND 50,000 MILES. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. I'M GOING TO SUE THEM IN MAGISTRATES COURT ON MONDAY. *TR

Mileage: 54,352

WENT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE AFTER STARTING THE CAR. SUDDENLY IT STARTED BUCKING AND JERKING AND SLOWED DRAMATICALLY. NO ONE WAS BEHIND ME, OR IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A HAZARDOUS SITUATION. TURNED OFF OF ROAD. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. IT RAN NORMALLY AND DROVE ABOUT ANOTHER MILE, THEN THE BUCKING AND JERKING HAPPENED AGAIN. TOOK CAR TO AN AREA AND PARKED IT. TOOK CAR IN FOR REPAIR AND TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

Mileage: 34,880

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

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN AND VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". I WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD THE CAR PARKED EVER SINCE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNSAFE, AS WHEN THIS OCCURS, I HAVE NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, I JUST HAVE TO HOPE THAT THE CARS BEHIND ME ARE PAYING ATTENTION. *TR

Mileage: 51,000

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

WHILE DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY THE THROTTLE STARTED DROPPING DOWN TO IDLE SPEED AND THE ACCELERATOR STOPPED WORKING AND THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE ONLY MANUAL STEERING LEFT. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND STARTED COASTING. PULLED OVER AND STOPPED SHUT OFF THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND THE CAR STARTED UP AND RAN NORMALLY FOR 10 MILES THAN IT DID IT AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 66,037

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

DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT ABOUT 70 MPH, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A COUPLE CLOSE CALLS SINCE IT WAS RUSH HOUR. THE ENGINE STUTTERED SOME BUT DID NOT DIE, EVEN THOUGH I COULD NOT ACCELERATE OR GO FASTER THAN 3MPH OR SO. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN TURNED IT BACK ON. WHEN TURNING IT BACK ON, IT TOOK LONGER THAN USUAL TO TURN OVER, BUT STARTED, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT DID NOT COME BACK ON. I CONTINUED MY DRIVE HOME LIKE NORMAL AND THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS. I WENT OUT THE SAME EVENING ON A 15 MINUTE DRIVE, AND THE SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED TWICE. ONCE WHEN STOPPED AT A STOPLIGHT, ONCE GOING 30MPH. AFTER I MADE IT TO MY DESTINATION, AND TRIED GOING HOME ABOUT 1.5 HOURS LATER, ON THE SAME 15 MINUTE DRIVE, I HAD NO PROBLEMS. I'M TOLD ITS THROTTLE BODY ISSUE, WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN 2010 MERCURY MILANS. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO LOSE POWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT RANDOM TIMES. I HOPE THERE IS A RECALL SOON SO I CAN GET MY MONEY BACK ON REPAIRS SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED WITHOUT MANUAL FORCE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THEY STATED THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000. *TR

Mileage: 73,000

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN I WAS NO LONGER ABLE ACCELERATE IN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED CAR OFF AND ON AND THEN COULD DRIVE A FEW MORE MILES WHEN IT REPEATED THE SCENARIO ABOVE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO DEALERSHIP. IT DID THAT A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES ON THE WAY TO DEALERSHIP AND EVENTUALLY BOTH THE THROTTLE CONTROL & THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS ON. DEALERSHIP FIXED MY CAR, REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY BUT CHARGED ME SAYING THE PROBLEM WAS NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

Mileage: 75,967

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO INDEPENDENTLY DECELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY UPON RESTARTING. THE FAILURE RECURRED FOUR TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,000. UPDATED 8/19/13 *CN

Mileage: 86,000

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

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX.70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE, A 2010 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER, LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE. WHILE VEHICLE WAS IDLING AT 1000RPM THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION AT THE GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, PLACED IN PARK AND RESTARTED. THIS CONDITION HAPPENED ELEVEN TIMES ON A 22 MILE COMMUTE FROM WORK. APPROXIMATELY EVERY EIGHT MINUTES. AS TRAFFIC WAS VERY HEAVY THIS WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 36000 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 36,000

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

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THROTTLE RESPONSE. THERE WAS A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT LIT UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. THE WRENCH LIGHT DISAPPEARED AND I HAD THROTTLE RESPONSE. I DROVE IT 3 MORE MILES DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR DID IT AGAIN. I PULLED TO AN OFF RAMP AND TOOK THE CAR BY CITY STREETS BACK HOME. I LATER TOOK THE CAR TO MY FATHERS SHOP WHERE THEY HOOKED UP A HANDHELD 'SCANNER' TO IT AND WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE WRENCH LIGHT CODE. I TOOLED THE CAR BACK HOME AND PARKED IT AND STARTED DRIVING MY TRUCK. I HAD MY MECHANIC BUDDY BRING HIS MAC TOOL SCANNER TO MY HOUSE AND WE HOOKED IT TO THE CAR AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE CODE. SO WE DROVE THE CAR WITH THE SCANNER HOOKED UP AND WAITED FOR THE CAR TO ACT UP AGAIN. IT ACTED UP AGAIN ON THE HIGHWAY. WE PULLED OVER AND GOT A CODE SAYING THE "TAC IS STUCK OPEN". I BELIEVE IT TO BE A BAD THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY. I RESEARCHED THIS ON GOOGLE. *TR

Mileage: 55,800

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

ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR, THREW ENGINE CODE P2111. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE TEMPORARILY CORRECTED BY TURNING CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON. THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED AT BOTH HIGH SPEEDS & AROUND TOWN DRIVING. ALSO NOTED THAT THE DAYS OF OCCURRENCE, THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 DEGREES. *TR

Mileage: 35,500

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

I WAS TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY 6-29 GOING 65MPH THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, ENGINE LOST POWER, AND I WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND STOPPED. AFTER 20 SECONDS I RESTARTED THE CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET WITHIN ONE MILE OF MY HOME BEFORE IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ON 6-30 I DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP AND ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS ON A BUSIER HIGHWAY AND I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY EVENTHOUGH I HAD MY FOUR WAY FLASHERS ON. FORD HAS A BACK ORDER OF THE THROTTLE HOUSING THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IT WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS TO GET THE NEW PART. MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD WILL NOT AUTHORIZE A LOANER OR RENT WITHOUT ME PAYING FULL PRICE FOR ONE. WE HAVE A SECOND VEHICLE SO IT WAS NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL BUT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A SECOND VEHICLE WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH THIS SAFETY ISSUE OR RENT A CAR AT FULL COST WITH NO ASSISTANCE FROM FORD. FORD IS MAKING A NEW THROTTLE HOUSING AND NOT USING THE OLD FAULTY PART. THIS IS CAUSING THE DELAY IN HAVING PARTS TO FIX THIS ISSUE. FORD KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL AND ALL THE COST FALLS ON THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 65,100

MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70ISH MPH, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT WAS LIKE THE CAR WENT INTO NEUTRAL, HAD ZERO POWER AT ALL. WE TRIED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND ENDED UP GETTING RAN OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HEAVY RAIN AT THE TIME IT FAILED. WE ARE OK, NO ONE WAS INJURED, BUT I AM HIGHLY UPSET AT THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. MY WIFE SAID SHE WAS SO GLAD I WAS DRIVING WHEN IT HAPPENED, BECAUSE SHE FELT SHE WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND HAD A SEVERE WRECK. OUR 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS WITH US WHEN THIS HAPPENED =-( *TR

Mileage: 50,200

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 70MPH AN HEADING SOUTH ON I69 IN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN 2.5L PREMIER, MY VEHICLE JERKED AND STARTED SHAKING WITH MY RPM'S JUMPING FROM 800 TO 1100. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND SO DID THE WRENCH LIGHT. I TURNED ON MY HAZARDS AND MADE MY WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT AND THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED OFF. I STARTED ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND AT ABOUT 45 MPH IT DID THE SAME THING. I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND WENT TO AUTOZONE TO GET THE CODE PULLED. IT WAS CODE P2111, THROTTLE CIRCUIT IN THE OPEN POSITION. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE MERCURY MARINER, FORD FOCUS, AND FORD ESCAPE WITH THE SAME ENGINE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY LITERALLY LAUGHED AT ME AND INFORMED ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY 7,000 OF THESE ORDERS AWAITING TO BE FILLED. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO INFORMED ME THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE THROTTLE BODY AND FORD ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO GIVE AN UPDATED PART NUMBER WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE MAKING A NEW PART TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THIS LEAVES ME WITH A THREE YEAR OLD CAR COMPLETELY USELESS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AS ANY CAR THAT JUST SHUTS OFF WHILE YOU ARE ON THE FREEWAY IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO IN THAT SITUATION. *TR

Mileage: 89,117

I WAS DRIVING WITH MY INFANT IN THE CAR AND IT SUDDENLY SLOWED TO 20 MPH IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET INTO A TURN LANE AND THEN IT DIED. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE SUV BEHIND ME DID NOT HIT ME. HE SLAMMED ON HIS BRAKES AND LAID ON HIS HORN. VERY SCARY. THE DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS THE THROTTLE BODY, WHICH IS ON NATIONAL BACK-ORDER AND THEY DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED. THEY HAVE 5 OTHERS RIGHT NOW WITH THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

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

6/26/2013 - DRIVING ON HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD WITH CONGESTION. CAR STARTED LURCHING AND FELT LIKE IT WAS STARVING FOR FUEL. WRENCH SYMBOL LIT ON DASHBOARD. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE BUT AT A DRASTICALLY REDUCED RATE. ABLE TO PULL OVER WITH NEAR MISSES WITH ACCIDENT. STOPPED AND RESTARTED CAR, ALL INDICATORS WERE CLEARED AND WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. 6/27/2013 - SYMPTOMS HAPPENED AGAIN. *TR

Mileage: 69,151

VEHICLE RANDOMLY SPUTTERS THEN THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING (DANGEROUS CONDITION AT SPEED) AND I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE IT IS CONSTANTLY SPUTTERING AND THEN HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON WHICH APPEARS TO RESET IT. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP OVER A MONTH AGO AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE PART (ON BACK ORDER). CALLED FORD AND THEY FINALLY FILED A CASE NUMBER, BUT STILL COULD NOT GIVE ME A DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. FYI YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED ABOUT 7 TIMES GOING TO WORK AND ANOTHER 6 ON THE WAY HOME. *TR

Mileage: 72,244

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

ON JUNE 1 THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK AT 4 RPM'S WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE AGAIN DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STALLED OUT. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. ON JUNE 18 THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED & STALLED LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED 4 TIMES, BUT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. EACH TIME ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED IT SPUTTERED AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 47,900

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND JERKED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE MAINTENANCE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

I HAD STOPPED AT LIGHTS AND AFTER ACCELERATING UP TO APPRX 45MPH THE CAR BECOME UNRESPONSIVE WHEN PUSHING ON GAS. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS MY TRANSMISSION HAD WENT OUT. I COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND THEN THE CAR BEGIN TO VIBRATE AND RUN ROUGH SO I SHUT CAR DOWN. THE "WRENCH " LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD CAR TOWED IN AND AFTER 3 DAYS AND THE DEALERSHIP TALKING TO FORD IT WAS DECIDED IT WAS GOING INTO THE "LIMP" MODE. THE FIX WAS A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE THROTTLE BODY PART WAS BACKED ORDERED. PER THE DEALERSHIP THERE WAS A CHANGE ON THE THROTTLE BODT PART DUE TO ISSUES AND WAS BACK ORDERED. PARTS TOOK ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO GET AND CAR WAS REPAIRED AND I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 2 WEEKS WITH NO ISSUE. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAR HAS 80000 MILES ON IT BUT I SEEN ON THE INTERNET WHERE THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND THIS THROTTLE BODY HAD BEEN A ON GOING COMPLAINT. *TR

Mileage: 80,100

PULLED OUT OF DRIVEWAY, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE, ENGINE SPUTTERED THE NO POWER. ABLE TO RESTART ENGINE, ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AGAIN, ENGINE SPUTTERED AGAIN THEN COMPLETELY LOST POWER. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

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

WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE, ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND RETURNED TO IDLE AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER STOPPING, IT WAS NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IDLE BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE CONTROL. AFTER IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. DEALER DIAGNOSED LIKELY PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WOULD BE COVERED UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY BUT FORD SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED. FURTHER, OWNER WAS ADVISED PART WAS ON INDEFINITE NATION-WIDE BACK-ORDER WITH NO KNOWN AVAILABILITY DATE BUT THAT VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE IN THE MEANTIME WITH THE RISK THAT PROBLEM COULD RECUR WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. *TR

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE COMMUTING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED BUCKING AND HESITATING, THEN WENT INTO AN IDLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT TOOK LONGER TO ACTUALLY START. I DROVE FOR ANOTHER 5 MINUTES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER ON SIDE ROADS AT NO MORE THAN 35 MPH WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT IS ON BACKORDER UNTIL MID-JULY - 5 WEEKS AWAY! FURTHERMORE, SINCE IT IS NOT ON RECALL, THEY WON'T PAY FOR A LOANER. *TR

Mileage: 33,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED, AND OPERATED AS DESIGNED. LATER WHILE THE CONTACT WAS COMPLETING A TURN, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THE CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED TO THE GASOLINE BEING USED IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE LATER RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

Mileage: 107,000

APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO, WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON A THREE LANE INTERSTATE, MY CAR STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO STEER IT OFF TO THE SHOULDER AND TURN OFF THE CAR. IT THEN RESTARTED AND THERE HAS BEEN NO PROBLEM SINCE, UNTIL YESTERDAY. DRIVING AT APPROX. 45 MPH, THE CAR AGAIN STALLED. AGAIN, I MANAGED TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME SO DECIDED TO TRY AND LIMP HOME. I DID EVENTUALLY MAKE IT HOME BUT WITH NUMEROUS STALLS, SLOWING OF TRAFFIC AND EVEN THROUGH AN INTERSECTION NEAR A BUSY SCHOOL AT BUS TIME. I STOPPED TRAFFIC NUMEROUS TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 10-15MPH. THIS MORNING, I AM TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY. APPARENTLY, THERE ARE NO REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE SINCE MANY OTHER VEHICLES ARE ALSO IN NEED OF THIS PART. I AM HOME FROM WORK TODAY, ARRANGING FOR RENTAL OR COURTESY CARS, AND I AM TOLD IT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $500-600 TO REPAIR! I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ONLY 1-1/2 YEARS. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

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

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MILAN AT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH, THE CAR SHOOK SLIGHTLY AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER - I WAS ABLE TO STEER WITH NO PROBLEM. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF - AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. WITHIN DRIVING 4 MORE MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING 25 MPH. IT HAPPENED SEVEN MORE TIMES BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. EACH TIME WHEN I TRIED TO START MY CAR, IT KEPT TURNING OVER BEFORE IT WOULD START. I WAITED FOR AN HOUR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK. WHEN THE TOW ARRIVED, THE CAR STARTED JUST FINE - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED ON THE HIGHWAY. AGAIN WHEN IT OCCURRED IN TOWN, THERE WAS NO WHERE FOR ME TO COAST OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, I HAD TO STOP IN TRAFFIC TO RESTART ME CAR. *TR

Mileage: 73,490

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 ABOUT 40-50MPH IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED, FELT LIKE A HARD GEAR-SHIFT. THE GREEN WRENCH LIGHT & ORANGE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THE CAR STILL HAD POWER BUT NO ACCELERATION, ENGINE SPUTTERED, HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WHILE COASTING, CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH SO WAS SHUTDOWN. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED FOUR TIMES THE NEXT TWO DAYS. STOPPED AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS SINCE IT WAS EARLY EVENING, THEY PULLED DTC P2111 "THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN" FROM CAR'S COMPUTER AND HE SAYS THE THROTTLE VALUE IS STICKING. SCHEDULED SERVICE AT WORLD FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED JUST FOUR MONTHS PRIOR. I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING "THIS IS VERY COMMON, WE REPLACE THEM ALL THE TIME" HE SAID. I PURCHASED A POWERTRAIN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH THE CAR THAT STATES IT COVERS THE "THROTTLE VALVE" AMONG ITS COVERED PARTS BUT THE SERVICE MAN FIRST SAYS THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE "THROTTLE BODY" (MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE THROTTLE VALVE IS THE PLATE INSIDE THE THROTTLE BODY THAT OPENS/CLOSES CONTROLLING AIRFLOW TO THE MANIFOLD, IT THAT IS "STUCK OPEN", IT SHOULD BE COVERED). HE THEN SAYS HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A "THROTTLE VALUE" IS AND SAYS IT WILL COST APPROX $350 TO REPAIR. THEY OBVIOUSLY KNOW THIS IS A PROBLEM AND ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS REPLACING THE FAULTY PARTS. *TR

Mileage: 57,000

VEHICLE LOSS OF POWER TO GAS PEDAL ON INTERSTATE 3 TIMES...HAD TO PULL OVER AND TURN OFF THEN RESTART. ELECTRONIC THROTTLEBODY CODE P2111. *TR

Mileage: 88,860

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND HE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 30 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE AS A RESULT. THE CONTACT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES FROM THE CRASH AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT CALLED MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 06/18/13*LJ UPDATED 06/24/2013 *JS

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE RPMS DID NOT BUDGE EVEN WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE FRONT END OF MY CAR (WHICH I AM ASSUMING WAS THE ENGINE) BEGAN SPUTTERING. A SERVICE LIGHT ALSO APPEARED WHICH IS THE ONE THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A DOUBLE-SIDED WRENCH. I PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON A FEW MINUTES LATER AND IT STARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I TOOK MY CAR INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP AN HOUR AFTER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY PLUGGED IN THE COMPUTER AND IT DID NOT DETECT ANY ISSUES. I ASKED THEM TO POP THE HOOD TO SEE IF THEY COULD NOTICE ANY OBVIOUS DISCREPANCIES BUT THEY REFUSED TO. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CURRENTLY HAPPENING. *TR

Mileage: 54,500

I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH AND THE CAR SEEMED TO STALL. I LOST POWER AND COASTED TO A STOP. I COULD PUSH THE ACCELERATOR TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR HAD ENOUGH POWER TO CRAWL FORWARD. I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND THAT CLEARED THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CAME BACK A FEW DAYS LATER. AGAIN I TURNED THE KEY OFF AND THE PROBLEM CLEARED. AFTER THIS HAPPENED A SECOND TIME I TOOK THE CAR TO A FRIEND WHO OWNS A MECHANICS SHOP. HE HOOKED UP THE CAR TO HIS COMPUTER AND HE RETRIEVED A CODE FOR THE PROBLEM. AFTER RECEIVING THE CODE I CALLED THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME THE CODE WAS FOR THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER TOLD ME FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS PART. ABOUT A WEEK AFTER THE INITIAL OCCURRENCE I LOST POWER AGAIN AND I TURNED THE KEY OFF, THE PROBLEM CLEARED BUT ONLY LONG ENOUGH TO DRIVE ANOTHER MILE AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. LUCKILY I WAS IN TOWN AND I FOUND THE CLOSEST MECHANICS SHOP TO TAKE IT TOO. *TR

Mileage: 57,616

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AND LOSE POWER RESULTING IN RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED AND CREATE UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATIONS. CAR WOULD STILL BE RUNNING BUT PRESSING THE GAS WOULD NOT RESULT IN ACCELERATION. TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING AGAIN WOULD SOMETIMES REMEDY PROBLEM BUT PROBLEM INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY, EVEN HAPPENING TO MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60+ MPH TRAVELING THROUGH BRIDGE/TUNNEL SYSTEM IN LOCAL AREA. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN ANY RECALLS AND REFERRED HIM TO NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 65 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND THEN STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WRENCH SYMBOL ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED.THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,277 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 55,000. UPDATED 12/10/12 *CN UPDATED 12/17/12

Mileage: 52,277

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY NOBODY HAS DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. IF YOU LOOK ONLINE AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS THERE ARE ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE ON THE RECALL LIST SO ALL OF THE ONES THAT OWN THIS CAR WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY ANYWHERE FROM 300-500 TO GET IT FIXED. THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM I WAS DRIVING ON I295 GOING ABOUT 6MPH AND I LOST ALL THROTTLE CONTROL , I'M IN THE FAR LEFT LANE AND HAD NO WHERE TO GO SO I'M COASTING TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER AND ALL MOST GOT HIT 4 TIMES. I WOULD SAY THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SAFETY PROBLEM. I READ ABOUT 35 OF THE SAME PROBLEMS ONLINE AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE FROM YOUR COMPANY OR FORD COMMENT ON THIS ARE THEY WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE TO FIX THIS. I WILL BE CALLING MONDAY MORNING TO SEE WHAT YOU OR FORD WILL DO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM IF NOTHIN IS DONE I WILL CONTACT A LAWYER AND THE NEWS MEDIA. WE WERE ALMOST KILLED AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO GET DONE AT FORDS COST NOT THE PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THEY HAD A SAFE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 45,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, WHICH THEN RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

Mileage: 42,000

WHILE DRIVING, THE THROTTLE WOULD LOSE THE ABILITY TO SEND FUEL TO THE MOTOR THUS CAUSING NO ACCELERATION ABILITY. I WAS REQUIRED TO PULL OFF OF THE ROAD AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND THROTTLE LIGHT CAME ON. THE VEHICLE NEEDED AN NEW ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

Mileage: 40,100

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,000.

Mileage: 40,000

I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 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. I PULLED IN TO A GAS STATION AND STOPPED THE CAR. *TR

Mileage: 77,200

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH AND I FELT A SLIGHT JERK IN THE VEHICLE (SIMILAR TO SHIFTING) AND THE YELLOW WRENCH DASHBOARD LIGHT CAME ON, WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL, NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING BUT THE ACCELERATOR DID NOTHING. I PULLED THE CAR OVER, PUT IT IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF, THEN BACK ON AND IT WAS FINE. AFTER DRIVING FOR ANOTHER HOUR, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS IS DANGEROUS!! NOT HAVING AN ACCELERATOR ON A 70 MPH HIGHWAY IS NOT SAFE! AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET THE SAME PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TO MANY MILAN OWNERS. IT'S IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW AND THEY CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. *JB

Mileage: 120,000

I WAS FIRST IN LINE AT A RED LIGHT ON A 2-LANE HIGHWAY. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I ACCELERATED AND HALFWAY THROUGH THE INTERSECTION THE CAR "LURCHED" AND LOST POWER. THE CAR DIDN'T DIE BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE IN THE GAS PEDAL AND A WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED IN THE DASH. I MADE IT THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND TO THE SHOULDER AT IDLE SPEED (WITH A LINE OF CARS BEHIND ME). I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF FOR A MINUTE. IT RESTARTED OK, THE WRENCH WAS GONE AND THE CAR RAN FINE. I CONSIDERED IT A FLUKE UNTIL A WEEK LATER WHEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED, EXCEPT THAT I WAS TRAVELING AT 70 MPH IN THE INSIDE LANE OF THE SAME HIGHWAY. LUCKILY THERE WAS ROOM TO CHANGE LANES WHILE DECELERATING AND I PULLED TO THE SHOULDER. AGAIN, IT RESTARTED FINE AFTER I TURNED IT OFF, AND THE WRENCH WAS GONE. I TOOK THE CAR FOR SERVICE AT A FORD DEALER BECAUSE LOSING POWER IN TRAFFIC IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND WHO KNOWS WHEN AND WHERE IT MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN. THE TECH FOUND A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY AND REPLACED IT AT A COST OF ABOUT $350 PARTS/LABOR. OF COURSE, WE ARE JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD AT 41,000 MILES. *JS

Mileage: 41,000

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DECELERATE AND I WAS NOT TO GIVE THE CAR GAS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF MOVING TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF AND TURNING THE CAR ON AGAIN, THE CAR SEEMED TO HAVE RESET ITSELF AND THE CAR STARTED WORKING PROPERLY AGAIN. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER, NOW AT 41000 MILES, THE CAR IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM MORE FREQUENTLY AND IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR WHEN THEY STATED TO ME THAT THE THROTTLE BODY KEPT GETTING STUCK CLOSED. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO FURTHER AS A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT FOR A CAR THAT IS STILL PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW. *TR

Mileage: 36,068

I HAVE A 2010 MERCURY MILAN THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP MANY TIMES THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING IT HAS LEFT ME IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION AND THE LAST STRAW WAS 3 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE TRANSMISSION KICKED IN WHEN I WAS TURNING IT POPPED MY NECK AND I HIT A CURB. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN THE CAR. ONE TIME THE GAS PEDAL STUCK AND I HAD TO REACH DOWN AND PULL OUT MY FLOOR MAT. ALSO TRIM PARTS JUST FALL OFF OF THIS THING. *TR

Mileage: 7,400

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SURGE BACKWARDS UNTIL IT ROLLED OVER A CURB RESULTING IN A CRASH. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED BUT THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO CHANCE THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE SURGED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE; THE FAILURE RESULTED IN ANOTHER CRASH. ANOTHER POLICE REPORT WAS FILED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1,500. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,000.

Mileage: 1,500

UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION 2010 MERCURY MILAN HYBRID. *TR

Mileage: 2,800

MY CAR SPED UP WHILE I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE I JUST GOT IT STOPPED BEFORE I HIT A TRUCK THE FIRST TIME. THE SECOND TIME I WAS PULLING INTO MY GARAGE TO PARK MY CAR WHEN IT SPED UP AND I TOOK THE CENTER SECTION BETWEEN MY DOORS BEFORE I GOT IT STOPPED. IT DONE $3299 TO THE GARAGE AND $2600 TO THE CAR. FORD CHECKED IT OUT FOR TWO HOURS AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. *TR

Mileage: 3,167