NHTSA Complaint #10543085 — 2008 MERCURY MILAN

CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO RUNNING OUT OF GAS. I HAD ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS BUT WENT TO FILL THE TANK IMMEDIATELY. IT STILL ACTED AS IF IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT, I DROVE VEHICLE HOME AND LEFT IT PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. LATER THAT EVENING I WAS TELLING MY HUSBAND ABOUT THE CAR, HE WENT OUT TO TEST DRIVE IT. THE CAR ACTED COMPLETELY FINE. TODAY I WENT TO GO ON A 65 MILE TRIP AND THE CAR STARTED SHAKING ALMOST UNCONTROLLABLY MORE THAN 1/2 WAY WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS. I WAITED TIL I WAS IN A SAFE AREA AND PULLED OVER THINKING THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T WARM THE CAR UP ENOUGH. I SAT FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND PROCEEDED AHEAD TO MY DESTINATION BUT WAS PETRIFIED THAT I WAS GONNA STALL OUT CAUSE THAT'S HOW THE CAR WAS ACTING. AS SOON AS I ARRIVED I CALLED FORD AND TOLD THEM AND THEY WANTED ME TO WAIT A FEW DAYS FOR AN AVAILABLE APPT. WE TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE MADE US AWARE THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A TBS. THE PCM IS BAD AND COILS ARE MELTED. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS EVER A RECALL ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE I'VE READ SO MANY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS. *TR