NHTSA Complaint #10557413 — 2007 MERCURY MILAN

WHILE FIRST DRIVING MY CAR FROM A STANDSTILL, I NOTICED THE "WRENCH IDIOT LIGHT" ON. THE CAR SEEMED TO BUCK AS IT WENT THROUGH IT'S GEARS. ALSO, THE SPEEDOMETER REGISTERED "0" AT THIS TIME. UPON ENTERING THE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WOULD NOT GO INTO WHAT I THINK IS 4TH GEAR. SEVERAL TIMES, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD AND THEN THROTTLED BACK TO A LOW RPM, BEFORE RESPONDING TO THE GAS PEDAL. EVENTUALLY, I COULD RUN AT 55 MPH @ 3000 RPM'S, BUT IT WOULDN'T SHIFT ANY FURTHER, EVEN WHEN I WENT FASTER. AT THIS TIME, THE SPEEDOMETER NEEDLE FINALLY REGISTERED MY TRUE SPEED. A COUPLE OF TIMES, THE RPM'S SUDDENLY SHOT-UP AND THEN THE ENGINE THROTTLED BACK. HOWEVER, THE CAR FELT LIKE IT SHOULD HAVE GONE INTO IT'S FINAL FORWARD GEAR BUT COULDN'T. ON LOCAL ROADS. IT SHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD INTO IT'S GEARS. THE WHOLE TIME, THE CAR'S "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS ON. *TR