NHTSA Complaint #10918125 — 2006 MERCURY MILAN

THROTTLE DEFECT -LOSS OF POWER/ACCELERATION - AND - TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN MORE THAN 1-2 MILES, AND HAS BEEN PARKED SINCE MAY DUE TO PREVIOUS AIRBAG WARNING AND SUBSEQUENT RECALL. UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE ON 10/23/16 TO MOVE IT TO WASH IT, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED EXTREMELY LIMITED ACCELERATION AND LOSS OF POWER REGARDING ACCELERATION, & THEN SUDDEN ACCELERATION. CAR WAS PARKED ALONG THE CURB, AND WHEN STARTED, THE ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. UPON ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE IT, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTREMELY LIMITED POWER/ACCELERATION. IT TOOK A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE TO REACH 30 MPH. UPON REACHING THIS SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED VERY RAPIDLY. RETURNED VEHICLE HOME AND PARKED IT IMMEDIATELY. ADDITIONALLY, WE RECEIVED THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL LETTER NEARLY 5 MONTHS AGO, AND THERE ARE STILL NO PARTS AVAILABLE. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 91, 000 MILES.