NHTSA Complaint #10958571 — 2007 MERCURY MILAN

EXTENDED BRAKING DISTANCE THIS IS NOW THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY CAR, THE FIRST TIME WAS LAST WINTER. IT WAS A LITTLE SLIPPERY ON THE ROADS SO I WAS NOT AT ALL GOING FAST, COMING TO A STOP SIGN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BRAKING, THE ANTILOCK BRAKES KICKED IN, MADE A LITTLE NOISE, I STOPPED AND THEN WENT ON MY WAY. THE NEXT TIME I CAME TO STOP AFTER THAT I COULD BARELY STOP AND HAD TO PRESS MY FOOT TO THE FLOOR TO DO SO. IT WAS LIKE IT WANTED TO STOP AT THE NORMAL TIME BUT THEN RELEASED A LITTLE TO HAVE MY FOOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THEN STOP. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO PLACE, AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT COULD BE BUT THEY BLEED THE BRAKES AND DID SOMETHING ELSE THAT ACTUALLY FIXED IT. FAST FORWARD TO THIS YEAR DECEMBER, SAME THING, TURNING INTO A STORE PARKING LOT, SO AGAIN GOING SLOW, SLIPPERY OUT, ANTI LOCK BRAKES KICK IN. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE THE CAR HAD BEEN FIXED LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO PARK I ALMOST CRASHED RIGHT INTO THE FRONT OF THE STORE BECAUSE I WAS NOT PREPARED TO NOT STOP ON TIME. I WAS ABLE TO STOP FINALLY, SCARED TO DEATH. TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME PLACE THEY STILL CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT AND TRIED WHAT THEY DID LAST TIME BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. AROUND THIS SAME TIME I CAME ACROSS THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE INVESTIGATIVE RECALL ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE, FORWARDED IT TO THE LINCOLN MERCURY DEALERSHIP I GOT MY CAR FROM AND WAS TOLD YES THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HAVE HAD TO REPAIR SEVERAL ALREADY THIS WINTER BUT SINCE IT IS NOT AN ACTUAL RECALL I WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT FIXED. IT INVOLVES THE HCI (HYDROLIC CONTROL UNIT) AND ECI (ELECTRICAL CONTROL UNIT). SO NOW I'M STUCK, STILL SCARED UNTIL THIS RECALL HAPPENS OR UNTIL I CAN COME UP WITH THE $900+ THEY SAY IT WILL COST.