NHTSA Complaint #11128259 — 2010 MERCURY MILAN

I WAS IN MOTION MERGING ONTO A TWO LANE HIGHWAY. I RAN OVER TWO CONSECUTIVE MANHOLE COVERS WHILE LIGHTLY BRAKING TO SEE IF IT WAS CLEAR. BUT WHEN I WENT TO BRAKE BECAUSE IT WASN'T CLEAR TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY I HAD BARELY ANY BRAKE! THANKFULLY THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME WAS ABLE TO MERGE OR I WOULD HAVE HIT HIM. AFTER THAT I HAD A VERY SOFT BRAKE PEDAL. LEFT IT IN A PARKING LOT UNTIL AFTER WORK. SO HOURS LATER, THE BRAKES SEEMED FINE. BUT I DIDN'T TRUST IT. HAD IT TOWED AND FORD TOLD ME IT WAS THE ABS HCU AND ECU AND THAT THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM. ESPECIALLY AFTER TRAVELING ON A ROUGH ROADWAY. I HAD TO GO BACK TO THE ROAD THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE I COULDN'T REMEMBER IT BEING A ROUGH ROAD. THEN I SAW THE TWO CONSECUTIVE MANHOLE COVERS. I RAN THEM OVER IN MY HUSBANDS TRUCK AND SURE ENOUGH, EVEN HIS TRUCK JOLTED FROM THEM, ENOUGH FOR THE ABS TO ENGAGE. THIS IS A HORRIBLE ISSUE AND I'M AMAZED THAT FORD HAS NOT MADE IT A RECALL YET! WHAT WILL IT TAKE!? THE REPAIR WAS QUITE EXPENSIVE. AND I WAS OUT OF A CAR FOR TWO WHOLE WEEKS! IT TOOK ALMOST A WEEK FOR THE PART TO COME IN. NOT SURE IF THAT WAS THE DEALERS BS OR FORD NOT HAVING THE PARTS READILY AVAILABLE FOR AN ISSUE THEY ALREADY KNOW EXISTS. THIS HAS NOT BEEN MY FIRST FORD PRODUCT BUT IT SURE MAY BE MY LAST!