2010 MERCURY MILAN Engine Problems

DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC WHEN THE CAR BEGAN TO STALL. ALMOST REAR ENDED BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STOPPED. I TURNED IT OFF AND THEN BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO CREEP TO A SHOULDER WHEN IT STALLED OUT AGAIN. $500 REPAIR AND $55 TOW. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THE FORD MOTOR CO. WAS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING WHEN THE MILEAGE GETS AROUND 50,000 MILES. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE. I'M GOING TO SUE THEM IN MAGISTRATES COURT ON MONDAY. *TR

DRIVING 65 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND CAR LOST ALL POWER AND YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON DASH. WITH CAR IN LIMP MODE PULLED OVER TO SERVICE LANE. CAR TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALER. DEALER REPLACED DEFECTIVE BATTERY BUT FOUND NO CODES STORED IN COMPUTER. DEALER TEST DROVE VEHICLE AND REPORTED NO PROBLEM. THREE DAYS LATER SAME INCIDENT (LOSS OF POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT). SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT AND ENGINE HAD NORMAL POWER L WITH WRENCH LIGHT EXTINGUISHED. DROVE VEHICLE TO LOCAL FORD DEALER AND LEFT IT THERE FOR MORE DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIR. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND FEELING FOR ALL ENGINE POWER TO BE GONE UNEXPECTEDLY. *TR

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY STUCK OPEN AND VEHICLE WENT INTO "LIMP MODE". I WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD THE CAR PARKED EVER SINCE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THIS IS UNSAFE, AS WHEN THIS OCCURS, I HAVE NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, I JUST HAVE TO HOPE THAT THE CARS BEHIND ME ARE PAYING ATTENTION. *TR

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE TRAVELING ON A HIGHWAY GOING ALMOST 60 MPH WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL STOPPED AND THE CAR SLOWED AND WHEN YOU PUSHED THE GAS PETAL IT DID NOTHING. WE SLOWED AND TRIED TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS THE CAR WAS ALMOST TO A STOP IT STARTED JERKING AND SPUTTERING ALMOST DYING. WE PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED THE ENGINE OFF. WE TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON AND IT STARTED JUST FINE THEN THIS SAME THING CONTINUED TO HAPPEN EVERY FEW MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON SO WE TOOK IT IN TO HAVE A COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD TURNED OFF SO THEY WERE UNSURE. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO JUST GO AWAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK AND THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND WE GOT IT IN AND HOOKED UP TO A COMPUTER...

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WHEN I WAS NO LONGER ABLE ACCELERATE IN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND THE THROTTLE CONTROL/TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. I TURNED CAR OFF AND ON AND THEN COULD DRIVE A FEW MORE MILES WHEN IT REPEATED THE SCENARIO ABOVE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO DEALERSHIP. IT DID THAT A TOTAL OF 6 TIMES ON THE WAY TO DEALERSHIP AND EVENTUALLY BOTH THE THROTTLE CONTROL & THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS ON. DEALERSHIP FIXED MY CAR, REPLACING THE THROTTLE BODY BUT CHARGED ME SAYING THE PROBLEM WAS NOT UNDER ANY WARRANTY. *TR

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN LOST POWER. FIRST THE ENGINE BEGAN MISSING AND RUNNING ROUGH, AND THEN THE ENGINE STALLED AND THE RPM DROPPED TO IDLE SPEED (IDLING ROUGH). THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. NO THROTTLE WAS PRESENT. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO IDLE (BUT IT WAS A ROUGH IDLE). THE WRENCH LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD CAME ON. I STEERED THE CAR TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. AFTER WAITING A MINUTE OR SO, I RESTARTED THE ENGINE, AND IT STARTED ALMOST NORMALLY (IT TOOK A FEW MORE CRANKS OF THE STARTING MOTOR FOR THE ENGINE TO START). THEN I DROVE TO WORK AND ASIDE FOR SEEMING TO MISS FROM TIME TO TIME, THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. THERE WAS NO WRENCH LIGHT VISIBLE ON THE DASHBOARD. HOWEVER, THAT AFTERNOON, ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AS...

I HAD JUST PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THIS MORNING AND BEGAN TO ACCELERATE, UP TO ABOUT 20 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I LOST TOTAL POWER. I LOOKED DOWN AT THE DASH WHILE STEERING THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE STREET, AND NOTICED THE "WRENCH" LIGHT WAS LIT UP. I IMMEDIATELY SHUT THE CAR OFF, AND GOT OUT MY MANUAL. THE MANUAL SAID THE LIGHT INDICATED A TRANSMISSION/POWER TRAIN/AWD ISSUE. I THOUGHT I WOULD ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR AGAIN, AND SEE WHAT IT WOULD DO. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE, AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NO LONGER WENT, AND I HAD POWER WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR. I TOOK MY CHANCES, AND WENT AHEAD AND DROVE IT WORK, HOPING IT WAS JUST A FLUKE, BUT DECIDED I WOULD INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF OTHERS HAD EXPERIENCED THE SAME ISSUE. I CAME ACROSS THE ENTIRE LISTING OF...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED SEVERAL MINUTES LATER AND BEGAN TO OPERATE AS DESIGNED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000.

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 55MPH. THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THROTTLE RESPONSE. THERE WAS A WRENCH WARNING LIGHT LIT UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTED IT. THE WRENCH LIGHT DISAPPEARED AND I HAD THROTTLE RESPONSE. I DROVE IT 3 MORE MILES DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR DID IT AGAIN. I PULLED TO AN OFF RAMP AND TOOK THE CAR BY CITY STREETS BACK HOME. I LATER TOOK THE CAR TO MY FATHERS SHOP WHERE THEY HOOKED UP A HANDHELD 'SCANNER' TO IT AND WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE WRENCH LIGHT CODE. I TOOLED THE CAR BACK HOME AND PARKED IT AND STARTED DRIVING MY TRUCK. I HAD MY MECHANIC BUDDY BRING HIS MAC TOOL SCANNER TO MY HOUSE AND WE HOOKED IT TO...

ENGINE INTERMITTENTLY FAILS TO ACCELERATE WHEN DEPRESSING ACCELERATOR, THREW ENGINE CODE P2111. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE TEMPORARILY CORRECTED BY TURNING CAR OFF, THEN BACK ON. THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED AT BOTH HIGH SPEEDS & AROUND TOWN DRIVING. ALSO NOTED THAT THE DAYS OF OCCURRENCE, THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS OVER 90 DEGREES. *TR

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND REQUIRES PULLING OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT SPUTTERS UNTIL TURNED OFF. THEN WILL RESUME TRAVEL AFTER RESTARTING. THIS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS IN AN INTERSECTION, ON AN OFF RAMP, ON A BUSY CITY STREET. THE DEALERSHIP INITIALLY SAID THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE WAS AND THAT I SHOULD CONTINUE DRIVING AND SEE IF IT HAPPENED AGAIN. ON JULY 7TH, DURING A SINGLE DRIVE HOME, THE CAR SHUT DOWN EVERY COUPLE OF MINUTES AND REQUIRED MY FAMILY & I PULL OVER. WE WERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MANY TIMES ON A BUSY HIGHWAY, WINDY BACK ROADS--VERY SCARY NOT KNOWING WHEN THE CAR WOULD FAIL, HOW FAST CARS BEHIND US WERE TRAVELING, WHETHER OR NOT CARS WOULD SEE US COMING AROUND A TURN... NOW THEY TELL ME THE PART NEEDED IS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND...

THE FIRST TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED WAS AT A STOP SIGN. THE CAR ENGINE IDLE BECAME ERRATIC, THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND WHEN I TRIED TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN THE CAR WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ENGINE RAN FINE. THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED I WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH. THE CAR ENGINE SPEED BECAME ERRATIC, THEN THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, WAITED APPROXIMATELY 2 MINUTES, AND THEN RESTARTED. THE ENGINE RAN FINE. TOOK THE CAR TO MY MECHANIC WHO READ THE ENGINE CODES AND TOLD ME I NEED A THROTTLE BODY. *TR

THE CAR BEHAVES AS IF IT WAS SUDDENLY PUT INTO NEUTRAL. WHEN YOU HIT THE GAS THE ENGINE REVS, BUT THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT ENGAGE. THE WRENCH AND ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON, AND THE CAR WILL SOMETIMES SPUTTER LIKE IT IS GOING TO SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE CAR TO FUNCTION NORMALLY IS TO STOP THE CAR AND TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND OTHER BUSY ROADS. THE PROBLEM IS UNPREDICTABLE. A MECHANIC HAS DETERMINED THIS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE THROTTLE BODY, BUT THE PART IS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. MY CAR IS UN-DRIVE-ABLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH AND FELT A JERK MOTION AND LOST ENGINE RESPONSES TO GAS PEDAL. THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE WRENCH LIGHTS CAME ON. I MANAGED TO PULL IT OVER ON THE ROAD SHOULDER AND STOPPED ENGINE AND RESTARTED IT. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE AND THIS HAPPENED AGAIN IN 2 MILES. I STOPPED AND RESTARTED ENGINE AND DROVE HOME CAREFULLY. I DID A RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND THIS MIGHT BE CAUSED BY THE ENGINE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE COMPLAINED BY A LOT OF MERCURY 2010 OWNERS. I CALLED A MERCURY/LINCOLN DEALER AND THEY ASKED FOR $800 TO FIX IT IF THIS WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY 60 MPH WITHOUT WARNING THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I HAD NO ENGINE CONTROL. WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PULL OVER SAFELY ONTO THE SHOULDER WITHOUT BEING REAR ENDED. ENGINE EXHIBITED ROUGH IDLE APPROXIMATELY 800 TO 900 RPM. THE CAR WAS IN A LIMP MODE.THE GAS PEDAL HAD NO EFFECT. TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE WRENCH LIGHT TURNED OFF AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE NORMALLY FOR 5 MILES BEFORE THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME. CONNECTED A SCAN TOOL TO THE OBD AND NO CODES WERE PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING DAY DRIVING WITH THE SCAN TOOL CONNECTED AT 40 MPH THE SAME SYMPTOMS OCCURRED. THE SCAN TOOL REGISTERED CODE P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL SAFELY. MENTIONED...

WHILE TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF 70MPH AN HEADING SOUTH ON I69 IN MY 2010 MERCURY MILAN 2.5L PREMIER, MY VEHICLE JERKED AND STARTED SHAKING WITH MY RPM'S JUMPING FROM 800 TO 1100. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNED ON AND SO DID THE WRENCH LIGHT. I TURNED ON MY HAZARDS AND MADE MY WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTARTED IT AND THE WARNING LIGHTS TURNED OFF. I STARTED ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND AT ABOUT 45 MPH IT DID THE SAME THING. I GOT OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND WENT TO AUTOZONE TO GET THE CODE PULLED. IT WAS CODE P2111, THROTTLE CIRCUIT IN THE OPEN POSITION. I DID A GOOGLE SEARCH AND FOUND OUT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THE MERCURY MARINER, FORD FOCUS, AND FORD ESCAPE WITH THE SAME ENGINE. I CALLED...

WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR LOSES POWER. IT IS DANGEROUSLY CRIPPLED AS IT HAS TO BE STOPPED COMPLETELY AND PUT IN THE PARK POSITION BEFORE IT WILL RESTART. WHEN RESTARTING IF I TAKE MY HAND OFF THE KEY IT WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND START THE ENGINE UNTIL IT STARTS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT EITHER COMES ON AND GOES OFF OR FAILS TO COME ON.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE ACTUATOR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON A COUNTRY ROAD AT 50 MPH ON MON. MAY 27TH, THE CAR SEEMED TO STALL, THE GAS PEDAL DIDN'T WORK & WE HAD TO PULL OVER ASAP. AFTER STOPPING & RESTARTING THE CAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PROCEED HOME. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FLUKE. THEN ON MAY 30TH IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON MY STREET GOING AROUND 30 MPH, SO I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I COULD COME IN THE NEXT DAY. LATER THAT SAME DAY, I WAS IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON RT 22(BUSY HIGHWAY) & IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS GOING 60 IN THE LEFT LANE, THIS WAS VERY SCARY AS IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER WITH SO MUCH TRAFFIC. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER ON FRIDAY MAY 31ST & THEY SAID THERE WERE NO ALERTS ON THE CAR, THAT THEY WOULD DO...

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH GOING UP A HILL THE CAR LOST ALL POWER AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL CAME ON. GOT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER ALMOST BEING HIT TWICE. TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WAITED 5 MIN. RESTARTED THE CAR AND IT RAN FINE. THEN 2 DAYS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT CODED OUT AS THE THROTTLEBODY. WELL GUESS WHAT THEY ARE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER WITH NO ESTIMATED DATE OF DELIVERY. SO HERE I SIT HURRY UP AND WAIT. *TR

I WAS DRIVING WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN LEAVING ME STRANDED. DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES SO HAD IT TOWED TO FORD GARAGE FOR REPAIR. THEY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT WOULD BE 200.00 FOR PART PLUS LABOR AND DIAGNOSTIC CHARGE . THIS IS A 2010 COME ON FORD !!! AS A LONGTIME FORD OWNER I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE ,THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED UP AND I WAS ABLE TO GO ON MY WAY. *TR

VEHICLE RANDOMLY SPUTTERS THEN THE THROTTLE COMPLETELY STOPS WORKING (DANGEROUS CONDITION AT SPEED) AND I HAVE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHILE IT IS CONSTANTLY SPUTTERING AND THEN HAVE TO PUT IT IN PARK, TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND THEN TURN IT BACK ON WHICH APPEARS TO RESET IT. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP OVER A MONTH AGO AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE PART (ON BACK ORDER). CALLED FORD AND THEY FINALLY FILED A CASE NUMBER, BUT STILL COULD NOT GIVE ME A DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. FYI YESTERDAY IT HAPPENED ABOUT 7 TIMES GOING TO WORK AND ANOTHER 6 ON THE WAY HOME. *TR

DRIVING MY 2010 MILAN AT A SPEED OF 50MPH, I FELT A SUDDEN SHAKE AND LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND I WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AFTER SLOWING DOWN ONE WAY TRAFFIC BEHIND ME. THE ENGINE & WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS GOING TO AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF, I QUICKLY TURNED OFF MY IGNITION. I WAITED 10 MINS AND THE CAR STARTED, MADE IT ALMOST TO MY HOUSE UNTIL IT GAVE OUT ON ME AGAIN, AND AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR 7 MO AGO (USED), AND THEY SAID TO BRING IT IN. I HAD PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER AFTER 2 DAYS OF PURCHASE THAT THE CAR WAS VIBRATING, WHICH THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID IT WAS OK. IM SURPRISED THEY DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THIS THE FIRST TIME AROUND. I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE AND A DIAGNOSTIC AS PERFORMED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE LATER STALLED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 55 MPH WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE WRENCH WARNING ICON. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 79,500.

I WAS TRYING TO ENTER THE FREEWAY ON THE RAMP WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. NO THROTTLE WAS PRESENT AND THE ENGINE WAS SLOWLY IDLING BUT VERY ROUGHLY. PULLED OVER AND TURN IGNITION OFF. IT STARTED RIGHT UP AS IF NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE PROBLEM OCCURS EVERY 2 - 3 WEEKS BUT GETS WORSE AND HARDER TO KEEP ENGINE RUNNING PROPERLY AFTER OCCURRENCE. NOW CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON ALONG WITH THE WRENCH AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF. THE VEHICLE IS NOW IN THE SHOP FOR $600 THROTTLE BODY REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOPPED POSITION, THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD ENTERED INTO LIMP MODE AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE ENGINE SOLENOID GASKET. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SOLENOID GASKET WAS REPLACED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL ON A HIGHWAY, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

THE CAR LOSES ACCELERATING POWER AT RANDOM TIME AND SPEEDS. IT HAS PUT ME IN A DANGEROUS SPOT MORE THAN ONCE. CAR WILL LOSE POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. CAR IS CURRENTLY IN THE SHOP AND HAS A REPAIR TIME OF 2 TO 4 WEEKS DUE TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE PART(ENORMOUS BACKORDER). *TR

ON JUNE 1 THE VEHICLE GOT STUCK AT 4 RPM'S WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. A WEEK LATER THE VEHICLE AGAIN DID NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED AND STALLED OUT. VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS. ON JUNE 18 THE VEHICLE SPUTTERED & STALLED LEAVING A PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED 4 TIMES, BUT THIS TIME THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. EACH TIME ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED IT SPUTTERED AND DIED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED AS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL TIMES. THE WRENCH WARNING ICON ILLUMINATED AS THE FAILURE OCCURRED AND REMAINED ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME WHERE A PERSONAL MECHANIC PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE THROTTLE BODY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE THROTTLE BODY COULD NOT YET BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS ON A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL AT ABOUT 60 MPH AND THE CAR WOULD JERK AND THEN WOULD LOOSE POWER AND THE CHECK ENGINE AND THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR WOULD BE IN IDLE MODE AND I WOULD HAVE TO STOP AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I TRY TO START IT AGAIN. THE SECOND IS INCIDENT WAS BASICALLY THE SAME ONLY AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE THIRD I WAS IN TOWN GOING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE CAR JERKED AGAIN AND WENT INTO IDLE MODE. THE NEXT FEW TIME THAT IT HAPPENED I HAD A VERY HARD TIME GETTING IT STARTED AND MOVING AGAIN. ONCE I DID GET IT STARTED I WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO A COUPLE OF BLOCKS BEFORE THE CAR WOULD JERK AND GO INTO IDLE MODE. I WAS...

WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE, ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND RETURNED TO IDLE AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER STOPPING, IT WAS NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IDLE BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE CONTROL. AFTER IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. DEALER DIAGNOSED LIKELY PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WOULD BE COVERED UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY BUT FORD SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED. FURTHER, OWNER WAS ADVISED PART WAS ON INDEFINITE NATION-WIDE BACK-ORDER WITH NO KNOWN AVAILABILITY DATE BUT THAT VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE IN THE MEANTIME WITH THE RISK THAT PROBLEM COULD RECUR WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. *TR

AS I WAS DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED AND WOULDN'T GO FORWARD. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RESTART IT FINALLY WOULD GO AGAIN, BUT ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER MILE BEFORE SHUTTING OFF AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID IT WAS CODES P2111 AND P2112 (THE THROTTLE BODY). *TR

WHILE COMMUTING TO WORK ON THE HIGHWAY, THE ENGINE STARTED BUCKING AND HESITATING, THEN WENT INTO AN IDLE. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER ON THE SHOULDER, SHUT THE ENGINE OFF FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS. WHEN I RESTARTED IT, IT TOOK LONGER TO ACTUALLY START. I DROVE FOR ANOTHER 5 MINUTES AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I PULLED OVER, TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES BEFORE RESTARTING. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER ON SIDE ROADS AT NO MORE THAN 35 MPH WITHOUT ANOTHER INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND IT IS ON BACKORDER UNTIL MID-JULY - 5 WEEKS AWAY! FURTHERMORE, SINCE IT IS NOT ON RECALL, THEY WON'T PAY FOR A LOANER. *TR

THE ENGINE STALLS UNPREDICTABLY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD, THE ENGINE CAN BE STARTED AND THE CAR DRIVEN WITHOUT RECURRANCE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSTICS INDICATE PROBLEM WITH THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY. *TR

IN APRIL OF 2013 I LEFT WORK AND GOT UP TO 45 MPH WHEN THE CAR JERKED AND THEN LOST ALL POWER. I FLOORED THE GAS AND THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND NOTICED A WRENCH ICON LIGHT. I STOPPED THE CAR AND PUT IT IN PARK THEN GAVE IT SOME GAS WITH NO RESPONSE AT ALL. THE CAR WAS JUST BARELY IDLING. I SHUT IT OFF AND RESTARTED IT, TOOK A FEW SECONDS LONGER THAN USUAL FOR IT TO START BUT IT SEEMED TO RUN FINE AFTER THAT AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS NOW OFF. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IF IT'S RUNNING OK TO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT, IT MIGHT NOT REPEAT. I NOTICED THE CAR WOULD OCCASIONALLY START JERKING LIKE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER ON MAY 28, 2013 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING, THE LIMP MODE SYSTEM ENGAGED AS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE TEST RESULTS DID NOT SHOW ANY DEFECT CODES. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

VEHICLE STALLED AND THEN STOPPED WHILE IN TRAFFIC. RE-STARTED, TRAVELED SHORT DISTANCE, AND IT STOPPED AGAIN. THIS HAS CONTINUED TO OCCUR MANY TIMES WHILE APPROACHING INTERSECTIONS, PULLING ON HIGHWAY RAMPS, AND PULLING OUT OF INTERSECTIONS. I TOOK IT TO FORD (MERCURY) DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM. NO CODE READING. CAR CONTINUED TO REPEAT PROBLEM NUMEROUS TIMES - NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, NO OBD CODES ON READER. CAR FINALLY STOPPED COMPLETELY. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY. PART IS ON BACK ORDER - 6 MONTHS ANTICIPATED SINCE SO MANY (TOGETHER WITH FORD FUSION) HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I SEE FROM NHTSA COMPLAINTS THAT AT LEAST 35 HAVE BEEN REGISTERED ON MILAN. FORD SEEMS TO IGNORE THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS OR TO TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. STARTED JUST AFTER PURCHASE (31,000 MILES). NOW HAD 41,000 MILES. *TR

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED BUT IT HAPPENED TWICE IN THE SAME DAY. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE WE EXPERIENCED THE "LIMP HOME MODE" PROBLEM. I CAN SEE THIS HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED AND THE INVESTIGATIONS ARE ONGOING. HERE'S AN ADDITIONAL PROBLEM WITH THIS EVENT, WE NEVER GOT AN INDICATOR LIGHT OF ANY KIND ON THE DASH. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RETRIEVE ANY ERRORS AT ALL OFF THE COMPUTER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RECREATE THE PROBLEM. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY WERE UNABLE TO TAKE ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION. I POSE THIS QUESTION, WHY WHEN THE VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY DETECTED A PROBLEM TO GO INTO "LIMP HOME" MODE WOULD IT NOT RECORD THE ERROR IN THE COMPUTER? WHY WOULD THE DEALERSHIP BE UNABLE TO SEE IT? *TR

THE PROBLEMS HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE LAST YEAR AT LOW SPEED WHILE ACCELERATING, WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE AND AT CONSTANT SPEED OF 40MPH. WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP THE CAR WOULD SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATING FOR A FEW SECONDS AND THEN LURCH FORWARD AND BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. UPON STARTUP THE CAR LURCHED WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE TO EXIT GARAGE. ON 5/22/13 THE CAR SUDDENLY WENT INTO " LIMP MODE" WHILE AT A SPEED OF 40MPH. IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED BY FORD DEALER AS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. THE THROTTLE BODY IS ON BACKORDER WITH NO DEFINITIVE SHIP DATE. CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN. *TR

THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I WAS DOING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY AN MY CAR LOST POWER AN WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BUT I COULD STILL TURN AN BRAKE BUT THE ENGINE WAS STALLING AN SHAKING AN THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ONE. I COASTED OFF THE ROAD SHUT THE CAR OFF AN RESTARTED IT AFTER A FEW MINUTES AN THE ENGINE TURNED OVER FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE STARTING UP AN IT DROVE FINE. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AN THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THE FAULT TO HAPPEN SO I TOOK MY CAR. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTH IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIME BUT NOW IT WILL STALL OUT AN THE HAVE THE WRENCH LIGHT COME ONE AGAIN AN WHEN I RESTART MY CAR IT WILL GO ABOUT 50 FEET AN HAPPEN AGAIN ABOUT 7 TIMES IN A ROW. I HAVE TAKEN...

ON APRIL 19, 2013, I HAD ONE INCIDENT WHERE MY CAR LOST POWER WITH NO WARNING. I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. I SUDDENLY REALIZED I HAD NO POWER AND NOTICED THAT THE WRENCH LIGHT AND OTHER LIGHTS CAME ON. I WAS ABLE TO STEER THE CAR OFF THE ROAD. I HAD TO TURN IT OFF AND THEN RESTART IT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT BUT THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. IT SEEMED TO RUN ROUGHER FOR THE NEXT MONTH BUT DIDN'T STALL AGAIN UNTIL MAY 16. AT THAT TIME I WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. ON MAY 17 IT STALLED TWO TIMES WHILE GOING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. ON MAY 19 IT STALLED ONE TIME WHILE GOING 60 MPH SO I PARKED THE CAR FOR THE WEEKEND. I CALLED THE DEALER AND HAD TO DRIVE OVER AN HOUR TO THE DEALER. IT STALLED...

CAR WILL LOSE POWER AT ANY GIVING TIME OR SPEED ABOVE 40MPH. YOU MUST THEN TRY TO PULL OFF ROAD AND TURN OFF AND RESTART. IT WOULD ONLY DO THIS ONCE A WEEK, BUT NOW IT'S DOING MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. DEALER WILL NOT ADDRESS IT AS A WARRANTY PROBLEM DUE TO FACT IT HAS OVER 36000 MILES ON IT. TRIED TO ORDER REPLACEMENT THROTTLE BODY THRU THEM BUT IT ON BACK ORDER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2010 MILAN AT THE SPEED OF 55 MPH, THE CAR SHOOK SLIGHTLY AND THE WRENCH LIGHT APPEARED. THE CAR BEGAN TO LOSE POWER - I WAS ABLE TO STEER WITH NO PROBLEM. I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I SHUT THE CAR OFF - AND STARTED IT AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME IT STARTED WITH NO PROBLEM. WITHIN DRIVING 4 MORE MILES, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING 25 MPH. IT HAPPENED SEVEN MORE TIMES BEFORE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. EACH TIME WHEN I TRIED TO START MY CAR, IT KEPT TURNING OVER BEFORE IT WOULD START. I WAITED FOR AN HOUR ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK. WHEN THE TOW ARRIVED, THE CAR STARTED JUST FINE - THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! I WAS DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND WAS ALMOST...

DRIVING ABOUT 40-50MPH IN TRAFFIC, THE CAR SUDDENLY JERKED, FELT LIKE A HARD GEAR-SHIFT. THE GREEN WRENCH LIGHT & ORANGE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE THROTTLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. THE CAR STILL HAD POWER BUT NO ACCELERATION, ENGINE SPUTTERED, HAD TO PULL OFF THE ROAD WHILE COASTING, CAR WAS IDLING VERY ROUGH SO WAS SHUTDOWN. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED FOUR TIMES THE NEXT TWO DAYS. STOPPED AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS SINCE IT WAS EARLY EVENING, THEY PULLED DTC P2111 "THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM STUCK OPEN" FROM CAR'S COMPUTER AND HE SAYS THE THROTTLE VALUE IS STICKING. SCHEDULED SERVICE AT WORLD FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE CAR WAS PURCHASED JUST FOUR MONTHS PRIOR. I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPLACING "THIS IS VERY COMMON, WE REPLACE THEM ALL THE TIME" HE SAID. I PURCHASED A POWERTRAIN EXTENDED WARRANTY WITH THE CAR THAT STATES IT COVERS THE...

I WAS DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND PULL OUT TO PASS ANOTHER CARD ACCELERATING TO 55 MPH. THE CAR LURCHED AND STARTED TO LOSE POWER. I THOUGHT IT WAS TEMPORARY BUT IT CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO 40, 30, 20 AND 10 MPH WHICH I PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO PREVENT A HAZARD ON THE HIGHWAY. I CALLED AAA FOR A TOW WHICH ARRIVED ABOUT AN HOUR LATER. THE NEXT MORNING I DECIDED TO TRY AND START THE CAR. THE WRENCH LIGHT WAS OFF AND IT STARTED BUT I DID NOT DRIVE IT. THE NEXT DAY WHICH IS MONDAY I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO CHANCE IT TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALER 30 MILES AWAY. IT ACTUALLY MADE IT THERE AND THE DIAGNOSTIC DONE BY THE DEALER CAME UP WITH NO REPAIR CODES FOR THE VEHICLE, SUBSEQUENTLY, I PICKED IT UP AND DROVE IT HOME AT...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD AT A STEADY 45 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND THE ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE. ACCELERATOR DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ENGINE RPM. COASTED TO SIDE OF ROAD AND STOPPED. PROCEEDED TO TURN OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART, ACCELERATOR RESPONSE RETURNED TO NORMAL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING AND THE RPMS DID NOT BUDGE EVEN WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS. A FEW SECONDS LATER THE FRONT END OF MY CAR (WHICH I AM ASSUMING WAS THE ENGINE) BEGAN SPUTTERING. A SERVICE LIGHT ALSO APPEARED WHICH IS THE ONE THAT IS SHAPED LIKE A DOUBLE-SIDED WRENCH. I PULLED OFF OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE. I TURNED THE ENGINE BACK ON A FEW MINUTES LATER AND IT STARTED WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. I TOOK MY CAR INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP AN HOUR AFTER AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THEY PLUGGED IN THE COMPUTER AND IT DID NOT DETECT ANY ISSUES. I ASKED THEM TO POP THE HOOD TO SEE IF THEY COULD NOTICE ANY OBVIOUS DISCREPANCIES BUT THEY REFUSED TO. THEY STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CURRENTLY...

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE WRENCH EMBLEM WENT ON MY DASHBOARD AND I LOST ACCELERATION. I HAD THE GAS PEDDLE PUSHED TO THE FLOOR BUT THERE WAS NO POWER. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED IT. I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND HOME. I HAVE READ SEVERAL SIMILAR ACCOUNTS AND AM SURPRISED THAT FORD HAS NOT HAD A RECALL DUE TO THIS ISSUE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE FORD WILL PAY ATTENTION TO THIS DEFECT? *TR

SURGING OF ENGINE WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY TO PARK. SURGING HAS HAPPENED INTERMITTENTLY. MOST RECENTLY, 2/27/2013. WHILE TRAVELING APPROX. 20 MPH, BRAKES FAILED AND SURGE OCCURRED. L TURN OFF ENGINE PUT IT IN PARK, WAITED A MINUTE AND RESTARTED ENGINE,PROCEEDING HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. TOTAL OCCURRENCES--6 TIMES SINCE PURCHASE. DEAN ARBOR FORD ALPENA MI REPLACED AIR MASS SENSOR, FRONT BRAKES AND AIR FILTER 2/28/2013......$596

WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL OUT AND LOSE POWER RESULTING IN RAPID DECREASE IN SPEED AND CREATE UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATIONS. CAR WOULD STILL BE RUNNING BUT PRESSING THE GAS WOULD NOT RESULT IN ACCELERATION. TURNING VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING AGAIN WOULD SOMETIMES REMEDY PROBLEM BUT PROBLEM INCREASED IN FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY, EVEN HAPPENING TO MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 60+ MPH TRAVELING THROUGH BRIDGE/TUNNEL SYSTEM IN LOCAL AREA. *TR