| Issue ID | 783218 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10324880 |
| Manufacurer | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | MERCURY |
| Model | MILAN |
| Model Year | 2006 |
| File date | 05/04/10 |
| Component | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Vehicle is a 2006 mercury milan v-6 premier purchased in september 2009 with less than 25,000 miles on the vehicle. According to car fax sheet, no accidents, no problems with car. Drove off lot electronic reader indicated 23 mpg and 27 mpg average. One month ago mpg went down to 16. 5 and mpg av 18. 5!!! Then went back up a bit to 18. 5 mpg and now it is again 16. 5 mpg. I am furious and will bring back to colonial nissan in feasterville where i bought my car. Huge mpg discrepancy between the us epa mpg and the current horrible mpg worse than my 1993 nissan maxima which is 20 mpg! Is it the ethanol in the gas? Is it a problem with the gas/air ratio? Also, noticed pedal acceleration issue. Lately not smooth acceleration... Can push pedal and no change in acceleration for too long a time. What is going on???? Please investigate this fraud. Thank you. If it is simply an adjustment to the software then i'm okay with that but it the mpg is this bad i'm trading it in... |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 28100 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | LEVITTOWN, PA |
| VIN pattern | 3MEHM08106RXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 40 |
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