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2008 Mercury MILAN Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1500509
Internal NHTSA #	11131857
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	MERCURY
Model	MILAN
Model Year	2008
File date	18/10/17
Component	SERVICE BRAKES
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Upon braking while driving over uneven pavement or loose gravel, or while accelerating through a turn, the abs [or traction control] malfunctions causing the brake pedal to sink to the floor and the braking distance to be dramatically increase. This has occurred four times now, twice with my children in the car, and the last time nearly had me get into an accident. While driving on the freeway at 55-60 mph, the vehicle in front of me had to brake suddenly due to a merge in front of them. I hit the brakes as normal, about 50% pedal depression, and the car started braking normally until it passed over a small patch of loose gravel on the freeway, at which point the pedal sank to the ground and the vehicle no longer proceeded to slow down. I had to veer to the left, nearly colliding with the center median and ended up passing the car in front of me because of the braking distance increasing. I have had this issue looked into and even a tech at the local ford dealership says that it is a faulty abs hcu (hydraulic control unit), and that the valves sticking in the hcu cause the pressure to go into a semi-infinite loop instead of exiting out back to the calipers. This causes around 80% of the hydraulic pressure to be wasted, and braking requires depressing the pedal nearly to the floor. The tech admitted that there are new hcus available that do not have this problem, and there is a potential recall pending. The tech instructed me to remove the abs fuse as well as the abs pump fuse, which stops the problem from happening. I have confirmed after 10,000 miles that with the abs fuses out, the problem does not occur. I have contacted my attorney regarding this issue and am waiting on said potential recall for a repair to my vehicle.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	86000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	SACRAMENTO, CA
VIN pattern	3MEHM08148RXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	1
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	55
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2008 Mercury MILAN Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2008 Mercury MILAN Service Brakes Problems, Complaints and Defects

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