| Issue ID | 997376 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10526301 |
| Manufacurer | Ford Motor Company |
| Brand | MERCURY |
| Model | MILAN |
| Model Year | 2010 |
| File date | 19/07/13 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Multiple times & variations, but always w/the same result. At any given moment, wrench light would come on & vehicle would lose all acceleration ability while it surged/idled very roughly. Each time, i pulled vehicle off road to the best of my ability, put it in park (would then idle rough, but surge less). Turned vehicle off, waited 5-10min, restarted & vehicle would function close to normally (minimal small surges while driving). While veh was malfunctioning, i could hold gasoline pedal to the floor w/no response. Could not manually shift (i have an automatic shiftable) past 2nd gear & veh would not progress forward - except if the engine surged. This problem happened more, with less time between failings as the day progressed until i could finally get to a populated area/small town. It is also worth mentioning, both mechanics that checked my vehicle for me could not find any "history" in my codes. However, the first ford dealership was able to do a special check that found a "throttle body failure". They cleaned the throttle body (parts are back ordered till 9/24/13) & sent me on my way hoping that would fix the problem. It did not, so i stopped at the very next town after it happened again & left my mercury milan with a ford dealership. Each time this happened it was really quite scary as traffic around me had no idea i was about to have catastrophic failure. Thankfully all drivers involved were quick enough to avoid rear ending me. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 43604 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | HERMANTOWN, MN |
| VIN pattern | 3MEHM0JG2ARXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
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| Vehicle speed | 55 |
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