Mercury Milan

Crash test

Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.

Specification

Regulator investigations

Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.

• Pedestrian alert sounds

  Defect petition, opened January 2023, closed August 2023.

• Extended Braking Distance

  Engineering analysis, opened April 2018, closed January 2021.

• Extended Braking Distance

  Preliminary evaluation, opened December 2016, closed May 2018.

• Electric power steering failure

  Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2014, closed September 2015.

• Electronic Throttle Body Malfunction

  Preliminary evaluation, opened February 2013, closed February 2014.

• Floor mat interference with accelerator

  Engineering analysis, opened December 2012, closed June 2014.

• Wheel Mounting Stud Fracture

  Engineering analysis, opened July 2011, closed January 2012.

• Wheel Stud Fracture

  Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2011, closed July 2011.

• Fleet Vehicle Recall Completion Audit

  Audit query, opened November 2010, closed December 2015.

• Accel Pedal Interference - Acc Floormat

  Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2010, closed January 2013.

• Tire valve cracking

  Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2008, closed April 2009.

What the maker told its dealers

Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.

Mercury filed 42 bulletins about the 2011 Milan.

• Equipment: 8
• Electrical system: 7
• Power train: 7
• Engine and engine cooling: 5
• Steering: 3
• Air bags: 2
• Engine: 2
• Exterior lighting: 2
• Service brakes: 2
• Structure: 2
• Other: 2

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• Some 2010-2012 Fusion hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), 2010-2011 Milan HEV and 2011-2012 MKZ HEV vehicles may experience reduced electric vehicle operation and increased gasoline engine operation… · May 2023
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• 6F35 Transmission - Fluid leak at left side halfshaft seal - built on or before 10/14/2013 · December 2021

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Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.