2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid

GOT SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW & SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNINGS AND LOST POWER STEERING AND LOST POWER STEERING. THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS WARNINGS TO THE EFFECT INDICATING SERVICE PRIOR TO FAULT. IT WAS A SUDDEN EVENT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR DEATH IF SOMEONE NOT AS STRONG AS I WAS DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE CAR TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE LANES AND DRIVE SAFELY BACK HOME.

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH ON A STRAIGHT CITY ROAD & THE STEERING BECAME DIFFICULT. THE MESSAGE ABOUT SERVICE POWER STEERING CAME ON, BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THE STEERING CHANGED BEFORE THE MESSAGE POPPED UP. I WAS REQUIRED TO DRIVE AT A VERY SLOW PACE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE CAR IN CONTROL. I WAS CLOSE TO HOME & JUST WENT BACK THERE TO PARK. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE 2011 MODEL HAD A RECALL & WONDER WHY THE 2010 MODEL WAS NOT INCLUDED. I DON'T RECALL 2011 BEING A BIG MODEL CHANGE YEAR FOR THE MILAN. I THINK THEY HAVE SIMILAR POWER STEERING SYSTEMS & COVING 2010 MAY WANT TO BE CONSIDERED. I HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF $350 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE FIX IS MOST LIKELY ANOTHER $1500 OR MORE.

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE TURNPIKE ABOUT 65 MPH CAR BEGAN TO SLOW AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH EVEN WITH GAS PEDAL PRESSED FULLY - SLOW TO PICK UP ANY SPEED AFTER BRAKING. WRENCH LIGHTS CAME ON DASH. VERY DANGEROUS. I SEE THIS IS AN ISSUE (THROTTLE BODY) WITH LATER MODELS TOO. REPAIR SHOULD BE COVERED ON THIS YEAR AS WELL. *TR

YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM. CAR LURCHED AND ACCELERATED ERRATICALLY, PARTICULARLY WHEN GOING UP HILL WHILE THE ENGINE WAS LABORING. MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND DIAGNOSTIC CODES. HE CLEANED THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, BUT THAT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE PROBLEM. THE YELLOW WRENCH APPEARS AFTER 10 MINUTES OF DRIVING, ANDTHE CAR LURCHES AND CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE ERRATICALLY. WHAT AM I TO DO? I FEEL THAT THIS IS HAZARDOUS ISSUE WITH THIS CAR AND I NOTICE I AM NOT THE ON LO Y ONE TO HAVE THIS ISSUE. PLEASE HAVE FORD ISSUE A RECALL AND PAY RETROACTIVELY FOR ANY REPAIRS I HAVE TO MAKE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *TR

WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, MY CAR (2010 MERCURY MILAN HYBRID) SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND DISPLAYED THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" AS WELL AS THE "WRENCH SYMBOL LIGHT". I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND EXITED THE INTERSTATE AT THE NEXT EXIT. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR AND WAITING FOR 5 MINUTES, I RESTARTED THE CAR. ONLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL DISPLAYED. AFTER TESTING THE POWER OF THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT SEEMED OKAY, WE WENT BACK ON THE INTERSTATE TO RETURN TO OUR HOTEL. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET AND FINDING MULTIPLE INCIDENTS SIMILAR TO OUR PROBLEM, WE LOOKED FOR AN AREA FORD DEALER TO REPAIR THE CAR (WE WERE ON VACATION OVER 500 MILES FROM HOME.) THE NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING TO THE FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, THE CAR DID THE SAME THING - WHILE MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON AN INTERSTATE, THE CAR LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND DISPLAYED THE WRENCH SYMBOL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAD NEVER GONE OFF SINCE ILLUMINATING THE DAY BEFORE. AFTER STOPPING THE CAR ALONG THE INTERSTATE AND TURNING IT OFF AND BACK ON, THE CAR HAD ADEQUATE POWER FOR THE REMAINING TRIP TO THE FORD DEALER. THE DIAGNOSIS AT THE DEALER WAS A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID MY CAR'S VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN FORD'S CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM 13N03 EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SIMILAR AGE/MODEL OF THE OTHER CARS IN THE PROGRAM. I BELIEVE MY CAR SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM. THE SITUATION CAUSED BY THE THROTTLE BODY FAILURE COULD LEAD TO SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH WHILE DRIVING ON AN INTERSTATE.

WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC, GOING STRAIGHT AND ON A SLIGHT INCLINE, AT APPROXIMATELY 55 M.P.H., CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND WENT INTO LIMP MODE. VEHICLE MALFUNCTION AND ENGINE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT EXCEED 40-45 M.P.H. ON LEVEL GRADES AND 20 ON SLIGHT INCLINES.MANAGED TO RETURN CAR HOME. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER ON 10/26/2015.WHEN VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THE MALFUNCTION LIGHT DID NOT TURN ON AND ONLY THE ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. CAR ACTED NORMAL ON TRIP TO DEALER. TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS A THROTTLE BODY ISSUE. RESEARCHED AND FOUND OUT FORD HAS EXTENDED COVERAGE ON THIS PART FOR 10YEARS AND 150,000 MILES. FORD BULLETIN 13NO3. WAS TOLD BY FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE HYBRIDS WERE NOT COVERED EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME PART NUMBER.THE COVERAGE WAS BASED ON WHERE THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED AND WHO THE PART SUPPLIER WAS. OH REALLY? THEY CAN TELL ME WHAT SPECIFIC PART WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE PART BIN AND INSTALLED? THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD BE MADE TO COVER ALL THE VEHICLES EXHIBITING THE SAME PROBLEM.OR DOES IT TAKE A LARGE INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE NUMBER TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN. FROM WHAT I AM SEEING, THERE ARE PLENTY OF HYBRIDS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

THE VEHICLE SPORADICALLY LOSES POWER AND THE "WRENCH" LIGHT GOES ON INDICATING A SUPPOSED ENGINE PROBLEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED, THE ENGINE PERFORMS NORMALLY UNTIL THE NEXT TIME THIS SPORADIC FAILURE OCCURS. IT HAS REPEATED ITSELF SEVERAL TIMES IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, AND THE TROUBLE CODE THAT HAS BEEN LOGGED IS P2112, WHICH RELATES TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. FORD ISSUED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERING SEVERAL MODEL YEARS AND MODELS (INCLUDING 2010 MERCURY MILANS) WITH THIS STYLE THROTTLE BODY, AND THE WARRANTY REPORTEDLY COVERS THE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT UP TO TEN YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. FOR SOME REASON, EVEN THOUGH MY CAR USES THE SAME THROTTLE THROTTLE BODY AS OTHER AFFECTED MILANS, MY VIN NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, THOUGH IT SHOULD BE. NOW IT SEEMS THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET FORD TO COVER THIS REPAIR/REPLACEMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM ON OTHER, VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL, VEHICLES. ANY HELP YOU CAN PROVIDE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!