2007 Mercury Milan Speed Control & Cruise Problems

The wrench light came on in the car and my OBD sensor will not pick up a code on what it could be. I was driving it yesterday to merge onto a highway when suddenly I couldn’t pass 15 mph and was stuck witch cars beeping and zooming around me. I had to shut the car off wait and turn it back on. The amount of complaints I’ve seen about the same exact issue happening to people in the same exact car is ridiculous to not be a recall. I am almost certain it’s a throttle bottle issue. This needs to be looked into and investigated before ford comes across a lawsuit.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PAST 4 RPMS. ALSO, WHEN DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND SHOOK WHILE ACCELERATING. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CHECK ENGINE, TRACTION CONTROL, AND TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH GOSCH FORD HEMET (150 CARRIAGE CIR, HEMET, CA 92545, 951-396-7250) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER THAT SHE DISCOVERED MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER: 13N03, WHICH WAS A FREE REPAIR FORD OFFERED ITS CUSTOMERS WITH DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODIES. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE RECALL AND REFERRED HER TO THE MANUFACTURER. WHEN THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR RECALL; HOWEVER, HER VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WAS NO LONGER ENTITLED TO THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 126,000.

MY WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR SHIFTS HARD AND WON'T GO INTO OVERDRIVE

WHILE DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS, THERE IS A SUDDEN DROP IN POWER (LIMP MODE), AFTER RESETTING THE CAR FULL POWER IS RESTORE. ERROR CODE REFERS TO THROTTLE BODY SENSORS.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY (ETB) MALFUNCTION. CAR REVS BUT FAILS TO CATCH. CHECK ENGINE AND WRENCH LIGHTS CAME ON. ONCE CAR STARTED MOVING PEDOMETER DID NOT WORK. WARRANTY ON THIS PART FOR 2009-2014 MODELS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10 YEARS OR 150,000 MILES. THE WARRANTY SHOULD COVER ALL MODEL YEARS AS THIS IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM BEFORE ON VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BEFORE 2009. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE MY CAR LOST THE ABILITY TO TRAVEL AT A SAFE AND ACCEPTABLE SPEED. THE CARS MAXIMUM SPEED WAS 30 MPH ON AN INTERSTATE THAT HAS A REQUIRED SPEED OF 55MPH. I WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAVE THE CAR TOWED. THIS IS A GRAVE SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY SINCE FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM ORIGINATES FROM. THE CAR WAS THEN TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT FOUND THE PROBLEM TO BE A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY. FORD WILL REPLACE THROTTLE BODIES IN 2009 AND UP MERCURY MILAN'S BUT NOT THE 2007. THE CARS HAVE THE EXACT SAME THROTTLE BODIES! IT IS NEGLIGENT ON FORD MOTOR COMPANIES PART TO NOT OFFER TO REPLACE ALL THROTTLE BODIES IN AFFECTED AUTOMOBILES.

PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT DESCRIBED THE CAR WAS ACTING PERFECTLY FINE AND HAD NEVER DIED OR BEEN DIFFICULT TO START. ON THE MORNING OF SEPT 23RD I GOT IN THE CAR I STARTED IT AND IT DIED IMMEDIATELY. I STARTED THE CAR AGAIN AND DROVE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 BLOCK AND IT DIED AGAIN. I RESTARTED IT AND IT DROVE A COUPLE MORE BLOCKS AND WHEN I STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN IT DIED AGAIN. AFTER THIS THE CAR WOULD START BUT WOULD SHUT OFF AS SOON AS I PUT THE CAR IN GEAR. EVERY TIME THE CAR DIED THE CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM LIGHT WOULD COME ON. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP RAN THE COMPUTER WHICH INDICATED THE ELECTRICAL THROTTLE BODY WAS BAD. WHEN THE DEALERSHIP REMOVED THE FAULTY THROTTLE BODY THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY DAMAGE THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO GO BAD. THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT MUST BE A FAULTY PART. WHEN THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED A CODE INDICATED THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS ALSO BAD. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND DAMAGE ON THE SENSOR EITHER AND EXPLAINED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY GOING OUT BLEW THE SENSOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER AS THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS REPAIRED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND SUDDENLY LOST ACCELERATION POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,811. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UNTIL IT WAS THEN GOING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. I PUSHED DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN IT CONTINUED TO DRIVE AT THAT SAME SPEED. THE VEHICLE THEN STRUCK A STOP SIGN AND CAME TO A STOP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNED A 2007 MERCURY MILAN. ON OCTOBER 13, 2007, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED INTO A VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ALTHOUGH THE CONTACTS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE OVER THE MEDIAN CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AGAINST THE MEDIAN, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE PASSENGERS NECK WAS BROKEN. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 8,000. UPDATED 5/15/13 *CN UPDATED 05/20/2013 *JS