DEFECTIVE LATCH DOOR ON MERCURY MILAN 2006 . 26,000 MILES. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING IN A SHOPPING CENTER ALTHOUGH ELECTRONICALLY LATCHED .WE TAPED THE DOOR TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE TO A DEALER . THIS CAR IS DRIVEN BY ONE PERSON "SOLO" VERY RARELY THE PASSENGER SIDE IS USED. UPON DRIVING TO THE NEAREST DEALER I T WAS FOUND THE LATCH WAS BROKEN , AND APPARENTLY THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE RED FLAGGED. I T MEANS THAT THE NEWER PART THAT ARRIVED TWO WEEKS LATER WAS REDESIGNED FOR THIS MODEL CAR AND THE OLDER PART WERE NO LONGER IN USE.. I DO BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS THAT A DOOR TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY INVOLVING A PASSENGER AND ALSO INVOLVING OTHER VEHICLES IN PARALLEL LANES. *TR
2006
POWER TRAIN
PUT MY CAR INTO PARK AND MY KEY REFUSED TO COME OUT OF THE IGNITION. I TRIED NUMEROUS TIMES TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK/DRIVE TO SEE IF THE IGNITION WILL UNLOCK, BUT IT IS NOT COMMUNICATING THAT IT IS IN PARK (STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT LOCK, I ALSO CAN'T TURN THE KEY BACKWARDS AND PUT INTO AUXILIARY MODE. IT WOULDN'T BE A BAD THING IF I DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY. BESIDES THE FACT THAT THE STUPID DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH IS BUSTED TOO WHICH IS A SECURITY ISSUE ALONG WITH A SAFETY ISSUE. CAN'T A CONSUMER RELY ON A CAR MANUFACTURE TO ISSUE PARTS THAT DON'T BREAK OR MALFUNCTION... I SEE ONLINE THAT LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS ISSUE... AS THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN, WHY IS THERE NO RECALL? WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO GET THIS FIXED WHEN IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE? MAYBE ITS TIME TO BUY A CHEVY. *TR