Ownership Cost for 2010 Mercury Milan Premier
Estimated: $38960 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2297 | $1102 | $965 | $873 | $781 | $6018 |
| Insurance | $1724 | $1785 | $1847 | $1912 | $1979 | $9247 |
| Fuel | $1472 | $1516 | $1569 | $1632 | $1705 | $7894 |
| Maintenance | $2669 | $1666 | $999 | $917 | $2248 | $8499 |
| Repairs | $941 | $1105 | $1259 | $1379 | $1586 | $6270 |
| Taxes & Fees | $697 | $697 | $697 | $697 | $697 | $1032 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $9800 | $7254 | $6740 | $6777 | $8389 | $38960 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2010 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEED USING CRUISE CONTROL ON A SLIGHT UPGRADE, ENGINE SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND RETURNED TO IDLE AND WRENCH WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. AFTER STOPPING, IT WAS NOTED THAT ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING AT IDLE BUT THERE WAS NO THROTTLE CONTROL. AFTER IGNITION WAS SHUT OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES, VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THROTTLE CONTROL WAS FOUND TO BE NORMAL. DEALER DIAGNOSED LIKELY PROBLEM AS THROTTLE BODY, WHICH WOULD BE COVERED UNDER DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY BUT FORD SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED. FURTHER, OWNER WAS ADVISED PART WAS ON INDEFINITE NATION-WIDE BACK-ORDER WITH NO KNOWN AVAILABILITY DATE BUT THAT VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE IN THE MEANTIME WITH THE RISK THAT PROBLEM COULD RECUR WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. *TR |
| 2010 | ENGINE | I WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED (70MPH) WHEN MY ENGINE BEGAN TO "STALL OUT" ON ME CAUSING A RAPID DECELERATION. I WOULD SAY IT STALLED, BUT IT DID NOT 100% CUTOUT, RATHER IT WENT INTO THE LOWEST LIMP MODE ON THE ENGINE. LUCKILY, SINCE IT WAS A BUSY TIME OF NIGHT (APPROXIMATELY 6PM), I WAS IN THE RIGHT HAND LAND AND WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF BEFORE BEING REAR ENDED...THOUGH IT WOULD ALMOST INEVITABLY HAPPENED HAD I BEEN IN ANY OTHER LANE. I WAS NEAR AN EXIT AND COASTED SLOWLY IN THE LIMP MODE AND MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT, WHERE I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND POPPED THE HOOD TO EXAMINE THE ISSUE FURTHER. THE OIL WAS WITHIN RANGE AND BELTS WERE OK. JUST AS I WAS FINISHING THE COASTING, I SAW THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATE. AFTER CHECKING THE ENGINE, I WAS ABLE TO RE-START MY CAR AND DRIVE HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE ONLINE & FOUND MANY OTHERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE. I ORDERED OEM REPLACEMENT PARTS THAT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK TO ARRIVE. OVER THE COURSE OF THAT WEEK, THE ISSUE OCCURRED SEVERAL MORE TIMES AND HAPPENED MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. I AVOIDED HIGHWAYS ALTOGETHER FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. I CONTACTED FORD WHO TOLD ME I COULD HAVE IT REPAIRED AT MY COST AT A DEALERSHIP (SINCE I WAS A FEW THOUSAND OVER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY). I BOUGHT OEM PARTS & DID THE REPAIR MYSELF AND THE ISSUE HAS NOT HAPPENED AGAIN SINCE. THIS IS THE EXACT ISSUE LISTED IN NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: PE13003. *TR |
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