I'M 86 YRS OLD AND PURCHASED A 2010 MERCURY MILAN IN FEB.2013. THIS WAS A DEALER DEMO CAR WITH 13000 MILES ON IT. 2 MONTHS LATER SOMEONE WHO WAS FOLLOWING ME AT NIGHT PULLED ME OVER TO TELL ME MY BRAKE LIGHTS DIDN'T WORK. I DID SOME INVESTIGATIONS ON LINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MODEL OF CAR HAS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKE LIGHTS NOT WORKING WHEN THE HEAD LIGHTS ARE ON. THEY WORK WHEN HEADLIGHTS ARE OFF. FORD WOULD NOT CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND I HAD TO PAY $1000.00 FOR REPAIRS. AS I SEEN ONLINE IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. I FEEL FORD IS WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO BE KILLED BEFORE THEY'LL DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM! I WAS VERY FORTUNATE NOT TO BE HURT DO TO THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. *TR
2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGH WAY AT 55MPH AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL. I PULLED THE CAR OVER TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THE RPM GAUGE WAS BOUNCING UP AND DOWN RAPIDLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS VIOLENTLY SHAKING. ONCE I TURN THE CAR OFF I WAITED A FEW MINUTES AND STARTED IT BACK UP AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE, NO ENGINE LIGHT, NO SHAKES, NOTHING. I GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AND 15 MINUTES LATER IT DID THE SAME THING. I BARELY MADE IT BACK HOME DUE TO THE FACT IT WAS SPITTING AND SPUTTERING AND CAUSING TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN WHEN IT STALLS AND NOW I'M OUT OF A VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT IT COST SOO MUCH TO FIX. CODE WAS P2111. *TR