Mercury Milan Reliability Problems

Milan owners have made 123 complaints over 6 model years. Using our PainRank™ system we've ranked it 12th in overall reliability out of 14 Mercury models, with real engine and steering concerns.

2 Common Mercury Milan Problems

A list of some of the most common issues Milan owners have to deal with.

  1. Takata Recalls

    Parts supplier, Takata, manufactured defective, shrapnel-hurling airbag inflators that need to be recalled. The issue affects 34 million+ vehicles spread out across 24 brands, making it one of the largest (and most dangerous) recalls in aut…

    Continue reading article "Takata Recalls" Deployed airbag

What Milan Owners Complain About

Sometimes it helps just to tally up the complaints and see where the biggest stacks are. Use this information to learn about troublespots or to run for the hills.

Worst Issues

What Breaks the Most

Years to Avoid

Full Lists on CarComplaints.com

Milan Generations

Generations are groups of model years where few, if any, changes were made to the vehicle which means their model years tend to break in similar ways. The Milan has 1 generation available in North American markets.

Milan Key Numbers

  1. 123 complaints

    Running tally of owner grievances filed to CarComplaints.com.

  2. 61 service bulletins

    Documenting the process of troubleshooting common problems.

  3. 12 recall campaigns

    Time-sensitive, free repairs for widespread safety problems.

Recent Milan News

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  1. The Milan is part of another Takata recall expansion announced by Ford.

    The whole situation is quite the mess because across the industry 3.3 million vehicles are getting called back. There have been more confirmed casualties due to the inflators, and now there’s a stop-driving order for certain Ranger owners before it happens again.

    The first Takata recall happened in May of 2013, crazy.

    keep reading article "Milan Named in Takata Recall Expansion"

  2. Mercury's parent company has petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to be exempted from the Takata recall.

    Unlike the tens of millions of airbag inflators already recalled in millions of vehicles, the 2.7 million inflators have a drying agent (desiccant) called calcium sulfate used to protect the explosive chemical, ammonium nitrate, from moisture.…

    keep reading article "Ford Doesn’t Want to Recall 2.7 Million Takata Inflators "

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