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2011 Mercury Milan Hybrid problems

Owners filed 184 complaints about the 2011 Mercury Milan Hybrid with NHTSA between Jun 2012 and Jul 2025. The most-cited component is steering (71).

Complaints
184
Filed with NHTSA
Crashes
1
Reported by owners
Fires
2
Reported by owners
Injuries
0
People reported injured
Deaths
0
Reported to NHTSA
01 —By component

Complaints by component

One complaint can cite several components
  1. Steering71
  2. Exterior lighting29
  3. Power train29
  4. Engine22
  5. Vehicle speed control22
  6. Air bags17
  7. Electrical system16
  8. Fuel/propulsion system14
  9. Service brakes10
  10. Electronic stability control (esc)4
  11. Service brakes, hydraulic2
  12. Wheels2
  13. Engine and engine cooling2
  14. Forward collision avoidance1

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.

Data from NHTSA Complaints API · synced Nov 9, 2026NHTSA vehicle page
02 —Trend

When complaints were filed

Does it get worse with age? Complaints per calendar year filed
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Model yearComplaints filed per calendar year
20123
201347
201431
201513
20168
201716
201817
201919
20202
20215
20224
20239
20245
20255

Mileage at failure isn’t a structured field in NHTSA complaint data, so we don’t chart it. Some owners mention it in their reports below.

03 —Owner reports

Top problems in owners’ words

Verbatim from NHTSA complaints, newest first

Steering

71 reports
“My car was recalled for the steering control module issue in 2016, Recall 15S18 and 15N01. Brought it into my Ford dealer in 2016 and Ford declined to fix the steering control module repair. In 2016, car was well within the 10 year window and mileage restriction. Now, my car still is under 150K miles, is at 124,000. The power steering stopped working last week. The error message on dashboard states, power steering control error. Brought it into shop and mechanic diagnosed it as error with power steering control module and loss of power steering assist. Mechanic advised me to return to Ford as this problem was under recall 15V34. Ford refuses to repair my car as it is past the 10 year warranty window. If Ford would not have denied this repair in 2016, my car power steering control module would not have failed last week. Now my car is unsafe to drive. Ford should have fixed my car and now it is undrivable. They know that 2011 Mercury Milans have this issue and have abdicated responsibility for the safety of my car.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Mar 5, 2025SteeringODI 11646548

Exterior lighting

29 reports
“Passenger side brake light assembly failed June 2025. I found it our at an oil change inspection. Ford discontinued manufacturing this LED brake light assembly, so it is difficult to replace this safety critical part. The part number is 9N7Z 13404 A.”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jul 23, 2025Exterior lightingODI 11675692

Power train

29 reports
“POWER STEERING CONTINUALLY GOES OUT. HAVE ALREADY HAD WORK DONE FOR IT AND STILL GOES OUT. HAVE SEEN RECALL FOR POWER STEERING BUT WAS TOLD BY FORD THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO MY VEHICLE. NOT SURE WHY SINCE VEHICLE IS 2011 MERCURY MILAN AND RECALL 15V340000 ALSO LISTS THIS VEHICLE, BUT VIN DOES NOT SHOW IN RECALL SYSTEM?? NEED TO BE FIXED.. DANGEROUS AND HAZARDOUS TO DRIVE AN INFANT WHEN STEERING INTERMITTENTLY GOES OUT”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Nov 10, 2019Steering, Power train, Electronic stability control (esc)ODI 11279252

Engine

22 reports
“WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE A WARNING CAME ON STATING POWER ASSIST FAILURE. CAR HAD MANUAL STEERING ONLY. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED IT WENT AWAY WHEN THE CAR WAS RESTARTED. NO SUCH LUCK THIS TIME, WARNING STAYS ON AND NO POWER STEERING. LUCKILY I WAS ON STRAIGHT ROADS BOTH TIMES. I SEE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT THE DEALERSHIP SAYS THERE IS NONE??”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled May 8, 2020Steering, EngineODI 11323895

Vehicle speed control

22 reports
“DRIVING UP AN ON RAMP TO AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY, THE CAR WOULD NOT REACT TO INCREASED DEPRESSION OF THE THROTTLE PEDAL. TOOL INDICATOR WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. I BARELY WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE BERM, ALMOST REAR-ENDED. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE FIRST OCCURRENCE ON 6/11/15-6/12/15 AND APPEARS TO OCCUR ONLY WHEN I HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION!”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Jun 12, 2015Vehicle speed controlODI 10724880

Air bags

17 reports1 crash1 fire
“I've been reading on all these recalls for my car and only one recall was fix which was when I took care of it but these past recalls on my car, and some of the recalls match up to the way my car is acting like and I bought this car used and I am concerned about the recalls and not being fix I would like to get my car checked for the past recalls on it bc I don't want to drive a car that has recalls that's not been fix and I do not want to put my life or anyone else in danger”
Owner complaint to NHTSAFiled Dec 5, 2024Air bags, Wheels, Forward collision avoidanceODI 11629029
Data from NHTSA Complaints API (owner reports, unverified) · synced Nov 9, 2026

Complaints are unverified owner reports to NHTSA and are not normalized for sales volume. One complaint can cite several components.