2008 Mercury Milan Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I was driving down the road when my car started running on four cylinders instead of 6. I was able to get it to the dealership via tow truck. They had to replace my powertrain control module (PCM) and a coil that was burnt. They followed the TSB 13-4-17 that related to the 2006-2008 ford/lincoln/Mercury PCM problems. Prior to this event, my car had not shown any signs of malfunction.”

“While pulling out of a parking lot into the street, the electronic throttle body failed, putting the car into a safe mode with extremely limited power. Was able to use reverse to move car back into parking lot. I know that this exact issue (loss of power due to electronic throttle body failure) has caused a recall for some ford and Mercury models, including the Milan, but it does not yet include my car's model year. From my experience, the recall should be expanded.”

“Takata too! I drove Milan to stop sign. As I went forward, went into 'limp home' mode (found term while researching). 1st time this ever happened. No forewarning! I was able to get car to crawl to the curb. Saw orange wrench light up. Shut off engine. When I restarted, I was able to drive short distance home. Next day, tried 3 times to start. It started, but quickly stalled each time. Towed to my mechanic. He checked computer, saw there was a problem. He doesn't do that work. Told me wrench and engine light come on. Towed to ford dealership on friday. …”

“I was driving on the highway at about 45 MPH when engine seemed to gradually lose all power. I steered the car onto the shoulder of the road to get out of traffic and subsequently turned the car off and then re-started it, at which point it seemed to drive okay but at times still felt like it might stall. The check engine light came on, as well as the wrench light and traction warning light. The wrench and traction lights went off eventually but the check engine light continues to be on. …”

“I was driving down the hwy when my wrench light came on. All of a sudden, I lose power and can't get past 45 MPH and the tachometer goes into the red. I shut off the car, call a tow truck and have it towed to the ford dealership. They did a diagnostic and said the my 2 and 4 gears are gone and that I would need a new transmission to the tune of $7200. The car only has 89,000 miles on it and after researching online, I found that ford has been having issues with this particular transmission.”