2011 Mercury Milan Electronic stability control Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 2%of 192 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 115,500miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the electronic stability control of the 2011 Mercury Milan, 2% of the 192 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 115,500 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I was driving on a highway when all of a sudden my steering stopped and a message popped up power steering service now service advancetrac also my traction light came on. I had to pull the car over which was very difficult because I had very limited steering but thank god it was later at night and not much traffic. I had the car towed which I found out it was the power steering that had failed and the power steering is electrical. Upon research and reporting this to the NHTSA. …”
NHTSA complaint #11186574, filed 2019-03, 111,000 miles“I started have message power steering assist failure along with advancetrak service. Power steering was lost during freeway riding. Pulled over, shut vehicle off and turned back on. Power steering came back. After a week of this error messages would not go away. Took into ford service and was told that gear assembly and both right side control arms needed to be replaced. Expensive repair of 2213.08. I noticed on-line a recall for this same problem so I called service and they stated that my car was not part of recall. Why not. …”
NHTSA complaint #11093860, filed 2018-05, 120,000 miles“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”
NHTSA complaint #11279252, filed 2019-11, 163,000 milesElectronic stability control: other model years
Other parts of the 2011 Mercury Milan
77 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
31 complaintsExterior lighting
29 complaintsEngine
22 complaintsVehicle speed control
22 complaintsAir bags
17 complaintsElectrical system
17 complaintsFuel system
17 complaintsBrakes
12 complaintsOther or unknown
6 complaintsEngine cooling
2 complaintsWheels
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2011 Mercury Milan
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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