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2006 Mercury Milan power train problems

21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2006 Mercury Milan10% of all complaints for this model year.

21
Power Train complaints
10%
share of all complaints
81,750 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Started car for a drive after oil change/ disconnect battery for terminal cleaning and reconnect. Upon acceleration, could not get car to shift unless let off gas. Shifts hard, did not shift 3 and 4 gear until acceleration of at least 55 mph, then 70 in 4th gear. On highway seemed to want to slow…

    filed Dec 9, 2018

  • Well we were driving through the appalachian mountains on the highway, we went to pass a car that was slow. We stepped on the accelerator and it tried to shift into overdrive (because everyone if flying through there). But, as that happened the transmission slipped and sent the rpms to a really…

    filed Oct 30, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related service bulletins

  • Ford/lincoln/mercury: some vehicles, with diagnostic codes (dtcs) p0351, p0352, p0353, p0354, p0355, may experience a malfunction indicator lamp in the powertrain control module (pcm) and one or more coil on plug(s)…

    TSB-13-4-17 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Apr 24, 2013
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Power Train problems in other Milan years

YearReportsShare
2011 Milan3016%
2010 Milan14815%
2009 Milan42%
2008 Milan174%
2007 Milan225%
Milan power train problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.