FaultScore

Worst years for a Mercury Milan

Owners have filed 3,220 complaints about the Mercury Milan with NHTSA across model years 2006 to 2011. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2010 Mercury Milan

1,430 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly steering.

Cleanest on record

2011 Mercury Milan

261 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Mercury Milan year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2011 A 261 1 3 52,980 Steering
2010 D 1,430 54 3 55,650 Steering
2009 B 251 17 1 86,409 Brakes
2008 C 522 31 3 89,111 Airbags
2007 B 505 22 6 90,000 Airbags
2006 A 251 7 0 84,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Mercury Milan

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 780 24.2%

Worst in 2007

Brakes 579 18.0%

Worst in 2008

Steering 334 10.4%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Engine & Cooling 243 7.5%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Lights 170 5.3%

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2010

Worst in 2010

Wheels 21 0.7%

Worst in 2010

Doors, Latches & Locks 21 0.7%

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Mercury Milan

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 43 41.7%
Door 20 19.4%
Automatic Transmission 11 10.7%
Instrument Cluster/Panel 6 5.8%
Brake Lights 5 4.9%
Tail Lights 5 4.9%
Latch 4 3.9%
Automatic Emergency Braking 3 2.9%
Adaptive Cruise Control 3 2.9%
Electric Power Assist System 3 2.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Mercury Milan, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2006 peak 123 Aug 2026

Mercury Milan problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Mercury Milan

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.