2010 Mercury Milan lighting problems

Owners reported lighting problems in 137 complaints for the 2010 Mercury Milan, 10% of the complaints on file.

Complaints: 137 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 49,000 miles 123 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Based on 123 complaints that include mileage. 72% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	13
20k to 40k miles	22
40k to 60k miles	53
60k to 80k miles	16
80k to 100k miles	14
100k to 120k miles	4
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 123 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 49,000 miles, and 72% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

The taillights never changed illumination, when the headlights where on. When the headlights were not on they illuminated according to brake petal pressing. Was driving at night with headlights on nd was rear ended due to the other driver knowing I was stopping. The other driver was hurt along with her passenger. Next morning to vehicle in to dealership was told it needed a headlight control switch and an rear tail light assemblies. Not bulbs but assembled as these are LED.

Reported at 81,000 miles, December 2013 Injury

My 2010 mercury milan only has 18300 miles on it and I was told that the whole tail light assembly needs to be replaced and it is not covered under the extended warranty. The brake light stays on continuously when the headlights are on. It is a known problem. The cost is almost $500.00. Obviously this car. Is not driven a lot.

Reported at 18,300 miles, August 2014

Lighting problems in other years

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Lighting problems across all Mercury models