NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Mercury Milan Recalls
The 2006 Mercury Milan has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Mercury Milan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 214
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Mercury Milan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2006 Mercury Milan
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21V158000
- Reported
- March 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,602,668
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Milan, 6 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 19V904000
- Reported
- December 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 600,166
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2010 Milan, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 17V024000
- Reported
- January 10, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 654,695
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2009 Milan, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V384000
- Reported
- May 31, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,892,343
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Milan, 8 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 Milan, 3 other models
2006 Mercury Milan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 214 owner complaints about the 2006 Mercury Milan, the newest on July 31, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (3%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Mercury Milan, the component group named most often is the air bags (60%), followed by the structure (11%) and the power train (10%).
3 of the 2006 Mercury Milan's 5 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Mercury Milan owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags128
- Structure23
- Power Train21
- Service Brakes13
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Engine8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 71 | |
| 2018 | 53 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Mercury Milan peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 71. 3% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 214 complaints about the 2006 Mercury Milan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2006 Mercury Milan crash tests and safety technology
NHTSA rated 2 versions of the 2006 Mercury Milan: 4-door with side airbags and 4-door.
On the 2006 Mercury Milan, in the side barrier test the front seat scored 5 stars and the rear seat 4 (4-door with side airbags).
For the 2006 Mercury Milan, NHTSA lists no electronic stability control, forward collision warning or lane departure warning.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2006 Mercury Milan rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 10.5% (4 stars). That is the highest of the 6 Milan years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (9.2%–10.5%); the 2007 had the lowest, 9.2%. Of 99 other 2006 cars with NHTSA ratings on this site, 27 (27%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 11.1%.
Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2006 Mercury Milan: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Mercury Milan by model year
Other 2006 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: July 31, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted