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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2009 Mercury Milan Recalls

The 2009 Mercury Milan has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Mercury Milan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
7

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
226

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
12

1 fires

NHTSA crash test
★★★★★

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2009 Mercury Milan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

7 recalls on the 2009 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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Milan, 6 other models

21V158000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal

Campaign
21V081000
Reported
February 16, 2021
Vehicles affected
up to 1,067
Risk NHTSA names
crash, injury and death
Same campaign
also 2010–2011 Milan, 7 other models

21V081000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010 Milan, 3 other models

19V904000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module

Campaign
18V046000
Reported
January 11, 2018
Vehicles affected
up to 327,796
Risk NHTSA names
injury and death
NHTSA advisory
do not drive until repaired
Same campaign
also 2010 Milan, 6 other models

18V046000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008 Milan, 8 other models

17V024000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

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 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Milan, 8 other models

16V384000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

Equipment

Campaign
14E028000
Risk NHTSA names
crash
Same campaign
also 2006–2008, 2010–2011 Milan, 3 other models

14E028000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2009 Mercury Milan complaints by year

NHTSA has received 226 owner complaints about the 2009 Mercury Milan, the newest on January 2, 2025. Of these, 12 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.

In complaints about the 2009 Mercury Milan, the component group named most often is the service brakes (44%), followed by the air bags (38%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (8%).

5 of the 2009 Mercury Milan's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.

Where 2009 Mercury Milan owners gave the mileage (137 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Service Brakes99
  • Air Bags85
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
  • Vehicle Speed Control10
  • Structure6
  • Unknown Or Other6

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2009 Mercury Milan received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20092
20102
20113
20125
20133
201410
20154
201617
201780
201845
201919
202017
202114
20222
20231
20241
20251

Complaints about the 2009 Mercury Milan peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 80. 5% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Mercury Milan drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Mercury Milan year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 5 ranked years.

That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Mercury Milan years.

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NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 5/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 5/5

The 226 complaints about the 2009 Mercury Milan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Mercury Milan by model year

Other 2009 Mercury models

Newest record on this page: January 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted