NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Mercury Milan Recalls
The 2011 Mercury Milan has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 10, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Mercury Milan. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 192
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2011 Mercury Milan, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2011 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 2006–2010 Milan, 6 other models
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 2009–2010 Milan, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V001000
- Reported
- January 7, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 782,384
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Milan, 7 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 2006–2010 Milan, 8 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: auxillary tank
- Campaign
- 15V793000
- Reported
- November 24, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 411,205
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Milan, 1 other model
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V340000
- Reported
- June 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 393,623
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 6 other models
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 11V574000
- Reported
- December 7, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128,616
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Milan, 1 other model
Equipment
- Campaign
- 14E028000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2010 Milan, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 21E013000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Milan, 5 other models
2011 Mercury Milan complaints by year
NHTSA has received 192 owner complaints about the 2011 Mercury Milan, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 2 a fire.
In complaints about the 2011 Mercury Milan, the component group named most often is the steering (40%), followed by the power train (16%) and the exterior lighting (15%).
1 of the 2011 Mercury Milan's 9 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2011 Mercury Milan owners gave the mileage (150 complaints), the median was 59,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering77
- Power Train31
- Exterior Lighting29
- Engine22
- Vehicle Speed Control22
- Air Bags17
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 47 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 16 | |
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 19 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 7 |
Complaints about the 2011 Mercury Milan peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 47. 42% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Mercury Milan drew 4.6× the complaints of the median Mercury Milan year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 5 ranked years.
That makes 2011 one of the Mercury Milan years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 192 complaints about the 2011 Mercury Milan are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Milan by model year
Other 2011 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted