# 2010 Mercury Milan - Electrical problems

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-mercury-milan-electrical-problems/194280>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mercury\
**Created:** [January 30, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-mercury-milan-electrical-problems/194280 "2024-01-30T23:12:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lawrencehelhoski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@lawrencehelhoski](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lawrencehelhoski)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-mercury-milan-electrical-problems/194280/1 "2024-01-30T23:12:08Z")

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electrical failure seems to lose power to engine dash lights start to flicker power steering which is an electric assist variety will not work after a little tinkering it comes back on and works normally i’ve replaced the alternator and the battery a short time ago works very well for a machine with 170,000 + this issue has been my only one for past 2 years

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2010-mercury-milan-electrical-problems/194280/2 "2024-01-31T23:00:53Z")

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Ask your shop do a thorough battery & alternator system test. My diy’er version: Before the first start of the day the battery should measure about 12.6 volts; then immediately after starting the engine, 13.5-15.5 volts.