2005 Mercury Monterey

Safety Score
73
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2006-03-09 06V069000 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE 12,728 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2021-10-30 POWER TRAIN No 0 The contact's fiancée owns a 2005 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated while his fiancée was driving at an undisclosed …
2020-01-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERA…
2019-09-11 ENGINE No 0 I PURCHASED MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY IN FEB/MARCH 2018, IN JULY OF 2018 I GO OUT TO START MY VAN TO LEAVE AND NOTHING H…
2019-01-02 SEATS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CARPET ON THE VEHICLE'S FLOOR WAS MOIST. ALSO…
2018-11-29 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED …
2018-07-22 STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HATCHBACK CLOSED UNINTENTIONALLY WHILE IN USE…
2018-06-19 AIR BAGS Yes 2 TAKATA RECALL. TRAVELING ON ROAD APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. TRIED RO AVOID HITTING SOME DEER WHO SUDDENLY RAN OUT FROM TH…
2018-06-12 AIR BAGS Yes 2 TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHIC…
2017-08-07 POWER TRAIN No 0 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE IN DRIVEWAY. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT WENT INTO REVERESE. I …
2017-05-29 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE …
2017-01-02 POWER TRAIN No 0 VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ACCELERATING TO 60MPH HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALMOST CAUSING…
2016-11-08 POWER TRAIN No 0 I WAS STOPPED AT A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN IN MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. JUST AS I PRESSED ON THE GAS TO MOVE THROUGH THE I…
2016-10-10 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD I STARTED TO LOSE POWER AND COULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH. I COASTED HOME AND HAD TO CALL A TOW…
2016-10-07 POWER TRAIN No 0 FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THE CAR SHUTTERED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THEN, WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MILES …
2016-10-07 POWER TRAIN No 0 I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. I WANTED TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. JUST TO RECAP…
2016-03-27 POWER TRAIN No 0 PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LETTER AND INVOICE.
2015-09-01 POWER TRAIN No 0 YOU'LL BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR HIGHWAY AND IT ALL OF SUDDEN IT LOSES POWER AND THE LIGHT THAT MEANS TRANSAXLE PRO…
2015-08-27 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SE…
2015-06-15 STRUCTURE:BODY No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, IT WAS D…
2014-08-09 STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE No 1 MY SON AND I WERE PUTTING GROCERIES IN THE BACK OF THE VAN AND THE TAILGATE FELL ON HIS HEAD. THE AUTOMATIC LIFT WOULD…
2014-02-20 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RES…
2013-09-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 IT WAS RAINING AND MY VEHICLE KEPT GOING INTO NEUTRAL AND STALLING. I'D PRESS THE GAS, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. IT WOU…
2013-09-27 SEATS No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THIRD ROW SEATING FRAME FRACTURED. TH…
2013-04-20 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY WIFE WAS LEAVING WORK, WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HER VAN HOME THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND KEPT STALLING. I …
2013-03-21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 MULTIPLE TIMES LOSS OF POWER AND ABILITY TO DRIVE. RPM'S JUMPED ALL OVER AND VEHICLE WOULD STALL OR NOT START AT ALL. I…
2013-01-07 POWER TRAIN No 0 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY VAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE AND UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVIC…
2012-09-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER No 0 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. CONSUMERS WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL CONCERNING TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER *TGW THE CONSUME…
2012-08-09 POWER TRAIN No 0 STALL ENGINE WITH NO POWER FOR FORWARD OR REVERSE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR M…
2012-07-10 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER No 0 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE TRANSMISSION *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSMISSION WAS…
2012-05-31 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY VAN BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, ALMOST SKIPPING AT TIMES. I TOOK THE VAN TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC, WHOM I…
2012-05-16 POWER TRAIN No 0 I HAVE OWNED THE MERCURY MONTERY FOR SIX YEARS AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS A TORQUE CONV…
2012-04-21 POWER TRAIN No 0 OUR TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION FAILED ON OUR 2005 MONTEREY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON ROUTE 1 IN EDISON, NJ…
2012-03-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:TORQUE CONVERTER No 0 I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE - 11S25/NHTSA RECALL 12V-006 IN MARCH, 2012. THIS RECALL RELATES IS REGARDING A WORN SPLINE…
2012-02-28 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE BRAKES SEIZED AND THE BRAKES WERE…
2012-02-01 SEATS No 0 LATCHING ANCHOR FOR THIRD ROW SEAT IS WELDED TO SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. TRIED TO LATCH SEAT AND THE ENTIRE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY…
2012-01-27 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY VAN WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD GARAGE WHERE WE BOUGHT 5 YEARS AGO THIS PAST SATURDAY. I WAS TOLD TODAY THE PROBLEM …
2011-12-30 POWER TRAIN No 0 WE WERE DRIVING ALONG A MAIN HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL, IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NE…
2011-12-11 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE MI…
2011-12-09 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER WHILE DRIVING *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TO…
2011-12-09 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY WILL 66,765 MILES ON IT WILL NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. YOU CAN PUT IT IN FORWARD, REVERSE,…
2011-12-03 POWER TRAIN No 0 WE WERE TRAVELING NORMALLY WHEN SUDDENLY ALL MOTIVE FORCE WAS LOST. THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY,BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROC…
2011-10-12 POWER TRAIN No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED …
2011-10-06 POWER TRAIN No 0 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD SON WHEN OUR MERCURY MONTEREY LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. …
2011-09-03 POWER TRAIN No 0 VEHICLE EXHIBITED NO TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND WAS DRIVING COMPLETELY FINE WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS ENTERING THE ON…
2011-09-02 POWER TRAIN No 0 I WAS DRIVING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP ONTO A SECONDARY ROAD, HAD JUST MADE THE TURN AND WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE WHEN TH…
2011-08-28 SERVICE BRAKES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY AC…
2011-08-22 POWER TRAIN No 0 WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOU…
2011-07-26 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOU…
2011-07-02 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 AS PER YOUR WEBSITE DEFECT INVESTIGATIONS. MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH AND ALL OF A…
2011-06-26 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 75 AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. WITHOUT WARNING I HEARD A LOUD WHINING NOISE AND I HAD NO FORW…