2006 Mercury Monterey Owner Complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX. 30-35 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING SOUND, OCCURED AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD ANYMORE. I COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND THEN SHIFTED THE CAR INTO R,D, AND OD AND NOTHING ENGAGED... THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET...HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS SOMETHING WITH MY TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY DIDNT SAY WHAT, ONLY THAT IS WAS GOING TO COST $2250 TO REPLACE IT.....HAD IT TOWED HOME..NOT REPAIRED

NHTSA ID

11372494

Incident

Oct 26, 2020

Mileage

180,000 mi

MY 2006 MERCURY MMONTEREY STARTED JUMPING WHILE GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKING A NOISE WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TCC SELENOID SO WE REPLACED IT AN THAT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE SO TOOK IT BACKTO FIND THE TORQUE CONVETER IS BAD.

NHTSA ID

11321674

Incident

Feb 29, 2020

Mileage

167,195 mi

MY FAMILY WAS TRAVELING ON THE I-65 SOUTH INTERSTATE AND THE VAN, 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY, STOP RESPONDING IN THE MIDDLE OF FAST TRAFFIC. IT TOOK ME BY TOTAL SURPRISE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. SO, I INITIALLY THOUGHT IT HAD ACCIDENTLY WENT IN NEUTRAL BUT THAT WASN'T THE CASE. I TRIED A LOWER GEAR WITH NOT LUCK. NOT WANTING TO BE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE I THEN TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND FRANTICALLY MANEUVERED THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE BUSY INTERSTATE ROAD. ONCE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD MY HUSBAND TRIED EVERY GEAR AND THE VAN WASN'T RESPONDING IN ANY OF THEM. WE ENDED UP GETTING IT TOWED TO OUR HOUSE. AFTER WE GOT HOME MY HUSBAND STARTED RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF A VEHICLE STOP RESPONDING LIKE THAT WITHOUT ANY WARNING SIGNS. HE SAID THIS HAS TO BE VEHICLE DEFECT AND LOOKED UP RECALLS FOR THE VAN ON THE NHTSA.ORG WEBSITE. THERE WASN'T A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE BUT THERE WERE PLENTY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT SAFETY ISSUE. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH WE FOUND THAT THE 2004 MODEL OF THIS VAN HAD THE SAME ISSUE WHICH FORD DID DO A RECALL FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE FORD COMPANY NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THAT THIS IS ALSO A BIG SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE 2006 MODEL. ONE THE REASONS MY HUSBAND BOUGHT THE VEHICLE WAS BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT BY FORD AND HE TRUSTED THEIR PRODUCTS. I HOPE FORD WILL TAKE THE COMPLAINT SERIOUSLY AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND GET THIS SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE MERCURY MONTEREY 2006 VEHICLES RESOLVED QUICKLY.

NHTSA ID

11283100

Incident

Nov 29, 2019

Mileage

126,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND AS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS BEING DEPRESSED. ALSO, THE RPMS INCREASED TO HIGH. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS STRIPPED. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,000.

NHTSA ID

11220581

Incident

Jun 7, 2019

Mileage

141,000 mi

OUR VAN WAS DRIVING JUST FINE AND SUDDENLY, WITH NO WARNING AT ALL, WENT INTO NEUTRAL, STOPPING IN AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS AROUND 88000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND THE LINCOLN DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. I NOTICED FORD HAD ALREADY RECALLED ALL OF THE 2004 FREESTARS AND 2005 MONTEREYS FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT YET SOMEHOW MY 2006 WITH A SEPTEMBER 2005 BUILD DATE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. SO GUESS WHAT? FORD KNOWINGLY LEFT ME IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE, AND NOW I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR BILL. FORD SO VERY CLEARLY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND NEVER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM BY THE TIME BY VEHICLE WAS BUILT. NHTSA NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE FORD TO RECALL ALL THE 2006 AND PROBABLY ALL THE 2007S AS WELL. FORD SHOULD BE PAYING FOR MY REPAIR, NOT ME.

NHTSA ID

11218671

Incident

Jun 6, 2019

Mileage

88,000 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET...LOST ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT. EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING, JUST NO ENGAMENT OF TRANSMISSION

NHTSA ID

11121951

Incident

Aug 23, 2018

Mileage

121,000 mi

TAKATA INFLATORS. DRIVING IN TRAFFIC WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE JUST STOPS MOVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.BELIEVE SOLENOID TO DRIVE TRANNY IS FAULTY.

NHTSA ID

11085104

Incident

Feb 14, 2018

Mileage

116,464 mi

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, JUST NORMAL DRIVING, POSTED SPEED OR BELOW,. HAD GAS PEDAL DOWN AND SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE HAS NO POWER. HAD TO PUSH TO THE SIDE. CAN MOVE GEAR SHIFT, BUT CAR DOESN'T GO INTO ANY DIRECTION, FORWARD OR BACKWARD.

NHTSA ID

11074530

Incident

Feb 22, 2018

Mileage

150,000 mi

TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ITS RACING ALSO THE CRUSE CONTROL SPEED UP MORE THAN IT SHOULD MY FAMILY AND ARE NOT SAFE WHEN GOING ON A LONG ROAD TRIP HOW WOULD YOU FEEL HAVING A BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND ON THE HIGH WAY BECAUSE OF THE BAD TRANSMISSION YOU PUT IN THE VEHICLE PLEASE FIX IT PLEASE

NHTSA ID

10995719

Incident

Jun 12, 2017

Mileage

93,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,080.

NHTSA ID

10991189

Incident

May 16, 2017

Mileage

71,080 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE GOING UP AN INCLINE, THE TRANSMISSION STALLED AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE TRANSMISSION WAS CONTAMINATED WITH WATER AND NEEDED TO BE REBUILT, THE FLUID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE WIPER COWL NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA ACTION NUMBER PE10033 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN). THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

NHTSA ID

10979051

Incident

Mar 1, 2017

Mileage

40,000 mi

WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY LOST TRANSMISSION. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. REPAIR ATTEMPT DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD IT WAS TORQUE CONVERTER.

NHTSA ID

10954065

Incident

Jan 21, 2017

Mileage

146,000 mi

WAS DRIVING DOWN MAIN STREET IN MONROE WIS WHEN CAR JUST WENT IN TO NEUTRAL AND WE JUST COST. LUCKILY HAD ENOUGH SPEED TO GET IN A PARKING LOT. LEFT 2 86 YEAR OLDS AND 1 92 YEAR OLD SITTING IN THE VAN AT 10:30 AT NIGHT LUCKILY A RELATIVE COULD GET US. TOWED VAN TO DEALER WAS TOLD TORQUE CONVERTER HAD STRIPPED THE OUT PUT SHAFT SPLINES THAT THIS WAS A RECALL ON THE YEAR BEFORE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10917225

Incident

Sep 3, 2016

Mileage

87,072 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 01/11/2017*CT *TR

NHTSA ID

10913932

Incident

Oct 1, 2016

Mileage

100,000 mi

CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE BURNED UP. IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED

NHTSA ID

10872417

Incident

Jun 2, 2016

Mileage

90,000 mi

I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT WANT TO INCUR THE EXPENSE REPLACING ANOTHER. WITH NO WARNING THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT SLIPPED OR POPPED OUT OF GEAR AS I WAS GOING DOWN A FAIRLY BUSY STREET. I HAD LOST ALL GEARS. I COULD MOVE THE SHIFTER BUT NO GEARS WOULD ENGAGE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY RESIDENCE THEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP. NOT SURE HOW MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE YOU NEED BEFORE NOTIFYING THE MANUFACTURER TO DECLARE A RECALL, BUT I'M SURE THE COMPLAINTS WRITTEN ON THIS SITE REPRESENT A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE OR ARE HAVING THIS VERY SAME ISSUE AS THE 2004 AND 2005 MODEL YEAR THAT FOR SOME REASON DID GET A RECALL ISSUED. IT IS TIME THE 2006 MODELS WERE INCLUDED.

NHTSA ID

10853044

Incident

May 1, 2015

Mileage

115,000 mi

TORQUE CONVERTER IS STRIPPING. 2004 AND 2005 RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT NOT 2006. SAME CAR. SAME TRANSMISSION. SAME TORQUE CONVERTER.

NHTSA ID

10838733

Incident

Jan 17, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE OR PARK POSITION WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO DRIFT FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,000.

NHTSA ID

10788516

Incident

Nov 4, 2015

Mileage

81,000 mi

WE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE 3RD ROW PASSENGER SEAT IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND DISCOVERED THE SEAT BRACKET WAS LOOSE. UPON REMOVING THE VEHICLE FROM THE GARAGE, WE OBSERVED RUST ON THE GARAGE FLOOR. AFTER INSPECTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND CHECKING ON WEBSITES TO DETERMINE A POSSIBLE FIX TO THIS ISSUE, WE DISCOVERED THERE HAD BEEN A PREVIOUS 2013 FORD MOTOR CO RECALL #13S01 - CORROSION OF THIRD ROW SEAT ATTACHMENT (NHTSA ACTION # EA12003). HOWEVER BECAUSE WE BOUGHT OUR VEHICLE AND LIVE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, OUR VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL (EVEN THOUGH OUR STATE USES LOTS OF SALT ON THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER SEASON). ON OCTOBER 29, 2015 I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED THERE WAS RUST AND ADVISED I CONTACT THE NATIONAL FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AREA FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTION. I DID SO AND WAS ADVISED THERE WAS NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THIS VEHICLE. (AT NO TIME IN THE PAST WAS I INFORMED OF THE 2013 RECALL!) FORD ADVISED THEY COULD NOT HELP AND I SHOULD KEEP MY RECEIPTS FOR POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT SHOULD A FUTURE RECALL BE ISSUED. I BELIEVE THIS IS RIDICULOUS IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THERE WAS ALREADY A RECALL AND THE ONLY REASON I WASN'T INCLUDED IS BECAUSE OF THE STATE IN WHICH I RESIDE AND PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. KENTUCKY USES SALT ON THEIR ROADWAYS JUST LIKE SEVERAL SURROUNDING STATES--ILLINOIS, OHIO, INDIANA, WEST VIRGINIA--THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE 2013 RECALL. IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SAFETY ISSUE (NOW I'M CONCERNED TO HAVE ANYONE SIT IN THE 3RD ROW SEAT FOR FEAR OF THEIR INJURY OR HEAVEN-FORBID DEATH), THEN WHY WON'T THEY FIX MY VEHICLE?

NHTSA ID

10787323

Incident

Oct 29, 2015

Mileage

100,000 mi

I WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION JUMPED AND LOST ALL THE GEARS. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUT OFF THE VAN. I STARTED IT BACK UP AND WAS ABLE TO SHIFT THROUGH ALL OF THE GEARS BUT WOULD NOT MOVE JUST REV THE RPMS. HAD IT TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND WAS ADVISED THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS HAPPENING WITH THE TORQUE GETTING STRIPPED. CONTACTED FORD TO BE ADVISED IT WAS NOT INCLUDED FOR MY VIN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE HAPPENING WITH OTHER VANS SAME YEAR AND MAKE. FORD REFUSES TO ASSIST OR COVER THIS REPAIR.

NHTSA ID

10745514

Incident

Jul 31, 2015

Mileage

126,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS MADE AWARE OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V006000 (POWER TRAIN); HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000. MA 10/2

NHTSA ID

10735857

Incident

Jul 20, 2015

Mileage

85,000 mi

VEHICLE MAKING CLANKING NOISE WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL. THREE DIFFERENT MECHANICS SAID IT IS IN TRANSMISSION AND COULD INVOLVE THE TORQUE CONVERTER AGAIN. *TR

NHTSA ID

10703637

Incident

Mar 27, 2015

Mileage

75,100 mi

CROSSING OVER BUSY ROAD AND WHEN PRESSING GAS PEDAL THERE WAS NO POWER. ALL IT DID WAS REV THE ENGINE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GLIDE TO A SIDE ROAD AND HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED. MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER THAT WAS BAD. *TR

NHTSA ID

10703634

Incident

Nov 20, 2013

Mileage

62,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,056.

NHTSA ID

10616788

Incident

Jul 27, 2014

Mileage

68,056 mi

WAS AT STOP LIGHT WENT TO PULL OFF AND IT STOPPED AND LOST POWER AT THE LIGHT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER HAD IT TOWED. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME IT WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER ISSUE THAT FORD RECALLED FOR THE 2005 YEAR MERCURY MONTEREY BUT NOT FOR THE 2006 YEAR MODEL. I CALLED FORD AND THE TOLD ME THEY WAS SORRY BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN OR COULD DO FOR ME. *TR

NHTSA ID

10565618

Incident

Jan 14, 2014

Mileage

86,778 mi