2005 MERCURY MONTEREY Power Train Problems

The contact's fiancée owns a 2005 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated while his fiancée was driving at an undisclosed speed, the accelerator pedal was depressed and the vehicle failed to respond and inadvertently stopped. The contact’s fiancée pushed the vehicle over the third of a mile by herself until she received assistance to push the vehicle to a parking lot. The vehicle was hauled to the contact's residence. The contact stated that upon starting the vehicle and shifting into gear, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact, who is an independent mechanic diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 95,357.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SLOWING DOWN THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND WHILE SWITCHING GEARS THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE LOCAL DEALER FORSOM LAKE FORD (12755 FOLSOM BLVD, FORSOM LAKE CA.) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 124,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GEARS FAILED TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. THE WHEELS SPUN WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE BY BILL ESTES FORD (450 N NORTHFIELD DR, BROWNSBURG, IN 46112, (317) 852-2231). THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER STATED THAT A MANUFACTURER RECALL HAD BEEN PERFORMED AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN STATING THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, INDICATED THAT A RECALL HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED, AND RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 145,000.

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE IN DRIVEWAY. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT WENT INTO REVERESE. I THEN PUT IN FORWARD GEAR AND AS I AM DRIVING DOWN ROAD THE VEHICLE DIES. NO ISSUE WITH SHIFTING BEFORE TODAY. IF I PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL THE RPM GOES UP TO 2000. I CALLED FORD TODAY WITH VIN # AND THEY TOLD ME THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED PER SAFETY RECALL 11S25 SUPPLEMENT #1. VEHICLE IS FULL OF FLUID AND FLUID DOES NOT HAVE A BURNT SMELL.

VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ACCELERATING TO 60MPH HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALMOST CAUSING MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. AFTER COASTING TO SHOULDER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR. THIS SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT COULD HAVE LEAD TO THE DEATH OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY OF FIVE. TOWED VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHO TOLD US THEY WERE AWARE OF A RECALL FOR THE 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY REGARDING THAT ISSUE AND FORD'S RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER IS 11S25. THE RECALL DESCRIBED THIS EXACT FAILURE. ("SUMMARY: FORD IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2004 AND 2005 FORD FREESTAR AND MERCURY MONTEREY VEHICLES. THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT MAY FAIL.") HOWEVER, AFTER THEY ENTERED THE VIN NUMBER FOR MY VEHICLE, THEY SAID THE RECALL WAS NOT EXTENDED TO THAT VEHICLE. THAT IS WRONG SINCE THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD CAUSE INJURY OR DEATH. *TR

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 TO THE DEALERSHIP, WILLIAMSBURG FORD. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE IN 2012 FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS REPLACED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER. HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE DAMAGE WAS ALREADY DONE AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 70000 MILES WHICH SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON ANY CAR. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL PREVIOUSLY ON THIS ISSUE AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. THEY SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.

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 INTERSECTION, THE TRANSMISSION LET GO. I WAS FORTUNATE THAT I COULD COAST OUT OF HARMS WAY. THE CAR IS NOW IMMOBLIE. THIS IS THE SECOND CATASTROPHIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON THIS VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION FAILED IN JULY 2012 AT 109K MILES. CAR WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO FORD SPECIFICATIONS. SECOND FAILURE ON 11-8-2016 AT 170K MILES. WITHOUT WARNING THE TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES AND THE CAR DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. A SECOND FAILURE RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUE 60K MILES AFTER THE DEFECT WAS ALLEGEDLY CORRECTED IS UNACCEPTABLE.

I SUBMITTED A COMPLAINT ON THIS VEHICLE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. I WANTED TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. JUST TO RECAP: THIS 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY WAS RECALLED IN 2012 FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. THE JOB WAS COMPLETED AT A DEALERSHIP BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER WHEN IT HAD LESS THAN 30000 MILES. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AGAIN AT 70000 MILES. TRAVELING DOWN A BUSY ROAD I LOST POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 30MPH AND THE RPM'S JUMPED ERRATICALLY AND THE TRANSAXLE LIGHT CAME ON. TOWED IT TO THE DEALER THAT CONFIRMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THEN TOWED IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AND REPLACED THE FOLLOWING PARTS: MASTER OH KIT, BAND, PISTON, SERVO, TORQUE CONVERTOR. THE TOTAL COST WAS $1814.00. THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED AT 70000 MILES AND JUST A FEW YEARS AFTER THE RECALL. THE ORIGINAL TORQUE...

FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS THE CAR SHUTTERED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. THEN, WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MILES PER HOUR, I BEGAN TO LOSE POWER, THE RPM'S JUMPED ERRATICALLY, AND THE TRANSAXLE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I TOOK THE CAR TO WIILIAMSBURG FORD (DEALERSHIP) AND THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC THAT INDICATED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. I CONTACTED FORD AS THERE WAS A TORQUE CONVERTOR RECALL BECAUSE OF A FAULTY PART CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SAID THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WAS REPLACED IN AUG. OF 2012 BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER UNDER THE RECALL. IF THAT CORRECTED THE PROBLEM THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT 70000 MILES. THE TORQUE CONVERTOR MOST LIKELY DAMAGED THE TRANSMISSION BEFORE IT WAS REPLACED AND SHORTENED THE LIFE. FORD IS TELLING ME THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS SINCE THE TORQUE CONVERTOR WAS REPLACED BUT THIS SHOULD NOT...

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YOU'LL BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET OR HIGHWAY AND IT ALL OF SUDDEN IT LOSES POWER AND THE LIGHT THAT MEANS TRANSAXLE PROBLEM HAS BEEN DETECTED AND SHIFTING MAY BE RESTRICTED. HAVE SYSTEM SERVICES IMMEDIATELY IF LIGHT REMAINS ON. I LOOKED IT UP WITH MY VIN NUMBER AND I KNOW THERE IS A RECALL DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I LOOKED IT UP ON A SITE AND IT SAID IT HADN'T BEEN FIXED AND I CALLED ONE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY DON'T SEE WHERE IT HAD BEEN FIXED EITHER. THEN ALL OF SUDDEN WHEN I DISCOVER ANOTHER DEALERSHIP THAT IS CLOSER TO ME A COUPLE DAYS LATER AND DECIDED TO CALL THEM TO SEE IF THEY COULD GET ME IN INSTEAD OF THE FIRST DEALERSHIP CAUSE IT WAS CLOSER TO MY HOUSE THEY ALL OF SUDDEN SAY IT WAS ALREADY HAD BEEN FIXED BACK IN 2012. WHICH IS BULL CAUSE...

DRIVING N-I 275 SUDDENLY LOST POWER AND HAD TO CROSS 4 LANES TO SAFETY SHOULDER WITHOUT CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. CALLED HUSBAND TO PICK ME UP TO TAKE ME TO WORK. THEN HE HAD TO MEET TOW TRUCK AND DRIVE TO DEALER TO REPAIR VAN. TO MAKE A SHORT DETAIL OF ALL THE PROBLEMS (THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES SINCE THE FIRST TIME ) (LOST TIME FROM WORK ) (TOWING CHARGES) (PAYING ALL FOR REPAIRS ) (RENTAL CARS) (TIME SPENT TO PICK-UP VAN,WAITING FOR ROAD SERVICES).THEN TOLD BY FORD MOTOR THAT MOST CHARGES WON'T BE COVERED. *TR

MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS TRAVELING AT 65 IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND RESTARTING IT, THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED HARD AND THE ENGINE MISSED. *TR

2005 MERCURY MONTEREY VAN. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION RECALL NOTICE AND UNSATISFACTORY CUSTOMER SERVICE AT DEALERSHIP. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2012. HOWEVER, ON JANUARY 7, 2013, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH FORWARD HESITATION, AND THE INABILITY TO BACK UP. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE PROBLEM WAS ELECTRICAL AND INSTALLED A NEW BATTERY, AMONG OTHER REPAIRS, WITH A FINAL BILL OF $235.00. ON JANUARY 25, 2013, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INSTALLED A NEW TURBINE SPEED SENSOR. SIX DAYS LATER, AFTER THE TURBINE WAS INSTALLED, THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO REPLACED.*JB

IT WAS RAINING AND MY VEHICLE KEPT GOING INTO NEUTRAL AND STALLING. I'D PRESS THE GAS, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. IT WOULDN'T GO INTO REVERSE. WHEN I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE JUST REVVED UP. PUTTING IT PARK WAS OK. CHECK ENGINE CODES P0715 AND P0340 APPEARED. A FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (!), AND SOLID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED. PUTTING IN DRIVE, IT WOULD ONLY GO INTO 3RD GEAR. 1ST GEAR WORKED IF I MOVED THE PRNDL TO 1. REVERSE DIDN'T WORK AT ALL. I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN KILLED IF THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ANYWHERE BUT MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE RECENT TORQUE CONVERTER RECALL THAT IS ALSO SCARY AND ALSO RESULTS IN LOSS OF FORWARD MOMENTUM. MY PROBLEM IS WITH THE PCM. THE DEALER PERFORMED DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS ACCORDING TO FORD'S TSB 06-14-10 WHICH INDICATES THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON ALL 1999-2007 FORD VANS. IF...

I HAVE OWNED THE MERCURY MONTERY FOR SIX YEARS AND HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS A TORQUE CONVERTER THAT HAS BEEN REPLACED. FORTUNATELY, I WAS TRAVELING FROM NORTH FLORIDA IN 2009 WHEN THE VAN SUDDENLY JUST STOPPED ACCELERATING...I HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE...WITH TWO OTHER WOMEN IN THE CAR BESIDE MYSELF. THE VAN HAD TO BE TOWED AND A TORQUE CONVERTED REPLACED. THE SECOND INCIDENT...SAME THING DIFFERENT LOCATION. I WAS REIMBURSED FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER LAST YEAR DE TO A RECALL...HOWEVER, NOW IT HAS A MAJOR PROBLEM OF NOT ACCELERATING....AFTER SOMETIMES 30 MPH AND 70 MPH....I HAVE TO LET OFF THE GAS AND HIT IT AGAIN....THIS IS CONTINUOUS ...VERY FRUSTRATING...VERY COSTLY...AND VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE..THAT IS MY MOST IMPORTANT POINT...VERY DANGEROUS...IT JUST STOPS WITHOUT NOTICE! I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT ME ABSORBING THE COST...AS...

MULTIPLE TIMES LOSS OF POWER AND ABILITY TO DRIVE. RPM'S JUMPED ALL OVER AND VEHICLE WOULD STALL OR NOT START AT ALL. IN AND OUT OF SHOP OVER 2 MONTHS LEAVING ME WITHOUT A VEHICLE OR DRIVING A LOANER CAR. FINALLY REPLACED PCM AND WIRING HARNESS. NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURRING AGAIN AND WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. ALSO FOUND OUT ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS IN THE SHOP AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

MY WIFE WAS LEAVING WORK, WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE HER VAN HOME THE VAN WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR AND KEPT STALLING. I JUST THANK GOD THAT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN WHILE SHE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. SHE WORKS PART TIME FOR A FORD DEALER AND WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL THE VAN AROUND TO THE SERVICE AREA. THREE DAYS LATER THE SERVICE WRITER NOTIFIED US THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE PCM MODULE. APPARENTLY THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT THAT BECAUSE OF A DESIGN FLAW WATER IS ABLE TO DRIP ONTO THE CONTROL MODULE THUS SHORTING IT OUT AND RENDERING THE CAR USELESS. I READ SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON LINE AS WELL AS DISCOVERING THAT FORD KNOWS ABOUT THIS CONDITION AND EVEN HAS A TSB OUT CONCERNING THIS SITUATION. I CALLED FORD AND EXPLAINED WHAT HAPPENED AND EVEN MENTIONED THE KNOWN TSB. THEY WERE NOT VERY SYMPATHETIC AND WOULD DO NOTHING...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE JOLTED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ADVISED HIM THAT WATER WAS ENTERING THE PCM AND CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE PCM BEING RESEALED AT THE CONNECTOR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND THEY OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

STALL ENGINE WITH NO POWER FOR FORWARD OR REVERSE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR MORE THAN COUPLE SECONDS. MULTIPLE ABS AND DRIVE CODES BASED ON THE EEC TEST. REPAIR SHOP INSPECTS THE VEHICLE AND FOUND WATER INTRUSION TO THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) AND THE CONNECTOR PINS WHERE SHORT OUT. *TR

MY VAN BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AT CERTAIN SPEEDS, ALMOST SKIPPING AT TIMES. I TOOK THE VAN TO MY PERSONAL MECHANIC, WHOM INVESTIGATED THE ISSUE FOR 4 DAYS, AND RULED OUT THE ENGINE, HE STATED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. A FEW DAYS LATER, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM FORD INFORMING ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS COMING UNDER RECALL FOR THE TORQUE CONVERTER. APPROXIMATELY 3 WEEKS AGO, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THEM TO INVESTIGATE. THE DEALERSHIP OPENED AT 7 AM, AND WHEN THEY CALLED ME AT 7:29 AM, THEY SWORE IT WAS NOT THE TRANSMISSION. THEY CLAIMED IT WAS THE MOTOR AND COULD NOT PIN POINT ANY SPECIFIC REASON AS TO WHY. THEN THEY CLAIMED THAT THE #6 PLUG WAS MISFIRING 16% OF THE TIME?? I CONSULTED WITH MY MECHANIC AND HE STATED VERY CLEARLY THAT IF THAT WAS TRUE, MY CHECK ENGINE...

OUR TORQUE CONVERTER/TRANSMISSION FAILED ON OUR 2005 MONTEREY. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON ROUTE 1 IN EDISON, NJ AND IT LOST ALL GEARS. I CALLED FOR EMERGENCY TOWING (IT WAS A SATURDAY EVENING 4/21) AND HAD IT BROUGHT TO A REPAIR SHOP. I WENT TO FORD'S WEB SITE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL. I ENTERED THE VIN AND NO RECALL SHOWED UP. NONE. SO, I PROCEEDED TO HAVE THE REPAIR SHOP START TO WORK ON IT ON (4/23). NOW I FIND THAT THERE IS A RECALL (4/26) VIA A SHADY, INTENTIONALLY MISLEADING EMAIL FROM FORD. FORD'S CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS BEEN EVASIVE AND NOT HELPFUL. THEY TOLD ME THAT LATER IN THE YEAR TORQUE CONVERTERS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THE REPLACEMENT, BUT MINE HAS UNFORTUNATELY ALREADY FAILED. FURTHERMORE, IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, WE WOULD HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALER,...

MY VAN WAS TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD GARAGE WHERE WE BOUGHT 5 YEARS AGO THIS PAST SATURDAY. I WAS TOLD TODAY THE PROBLEM IS IN THE TORQUE CONVERTER OR TRANSMISSION. I JUST FOUND OUT THERE WAS A LAWSUIT BROUGHT UPON FORD BECAUSE OF TRANSMISSION RELATED PROBLEMS IN 2005 MONTEREY'S. JUST A BRIFE REVIEW SHOWS ME THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIANCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS I AM. I ALSO BELIEVE NHTSA INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM. WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS THAT I JUST GOT DONE PAYING THIS CAR OFF AND THE LOW MILEAGE AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS TO GET RELIEF ? SHOULD I PHONE THE ATTORNEYS WHO HANDLED THE ORIGINAL CASE? CAN YOU GIVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS OTHERS WHO MY HAVE ALSO FILED COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE? *TT

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG A MAIN HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL, IT WAS LIKE THE VEHICLE SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL AND WOULD NO LONGER MOVE - ON THE HIGHWAY! WE HAD OUR 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND WERE FORTUNATELY ABLE TO GET IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT A SAFETY INCIDENT. WE WERE 50 MILES FROM HOME, HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A DEALER NEARLY 20 MINUTES AWAY. OUR DIAGNOSIS ON THE CAR WAS THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER ON THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE DEALER MENTIONED THAT HE HAD SEEN THIS QUITE A BIT ON A FEW MODELS WITH THE SAME COMPONENT, BUT WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM ON HIS COMMENT HE BACKTRACKED AND SAID HE SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT. HE TOLD US IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST 3-4 DAYS TO REPAIR AND SINCE WE WERE FAR FROM HOME, WE WERE STUCK IN ANOTHER CITY...

MY 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY WILL 66,765 MILES ON IT WILL NOT ENGAGE THE TRANSMISSION. YOU CAN PUT IT IN FORWARD, REVERSE, OR ANY OTHER GEAR AND IT DOES NOT HAVE THE NORMAL FEEL THAT ANY ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED. AND WHEN YOU LET OFF THE BRAKE IT DOES NOT MOVE AND WHEN YOU GIVE IT SOME GAS IT DOES NOT MOVE. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHICH GEAR IT IS IN EITHER. THE CAR MADE IT HOME WITH OUT ANY NOTICE OF THE PROBLEM BUT THE NEXT DAY WHEN I WANTED TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE THE TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY GONE. FROM RESEARCH I KNOW I'M GOING TO HEAR THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT SPLINES ARE STRIPPED CAUSING A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER TO THE DRIVE-TRAIN. *TR *TR

WE WERE TRAVELING NORMALLY WHEN SUDDENLY ALL MOTIVE FORCE WAS LOST. THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY,BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROCEED UNDER POWER. IT WAS AS IF THE VEHICLE WAS IN NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PROCEED UNDER ANY POWER EITHER FORWARD OR REVERSE. THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OF THE POWER TRAIN FAILURE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED UNTIL IT CAME TO A HALT WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OR SHIFT GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFERED ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD SON WHEN OUR MERCURY MONTEREY LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS LEFT MY WIFE & SON STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOW AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 - 2005 FORD/MERCURY MINIVANS. I AM EXTREMELY UPSET WITH FORD MOTOR CO. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VAN FROM THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I WENT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST THEM TO BUY A SAFE VEHICLE FOR MY FAMILY. I GUESS I WAS WRONG & ALL THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH IS SELLING CARS, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM IF THEY ARE SAFE OR NOT. IF THERE IS ANY INFORMATION OF FORD COVERING THE REPAIRS ON THESE VEHICLES PLEASE LET ME KNOW. TIMES ARE TOUGH & I...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT VEHICLE LOST COMPLETE POWER AND STALLED. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

I WAS DRIVING OFF OF AN EXIT RAMP ONTO A SECONDARY ROAD, HAD JUST MADE THE TURN AND WAS BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE VAN COMPLETELY LOST ITS "PULL" AND WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STILL FUNCTIONED FINE, AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO. THERE WERE NO WARNING SIGNS WHATSOEVER PRIOR TO THE COMPLETE LOSS OF PULL. THIS SITUATION WAS VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE HAD I BEEN PERFORMING ANOTHER ACTION LIKE CROSSING A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, I COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN HIT. ADDITIONALLY, WITH ONLY 65,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I FEEL THAT THIS FAILURE MUST BE A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION AS THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF WEAR AND TEAR ON THE VEHICLE TO JUSTIFY THIS LEVEL OF REPAIR. (MY IN-LAWS PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW AND WERE BOTH CONSERVATIVE DRIVERS AND I AM A MOTHER OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN...

VEHICLE EXHIBITED NO TRANSMISSION ISSUES AND WAS DRIVING COMPLETELY FINE WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS. I WAS ENTERING THE ON RAMP TO I-95 WHEN THE CAR STOPPED ACCELERATING WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE SHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR. WHEN I PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL NO MATTER WHAT GEAR IT WAS ACTUALLY IN. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT IF IT HAPPENED WHILE I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. THE LOCAL DEALER TOWED IN THE VAN AND HAD TO REPLACE THE TORQUE CONVERTOR. FORD MOTOR COMPANY DID NOT CONTACT ME AND WARN ME THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS DEFECT AND ALL OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE NEED TO BE WARNED BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

I HAVE A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY WITH OVER 100K MILES. LAST YEAR I HAD TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. BOUGHT NEW IN 2005 FROM GREENSBORO NC GATE CITY LINCOLN MERCURY DEALERSHIP WHICH IS NOW CLOSED. NOW I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH VAN SURGING FORWARD AND CUTTING OFF. WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS RIGHT. IT JERKS WHEN THE PROBLEM HAPPENS. LOUD NOISE COMES FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AFTER VAN IS STARTED UP AS WELL VAN WILL CUTOFF WHILE ON THE ROAD BUT WILL RESTART. NO CODES ARE SHOWING. NOT SURE WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO FAR NO PROBLEM HAS BEEN FOUND. IS IT THE TORQUE CONVERTER, THE TRANSMISSION? I NEED HELP! *TR

MY WIFE AND I HAD DRIVEN OVER TO MELBOURNE, FL ON OCT. 15 TO ATTEND GRANDSON'S WEDDING OCT. 16. DUE TO MY PARKINSON'S DISEASE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING US AROUND THE AREA ON SUNDAY TO SEE THINGS SINCE WE USED TO LIVE IN MELBOURNE. RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR OLD CHURCH THE VAN JUST STOPPED ITS FORWARD MOTION AND WE WERE BARELY ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE 3-LANE ROAD. A POLICEMAN DIRECTING CHURCH TRAFFIC PUSHED US OFF THE BUSY ROAD WHERE WE AWAITED TOW TRUCK. SINCE IT WAS SUNDAY NO REPAIR SHOP WAS OPEN SO TOW TRUCK DROPPED OFF VAN IN REPAIR SHOP PARKING LOT AND THEN TOOK US BACK TO OUR MOTEL WHERE WE TRIED TO GET A RENTAL CAR BUT RENTAL CAR PLACES ALSO CLOSED AND WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY TO GET ONE. HAD TO ORDER IN PIZZA FOR DINNER. WE HAD TO...

I WAS DRIVING VEHICLE (VAN) ON A BUSY ROAD AND THE RPM GAGE SUDDENLY SURGED BUT THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER. I HAD TO COAST THE VAN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I TURNED OFF THE VAN AND RESTARTED IT. THE VAN WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN DRIVE OR REVERSE. I COULD NOT MOVE THE VAN AND CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK. THE VAN HAD BEEN WORKING PERFECTLY. NO LOUD NOISES OR ANY DIFFICULTY SHIFTING DURING OR PRIOR TO THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED WITH A POWER TRAIN, AND NEW TORQUE CONVERTER BY AAMCO FOR $3,008.52 I UNDERSTAND A COMPLAINT IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION ACTION #EA09019 THERE WAS NOT ANY FLUID LEAKING ALL THE DAMAGE WAS INTERNAL.

THE TORQUE CONVERTER GOES BAD ON MY VAN EVERY 35,000 MILES. THERE IS NO WARNING SIGN THAT THE PART WILL FAIL. THE VAN HAS STRANDED ME TWICE NOW IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL JUST NOT GO ANYWHERE. THERE IS NEVER ANY NOISE OR ANY INDICATION OF A PROBLEM UNTIL THE VEHICLE JUST STOPS MOVING. FORD JUST KEEPS REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER. THE VEHICLE I HAVE NOW IS WORKING ON IT'S THIRD TORQUE CONVERTER IN 71,000 MILES OF USE. *TR

WE HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEMS OR INCIDENTS. WE WERE TRAVELING A MAJOR HIGHWAY I-86 GOING TOWARDS JAMESTOWN. OUR VAN GEARED UP REAL QUICK AND WE LOST ALL ACCELERATION. NO WARNING WE ARE THANKFUL THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND US OR BESIDE SO WE COULD SAFELY GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD! IT WAS A VERY SCARY FEELING. WE WERE TOLD BY THE FORD GARAGE THAT WE HAD TO BE TOWED THAT IS WAS THE TORQUE CONVERTER. I SEE THERE HAS BEEN ALOT OF THESE GOING BAD. WE HAD NO WARRANTY LEFT SO WE ARE STUCK WITH A HEFTY BILL FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED!!!!!! *TR

2005 MERCURY MONTEREY, TRANSMISSION SUDDEN FAILURE WHILE WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS 34,000 MILES ON IT. FORD REFUSED ANY REPAIRS CITING IT WAS 8 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WOULD APPEAR THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR FORD AND THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT ADDRESS IT FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. THIS DOES SEEM TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY RISK ALTHOUGH WE WERE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE INTO A SAFE PLACE AND THEN HAVE IT TOWED. *TR