2007 MERCURY MONTEGO Complaints

OUR 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WHO HAS A PERMIT WAS DRIVING OUR 2007 MONETEGO ONE EVENING WITH ME. WHEN SHE WENT TO PARK AT A DRIVE INN RESTAURANT UNDER MY GUIDANCE, SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND THE CAR UNEXPECTEDLY LUNGED FORWARD. AS AN INEXPERIENCED DRIVER SHE PANICKED AND TOOK HER FOOT OFF THE BRAKE - ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE THAT WERE EATING AT THE PICNIC TABLES OUTSIDE OF THE RESTAURANT. THANKFULLY THE CAR WAS GOING AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEED AND THE CURB STOPPED ITS FORWARD MOTION. I HAD NOTICED INTERMITTENT "LUNGING" WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES JUST A FEW TIMES BEFORE THIS AND A CLUNKING WHEN SHIFTING AND I HAD ALREADY TAKEN IT TO MY LOCAL MECHANIC WHO CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION AND BRAKES BUT SAID THEY WERE FINE. AFTER THE INCIDENT WITH MY DAUGHTER WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE THROTTLE BODY IS BAD. I CALLED FORD THREE TIMES TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE SINCE DONE SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR MANY PEOPLE WHICH ACTUALLY CONFIRMS WHAT THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME. HE ACTUALLY SAID THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THERE HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF THESE FIXES AND HE STATED THAT THE DEFECT IS VERY DANGEROUS - THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL NOW!!!!! *TR

SINCE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE, THE VEHICLE WILL LUNGE BACK OR FORWARD, EVEN WITH BRAKES APPLIED. HAVE HAD TO PUSH BRAKE PEDAL HARDER THAN WHAT IS NORMAL TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. DEALER "COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM" WHEN CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND I WAS TOLD THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACEMENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MERCURY MONTEGO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE SITTING AT A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY SENSOR WAS INDICATING A LACK OF FUEL AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. THE DEALER ADVISED THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER THE PART WAS ON BACKORDER FOR SIX MONTHS. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRASH OCCURRING BEFORE THE PART BECAME AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS UNKNOWN.

BRAKE PROBLEMS SINCE CAR HAS HAD 400 MILES ON IT. THE DEALER TURNED THE FRONT AND BACK ROTORS,AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS. THEN THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE BACK BRAKES. AND NOW THE CARS FRONT BRAKES VIBRATE, AND EVERY TIME IT RAINS THE ROTORS ON THE FRONT RUST. *TR

TRUNK PISTONS ARE TOO WEAK. THINKING THE TRUNK LID WAS ALL THE WAY UP, I LEANED IN TO THE TRUNK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, ONLY TO BANG MY HEAD ON THE TRUNK LID. IT IS MY OPINION THAT THE TRUNK PISTONS ARE NOT RAISING THE TRUNK HIGH ENOUGH AND INJURY TO THE HEAD CAN OCCUR. *TR

BRAKES ARE FAULTY ON FORD 500 AND MERCURY MONTEGO. THEY DISINTEGRATE EARLY WITH ONLY 10,000-12,000 MILES ON THEM. THIS CAUSES MULTIPLE REPLACEMENTS, AND IS DANGEROUS WHEN THEY ARE OKAY ONE DAY, AND GONE THE NEXT AFTER FORD DEALERS CLEARED THEM AT A CHECK-UP JUST A FEW MILES EARLIER. *JB