2006 MERCURY MONTEREY Complaints

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

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

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

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.

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

I DO NOT KNOW THE DATES OR MILEAGES AT THE TIME, I'M SURE IT WAS OVER 36,000 MILES OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER. ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I MAY HAVE, AND THEY PROBABLY SAID "YOUR CAR DIDN'T THROW OUT A CODE" I'VE HEARD THAT MANY TIMES... ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS, POSSIBLY THREE, I HIT THE BRAKES *LIGHTLY* IN DRY WEATHER AND IT SETS OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL. ONE TIME I WAS RUSHING MY SON TO THE HOSPITAL AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR, I WAS ON A HIGHWAY SO I COULD NOT SAFELY PULL OVER (THAT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPENED SO I KNEW I NEEDED TO STOP AND SHUT THE CAR OFF TO "RESET" IT. I JUST CRIED ALL THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL). I BELIEVE IT WENT OFF WHEN I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO GET ONTO THE ONRAMP, I HAD A "YIELD". ANOTHER TIME I WAS ON A BUSY TWO-LANE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS FREAKED OUT. I COULD NOT GO THE MINIMUM SPEED ON THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT PULL OVER (NO SHOULDER). AT THE STOP LIGHT I DID EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. I TRIED SHIFTING INTO PARK, BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. I THINK I MADE IT TO THE NEXT LIGHT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT RESTARTED FINE. ACTUALLY, THIS ISSUE PROBABLY HAPPENED 4 OR 5 TIMES OVERALL. I BELIEVE IT HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND ONCE, THEN HE FINALLY BELIEVE ME. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AS WELL. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED THE SAME DAY THE TRANSMISSION WENT. MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING IT HOME FROM THE (NON-FORD) DEALERSHIP, WHERE HE WORKS. I HAD NOT HAD ANY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY. THIS IS WHAT HE SENT ME: "I MADE A LEFT HAND TURN OUT OF WAWA INTO THE CENTER LANE. THERE WAS NO ONE COMING SO I GAVE IT A LITTLE MORE THROTTLE JUST TO GAIN SPEED SO I COULD GET OVER INTO THE ACTUAL LANE. WHEN I DID THIS IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE TRANS WENT FROM GRABBING TO JUST "REVVING" WITH NO POWER. I COASTED IT INTO GIANT'S PARKING LOT. ONCE STOPPED I TRIED ALL THE GEARS AND IT WOULD JUST REV UP AND NOT MOVE." A FEW DAYS LATER I HAD THE VAN TOWED TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE THEN TOLD ME THAT "THE PUMP WENT" AND THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. HE ALSO TOLD ME TO CHECK FOR RECALLS BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE ONE AND IT WOULD BE FIXED FOR FREE, INSTEAD OF PAYING HIM TONS OF MONEY (WHICH I FIND ADMIRABLE). WITH JUST A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THE RECALL ON THE 04 & 05'S (NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA09016). I SENT HIM THE ARTICLES AND LINKS I FOUND TO ASK IF THIS WAS MY PROBLEM, HE SAID YES. THIS MINIVAN IS LESS THAN 8 YEARS AND HAS JUST UNDER 80K MILES ON IT (MANUFACTURED IN 2/06 BUT NOT PURCHASED UNTIL THE END OF APRIL). IT'S NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT THAT I DRIVE LESS THAN 10,000 MILES PER YEAR. IT SHOULDN'T NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION! MY HUSBAND'S SATURN HAS ALMOST 200K ON IT AND NOT NEEDED ANY MAJOR WORK LIKE THIS. I FULLY EXPECTED TO KEEP THIS MINIVAN AROUND FOR A LOT LONGER THAN THIS. IT MAKES ME REALLY SAD TO THINK OF HER JUST SITTING IN A LOT OF OTHER NON-WORKING JALOPIES! I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE LOTS OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHERS HERE ON THIS WEBSITE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP US! RECALL THIS MODEL YEAR!!! THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO STALL. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THEN DRIVE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT ALSO SHIFTED INTO REVERSE BUT STILL NO RESPONSE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ENTIRE POWER TRAIN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE POWER TRAIN REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000. ...UPDATED 03/07/14 *BF THE TORQUE CONVERTER WAS REPLACED. UPDATED 03/13/14

MY WIFE WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A BUSY STREET AFTER BEING STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND AFTER MAKING THE TURN AND TRYING TO GET UP TO THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC SHE NOTICED THAT THE CAR HAD QUIT ACCELERATING. AFTER LOSING DRIVE POWER UNEXPECTEDLY SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO ALLOW THE APPROACHING CARS TO PASS. THE ENGINE OF THE CAR CONTINUED TO RUN, BUT PLACING THE CAR INTO ANY GEAR DID NOT ENGAGE. WE HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND FOUND OUT THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD FAILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SHE APPROACHED A TRAFFIC STOP SIGNAL AND THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.