Vehicle surged when put in reverse, vehicle lunged, engine ran rough and vehicle died. Vehicle was hard to control with service brakes. This happened several times and the check engine light came on. Codes p2106 and p061b are showing. Vehicle has been surging for a couple of years, only slightly when shifted into gear.
2006 Mercury Montego acceleration complaints
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We own a 2006 mercury montego and we have an acceleration problem that seems to be happening more and more. After starting the vehicle with the brake applied and I shift in reverse, the engine will rev up and try to force the car to move so I apply mt brakes even harder. This only lasts a few seconds. Then I shift into "drive" and with the brake still applied, it may do it again and try to take off when in fact I was not yet ready to press on my accelerator and it just wants to accelerate on it's own. I have researched the montego as well as other ford product's and here is an example http://www.fordtaurus.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4399&view=next that is pretty much what our car does and it can be very dangerous!!! How often does this happen? Almost daily but not all the time and that's the scary part because you have to be ready for it or it may catch you off-guard and you very well could run into another vehicle in front or back of you or possibly maybe injure or kill someone. This needs to be looked into....please!!! There are no recalls on this vehicle that I can find but there sure needs to be. Similar ford product's have this issue and we need someone with some authority and ability to research the issues on these montego's!
I turned on road heading south and increased speed to limit of 55 MPH and set cruise control. The road sloped slightly downward and the car was not requiring gas. The sensor got confused and the engine cut out leaving me suddenly without power. I was able to pull over off the road put the car in park and restart it I di not have a recurrence but am very concerned about safety. I took car into a dealer and they reset the software but told me it happens to all car manufacturer on a rare occasion and could not guarantee that it would not happen again. If I was not in the right hand lane I could have difficulty.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 25 MPH the vehicle became stuck at 3500 RPM's. The contact believes it was caused by the accelerator pedal sticking. The engine had to be turned off before the vehicle would stop. Three attempts were made at restarting the vehicle before it would idle normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer both times and the problem could not be duplicated. Updated 08/25/06.
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