Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mercury monterey. The contact stated that after entering a highway driving 70 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to be restarted after a few moments and was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised that the engine control module failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 105,300.
2004 Mercury Monterey engine complaints
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While driving down the road, the engine died without warning, no power. It had no power steering, it had shut off completely. It was hard to restart and then after going again it died again as I was trying to pull over.
While driving my daughter to school this morning, I felt like the accelerator seemed to slip, I had to stop for a bus stop as this happened. When the bus moved and I could go I pushed the gas and the engine revved but the car wouldn't move. There were numerous cars behind me on a narrow two lane road. Fortunately a gentleman offered to push me off the road, I thought I was going to have to have a twelve year old boy get behind the wheel so I could push the van off the road. I had to have the van towed home, and am currently trying to figure out what to do. I just had to have the compressor and fan replaced on this vehicle. This is just one more problem in a long line of problems I have had with this van. This is the worst car I have ever owned. Based on the complaints I've now found on this van same year and model I believe my next step is to contact my senator, this ranks right up there with the toyota recalls. I'm frankly very surprised there have been no recalls yet for this lemon. I thought I was just unlucky but I see I'm far from the only one suffering from these problems. By the way this van has approximately 94k miles. Not what I would call high mileage.
2004 mercury monterey caught a fire. Consumer states that the fire started while the engine was cold and wants an explanation why. *nj the consumer first thought that a liquid had been poured over the vehicle. However, the consumer was informed that there was enough fuel under pressure to exploded into flames 5 feet high and enough pressure to coat the hood with fuel.
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