Tl* the contact owns a 2005 mercury monterey. While driving at approximately 30 MPH during rainy and snowy weather conditions, the vehicle suddenly lost power. He had to take his foot off the brake and roll backward to get into the emergency lane. The vehicle was then towed to a dealership where it was located at the time of the complaint. The dealer advised the contact that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact had not called the manufacturer in regards to the failure. The contact is unable to provide a vehicle identification number at the time of the complaint. The failure and current mileages were approximately 54,000.
2005 Mercury Monterey transmission complaints
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Transmission failure without warning on my 2005 mercury monterey van. This car was well maintained. Transmission fluid level was found to be okay. Torque converter failed. I was parked at the time at university parking lot where I work. Started engine, no noise or indication on electronic warning system, and when put into gear the system simply was in neutral. Had to have vehicle towed to dealers where they did the repair. They also noted no apparent indications that this was problem as they noted if there was recall that I should keep my bill and that should be covered. It was lucky that this occurred when it did as I usually travel freeway home at rush hour. No accident or other event from the occurrence - which was also a blessing. I have been a ford owner for many years and was surprised by this failure. Upon searching the internet I noted that other 2005 montereys were also showing same problem and that the federal safety agency was doing a study, so I felt it was important to let you know of this problem. I can imagine that this would be very unsafe if the failure had occurred when driving. Car is now repaired and appears to be in proper working order.
Driving down the road and lost all power to front wheels. Fluid levels good. Fluid not burnt or discolored.
Transmission issues, will just go out while driving down the freeway! Engine will then shut off leaving me without anyway to steer or brake!
I drove my 2005 mercury monterey to take my daughter to school this morning and came right home. About two hours later, had to leave and started car. I put car into reverse and nothing happened. Without any warning what so ever, my car no longer appears to have a working transmission. No matter what gear it is in, nothing at all happens. Car has just been towed to mechanic to be looked at first thing in the morning. Car has just over 53,000 miles. After reading the numerous other victims of this transmission problem, I am thankful it at least happened at my own home rather than being out somewhere with my kids in tow - or worse off while driving! Still doesn't make this any better of a situation to be dealing with.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 mercury monterey van. The contact started the ignition and placed the gear shifter in the "reverse" position; however, the vehicle failed to operate in reverse. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for inspection. The failure was contributed to the torque converter which was replaced. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on a separate occasion for the identical failure. The vehicle is in the process of being repaired for the malfunction. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 37,000. The current mileage was 71,000.
My wife was backing out of a parking space at her job. She then put the vehicle in gear and it would not move. The transmission quit working without warning. There were no warning lights or any sign of a problem prior to the incident. Vehicle had to be towed to dealership.
Took the kids to the movies and drove around town for a good part of the day. About an hour after getting home I had to go to the store I got into the van and started the engine the RPM's went up to about 4k. I backed out of the driveway and put the van into drive. The RPM's went up again to about 4k again. After driving for about 20 feet the van lost power, then engine was still on but the van would not move. I stepped on the gas and the engine turned off. Per the ford dealer it appears to be a transmission problem that is currently being investigated and might not be covered by my extended warranty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 mercury monterey and while drivign 60 MPH the transmission failed. The failure only happened once. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair. The failure miles were 74382 and 75301 are the current miles.
Re: 2005 mercury monterey transmission. As noted in other posts, my wife was traveling to work at 6:15 in the morning (dark), heard a strange sound and immediately the cars systems all stopped and she struggled to get it to the side of the road. Aaa towed the car to a well known a reputable repair service and they were able to very quickly diagnose a complete transmission failure. Estimated cost of the repair was $2500-3000. Dealer cost before discounts was $3795 down to $2217. Dealer, fiesta lincoln mercury in mesa, az. Refuses to acknowledge that this is a known serious issue. Mileage on the vehicle is 40,292. As is so with many others, I am in no position to lay out that kind of money, so vehicle is sitting in our driveway. I understand that investigations like this can take some time, but we are dealing not only with a significant repair issue and a safety issue. I find it amazing that no one has been hurt or killed when their vehicle fails in the middle of a freeway.
Please add me to your already long list of people begging for a recall on the 2005 mercury monterey transmission issues.
Our 2005 mercury monterey's transmission stopped working as my wife and 4 kids were driving on a busy kansas city highway. She had vehicles behind her in front and to the side of her, now she was coasting on a 70mph highway trying to find a way to get to the shoulder with 2 kids crying and 2 yelling why are you stopping in the middle of the road. With cars swerving all around her, luckily she did make it. Now they are sitting in the van just barely off the highway for 2 hours with cars just feet away driving 70-80mph.I have to borrow another vehicle large enough to go get them, because we all can't fit in my truck. Now I'm parked behind them with flashers on trying to unload 4 kids and car seats ages 1 to 10, with cars driving by 70 to 80mph. I get them home safely. I have it towed to ford dealership they charge me 160.00 just to tell me it has a bad transmission, output shaft or torque converter, and to fix it would be 3,000, I ask the service manager if this is a common problem, and he said no. Well as far as I'm concerned he just flat out lied. Now we all know the truth. This should be a safety recall now!!!!!
I was pulling out of a gas station driveway in my 2005 mercury monterey minivan onto a main two-way road. I did not have to punch the gas to merge into traffic, it wasn't busy. As I accelerated across one lane of traffic and a turn lane, my vehicle lost forward motion. The engine functioned properly -- no safety or warning lights came on -- and I heard no thunk, clunk, grinding or other noise as I coasted to a stop in the turn lane. I shifted the vehicle numerous times into various gears (r, d, 3 and 1) but still the minivan would not move. I turned the engine off and on, tried again, but no movement. Again, I tried in all the gears, but the vehicle would not move. I repeated this a second time with no success in getting the vehicle to shift into any gear. Stuck, I called a tow truck and had the vehicle towed to a mechanic. This incident made me recall a comment a service manager made to me a couple of years ago at the lincoln-mercury dealer where I bought my monterey and was getting it serviced. As we were test driving the minivan to try to replicate a sound the vehicle was making when it was driving the service manager commented that ford was having trouble with transmissions. But he quickly added that it was did not affect my particular make and model. I wonder, though, about that comment since I only have about 56,000 miles on the vehicle. Clearly, the company had alerted service departments to be on the lookout for a potential transmission problem on some vehicles similar to mine. Prior to this incident, I've never experienced a problem with the drivetrain. Still, a problem such as this one should not crop up or the transmission go bad on a vehicle that is only four years old and has only 56,000 miles on it.
While driving way back home from work the transmission failed all of sudden causing me stranded on the middle of highway during heavy rush traffic hours. End up spending $175.00 for towing and when called the next day to ford dealer and mercury dealership was approximately $3500.00 to $4500.00. Repaired the transmission from other transmission shop spending $2500.00.
2005 mercury monterey vehicle lost propulsion while traveling down the road in drive. Would not move in drive or reverse. No warning or previous signs of ensuing failure. Van is en route to dealer for diagnosis. Van has less than 50,000 miles on it. We were very lucky that the failure occurred on a roadway that enabled us to pull out of harms way. Four women passengers were able to push the vehicle into a parking lot for hauler to pickup. Waiting for word from the dealer on course of action.
2005 mercury monterey 4.2 l automatic transmission - transmission stopped pulling while driving over railroad tracks - coasted to parking lot.
2005 mercury monterey torque converter shaft failure resulting in sudden loss of power on freeway, without warning.
I was driving my 2005 mercury monterey van home and about 20 miles away from my house it was driving fine and than without any signs or warning at all I lost all acceleration I had to pull off the side of the road no cell phone coverage finally someone came along and I got it towed back home, that is the first time I ever had a problem with the transmission ford lincoln mercury said it was the torque converter I bareley hit 50,000 miles when this happened now it wont go in drive reverse or anything just happened all at one alot of people are having this problem I was reading about 100's online now mercury wants 1000.00 to replace the torque converter when it is a defect in alot of there vans and that's not right its not like I'm the only person this has happened to I'm just glad I was far out of town like alot of people that has had this happen to them without warning sitting at a redlight and going down the interstate I paid 38,000 dollars for the van and still owe half its not right that mercury wants the consumers to pay for the defect car company's aren't the only ones struggling.
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!!!!!!
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 mercury monterey. The contact stated that the passenger side axle failed at 1,500 miles. The failure recurred at 8,000 and 13,000 miles. The driver's side axle was also replaced. The dealer stated that they did not guarantee the failures would not recur after the fourth repair. The failure mileage was 13,029.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 mercury monterey. While backing out of the garage, the passenger side axle failed at 13,000 miles. The passenger side axle previously failed at 8,000 miles and was replaced by the dealer. The contact towed the vehicle to the dealer to be repaired for the third time. The contact will call the manufacturer to report the failures. The failure mileage was 13,017. Updated 03/05/09 *cn the axle shaft was replaced. Updated 03/11/09. (jb
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.
My wife was driving on sr528 at night in our 2005 mercury monterey coming home from work. While driving over the indian river bridge, the engine revved up on her and acted like it was in neutral. There was no warning whatsoever which placed her in a very dangerous situation. Every gear (reverse, d, 3, 1) acts like it's in neutral. Now the minivan is sitting at a gas station while we wait to find out the cost of repair. The van has 57000 miles and we've had it less than 3 years. This is apparently a common failure happening with the 2004 and 2005 ford/mercury minivans. Is ford waiting for someone to get hurt or even worse before they do something? I'm extremely disappointed being a 7 time ford purchaser.
Driving my mercury monterey when suddenly there was no transmission. The dealer states a new transmission is required for 4500.
With no warning, the transmission will go out leaving the vehicle unable to drive. I had to have the transmission replaced. This is a known issue with these minivans.
Driving on i35 at 75 miles per hour with the cruise control engaged. I had been driving for approximately 2 hours. The car engine just started racing with no warning, I took the cruise off and had lost all ability to move forward or reverse. I had the entire family in the car. I am 800 miles from home and it will be 2 days for the fix. They estimate approximately $1800. The van is less than 3 years old and has 47,000 miles. This is hazardous and I can not believe that ford does not recognize this as just doing and internet search on this these transmissions seem to fail around the 45k mark with no warning at all. I am currently stranded and hope that the fix will be done tomorrow.
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