I was driving down the road at approx. 30-35 MPH, when all of a sudden a high pitched squealing sound, occured and my vehicle would not accelerate forward anymore. I coasted into a parking lot, put the vehicle in park, and then shifted the car into r,d, and od and nothing engaged... This happened on a city street...had it towed to repair shop and was told it was something with my transmission, but they didnt say what, only that is was going to cost $2250 to replace it.....had it towed home..not repaired
2006 Mercury Monterey transmission problems
34 complaints (77% of all complaints for this car). Typical mileage when it fails: 86,778.
- owner complaints
- 34
- of this car's complaints
- 77%
- typical mileage
- 86,778
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Automatic transmission: torque converter3
- Automatic transmission1
At what mileage
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Mercury Monterey transmission problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Related investigations
Engine Stalling
The subject vehicles suffered from a design issue whereby water could run down onto the cowling under the hood and located in the area of the windshield wipers and then drip onto a computer module, the Powertrain Control Module (PCM), which could be manifested in a variety of symptoms depending on which part of the circuit board became wet or which of the connector pins shorted out.In addition to causing an engine to stall, which may or may not then restart, the water intrusion could also cause the transmission to shift poorly, the vehicle to have erratic power, a malfunction indicator light to come on, or result in an inability to start the vehicle, an inability to shift the vehicle into either forward or reverse. Also the problem could cause a higher than normal idle RPM in Park, or for the radio to malfunction, or the interior lights to stay on.During this investigation ODI was concerned with the effect of the engine stalling or a drastic and sudden loss of power either of which may create a safety risk.In reviewing the actual number of these types of incidents, collectively referred to here as engine stalls, the number was found to be below what would be considered a defect trend.For example, the number of engine stalls identified in Ford's warranty claims for the model year (MY) 2004 subject vehicles, the MY with the most failures, was 200 out of population of 125,865, for a failure rate of 0.16%.The one crash recorded by a complainant to the federal safety agency, VOQ 10311522, alleged that the engine stalled, due to water intrusion into the PCM, while the road was turning causing her to go off the road and according to the police report the vehicle then hit an embankment and a tree stump. Ford reported in their response that there were three alleged crashes but none of these were validated as being caused by a problem with water intrusion into the PCM causing a stall.Accordingly this investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by the federal safety agency that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will continue to monitor complaints and other information relating to the alleged defect in the subject vehicles and take further action in the future if warranted.
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What 2006 Mercury Monterey owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
My 2006 mercury mmonterey started jumping while going down the road and making a noise when you press the gas. Mechanic said it was the tcc selenoid so we replaced it an that did not fix the issue so took it backto find the torque conveter is bad.
My family was traveling on the I-65 south interstate and the van, 2006 mercury monterey, stop responding in the middle of fast traffic. It took me by total surprise. The engine was still running. So, I initially thought it had accidently went in neutral but that wasn't the case. I tried a lower gear with not luck. Not wanting to be stuck in the middle of the interstate I then turned on my hazard lights and frantically maneuvered the van to the side of the busy interstate road. Once on the side of the road my husband tried every gear and the van wasn't responding in any of them. We ended up getting it towed to our house. After we got home my husband started researching the problem because he had never heard of a vehicle stop responding like that without any warning signs. He said this has to be vehicle defect and looked up recalls for the van on the federal safety agency.org website. There wasn't a recall for this issue but there were plenty of complaints about this exact safety issue. After doing more research we found that the 2004 model of this van had the same issue which ford did do a recall for the torque converter. The ford company needs to be immediately notified that this is also a big safety issue with the 2006 model. One the reasons my husband bought the vehicle was because it was built by ford and he trusted their products. I hope ford will take the complaint seriously and stand behind their product and get this safety issue with the torque converter on the mercury monterey 2006 vehicles resolved quickly.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mercury monterey. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle failed to respond as the accelerator pedal was being depressed. Also, the rpms increased to high. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the torque converter was stripped. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The failure mileage was 141,000.
Our van was driving just fine and suddenly, with no warning at all, went into neutral, stopping in an intersection. The vehicle only has around 88000 miles on it. It was towed to the dealer, and the lincoln dealer diagnosed that the torque converter had failed. I noticed ford had already recalled all of the 2004 freestars and 2005 montereys for this problem, but yet somehow my 2006 with a september 2005 build date was not part of the recall. So guess what? Ford knowingly left me in an unsafe vehicle, and now I'm responsible for the repair bill. Ford so very clearly knew about the problem and never corrected the problem by the time by vehicle was built. The federal safety agency needs to encourage ford to recall all the 2006 and probably all the 2007s as well. Ford should be paying for my repair, not me.
Driving down the street...lost all forward movement. Everything was running, just no engament of transmission
Takata inflators. Driving in traffic without warning vehicle just stops moving in heavy traffic.believe solenoid to drive tranny is faulty.
I was driving down the road, just normal driving, posted speed or below,. Had gas pedal down and suddenly the vehicle has no power. Had to push to the side. Can move gear shift, but car doesn't go into any direction, forward or backward.
Transmission problem its racing also the cruse control speed up more than it should my family and are not safe when going on a long road trip how would you feel having a break down in the middle of no where and on the high way because of the bad transmission you put in the vehicle please fix it please
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mercury monterey. While driving 20 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate without warning. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the torque converter failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 71,080.
Questions about the 2006 Mercury Monterey transmission
Does the 2006 Mercury Monterey have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 34 complaints about the transmission of the 2006 Mercury Monterey, 77% of all its complaints, more than any other problem.
At what mileage do 2006 Mercury Monterey transmission problems start?
The typical (median) mileage in owner complaints is 86,778 miles.
Was there a recall on the 2006 Mercury Monterey transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Mercury Monterey have bad transmission?
The Mercury Monterey model years with the most transmission complaints are 2004 (203 complaints), 2005 (97 complaints) and 2006 (34 complaints).
Other 2006 Mercury Monterey problems
Brakes 4Acceleration 3Engine 3Driver assistance 2Electrical 2Body 1Fuel system 1Seats 1Steering 1
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