Mercury Monterey slipping problems

Filed Dec 3, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · 117,215 miles · AR

On numerous occasions, the engine in this vehicle would stall, cut out, or completely quit running while driving or sitting at a stoplite. On acceleration, the engine would stall or cut out and the transmission would feel like it is slipping. When the engine would stall or quit running, steering and brakes would become inoperable. On many occasions, this would happen in city traffic and on the hiway traveling at hiway speeds. At one instance the engine stalled out completely and would not start. On nov. 6, 2014 is when this vehicle was first taken into the dealer for a maintenance check, which determined that the computer had gotten wet because of moisture coming down behind a cowling/deflector on the lower part of the windshield. The computer had to be replaced at my expense.

Filed Apr 30, 2013 · Acceleration, Transmission · 30,000 miles · NY

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mercury monterey. The contact stated that the transmission failed intermittently and slipped out of overdrive. The contact also stated that the cruise control failed to engage while it was set. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 30,000. Updated 06/18/13*lj the consumer stated the dealer flushed the transmission, but it did not solve the problem. The dealer stated since the engine light was not on, there was no way to diagnose the problem. The vehicle would lose power and then shift in and out of overdrive. Updated 06/28/13

Filed Aug 11, 2012 · Transmission · 115,180 miles · PA

About 5 or 6 months ago we started to notice that my car is jerking when it drives - especially when accelerating and going up hill, but will do it at other times as well. It seems as if maybe the transmission is slipping or something is not 'catching' as it's trying to accelerate. We received a recall notice about the power train so we assume that this may have to do with the recall, but are still waiting for word of a fix for this issue.

Filed Jun 5, 2012 · Transmission · 51,162 miles · OH

2004 mercury monterey. Consumer writes in regards to a defective transmission *tgw the consumer stated he noticed the transmission was starting to slip. In may of 2008 the vehicle would not go forward or backward. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop where the transmission was replaced at a cost of $ 1985.00. The consumer received a recall notice in the mail regarding the defective transmission. The notice also stated if the torque converter had already been replaced, that addressed the specific issue, he may be eligible for reimbursement.

Filed Jan 2, 2012 · Transmission · 81,563 miles · IA

We were driving along a main highway when suddenly, without any warning at all, it was like the vehicle slipped into neutral and would no longer move - on the highway! We had our 2 young children in the car and were fortunately able to get it to the side of the road without a safety incident. We were 50 miles from home, had to have it towed to a dealer nearly 20 minutes away. Our diagnosis on the car was that the torque converter on the transmission failed. The dealer mentioned that he had seen this quite a bit on a few models with the same component, but when I questioned him on his comment he backtracked and said he shouldn't have said that. He told us it would take at least 3-4 days to repair and since we were far from home, we were stuck in another city with no transportation (as they wouldn't give us a loaner). Seeing our distress and knowing we were in a bad situation, he later offered to put 2 guys working on it to get it done by the end of the day. As we were in a strange town with a 4 and 6 year old (and we were on our way to celebrate the 6yr birthday), we were forced to rent a car if we didn't want to keep them in a ford dealership for the next 6 hours. When we returned to pick up the car, the service dept did pick up the tab on the rental car. Our final bill was $1,786.15 and a complete distrust of our ford product. We no longer feel particularly safe in the vehicle or w/our kids in the vehicle, especially after reading all the others that had similar problems to this and beyond. However, we are not in a position to buy a new vehicle and would like ford to take responsibility for something that seems an obvious defective design and/or manufacturing defect with their product. Peoples lives are at risk here - we are lucky we weren't hit from behind on the hwy when it suddenly lost power! Lucky!! Be responsible and do right by your customers ford!

Filed Jun 4, 2011 · Transmission · 64,775 miles · WA

We are the owners of a 2004 mercury monterey with just over 64,000 miles on it. I was shocked when my wife called me on the evening of june 3rd, 2011 and told me that she had gotten into the van, started it and tried to go in reverse and the van wouldn't move. She then put it into "drive" and it seemed to work fine for a few minutes and then it made an awful clunking sound a few times and lost power as she was driving near our home heading toward the freeway. I immediately knew it was a problem with the components of the transmission. Thankfully no one was injured as she was traveling at slow speeds on surface streets just before making it onto the freeway. It scares me to think what could have happened had the problem not occurred until 5 minutes later when she would have been traveling at 60 MPH on the freeway. Prior to the incident, there were no other signs that the transmission was having problems, no slipping or missing gears. It had always driven very smoothly. I got online and found that there were many stories like mine with the 2004-5 mercury monterey/ford freestar. I'll be having my van towed to our mechanic on monday, june 5th so I can find out the extent of the damage and cost. I won't be surprised when they tell me it is the torque converter from what I have been reading from others with my same mini-van. The van currently won't shift into reverse, idles horribly and barely shifts into drive.

Filed Sep 14, 2010 · Transmission · 99,500 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 mercury monterey. The contact was driving 35 MPH when the transmission slipped out of gear and would not return to the appropriate gear. The contact was unable to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was contacted. The failure and current mileage was 99,500.

Filed Aug 8, 2010 · Driver assistance, Transmission · 41,600 miles · VA

Incident first occurred on 6/20/2010, on I-64. I was driving our 2004 mercury monterey when I realized that the transmission had slipped from d3 to d2. I stopped van and it worked fine after restarting, but was afraid to use it; only used several times for short trips in the interim - no problems, however, with the transmission. Took to dealer on 7/30 - 41,779 miles - extended warranty (esp) expired 2/5/10. Dealer replaced transmission range sensor and brake pressure switch at a cost of $325.22, including diagnostic check. Dealer also flushed and filled transmission - twice to remove water - cost: $184.87. I asked for the old parts - dealer did not return them. Picked up vehicle on 8/1/10; transmission worked fine, but the traction control system (tcs) light turned on and stayed on. Did not drive until 8/6 when I took it tire shop to have tires replaced - no cruise control and the tcs light was on. The service manager at the tire shop checked alldatapro.com and found a tsb that indicated that ford had learned that some 2004-2007 freestar and monterey transmissions had water/moisture problems causing problems with the tcs, among other things. Also, in checking other complaints reported to the federal safety agency, found one where a ford dealer noted that a transmission seal had failed allowing water to enter computer (transmission range sensor?) causing both computer and transmission to fail. On 8/7, found that dealer had not reconnected cruise control, and noticed that the tcs light turned on after depressing the brake twice. Then noticed that the transmission would not shift to drive 3 - stayed in d2 - back to the original problem from 6/20! Stopped and started van again, no change in the transmission, and the tcs light turned on after pressing brake twice. Have not tried to drive the car today, and now, after reading many of the complaints regarding transmission failures in 2004 montereys, I'm not sure if I should even attempt to drive it the 38 miles back to the dealer.

Filed Jun 19, 2010 · Transmission · 93,000 miles · TX

We were driving our 2005 mercury monterey minivan about 45 MPH on a fairly busy street when the car began losing speed. My husband thought maybe the car had slipped into neutral so he downshifted from drive to 3 but still no power. He tried lower gears and he stepped on the gas several times. The tachometer responded but the car would not accelerate or go into any gear. We were fortunate enough to be able to coast to a nearby parking lot without being struck but the car would not go into any gear. It was like the transmission totally failed. No warning lights, no noises, nothing alerted us that the transmission was about to fail. It was a little frightening and very frustrating.

Filed Apr 7, 2010 · Transmission · 80,313 miles · GA

Transmission is slipping during acceleration in 2004 mercury monterey with less than 80,000 miles making it dangerous to drive. This started recently and was first noticed driving up hills, but now is occurring on level highways.