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Torque converter failure and recall repairPOWER TRAIN64 complaints2010-02 → 2024-05monterey-2004-torque-converter-failure
10499869 MY 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY HAD A RECALL JOB DONE ON THE TRANSMISSION REPLACING THE TORQUE CONVERTER APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM CHURCH TODAY, AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. MY FAMILY ENDED UP STRANDED
10493345 THIS VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN A SAFETY RECALL BY NHTSA (12V006). THE PART INVOLVED (TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT) IN THE RECALL FAILED IN MARCH 2011, LONG BEFORE THE RECALLED WAS INITIATED
10343428 OUR 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY HAS APPROX.64,000. ON JULY 7,2010 THE TORQUE CONVERTER OUTPUT SHAFT FAILED. THE VEHICLE IS NOW HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. APPROXIMATE COST $3,000. *TR
Transmission loss of drive or failure to engage gearPOWER TRAIN64 complaints2010-02 → 2020-11monterey-2004-transmission-loss-of-drive
10465702 I WAS DRIVING ON PA TURNPIKE AND WITHOUT WARNING VAN STOPPED MOVING. LOSS POWER TO MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARD. VERY SCARY! ALMOST STRUCK IN REAR BY TRACTOR TRAILER. HAD TO SIT ON TURNPIKE WITH 3 CHILDREN IN VAN AND WAIT FOR A FLATBED TO BRING US TO SAFETY
10416637 ON 7/25/11 I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS, MY 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY JUST WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. I HAD TO TOW MY VEHICLE TO THE REPAIR SHOP WHICH NOTIFIED ME THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD TO BE REPLACED. *KB
10371169 I HAVE A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY WAS DRIVING AND ALL THE SUDDEN TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. NO WARNING LIGHTS OR OTHER SHIFTING PROBLEMS. VERY HAZARDOUS. THEY WANT 4 TO 6000.00 TO REPAIR THIS IS DEFINITELY A FORD PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED BY THEM
Third-row seat anchor and latch corrosionSTRUCTURE, SEATS19 complaints2011-07 → 2016-06monterey-2004-third-row-seat-anchor
10876443 CORROSION OF THIRD ROW SEAT ATTACHMENT. ON 23 JUNE 2016, REMOVED INTERIOR PANEL TO SERVICE AUXILIARY A/C UNIT AND DISCOVERED SEVERELY RUSTED AREA AROUND THE THIRD-ROW SEAT ATTACHMENT
10498433 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY THE 3RD REAR SEAT STARTED VIBRATING VIOLENTLY FOLLOWED BY A LOAD BANG
10482620 WHILE DRIVING I NOTICED MY THIRD ROW SEAT WAS BOUNCING SOME, WHEN I STOPPED I FOUND THAT THE LATCH HOLDING THE SEAT DOWN WAS UNATTACHED. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALER HE SAID THAT IT IS RUSTED THROUGH
Subframe and body corrosionSTRUCTURE5 complaints2011-12 → 2019-09monterey-2004-subframe-body-rust
10695154 I HAVE A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY (SAME AS THE FORD WINDSTAR). I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE A TUNE UP DONE, AND TOLD ME MY FRONT SUB FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE VAN IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE
10504834 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED FOR UN UNRELATED ISSUE, HE WAS INFORMED THT THE SUB FRAME ENGINE CRADLE WAS SUFFERING FROM MASSIVE RUST AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED
10440616 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS WERE SEVERELY RUSTED AS WELL AS PARTS OF THE VEHICLE
Engine stalling while drivingENGINE9 complaints2011-11 → 2015-10monterey-2004-engine-stall
10436183 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER ENTERING A HIGHWAY DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING
10778487 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS
10662876 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. THE TECHNICIAN REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION
Power steering failure or hard steeringSTEERING5 complaints2012-01 → 2018-03monterey-2004-power-steering-loss
10992399 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STUCK AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO VEER INTO ANOTHER LANE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED
11043205 STEERING IN VAN BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER.HAD TO REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP AND RACK AND PINION AND NEW BELT..STILL DIFFICULT TO STEER.SITTING STILL OR GOING AROUND TURNS
10444841 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STEERING PUMP WAS LEAKING FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2004 Mercury Monterey vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2004/mercury/monterey
@misc{wrenchpro_2004_mercury_monterey_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2004 Mercury Monterey},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2004/mercury/monterey}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
