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Torque converter and transmission failurePOWER TRAIN87 complaints2007-12 → 2022-08monterey-2005-torque-converter-failure
10939486 VEHICLE HAD SUDDEN LOSS OF MOTIVE POWER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND ACCELERATING TO 60MPH HIGHWAY SPEEDS, ALMOST CAUSING MULTI-CAR ACCIDENT. AFTER COASTING TO SHOULDER, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY FORWARD OR REVERSE GEAR
10429259 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD SON WHEN OUR MERCURY MONTEREY LOST ALL POWER AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS LEFT MY WIFE & SON STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
11013547 TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE IN DRIVEWAY. TURNED VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED AND IT WENT INTO REVERESE
11176569 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CARPET ON THE VEHICLE'S FLOOR WAS MOIST. ALSO, THE THIRD ROW SEAT LATCH WAS SO CORRODED THAT THE CONTACT COULD SEE THE GROUND
10760797 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE THIRD ROW SEAT DID NOT LATCH DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL WELL
10482613 LATCHING ANCHOR FOR THIRD ROW SEAT IS WELDED TO SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. TRIED TO LATCH SEAT AND THE ENTIRE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY BROKE AWAY DUE TO RUST
Liftgate and tailgate operation failureSTRUCTURE4 complaints2011-02 → 2018-08monterey-2005-liftgate-failure
10410244 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTERAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN HE PRESSED THE BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB TO OPEN THE REAR LIFTGATE. ONCE THE LIFTGATE WAS COMPLETELY OPENED FOR A FEW MOMENTS, IT SLAMMED SHUT
10644557 MY SON AND I WERE PUTTING GROCERIES IN THE BACK OF THE VAN AND THE TAILGATE FELL ON HIS HEAD. THE AUTOMATIC LIFT WOULDN'T LIFT UP
10381166 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR LIFTGATE WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND WOULD INTERMITTENTLY COME DOWN HARD ON WHOEVER WAS STANDING UNDER THE LIFTGATE
10475523 STALL ENGINE WITH NO POWER FOR FORWARD OR REVERSE. MALFUNCTION INDICATOR COMES ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START FOR MORE THAN COUPLE SECONDS
10488001 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE ENGINE MISFIRED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE JOLTED FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS
10399063 MY 2005 MERCURY VAN DIED WITHOUT WARNING AND AFTER TAKING IT IN FOR REPAIR, WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE PCM MODULE OR COMPUTER THAT FAILED DUE TO MOISTURE
Air bag deployment failureAIR BAGS3 complaints2011-01 → 2018-07monterey-2005-airbag-deployment
11105387 TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE CRASHED AND ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY
10376377 I HAVE A 2005 MERCURY MONTEREY VAN THAT I'VE OWN BRAND NEW. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK THIS MORNING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON
11113228 TAKATA RECALL. TRAVELING ON ROAD APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH. TRIED RO AVOID HITTING SOME DEER WHO SUDDENLY RAN OUT FROM THE WOODS IN FRONT IF MY VAN
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Wrench.Pro (2026). 2005 Mercury Monterey vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/mercury/monterey
@misc{wrenchpro_2005_mercury_monterey_2026,
author = {Wrench.Pro},
title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2005 Mercury Monterey},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2005/mercury/monterey}},
note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}
