2006 Mercury Monterey: raw data

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vehicle2006 / mercury / monterey
known issues3 clusters (reviewed 2026-09-25)
complaints44 on file (2008-02-20 → 2020-11-01)
recalls0
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Torque converter failure causing loss of drivePOWER TRAIN21 complaints2011-09 → 2020-04monterey-2006-torque-converter-failure
  • 10442571 THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED ON A BUSY FREEWAY. WAS UNABLE TO USE ENGINE POWER TO SAFELY NAVIGATE TO A SAFE STOPPING POINT. THE SPLINES ON THE GEAR IN THE CONVERTER STRIPPED OFF REMOVING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION. *TR
  • 11218671 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
  • 10427762 VEHICLE STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHT. WHEN A DRIVE AWAY WAS ATTEMPTED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE IN ANY GEAR. ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY. THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING SIGNS. *TT VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A FORD SERVICE GARAGE. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAILED TORQUE CONVERTER
Transmission failure requiring replacementPOWER TRAIN14 complaints2012-10 → 2020-11monterey-2006-transmission-replacement
  • 11121951 DRIVING DOWN THE STREET...LOST ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT. EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING, JUST NO ENGAMENT OF TRANSMISSION
  • 10853044 I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE AND DO NOT WANT TO INCUR THE EXPENSE REPLACING ANOTHER. WITH NO WARNING THE VEHICLE ACTED AS IF IT SLIPPED OR POPPED OUT OF GEAR AS I WAS GOING DOWN A FAIRLY BUSY STREET. I HAD LOST ALL GEARS
  • 10500898 AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE PUMP SHAFT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 115,000
Stall with ABS or traction control warning lightTRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM7 complaints2008-02 → 2016-06monterey-2006-stall-traction-control-light
  • 10218622 TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. ON SIX OR SEVEN OCCASIONS, THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE ALSO LOST POWER, HESITATED, AND DECREASED IN SPEED. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO GAIN SPEED NO MATTER HOW HARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED
  • 10353435 PULLING OUT INTO HWY TO CROSS TRAFFIC, CAR QUIT ACCELERATING. STARTED "JUMPING" LIKE OUT OF GAS. WAS SITTING CROSSWISE IN THE ROAD NOW, WITH CARS COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS, JUST KEPT PUSHING GAS, AND IT'D MOVE A FEW INCHES AT A TIME
  • 10872417 CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE BURNED UP. IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

countearliest_datelatest_datecrash_flaggedfire_flaggedtop_components
442008-02-202020-11-0100POWER TRAIN:34; SERVICE BRAKES:4; HYDRAULIC:4; VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:3; UNKNOWN OR OTHER:2

Recalls all years →

none listed

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2006 Mercury Monterey vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2006/mercury/monterey
@misc{wrenchpro_2006_mercury_monterey_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2006 Mercury Monterey},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2006/mercury/monterey}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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