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2005 Mercury Montego transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 24 complaints for the 2005 Mercury Montego, 13% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
24 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2005 Mercury Montego Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 55,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 55,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 61% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 61% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

While driving down the freeway at about 50 MPH I went to accelerate and the transmission sputtered and then tried to downshift but instead locked up and caused the cars front tires to squeal and a rapid slow down. This failure occurs anytime I try to accelerate to pass a vehicle. With careful driving I can minimize it but am not able to accelerate very well. Dealership has told me to replace the transmission at my cost.

Reported at 51,000 miles, August 2008 CrashInjury

I own a 2005 mercury montego FWD 6 speed. A couple months ago the transmission started jumping around, it seems like it would not go into to gear and when it does it will slam real hard. I bought the car used with 22000 miles and now it has 52000 miles. I've already replaced a motor mount because of the hard shifting. The dealership told me that it might be the valve body witch is around 2000 dollars with parts and labor. From what I have research about this car, it is a major issue and could get someone hurt.

Reported at 50,000 miles, June 2009

Other problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Montego

Transmission problems in other years

  • 2007
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  • 2005

Transmission problems across all Mercury models