2004 Mercury Monterey transmission problems
Owners reported transmission problems in 144 complaints for the 2004 Mercury Monterey, 42% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 144 42% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 143 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When transmission problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 43 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 40 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 27 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 16 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 143 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 67,000 miles, and 36% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.
What owners wrote
While driving my daughter to school this morning, I felt like the accelerator seemed to slip, I had to stop for a bus stop as this happened. When the bus moved and I could go I pushed the gas and the engine revved but the car wouldn't move. There were numerous cars behind me on a narrow two lane road. Fortunately a gentleman offered to push me off the road, I thought I was going to have to have a twelve year old boy get behind the wheel so I could push the van off the road.
We were driving our 2004 mercury monterey with only 50,000 miles on it, doing about 40 MPH when all of a sudden, without any warning signs, the rpms increased and the vehicle stopped accelerating. It acted like it was in neutral. We were able to drift off the road onto the shoulder and discovered we had lost all the gears in our van. Thank god no one was hurt, but the 4 adults and 3 children under 2 were stranded on the side of a road in the middle of nowhere 3 1/2 hours from home.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Mercury Monterey
- Drivetrain & axles 70 complaints
- Body & structure 19 complaints
- Seats 16 complaints
Transmission problems in other years
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004