Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | |||
| 06/09/2007 | 10000 | 1 | 06/23/2006 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 mercury monterey. while driving at an unknown speed, the traction control warning light illuminated on the instrument control panel. the vehicle decelerates, loses power steering and braking ability, and also stalls. the vehicle had to be restarted in order for it to operate normally. he took the vehicle to the dealer on numerous occasions, but they, as well as an investigator from ford, could not duplicate the failure. the failure mileage was 10,000 and current mileage was 24,000. updated 08/13/08 *bf the abs light and oil light illuminateed as well. updated 08/13/08 | |||
| 02/10/2008 | 8000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 mercury monterey. while driving low speeds, the vehicle would decelerate and shut off. the contact had to restart the vehicle from the middle of the road. once restarted, the vehicle functions properly. when the failure occurs, the advance track abs light illuminates. she took the vehicle to the dealer, but they could not duplicate the failure. ford sent an engineer to the dealer and he retro fitted something to the steering wheel to block light from affecting the sensors. the remedy has not corrected the failure. the failure has occurred five times and the vehicle has been taken to the dealer four times. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure mileage was 8,000 and current mileage was 10,300. | |||
| SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC - ANTILOCK - ABS WARNING LIGHT | |||
| 10/12/2007 | 12000 | 7 | 09/11/2007 |
| 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. when the contact turns the vehicle off and then back on, it operates normally. the dealer could not duplicate the failure. the current mileage was 17,200 and failure mileage was 12,000. | |||