Three problems related to brake disc caliper have been reported for the 2005 Mercury Montego. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Mercury Montego based on all problems reported for the 2005 Montego.
In the 86k miles my Mercury Montego has been driven the rear brakes have been replaced 3 times. Just this week the passenger side rear brake caliper had to be completely replaced.
- the contact owns a 2005 Mercury Montego premier. The contact stated that the brakes made excessive noise, brakes were dragging, and there wa s brake dust. The noise usually occurred when traveling in reverse. The noise sounded like the calipers were not releasing. The rear brakes were not working properly,as a result the front brakes were doing all the work. The contact felt that it took excessive force to apply the brakes. The failure and current mileage were 21000 miles.
Excessive rear brake wear. Our 2005 Montego, purchased new in Jan. 2006 experienced excessive rear brake wear with less than 24k miles of normal driving. This required new pads and rotors be replaced. We generally get 50k to 60k miles of wear on the brakes of the other Ford products we have owned over the last 20 years. Ford offered no explanation other than brake wear is not covered by warranty after 12k miles. The service manager at bill utter Ford in denton, TX said he has seen the same excessive wear pattern in as little as 20k miles on similar models. Ford refused to assume any of the cost for replacement. Clearly this is both a design failure and a safety issue that should addressed immediately. Needless to say, if Ford chooses to continue to ignore this safety issue I will not be buying anymore of their products.