Three problems related to transmission noise 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.
Driving on the highway on February 10, 2011, started to pass a truck and noticed that I was losing power - I looked at the tachometer and noticed the rpm's increasing. I took my foot off the gas and got back into the right lane. As I got further down the interstate, I heard a loud, screaming noise, and I continued to lose power. I pulled onto the shoulder of the road as soon as it was safe (I was on an overpass). The car continued to run but it wouldn't go into gear. I had the car towed to a transmission shop where they checked and replaced the cv axel assembly and replaced the transmission fluid. In March 2011 I noticed the engine seemed to be misfiring so I took it to an auto repair shop where they said the plugs needed replaced and one motor mount was broken and needed replaced. I was leaving for vacation so they said it would be ok to drive to the airport and return and then bring back for repair. I took the car back on Tuesday April 5, 2011. While checking the car out, they found the part replaced for the cv axel was once again broken, which they replaced. I picked up the car on Friday April 8, 2011. I left the auto repair shop, drove approx 20 miles when I noticed the same problem starting. I returned to the auto repair shop and they said the cv axel problem was again occuring - the splines were broken. Car was taken to the transmission shop where it was found this time to have an internal transmission problem, said the cv axel assembly would be warranty, but it would be approx $4,000 to replace the transmission with a rebuilt one.
The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Montego. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited an unusual clicking noise and the vehicle became hesitant to accelerate. The dealer was contacted who advised the contact to replace the transmission. The contact did not inform the manufacturer of the failure. The current mileage was approximately 58,000 and the failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
My 2005 Mercury nontego has 62550 mi on car heard noise in transmission and took to dealership and it needs a new transmission after looking on line numerous poeple have had problems between 54,000 mi and 67000, mi , the transmission needed to be replaced I called Ford corporation and they stated because there is no extended warranty on the vechile they can not do anything for me . Speaking with numerous mechanics there is no way a transmission sould go with that kind of milage. Ford corporation said they it is against company policy to give any type of credit for this problem. With so many people having the same problem I would think that Ford would step up to the plate. I really think that Ford should initiatte a call back on these transmissions, but they said they will not initiate anything unless national higway traffic safetiy and administration itnitalizes the call back. So I am writing in response to their respnse. You would think a corporation like Ford would initiate their own call backs with the noted problems, just to save reputations.