general problems of the 2007 Mercury Montego

Tl-the contact owned a 2007 Mercury Montego. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle jerked before eventually stopping. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000. Oo.

Traveling at freeway speed, vehicle lights all flickered the lost power. . Engine continued to run, was able to coast vehicle to shoulder of 35w, apply brakes and stop. Turned off vehicle and restarted within a few minutes. No lights no dash lights. . Flooring the gas pedal able to get 30 mph uphill approximately. At top of hill power came back on. . Then killed again. Tow called. Currently at garage where sensors are showing transmission problem.

The contact owns a 2007 Mercury Montego. The contact stated that the vehicle made a loud noise while the gear was placed into reverse. In addition, the vehicle failed to respond while in reverse. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 49,000.

Usually this happens after I have been driving a while and get off the freeway. I will be accelerating slowly and when I reach 30-35 mph (2 or 3rd gear), suddenly the rpm's will race way up but the car is just coasting and not shifting. I let off the gas and sometimes it will kick into gear when the rpm returns to normal. Other times it hard shifts into the next gear, sometimes the rpm will race again and I need to coast off the road and come to a complete stop. It's an intermittent problem and does not do it all the time. It won't do it when I take it to the dealer. I am afraid I will get rear ended one of these times especially if I am in a construction zone where I cannot get off the road.

Car lunges forward and backwards when putting into gear (drive or reverse). It is extremely noticable to passengers and others. It is dangerous, as you have no control over the lunging motion that could possibly pin someone walking nearby as you are parking the vehicle. It appears this is a common problem that has been reported by many and action needs to be taken by the maker to correct the problem.

2007 Mercury Montego surges in both forward and backward mode. It is extremely dangerous and does this unexpectedly. Is this going to be a Toyota type problem where it will take a serious accident to get these cars recalled ? this is an ongoing problem with the electronic throttle body which many people have reported and it seems Ford motor company wishes to ignore instead of address. This is truly a shame because we were so proud of an american auto company who refused to take the government bail out , but at the same time, they need to step up and stand behind a real problem with their vehicle.