Dashboard Failed Problems of Mercury Montego

Car runs great for about 20 minutes then I get a surge in the engine, dash cluster goes dead, car jerks and I lose power randomly. Everything comes back on but will go out multiple times getting worse everytime. I have lost power to transmission once, no forward or reverse. Replaced the dash cluster and car ran great for 2 days then started all again. This happens mainly while in the city, hasn't happened on highway yet thank goodness. Car just sits in driveway, afraid to drive it. I see countless people with this issue all the way back to when car was released and still no solution.

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Dash board gauges and controls. When driving our 2005 Montego all of the dash instruments and gauges will go out, and you loose some power, the rear lights go on. This can happen at any moment when the vehicle is in motion, on the interstate, slow speeds. To replace is quite expensive, but in doing some research I have come across thousands of complaints on the same issue, and it's extremely scary and concerning that a safety recall has not been done. You can turn it off but doesn't always reset and when it does the engine light stays on. This occurs while the car is in motion.

Started 2005 Montego to pick up fiancé from work, got back inside after brushing snow off the car and I pressed the throttle to drop the idle speed, all of the gauges on my instrument panel went black (tach,speed,fuel,water temp,ac/heater), my reverse lights came on, my stereo had really loud static coming through it and my wipers/heater stopped working. Came back a few hours later and gauges worked but check engine, transmission and charging systems lights were on. I put it in gear because I thought the issue was gone and as soon as I got to about 1500 rpm my gauges went black so I stopped and when the idle speed dropped back down my gauges came back on. I tried my headlights and they go out every time my gauges go out, which is any time I get over 1500 rpm.