Instrument Panel Problems of Mercury Montego

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Montego. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the instrument panel lights failed to illuminate and all the gauges malfunctioned. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.

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Tl * the contact owns a 2006 Mercury Montego. While driving various speeds, all of the instrument panel gauges would illuminate and drop to zero and the seat belt indicators would illuminate and chime. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 126,000.

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The instrument gauge on my 2005 Mercury Montego just went "dead". Nothing registered, so there was no reading on my speed, engine heat gauge, fuel level, or tachometer. This happened once in early spring of this year (2012), but did not repeat until recently. It is now June and the same thing has re-occurred about 10 times in the past two weeks. After turning the car off and restarting, this sometimes (but not always), "fixes" the problem. Most recently, if the gauges do work, the "check engine" light turns on. The airbag light stays on, and the awd malfunction message displays in the information panel until I hit the reset button. From a safety perspective, is this a short in the system or is my airbag really malfunctioning? and how do I know my speed other than to guess?.

The contact owns a 2005 Mercury Montego. The contact noticed that all of the instrument panel gauge readings decreased to zero and the check engine light illuminated. The contact heard a clanking sound before the failure occurred. The vehicle was shut off and restarted and the gauges reset to the accurate readings. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technicians were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.

1) no prior events lead to this problem it just happened. 2)the instrument panel of my 2005 Mercury Montego lost all gauges, speedometer, lights,turn-signals. Then the car completely lost power. 3) the repair shop is still trying to determine the problem.

On January 8, 2011, the instrument panel of my 2005 Mercury Montego (same as Ford five hundred) lost all gauges: no speedometer, no lights, no dash turn signal indicator etc. The backup lights also stay on in all gears at all times. Mileage 78,000. These are unsafe conditions especially for night driving. Per Ford repair shops, the only remedy is full replacement of instrument cluster. Ford has known of this problem for several years; however their last response to NHTSA odi was that the problem was intermittent. Based on this, odi closed file in 2007 for no safety issue based on Ford response. The statement that the problem is intermittent is not true and this has been confirmed by me with dealer and by many others in online posts. ¿intermittent problem absolutely is not correct and believe the odi file should be re-opened based on known safety hazard.