Mid/rear Seats Assembly Problems of Mercury Monterey

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the contact heard a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that both rear seat latches had fractured and corroded. As a result, there were two large holes in the area of the corrosion causing water damage to the carpets. In addition, the contact mentioned that both rear wheel wells were corroded. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 13v081000 (seats). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. Pam.

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Tl- the contact owns a 2004 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 mph, the rear seat and rear tires made a loud noise on multiple occasions. The contact received a NHTSA campaign recall id number:13v081000 for the seats and the dealer was unable to repair the vehicle correctly or diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified multiple times of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 60,000. Rk.

The contact owns a 2004 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated that the rear seat lock mechanism was corroded. The contact mentioned that the part where the seat latched into the body of the vehicle was completely corroded and a piece had detached from it. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was no longer under warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 124,900 and the current mileage was 125,000.

When my 10 year old son was getting in the car today he noticed that the 3rd row seat was wobbly and moving around. We saw that the latch that holds the seat in place was no longer there! in its place was a hole to the outside of the car. I looked in the drivers-side rear wheel well and saw that the entire latch anchor plate had rusted completely off! thankfully I noticed this before we got on the road because the anchor plate was laying lodged between the wheel and the body of the car - who knows what type of accident or further damage could have occurred to our own vehicle or to others who could have been in the path of the falling, detached plate. I have 3 children and can no longer drive my van since the rear seat is not fully attached to the vehicle and my children are too young to ride in the front seat - not to mention the large, gaping hole in my car. It appears that the passenger-side plate is rusting through as well. This is a 2004 and should not be having such severe rust issues that entire pieces of the body are falling off.

On June 17, 2012 my son went to sit in the rear seat and the seat dropped. Then we heard a noise from that same wheel. I took it to our mechanic the next day and they said that the latch for the rear seat and floor has rusted through and causing the floor to fall on the tire which now has a big chunk out of it. He said that we should no longer use the rear seats. He said that with the progression that rust moves that we will only be able to use this van for maybe another year. This van is only 8 years olds and has serious interior rust issues. I would only think that this is a safety issue since we can no longer safely put anyone in the rear seats and when this happened it could have caused a tire to blow out.

While driving down the highway the 3rd rear seat started vibrating violently followed by a load bang . Upon inspection I found the 3rd seat could not locked back in place because the lock down striker was gone and I could look through the hole in the side of the van and see the tire in the wheel well. The 3rd seat is now useless. This should never happen on any vehicle. Although the Ford representative stated it was "[xxx]" he said Ford would not fix it and I should file a complaint. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).