2006 Mercury Monterey problems

“I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT APPROX. 30-35 MPH, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING SOUND, OCCURED AND MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD ANYMORE. I COASTED INTO A PARKING LOT, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND THEN SHIFTED THE CAR INTO R,D, AND OD AND NOTHING ENGAGED... THIS HAPPENED ON A CITY STREET...HAD IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS SOMETHING WITH MY TRANSMISSION, BUT THEY DIDNT SAY WHAT, ONLY THAT IS WAS GOING TO COST $2250 TO REPLACE IT.....HAD IT TOWED HOME..NOT REPAIRED”

“I DO NOT KNOW THE DATES OR MILEAGES AT THE TIME, I'M SURE IT WAS OVER 36,000 MILES OR ELSE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT INTO THE DEALER. ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME I MAY HAVE, AND THEY PROBABLY SAID "YOUR CAR DIDN'T THROW OUT A CODE" I'VE HEARD THAT MANY TIMES... ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS, POSSIBLY THREE, I HIT THE BRAKES *LIGHTLY* IN DRY WEATHER AND IT SETS OFF THE TRACTION CONTROL. ONE TIME I WAS RUSHING MY SON TO THE HOSPITAL AND I COULD NOT GO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR, I WAS ON A HIGHWAY SO I COULD NOT SAFELY PULL OVER (THAT WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME IT HAD HAPPENED SO I KNEW I NEEDED TO STOP AND SHUT THE CAR OFF TO "RESET" IT. I JUST CRIED ALL THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL). I BELIEVE IT WENT OFF WHEN I TAPPED THE BRAKES TO GET ONTO THE ONRAMP, I HAD A "YIELD". ANOTHER TIME I WAS ON A BUSY TWO-LANE ROAD WITH TRAFFIC BEHIND ME, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WAS FREAKED OUT. I COULD NOT GO THE MINIMUM SPEED ON THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT PULL OVER (NO SHOULDER). AT THE STOP LIGHT I DID EVERYTHING I COULD THINK OF TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN. I TRIED SHIFTING INTO PARK, BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. I THINK I MADE IT TO THE NEXT LIGHT AND TURNED THE CAR OFF AND IT…”

“TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ITS RACING ALSO THE CRUSE CONTROL SPEED UP MORE THAN IT SHOULD MY FAMILY AND ARE NOT SAFE WHEN GOING ON A LONG ROAD TRIP HOW WOULD YOU FEEL HAVING A BREAK DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND ON THE HIGH WAY BECAUSE OF THE BAD TRANSMISSION YOU PUT IN THE VEHICLE PLEASE FIX IT PLEASE”

“CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE BURNED UP. IT APPEARS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS IN WHICH THIS HAS HAPPENED”

“PULLING OUT INTO HWY TO CROSS TRAFFIC, CAR QUIT ACCELERATING. STARTED "JUMPING" LIKE OUT OF GAS. WAS SITTING CROSSWISE IN THE ROAD NOW, WITH CARS COMING FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS, JUST KEPT PUSHING GAS, AND IT'D MOVE A FEW INCHES AT A TIME. FINALLY GOT ACROSS INTO LANE, AND HAD TO DRIVE IT LIKE THAT TO TURN OFF A FEW HUNDRED YARDS. TURNED IGNITION OFF, AND ON, AND WAS NORMAL AGAIN. HAS DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES, YET FORD SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG. *TR”

“TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. THE VEHICLE DECELERATES, LOSES POWER STEERING AND BRAKING ABILITY, AND ALSO STALLS. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED IN ORDER FOR IT TO OPERATE NORMALLY. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, BUT THEY, AS WELL AS AN INVESTIGATOR FROM FORD, COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 24,000. UPDATED 08/13/08 *BF THE ABS LIGHT AND OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATEED AS WELL. UPDATED 08/13/08”