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2005 Mercury MONTEGO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	837765
Internal NHTSA #	10375280
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	MERCURY
Model	MONTEGO
Model Year	2005
File date	08/01/11
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of 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
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	78000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	FAIRPORT, NY
VIN pattern	1MEFM42165GXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	FWD
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Vehicle speed	65
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2005 Mercury MONTEGO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Mercury MONTEGO Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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What is Failure?

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