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2005 Mercury MONTEGO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	818880
Internal NHTSA #	10357637
Manufacurer	FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Brand	MERCURY
Model	MONTEGO
Model Year	2005
File date	23/09/10
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	My 2005 mercury montego (79,000mi.) has unexpectedly lurched on two occasions. The first time i was driving slowly in a parking lot, and the car suddenly accelerated and lunged forward. Braking helped, but the lunging occurred again each time i tried to drive forward. I was able to move into a parking space and turn the car off which stopped the lurching movement. I sat for several minutes, restarted the car and drove away without incident. This didn't happen again for several months until a similar occurrence yesterday. This time i was ready to back out af a parking space, put the car in reverse and it surged backward. I depressed the brake, put the car in park, and shut it off. Once again i waited several minutes and drove away without incident. This is a very dangerous situation as people could have been close to the car when it lunged, or i could have been in traffic. I consider this to be a serious safety issue. With both of these occurrences the " fail safe mode" message appeared.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	79000
Number of Occurences	2
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MECHANICSBURG, PA
VIN pattern	1MEFM43135GXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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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
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Vehicle speed	5
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What is Recall?
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.
What is Failure?
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.
What is Defect?
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 Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2005 Mercury MONTEGO Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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