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2004 Mercury Monterey vehicle speed control problems

11 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2004 Mercury Monterey4% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
4%
share of all complaints
81,550 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The contact owns a 2004 Mercury Monterey. The contact stated while driving approximately 60 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed however, the vehicle failed to respond, and the vehicle continued to accelerate. The driver manually shifted gears to slow the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the local…

    filed Sep 8, 2021

  • Tl* the contact owned a 2004 mercury monterey. The contact stated that when the gear shifter was placed into the reverse position and backing out of a parking space, the vehicle accelerated on its own and crashed into a fence. The failure recurred and the vehicle was towed to a body shop. There…

    filed Nov 14, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Monterey years

YearReportsShare
2006 Monterey37%
2005 Monterey11%
Monterey vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.