2006 Mercury Monterey defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2006 Mercury Monterey. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Stabilus Rear Liftgate Struts Failing
  Investigation EQ12010 · opened Sep 28, 2012 · closed Dec 31, 2012

  Please see the attached closing resume summary.It has been attached to this document as a PDF.

• Corrosion of Third-Row Seat Attachment
  Engineering Analysis EA12003 · opened Apr 23, 2012 · closed May 2, 2013 · led to recall 13V081000

  Ford is conducting a safety recall to repair the third-row seat's latch mechanisms in approximately 196,667 model year (MY) 2004 through 2007 Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey vehicles (see NHTSA recall 13V-081 for more details).The recall covers vehicles originally sold, or currently registered, in the salt belt stat…

• Engine Stalling
  Preliminary Evaluation PE10033 · opened Aug 23, 2010 · closed Jul 15, 2011

  The subject vehicles suffered from a design issue whereby water could run down onto the cowling under the hood and located in the area of the windshield wipers and then drip onto a computer module, the Powertrain Control Module (PCM), which could be manifested in a variety of symptoms depending on which part of the cir…