NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Mercury Montego Recalls
The 2005 Mercury Montego has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 5, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Mercury Montego. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Mercury Montego, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2005 Mercury Montego
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 06V383000
- Reported
- October 5, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,537
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 05V515000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123,206
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2005 Mercury Montego complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2005 Mercury Montego, the newest on January 20, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Mercury Montego, the component group named most often is the power train (36%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the vehicle speed control (18%).
None of the 2005 Mercury Montego's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Mercury Montego owners gave the mileage (122 complaints), the median was 69,179 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train49
- Electrical System27
- Vehicle Speed Control24
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Engine10
- Structure10
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 22 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Mercury Montego peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 22. 19% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 135 complaints about the 2005 Mercury Montego are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Montego by model year
Other 2005 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: January 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted