NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Mercury Monterey Recalls
The 2005 Mercury Monterey has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 7, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Mercury Monterey. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 119
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Mercury Monterey, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2005 Mercury Monterey
Seats
- Campaign
- 13V081000
- Reported
- March 7, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 196,667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 Monterey, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 12V006000
- Reported
- January 9, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 206,452
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Monterey, 1 other model
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate
- Campaign
- 06V069000
- Reported
- March 9, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,728
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Monterey, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004, 2006–2007 Monterey, 24 other models
2005 Mercury Monterey complaints by year
NHTSA has received 119 owner complaints about the 2005 Mercury Monterey, the newest on August 30, 2022. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%); owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Mercury Monterey, the component group named most often is the power train (82%), followed by the structure (7%) and the electrical system (5%).
1 of the 2005 Mercury Monterey's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Mercury Monterey owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train97
- Structure8
- Electrical System6
- Engine5
- Air Bags3
- Seats3
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 25 | |
| 2011 | 28 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Mercury Monterey peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 28. 7% 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: 4/5
The 119 complaints about the 2005 Mercury Monterey are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Monterey by model year
Other 2005 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: August 30, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted