NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Mercury Monterey Recalls
The 2006 Mercury Monterey has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 7, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Mercury Monterey. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 44
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Mercury Monterey, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Mercury Monterey
Seats
- Campaign
- 13V081000
- Reported
- March 7, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 196,667
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007 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 2005 Monterey, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007 Monterey, 24 other models
2006 Mercury Monterey complaints by year
NHTSA has received 44 owner complaints about the 2006 Mercury Monterey, the newest on November 1, 2020. Owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2006 Mercury Monterey, the component group named most often is the power train (77%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (9%) and the vehicle speed control (7%).
None of the 2006 Mercury Monterey's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2006 Mercury Monterey owners gave the mileage (43 complaints), the median was 81,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train34
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
- Vehicle Speed Control3
- Electrical System2
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Traction Control System2
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Mercury Monterey peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 9. 7% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 44 complaints about the 2006 Mercury Monterey are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mercury Monterey by model year
Other 2006 Mercury models
Newest record on this page: November 1, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted