Worst years for a Mercury Montego
Owners have filed 360 complaints about the Mercury Montego with NHTSA across model years 1975 to 2007. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.
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2005 Mercury Montego190 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Every Mercury Montego year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Mercury Montego
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
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Worst in 2006
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Exactly what failed on a Mercury Montego
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercury Montego, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the Mercury Montego
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.