Worst years for a Mercury Monterey
Owners have filed 550 complaints about the Mercury Monterey with NHTSA across model years 1968 to 2007. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.
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2004 Mercury Monterey346 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Every Mercury Monterey 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 Monterey
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
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Exactly what failed on a Mercury Monterey
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mercury Monterey, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Mercury Monterey problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Mercury Monterey
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.