2005 Mercury Montego Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 18about this part
- Share
- 13%of 135 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 23,324miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 18 complaints about the brakes of the 2005 Mercury Montego, 13% of the 135 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 23,324 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“When hitting the brakes my car had a whining noise and accelerated not responding to my efforts to stop.I avoided the cars in front of me and also to the right of me by moving to the turning lane to stop myself from hitting anyone else. However to possibly avoid another accident, I crossed over to the other traffic lanes on order to get off the highway where I was still involved in an accident which totaled my car.”
NHTSA complaint #10895433, filed 2016-08, 126,000 miles“Rear brakes dust badly and have excessive wear. Documented this complaint on first trip to dealer after buying car. Since then I have made complaints to another Mercury dealer. Today they tell me ford has re-engineered the rear brake pads to fix the problem but because the car is more than a year old I would have to pay for the new brake pads. Updated 07/30/08”
NHTSA complaint #10160267, filed 2006-06, 22,649 miles“Excessive rear brake wear. Our 2005 Montego, purchased new in jan. 2006 experienced excessive rear brake wear with less than 24k miles of normal driving. This required new pads and rotors be replaced. We generally get 50k to 60k miles of wear on the brakes of the other ford products we have owned over the last 20 years. Ford offered no explanation other than brake wear is not covered by warranty after 12k miles. The service manager at bill utter ford in denton, tx said he has seen the same excessive wear pattern in as little as 20k miles on similar models. …”
NHTSA complaint #10179240, filed 2007-01, 24,000 miles“Rear bakes wearing out extremely fast. Required replacement at 17k miles and at 12k miles. Brakes wearing out at rates faster than customary may lead to unreasonable expectation of timely repair in time, and brake failure in service. Dealer service is offering to install ceramic brake pads.”
NHTSA complaint #10177931, filed 2007-01, 29,000 miles“Mercury Montego with brake problems. Consumer states that the rear brakes were replaced after 16,000 miles, and the front brakes were replaced after 26,000 miles. She believes there is a defect with the type of metal that is being used.”
NHTSA complaint #10228416, filed 2008-05, 16,113 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10024829Mar 1, 2008Traction control lamp on--no dtc's present, or dtc p1889 in differential electronic module (dem).
- 10023294Nov 28, 2007Ford mercury service campaign: see document search button for owner letter. Certain 2005 through 2007 fwd and awd ford five hundred, freestyle and mercury montego vehicles - rear…
- 10021463Apr 27, 2007Rear brake drag, noise, dust, and/or premature pad wear.
- 10014650Mar 7, 2005Thumping noise or roughness from rear brakes.
Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 2005 Mercury Montego
49 complaintsElectrical system
27 complaintsVehicle speed control
24 complaintsFuel system
12 complaintsEngine
10 complaintsBody and structure
10 complaintsEngine cooling
7 complaintsOther or unknown
6 complaintsAir bags
5 complaintsExterior lighting
3 complaintsLatches, locks and linkages
3 complaintsSeat belts
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2005 Mercury Montego
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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