2007 Mercury Montego Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“I got my 2007 Mercury Montego premier from my mom, who I bought it from. At that time, there was only 52,000 miles on it. At 52,000 miles, whenever the car would be put in drive or reverse, it would lunge forward. Over the years, the problem has gotten worse and worse where now when putting green the car in drive or reverse, the car lunges forward to the point that I have no control of how far it will lunge. It's so bad that I worry that I might hit someone with my car just backing up. Now, at 130,000, the transmission appears to have gotten even worse where it is slipping in 2nd gear. …”

“Usually this happens after I have been driving a while and get off the freeway. I will be accelerating slowly and when I reach 30-35 MPH (2 or 3rd gear), suddenly the RPM's will race way up but the car is just coasting and not shifting. I let off the gas and sometimes it will kick into gear when the RPM returns to normal. Other times it hard shifts into the next gear, sometimes the RPM will race again and I need to coast off the road and come to a complete stop. It's an intermittent problem and does not do it all the time. It won't do it when I take it to the dealer. …”

“Car lunges forward and backwards when putting into gear (drive or reverse). It is extremely noticable to passengers and others. It is dangerous, as you have no control over the lunging motion that could possibly pin someone walking nearby as you are parking the vehicle. It appears this is a common problem that has been reported by many and action needs to be taken by the maker to correct the problem.”

“Traveling at freeway speed, vehicle lights all flickered the lost power..engine continued to run, was able to coast vehicle to shoulder of 35w, apply brakes and stop. Turned off vehicle and restarted within a few minutes. No lights no dash lights..flooring the gas pedal able to get 30 MPH uphill approximately. At top of hill power came back on..then killed again. Tow called. Currently at garage where sensors are showing transmission problem.”

“2007 Mercury Montego surges in both forward and backward mode. It is extremely dangerous and does this unexpectedly. Is this going to be a toyota type problem where it will take a serious accident to get these cars recalled ? This is an ongoing problem with the electronic throttle body which many people have reported and it seems ford motor company wishes to ignore instead of address. …”