Ownership Cost for 2005 Mercury Montego Luxury
Estimated: $35878 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $1545 | $741 | $649 | $587 | $525 | $4047 |
| Insurance | $1487 | $1539 | $1592 | $1648 | $1706 | $7972 |
| Fuel | $1560 | $1607 | $1663 | $1730 | $1807 | $8367 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1801 | $935 | $618 | $2291 | $8408 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $424 | $424 | $424 | $424 | $424 | $628 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $8755 | $6874 | $6199 | $6039 | $8012 | $35878 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2005 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 MERCURY MONTEGO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WENT FROM NORMAL TO ZERO AND THEN BACK UP TO NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE WIRE THAT CAUSED THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE TO MALFUNCTION WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE COULD CAUSE HIGH VOLTAGE IN THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, WHICH COULD HAVE LEAD TO A FIRE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,080. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,956. UPDATED 11/13/09.*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS WELL. THE MECHANIC FOUND THREE CODES STORED FOR THE ENGINE COOLANT TEMPERATURE CIRCUIT. THEY INDICATED AN INTERMITTENT HIGH VOLTAGE IN THE ECT CIRCUIT. THE FREEZE FRAME DATE SHOWED 40 DEGREES INDICATING THE CIRCUIT WAS OPEN AT SOME POINT. EXTENSIVE TESTING WAS DONE OF THE COOLANT SENSOR AND RELATED WIRING AND IT WAS FINALLY DISCOVERED THAT A BAD SPOT IN THE SENSOR ORANGE WIRE INSIDE THE HARNESS AT THE BACK OF THE MOTOR WHERE IT TAKES A SHARP BEND. THE HARNESS WAS PULLED APART AND THE FAULTY SECTION WIRE WAS REPAIRED. UPDATED 11/17/09.*JB THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW THE RESULT OF HIS COMPLAINT. UPDATED 01/21/10.*JB |
| 2005 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | MY 2005 MERCURY NONTEGO HAS 62550 MI ON CAR HEARD NOISE IN TRANSMISSION AND TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION AFTER LOOKING ON LINE NUMEROUS POEPLE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS BETWEEN 54,000 MI AND 67000, MI , THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED I CALLED FORD CORPORATION AND THEY STATED BECAUSE THERE IS NO EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE VECHILE THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING FOR ME . SPEAKING WITH NUMEROUS MECHANICS THERE IS NO WAY A TRANSMISSION SOULD GO WITH THAT KIND OF MILAGE. FORD CORPORATION SAID THEY IT IS AGAINST COMPANY POLICY TO GIVE ANY TYPE OF CREDIT FOR THIS PROBLEM. WITH SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM I WOULD THINK THAT FORD WOULD STEP UP TO THE PLATE. I REALLY THINK THAT FORD SHOULD INITIATTE A CALL BACK ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS, BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT INITIATE ANYTHING UNLESS NATIONAL HIGWAY TRAFFIC SAFETIY AND ADMINISTRATION ITNITALIZES THE CALL BACK. SO I AM WRITING IN RESPONSE TO THEIR RESPNSE. YOU WOULD THINK A CORPORATION LIKE FORD WOULD INITIATE THEIR OWN CALL BACKS WITH THE NOTED PROBLEMS, JUST TO SAVE REPUTATIONS |
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