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. You give the car gas and it seems to just be at a stand still, then a) of a sudden, the whole car just throws itself, and any passengers in the car, forward and just shakes the entire vehicle. I'm surprised I haven't gotten whiplash from it, but it's so intense when it slips gears and then gets back into gear, that I would compare it to someone being hit from behind at about 20 mph.. that's how rough it is. The NHTSA is aware of this issue. They state that thee aren't enough complaints, but I know that not to be true. If they pent some time going online a huge number of owners of this vehicle have complained bouton this issue, but nothings been done. To me, it seems like the money they must get from companies lie Ford is more like high money and he safety of the drivers and the people on the road comessage second to this very serious and very possible dangerous matter.

- Orlando, FL, USA

The contact owned a 2007 Mercury Montego. While driving 10 mph, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle jerked before eventually stopping. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.

- Nokomis, FL, USA

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.

- Stanchfield, MN, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Mercury montengo. The contact stated while in park, the vehicle started to make a loud whining noise without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission cvt needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 66,000 and the current mileage was 67,500. Updated 08/12/14 updated 8/30/2017

- Halifax, MA, USA

The contact owns a 2007 Mercury Montego. The contact stated that the vehicle made a loud noise while the gear was placed into reverse. In addition, the vehicle failed to respond while in reverse. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence and was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not available. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 49,000.

- Maynard, MA, USA

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. I am afraid I will get rear ended one of these times especially if I am in a construction zone where I cannot get off the road.

- Fowlerville, MI, USA

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.

- Broken Arrow, OK, USA

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. This is truly a shame because we were so proud of an american auto company who refused to take the government bail out, but at the same time, they need to step up and stand behind a real problem with their vehicle.

- Boerne, TX, USA