Vehicle
Mercury Montego
The 2005-2007 saloon, and a rebadged Ford Five Hundred on the Volvo-derived D3 platform — so Five Hundred and later Taurus information covers it entirely, which matters because almost nothing was written under the Montego name. The 3.0 Duratec is the only engine. The item that defines the car is the transmission: most were built with a CVT supplied by ZF, and its fluid specification is unusual and non-negotiable — the wrong fluid destroys it, and a ratio-error or pressure code is often the first sign that somebody has already used it. The Haldex-style all-wheel-drive coupling on so-equipped cars is a separate service item.
Generations
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First generation 2005–2007
A rebadged Ford Five Hundred; the ZF CVT's fluid specification is unusual and the wrong fluid destroys it.
- Body styles
- Sedan
- Platform
- Ford D3
- Engines
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- 3.0 V6 Duratec — petrol
- Transmissions
- CVT · 3-speed manual · 4-speed manual · 3-speed automatic · Aisin TF-80SC 6-speed automatic · ZF Batavia CFT30 CVT
- Drivetrain
- Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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