2004 MERCURY MONTEREY — Complaint #1154229
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NHTSA Complaint about SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY filed February 4, 2015
NHTSA complaint #1154229 (ODI reference 10681147) concerns a 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY and was filed on February 4, 2015. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 1, 2015. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seats:mid/rear assembly, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MERCURY MONTEREY cohort independently describe similar seats:mid/rear assembly failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MERCURY MONTEREY. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR SEAT LATCHES FRACTURED AND CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THERE WERE TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE AREA OF THE CORROSION CAUSING WATER DAMAGE TO THE CARPETS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT BOTH REAR WHEEL WELLS WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V081000 (SEATS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1154229 |
| ODI Number | 10681147 |
| Date Filed | February 4, 2015 |
| Failure Date | February 1, 2015 |
| VIN | 2MRDA20284B |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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