2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

THIS CAR HAS LUNGED FORWARD AND BACKWARD ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL ACCIDENTS. DEALERSHIP SAY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT. WARRANTY IS WORTHLESS. AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT WHEN TEMP'S WERE OVER 105 DEGREES. OVER $1000 TO REPAIR. *TR

CAR WILL "JUMP" WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE GEARS!! SOMETIMES THE CAR WONT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE WHEN APPLYING GAS. WAS TOLD MY MULTIPLE MECHANICS THAT I WAS THE THROTTLE BODY CONTROL CAUSING THIS BUT FORD WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS!! *TR

LAST YEAR I BEGAN NOTICING THAT THIS CAR UPON PUTTING IN GEAR TRYING TO EXIT MY GARAGE WOULD SURGE FORWARD OR BACKWARD, WHATEVER WAY I WAS POINTED ,ABRUPTLY. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER I AM IN RESERVE OR DRIVE . I WOULD HAVE TO APPLY BRAKES TO STOP IT. SOMETIMES MORE THAN ONCE. THIS WOULD HAPPEN IF I WAS BACKING OUT OR DRIVING FORWARD. IT DID NOT GO AWAY AND IN FACT BECAME WORSE. IT FINALLY LUNGED BACKWARD AS WE WERE LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. A WRETCH SYMBOL CAME ON. WE TOOK IT TO FORD. THEY REPLACED THROTTLE BODY PART. WAS FINE UNTIL THE LAST MONTH OR SO AND NOW IS WORSE. HAVE APPROX. 77 K MILES ON IT NOW. I HAVE SCHEDULED TO TAKE IT BACK TO FORD. I FEEL THIS IS DANGEROUS AS THIS SURGING AND LUNGING COULD RESULT IN SOMEONES INJURY. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT SOMEWHERE IN THIS PART. I HAVE NOTICED THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET THAT ARE MANY SUCH COMPLAINTS OF THIS SAME PROBLEM. *TT

IN NOVEMBER OF 2010 MY 2007 FORD 500 BEGAN TO "LEAP" FOWARD OR BACKWARD AFTER SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE. THIS ACTION HAS CONTINUED FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTHS. IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE OFTEN. IN MAY OF 2011 IT "LUNGED" WHEN I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO BOTH MY VEHICLE AND MY HUSBANDS WHO WAS PARKED NEAR ME. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AFTER IT "LUNGED" IN A PARKING LOT LAST WEEK ALMOST HITTING A CHILD WALKING BY. I ASSUMED IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION. HOWEVER, I AM TOLD IT'S A BAD ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY AND IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. I AM TOLD IT WILL GO OUT SOMETIME, THERE ISN'T ANY WAY OF KNOWING WHEN BUT IT WILL GO INTO "FAIL SAFE MODE". AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I SEE FORD HAD A RECALL ON THIS PART THAT INCLUDED MODELS OLDER THEN MINE. THE PROBLEM ISN'T FIXED AS MANY FORD OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. *KB

WHEN CAR IS IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE AND THE CAR IS IDLING THEN THE CAR WILL LUNG AND ALMOST CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS. *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED, WHEN PUTTING THE CAR IN GEAR THE CAR WILL LURCH FORWARD OR IF PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE THE CAR WILL LURCH BACKWARD. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE; CAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A BROKEN MOTOR MOUNT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT MAY BE IN THE MOTOR. I'M ALSO HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR SOUNDING LIKE WATER BUILD UP INSIDE THE DOOR. I CHECK THE WEB TO FIND OUT IF FORD HAD A RECALL ON THESE ISSUES TO FIND THAT OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. *TR

WE HAVE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 3 YEARS NOW, THE CAR SURGES A LITTLE WHEN IT IS PUT INTO GEAR (DRIVE, REVERSE), MORE RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEGUN TO SURGE AND OR LUNGE SOMETIMES DANGEROUSLY WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. (NOT ALL THE TIME, RANDOMLY) I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT ITS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY FORD WARRANTY. I HAVEN'T FOUND A DEFINITIVE SOLUTION FOR THIS ISSUE EITHER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ABNORMALLY AFTER BRAKING TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC BUT FOUND NO FAILURE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A DESIGN FLAW WITHIN THE THROTTLE BODY THAT WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED WHICH CONSTANTLY ACCELERATES UNINTENTIONALLY. IT ALSO HAS BEGUN TO LOOSE ACCELERATION AND LUNGES EVERY TIME I PRESS THE GAS PEDDLE WHICH ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE. *TR

2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED, IN JULY/AUGUST OF 2010, AT AROUND 70,000 MILES, BEGAN TO HAVE IRREGULAR ACCELERATION AND WOULD LUNGE FORWARD WHILE BRAKING OR AT A COMPLETE STOP WITH BRAKE PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BOARD. HAD THE DEALERSHIP RUN THE DIAGNOSIS, WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND IT NEEDED REPLACING. HAD THE REPAIR WORK DONE AT THE DEALERSHIP ON AUGUST 12, 2010. ON AUGUST 30, 2011, TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM REPEAT, ONLY MORE AGGRESSIVE FROM THE FIRST INCIDENT JUST TWO DAYS AGO, EVEN AS I PULLED INTO THE DEALERSHIPS SERVICE PARKING SPACE. WAS TOLD THEY WILL HAVE TO DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM AGAIN, NOTHING IS UNDER WARRANTY. I AM JUST OVER THE 12 MONTHS, AND AT ABOUT 30,000 MILES AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE LAST YEAR. WARRANTY OR NOT, THIS REPAIR SHOULD HAVE LASTED THE LIFE OF THE CAR OR AT LEAST ANOTHER 70,000 MILES, NOT 30,000. I DIDN'T HAVE THE DEALERSHIP KEEP THE OLD THROTTLE BODY. THE WARRANTY COMPANY HAD TOLD ME LAST YEAR THAT THE PART, THE THROTTLE BODY WAS ON BACK ORDER, BUT THE DEALERSHIP HAD NO PROBLEM GETTING THE PART, SUPPOSEDLY. I'M CONCERNED THE PART WASN'T REPLACED, BUT I HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF SUCH. I HAVE NOTICED EACH TIME, THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AFTER I HAVE THE CAR IDLING FOR A TIME BEFORE PUTTING IN GEAR, REVERSE OR DRIVE. REPAIR ORDER DETAIL - INTERNAL COPY READS "INSPECTED AND TESTED VEHICLE FOR ACCELERATING WITHOUT A COMMAND. RAN SELF TEST TO RETRIEVE PASS CODES. INSTALLED MONITOR AND FUEL PRESSURE GAUGE TO ROAD TEST. TESTING RESULTED FINDING THE THROTTLE MOTOR BINDING INTERMEDIATELY. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REMOVED TO INSPECT AND REPLACE. THE PROCESSOR WAS REPROGRAMMED AND RETESTED TO VERIFY OPERATION." I HAD TO PAY FOR FUEL INJECTION SERVICE, REPLACE FUEL FILTER, WHICH I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO HAVE DONE WITH THE REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY. *TR