2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING AND SHIFTED INTO REVERSED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,000. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD 500 IN 2010 FROM FREEWAY FORD IN BLOOMINGTON, MN. THE FIRST INCIDENT THAT I HAD WAS WHEN MY BOYFRIEND WAS DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 70 MPH WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN MY VEHICLE WENT INTO ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE AND LOST ACCELERATION. WITH SPEEDS OF 70 MPH AND 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC WE ARE LUCKY THAT NOTHING WORSE FOLLOWED. THIS PROBLEM WOULD COME UP AGAIN AT RANDOM TIMES. A MORE RECENT INCIDENT WAS I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY AND RESET THE MODULE. SINCE THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF MY CAR HAS NOW WORSENED. IT HAS GONE INTO FAIL SAFE MODE 5 TIMES IN ONE MONTH. MY CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE NORMAL AND WHEN I START IT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE MY RPM ARE RUNNING HIGHER THAN NORMAL. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC GEAR SHIFTER HAS A RUBBER MAT UNDER THE METAL PLATE WITH THE PRNDL GEARS LISTED. IT IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT OUT OF P AND THEN THEN YOU REACH R AND D THE MAT HAS BUNCHED UP SO MUCH THAT THE METAL PLATE TELLING YOU WHAT GEAR YOU'RE IN POPS OFF. THIS IS AN EXTREME HAZARD, AS I BACK INTO THE ROAD AND THEN TO PUT IT IN D, NOT KNOWING WHERE D IS BECAUSE THE PLATE POPS OFF, I COULD BE HIT. I ALSO HAVE A 2008 FORD TAURUS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. I CALLED FORD AND THEY ACTED AS IF THERE WERE NO PREVIOUS ISSUES. THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT TRUE. THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE AND BOTH THE FAIL SAFE ENGINE MODE AND THE WRENCH WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND RESTARTED, AS IT OPERATED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 168,400. UPDATED 08/15/13*LJ

DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE AND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER STOPPED WORKING. THE SPEEDOMETER, TACOMETER, FUEL GAUGE, TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE DIGITAL INSTURMENTS QUITE WORKING. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED AND MY OUTSIDE LIGHTS AND RADIO WORKED. *TR

I HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD PROBLEMS WITH UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WHEN PARKED AND THEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO REVERSE (AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION). AFTER READING MANY COMPLAINTS ON YOUR SITE IN WHICH CONSUMERS SAID THE THROTTLE BODY HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED AS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, I HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. ( A FEW MONTHS LATER, FORD SENT A LETTER OFFERING TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY). DESPITE HAVING HAD THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY, THE CAR CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE FASTER THAN IT SHOULD SOMETIMES WHEN PUT IN REVERSE AND I MUST ALWAYS BE PREPARED TO BRAKE RAPIDLY. IF A DRIVER WAS UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM OR HAD SLOW REACTION TIME, A CAR OR PERSON IN A PARKING LOT COULD BE HIT. *TR

CAR WAS BROUGHT IN FOR THROTTLE RECALL 3/28/13. UPON THE RETURN, THE CAR BEGAN EXPERIENCING ERRATIC SURGES OF RPM/SPEED. GEARS DID NOT SHIFT RIGHT WITH INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION UNTIL VEHICLE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, BARELY ESCAPING ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT START & HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER. DEALER STATED IT WAS A PRE-EXITING CONDITION DESPITE VEHICLE NOT HAVING ANY PRIOR ISSUES BEFORE RECALL SERVICE. DEALER DIAGNOSED & AGREED TO REPLACE FUEL FILTER. VEHICLE RESTARTED, BUT STILL WITH INTERMITTENT ACCELERATION AND IMPROPER GEAR SHIFT SURGES AT ANY SPEED. ON 4/6/13, WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ENGINE FAILURES, NARROWLY ESCAPING ACCIDENT AGAIN. SHORTLY AFTER WHILE COMPLETELY STOPPED, VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND, CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO BOTH BUMPERS ALONG WITH ENGINE FAILURE. CAR WAS BROUGHT BACK TO DEALER ONCE AGAIN, AND DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RE-SERVICE, STATING IT WAS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. UNSERVICED VEHICLE REMAINS UNUSABLE AND CONSIDERED A HAZARD TO DRIVE. VEHICLE SITS IN STADIUM FORD QUALITY AUTO MALL, RUTHERFORD NJ WITH NO RESOLVE FROM FORD DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE PAWL LATCH WOULD NOT RETURN TO THE LATCH POSITION WHEN CLOSED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE DOOR WOULD OPEN INDEPENDENTLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 06V383000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 153,000. *TR UPDATED 06/18/13*LJ UPDATED 06/21/2013 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.

2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON A COLD AND SNOWY DAY, SHE WAS SUDDENLY FACED WITH THE VEHICLE HAVING NO POWER. SHE WAS ABLE TOG ET OFF THE ROAD, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND RE-STARTED IT. WHEN THE CONSUMER RETURNED TO THE HIGHWAY, SHE DROVE A SHORT DISTANCE, AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED. SHE WAS ABLE TO DRIVE TO THE DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED THE NECESSARY SERVICES AND RECALL. HOWEVER, ONE WEEK LATER, THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. WITHOUT WARNING, THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER. THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY.