2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH WHEN A LOUD POP WAS HEARD AND SUDDENLY, THE SUN ROOF GLASS EXPLODED. THE GLASS SHATTERED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT SUFFERED INJURY TO THE EYE FROM SMALL FRAGMENTS OF GLASS ENTERING THE EYE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE REAR TRUNK AND REAR BUMPER SUSTAINED SEVERE SCRATCHES. THE WAS TAKEN TO A COLLISION CENTER FOR REPAIR. THE TECHNICIAN ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW GLASS EXHIBITED SPIDER CRACKS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,724.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT SMOKE FILLED THE INTERIOR. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THE TRUNK LIGHT WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A COMPLAINT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. ALL OF THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ERRONEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE PCM MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THE CAR PERIODICALLY LURCHED AND SURGED. FINALLY, IT WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. BASED ON INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER AND FROM THIS WEBSITE, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON CERTAIN FORD MODELS. IF THIS PROBLEM IS AS WIDE-SPREAD AS IT APPEARS, THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

BEING STOPPED AT AN ATM, MY CAR BEGAN TO SMOKE. PULLED OVER INTO THE BANK PARKING LOT TO SEE IF IT WAS OVER HEATING. THE WHITE SMOKE WOULD NOT SUBSIDE AND BEGAN GETTING WORSE. DIALED 911 AND A FIRETRUCK CAME OUT OPENED THE HOOD AND EXTINGUISHED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. PRIOR TO THE TRUCK ARRIVING, A LOUD BANG OCCURRED UNDER THE HOOD. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL OF THE GAUGES ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO FUNCTION AND THE REVERSE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO STATED THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,102.

I NOTICE YEARS AGO THAT WHEN I WOULD BE BACKING UP OR PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT THAT MY CAR WOULD WANT TO ACCELERATE OR JUST SPEED UP. I WOULD BE BARELY PRESSING ON THE BRAKE BECAUSE I WAS LETTING THE CAR USE IT'S IDLENESS SPEED TO BACK OUT OF THE SPACE OR PULL INTO THE PARKING SPACE. MY HUSBAND THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS USING THE ADJUSTABLE FOOT PEDAL. HE DOES NOT DRIVE THE CAR VERY MUCH. SHORTLY AFTER THIS ALL STARTED WE PURCHASED ME ANOTHER CAR, I STOP DRIVING MY FORD 500 VERY MUCH. IT SITS IN THE GARAGE A LOT. I LET MY DAUGHTER USE THE CAR ONCE AND SHE COMPLAIN OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO HER AND HOW IT SCARED HER. I AM ALSO SCARED OF IT AND ONLY DRIVE IT IN EMERGENCY AND I ALWAYS TRY TO BE PREPARED TO EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN. IT HAS NO PATTERN OF WHEN OR HOW IT HAPPENS IT ALL UNEXPECTED, WORKING PROPERLY ONE MINUTE AND SPEEDING UP THE NEXT. THIS CAR HAS ONE OTHER ISSUE WHEN IT RAINS IT LEAKS WE FIND WATER IN THE FLOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. THIS CAR IS AVAILABLE FOR TESTING IF NEEDED BECAUSE WE HAVE A 2ND CAR THAT I DRIVE BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. WE KEEP IT BECAUSE IT IS PAID FOR. *TR

SINCE 2007 THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY WILL PERIODICALLY LUNG FORWARD AND IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL THE CAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE JUNE 2007 (88,000 MILES). EVEN HARD BRAKING DOES NOT NECESSARILY STOP THE CAR...I HAVE HAD TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE REVS UP AS IF I AM TOUCHING THE ACCELERATOR (AND MY FOOT IS NOT ON THE PEDAL) AND I SHUT THE CAR OFF. TURNING THE CAR BACK ON DOES NOT NECESSARILY REMEDY THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE CAR ROUTINELY GOES INTO FAIL SAFE ENGINE MODE OR CUTS OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING AT A REASONABLE RATE OF SPEED BOTH ON RURAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THIS CAR IS A HAZARD TO DRIVE, MORE SO IN THE WARMER MONTHS...MY THOUGHT IS SOMETHING MUST GET OVERHEATED BUT WHAT I DO NOT KNOW. *TR

WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, THE CAR STARTED TO JERK AND THE MOTOR RACED/IDLED UP HIGH. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES (MEANING MORE THAN 5 TIMES) DURING THE SUMMER OF 2011. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT POSTED SPEED LIMITS AND CAR SUDDENLY LURCHES THEN DROPS INTO FAILSAFE MODE (AS INDENTIFIED BY ALERT POSTED ON THE DASH). PULL OVER, READ OWNER'S MANUAL. FOLLOW DIRECTIONS HOW TO CLEAR FAILSAFE AND IMPLEMENT THEM. A FEW TIMES IT WORKED FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. OTHER TIMES, IT WOULD NOT WORK AT ALL. TWICE THE CAR WAS RUNNING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH AND SUDDENLY GO INTO FAILSAFE MODE THEN STALL OUT. ESPECIALLY DURING STREET/CITY DRIVING, CAR SUDDENLY KICKS FORWARD THEN FAILSAFE AND WILL SOMETIMES STALL OUT IN MIDDLE OF STREET. UNABLE TO RESTART. LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED CAR REQUIRED TOWING TO LOCAL FORD DEALER. INITIALLY SAID IT WAS THE THROTTLE SENOR FOR A COST OF $300. WHEN I OK'D THAT REPAIR, THE DEALERSHIP CALLED BACK LATER AND STATED IT WAS THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY AND REPAIR WOULD COME AT A COST OF $1000. THE CAR NOW SITS IN MY DRIVEWAY WHERE IT WAS TOWED TO AND SITS FOR SAFETY REASONS. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET, I HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH FORD AND AN ANNOUNCED RECALL SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY. *KB