2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE HEAT INDEX WAS ABOVE 80 DEGREES, THE CHECK TRANSMISSION AND WRENCH SYMBOLS WOULD ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE WOULD LOSE SOME OF ITS POWER WHENEVER THE CONTACT DECELERATED. THE CONTACT WOULD SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND UPON RESTART IT WOULD OPERATE AS NORMAL, BUT THE WARNING LIGHTS WOULD CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHERE THE VALVE BODY WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 101,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 131,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER IN ACTIVATION WHEN WARM AIR BEGAN EMITTING THROUGH THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FIVE TIMES FOR THE SIMILAR FAILURE AND REPAIRED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED. MOST RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE AIR COMPRESSOR WAS BEING REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

VEHICLE WILL INTERMITTENTLY STALL WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE MIDDLE OF EXECUTING A TURN, LEAVING THE VEHICLE AND OCCUPANTS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION. A FORD DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS BEING THE THROTTLE BODY, HOWEVER, AFTER REPLACING THE VERY EXPENSIVE THROTTLE BODY, THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. A NON-FORD MECHANIC IS NOW SAYING IT IS MORE LIKELY LOOSE WIRING AND IS WORKING TO DIAGNOSE THE EXACT WIRING ISSUE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THERE SEEM TO BE MANY PEOPLE ONLINE WITH THE SAME STALLING ISSUE. IN ADDITION TO THE STALLING, THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN SURGING SPORADICALLY. IT SURGES FORWARD (OR BACKWARD) WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING PRESSED. IT APPEARS THAT MY VEHICLE IS NOT THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PRECARIOUS POSITION THEY ARE PUTTING VEHICLE OWNERS IN.

THE VEHICLE HAS RPM SURGES AT LOW SPEEDS EITHER IN REVERSE OR FORWARD. I NEARLY HAD 3-4 ACCIDENTS IN 2 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE UP TO 1000 RPMS BY ITSELF WHILE I HAVE MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. AS SOON AS I BEGIN TO RELEASE PRESSURE OFF THE BRAKE WHILE TRYING TO PARK OR NEGOTIATE THE VEHICLE AT VERY LOW SPEEDS THE ENGINE WILL JUST TAKE OFF. THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED IT I WAS BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND THE VEHICLE TOOK OFF BACKWARD CAUSING ME TO HAVE TO SLAM THE BRAKES ON. I ALMOST HIT A WOMAN WHO WAS PASSING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LANE. *KB

ON 7/27/11 CAR LUNGED FORWARD AND ACCELERATED PAST NORMAL DRIVING SPEED. CAR HAS BEEN DOING THIS (LUNGING) SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BACK IN 2008, BUT HAS BEEN ACCELERATING ON ITS OWN FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD THE CAR LOOKED AT BY A MECHANIC AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A THROTTLE BODY DEFECT. *TR

AS I WAS PARKING IN A PARKING GARAGE, THE CAR SURGED FORWARD. IT HAPPENED OCCASIONALLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR, BUT DURING THE PAST YEAR IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT AND PRONOUNCED. I WOULD NEED TO PUT IT IN PARK AT RED LIGHTS TO INSURE I DID NOT LURCH FORWARD INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND FOR ALMOST $900 THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE CONTROL. THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS, BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED OR FREQUENT. HOWEVER NEW SYMPTOMS APPEARED INCLUDING INTERMITTENTLY DIMMING DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND THE AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN TO SURGE UP AND DOWN ALMOST AS IF IT WERE GASPING FOR AIR. THIS LUNGING FORWARD WHEN YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE OR YOU ARE AT A MINIMAL SPEED COULD BE DANGEROUS.

CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THROTTLEBODY THAT CAUSES SAFETY CONCERNS WITH STOPPING THE CAR. CAR LUNGES FORWARD CAUSING NEAR ACCIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMON ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM IS REFERENCED BY MANY PEOPLE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION WHICH EXPLAINS FURTHER THE ISSUE AND WHY THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL: HTTP://WWW.FORDTAURUS.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=5&T=9366. *TR

WE HAVE A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. TWO DAYS AGO, THE CAR FAILED TO RESPOND WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED, EVEN AS IT WAS PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED LUNGING AND HESITATING IN ADDITION TO NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION; THANKFULLY, I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE CAR WITH MY TWO SMALL CHILDREN OUT OF TRAFFIC. A DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER PROVIDED TWO CODES - P2106 AND P061B. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE CAR HAS LUNGED; IT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 YEARS. IT HAS REPEATED THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN BOTH DRIVE AND REVERSE. IN MOST INSTANCES, THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME; HOWEVER, THE CAR HAS LUNGED WHEN THE A/C WAS NOT ON. THE LUNGING OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS BEING DRIVEN OR SITTING IDLE (I.E., STOP LIGHTS, PREPARING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC). I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID ACCIDENTS BY KEEPING MY FOOT FIRMLY ON THE BRAKE AND BY CREATING A LARGE STOPPING DISTANCE CUSHION. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WERE TOLD THE ENTIRE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED REPLACED, AT A COST OF OVER $530.00. WE ARE NOW REVIEWING OUR OPTIONS. *TR

I HAVE THE WRENCH LIGHT UP ON THE DASH BOARD AND IT SAID ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE IN THE MESSAGE CENTRE? THIS STARTED HAPPENING TO ME A FEW WEEKS AGO FROM TIME TO TIME. NO WARNING, I JUST ACCELERATE FROM A RED LIGHT AND I NOTICE I HAVE NO POWER, I LOOK DOWN AND SURE ENOUGH - WRENCH IS LIT AND ENGINE FAILSAFE MODE. I PULL OVER, TURN THE CAR OFF FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN THE PROBLEM IS GONE WHEN I START AGAIN. I COULDN'T FIND ANY SPECIFIC INFO ON WHAT IS CAUSING THIS AROUND THE 'NET - AND EVEN THE MANUAL SAYS, IF IT IS PERSISTS, TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. IT HAPPENED A FEW MORE TIMES, BUT THIS TIME IT SEEMED THE RPM'S WERE REVVING WITHOUT MY FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR. I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE SO NOTHING HAPPENED, BUT DID IT A FEW TIMES, SO I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER LAST WEEK. THEY RAN SOME DIAGNOSTICS AND ULTIMATELY SAID THEY REPAIRED A VACUUM HOSE AT MY AIRBOX. OK, SURE, WHATEVER. NEXT TWO DAYS, NO PROBLEM. THE THIRD DAY, HAPPENED AGAIN. THIS TIME, I WAS GOING INTO AN UNDERGROUND PARKING SPOT AND IT STARTED REVVING AND I ENDED UP (VERY LIGHTLY) HITTING THE WALL AS IT LURCHED FORWARD. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE THE SPOT - IN REVERSE - HAPPENED AGAIN - ALMOST HIT THE PARKED CAR BEHIND, AS IT LURCHED. SO TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING - AND THE SERVICE ADVISOR MENTIONED HE SUSPECTS THE THROTTLEBODY AS HE HAS HAD SOME OTHER 500'S IN FOR THE SAME THING. NO IDEA WHY, BUT THE COMPUTER DIDN'T HAVE A CODE FOR THE THROTTLEBODY PROBLEM LAST TIME - BUT IT DID THIS TIME, SO AS I WRITE THIS, THEY ARE PUTTING THE NEW ONE ON AND I'LL BE THERE IN AN HOUR TO PICK IT UP. *TR

BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN A 2005 FORD 500 AWD, CAR STUMBLES THEN LAUNCHED BACKWARD VIOLENTLY. LUCKILY I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE OR THE CAR WOULD HAVE KEPT GOING. "FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE" APPEARS ON THE DASHBOARD. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS CAR. *KB