2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

2005 FORD 500 REAR DOORS FILL WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS. WHEN DOOR IS OPENED WATER WILL DRAIN OUT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. I HAVE ESTIMATED A DATE THAT I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM. *TR

FOR APPROXIMATELY THE PAST YEAR OUR 2005 FORD 500 HAS BEEN LURCHING WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE WITH THE "WRENCH" SYMBOL ON THE DASH LIGHTING UP. I HAVE HAD THE CODES RUN AND NOTHING COMES UP. I HAVE BEEN DOING INTERNET RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE IN ONLINE FORUMS WITH MANY HAVING TO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED, COMPUTER REPROGRAMMED AND ACCELERATOR REPLACED. THIS ISSUE HAS NOT SHOWN UP ON FOR A RECALL BUT I DO BELIEVE IT SHOULD AS MY WIFE DRIVES THE VEHICLE AND ALMOST GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT WITH OUR THREE YOUNG CHILDREN. *TR

IN 2009 I TOOK MY FORD 500 TO SUTTON FORD IN THE AUTO MALL IN MATTESON, IL BECAUSE I WAS HAVING AN ACCELERATION ISSUE. THE AC LIGHT AND BOARD LIGHT WAS ON. THEY CALL ME AND I PAID THE BILL FOR ALMOST $800.00, THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD REPAIRED THE PROBLEM AND GAVE ME THE CAR BACK. I RETURNED THE CAR TO THEM THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE THE AC LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. THEY REPLACED A FEW PARTS AND RETURNED THE CAR TO ME AFTER A FEW DAY. WELL THE PROBLEM WAS NOT CORRECTED AND THEY INSISTED THAT THERE WAS NOT AN ACCELERATION ISSUE WITH MY CAR AND WOULD NOT WORK ON IT ANY MORE. WELL WE HAVE DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE FOR ALMOST A YEAR LATER WHEN ON LAST NIGHT, MAY 25, 2010, MY HUSBAND AND I ALONG WITH MY GRANDSON WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVE THROUGH AT MCDONALDS WHEN WE PROCEEDED TO HAVE AN EXTREME SUDDEN ACCELERATION. IT REALLY SCARED ME AND MY HUSBAND. TO OUR SURPRISE THE PROBLEM EXIST. IT WANTED TO JET OFF AT THE STOP SIGN AND WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE AND WHILE BACKING UP. I'M RETURNING THE CAR ON TOMORROW TO SUTTON FORD WHO WAS TO DO THE FIRST REPAIR. THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MY CAR AND I NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT BEFORE A SERIOUS INCIDENT OCCUR. *TR

2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED ERRATIC TRANSMISSION BEHAVIOR. UNSAFE SHIFTING CAUSES CAR TO LUNGE SIDEWAYS AND VIBRATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE DOWNSHIFT DELAY LUNGES THE CAR FORWARD MAKING QUICK STOPS UNSAFE AND NEARLY CREATES A WRECK EVERYDAY. *TR

IN PARKING SPOT. JUST STARTED CAR. FOOT ON BRAKE. SHIFTED CAR TO REVERSE GEAR. AFTER A COUPLE OR MORE SECONDS, THE CAR LURCHED, WITH MY FOOT ON THE BREAK, AND NEARLY HIT A PEDESTRIAN WALKING BEHIND MY CAR. UPON RESEARCHING THIS SYMPTOM, I DISCOVERED OTHER OWNERS OF THE FIVE HUNDRED, FREESTYLE AND TAURUS REPORTING THE SAME SYMPTOMS. THE CULPRIT APPEARS TO BE A MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY, WHICH IS OR WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY FOR REPLACEMENT. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME I EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME A PEDESTRIAN WAS AT RISK. THE PEDESTRIAN CAN BE CONTACTED FOR VERIFICATION. *TR

TRANSMISSION BUCKED WHEN TRYING TO PASS AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. VEHICLE HAS 73,000 MILES AND NOW TRANSMISSION HAS TO BE REPLACED. ENTIRE TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO SEAL FAILURE INSIDE TRANSMISSION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY DOWNSHIFTED GEARS AND THE RPMS BEGAN TO INCREASE. THE VEHICLE DID NOT INCREASE IN SPEED AND IT STAYED IN ONE GEAR. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED FIVE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 41,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 31,000.

CAR FAILS TO DOWN SHIFT WHEN ACCELERATING HARD. TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND BECOMES DISENGAGED. THIS PREVENTS ME FROM SAFELY ACCELERATING TO PASS OR AVOID OTHER VEHICLES. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ARE CHRONIC ON THIS 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED 6 SPEED TRANSMISSION. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2005 FORD 500 LTD. THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM ATLANTIC CITY. THE DASHBOARD LIT UP LIKE I WAS STARTING THE CAR AND WENT INTO FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE. AFTER PULLING OVER, THE CAR RAN NORMAL. THE NEXT OCCURRENCE WAS WHEN THE CAR STARTED SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS DONE THIS ON NUMEROUS OCCASTIONS. THEN THE DASHBOARD LIT UP AGAIN AND THE REVERSE LIGHTS STAYED ON. THIS WINTER SEASON THE DOOR LATCHES WOULD NOT CATCH TO KEEP THE DOORS SHUT. AFTER IT RAINS THE REAR DOORS HAVE WATER SITTING INSIDE OF THEM. UPON DOING SOME RESEARCH, I FOUND THAT THESE PROBLEMS WERE ON FORD'S TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLITEN (TSB). I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS ACCORDING TO THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS WORK DONE PRIOR TO ME PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I ALSO HAD THE CAR WORKED ON FOR THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS FIXED. THE CAR IS STILL EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS. I DON'T HAVE THE FINANCES TO CONTINUE TO HAVE WORK DONE AND THE PROBLEMS NOT BE FIXED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 FORD 500, I T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH. MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. MY SEAT BELT DIDN'T PREVENT ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR