2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED Complaints

ESTABA MANEJANDO HACIA MI TRABAJO Y ME APARECIO EN EL PANEL FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE, NO PUDE SEGUIR MANEJANDO MAS POR QUE ME ESTABA FALLANDO EL ANDAR DEL AUTO.

I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE EVER AGAIN!!!!!! I OWN A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2012 ON THE THROTTLE BODY, A FORD DEALER SUPPOSABLY CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY, WELL NOW ITS NOT DRIVEABLE. WE HAVE SINCE TALKED TO SEVERAL FORD DEALERS INCLUDING FORD MOTOR COMPANY , THEY ALL SAID IT WAS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE THE PART WAS RECALLED !!! THE CAR COULD STALL AT ANYTIME WHILE DRIVING PUTTING MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AT RISK, I DON'T THINK MUCH OF THIS AUTOMOBILE COMPANY FOR NOT STANDING BEHIND THERE PRODUCT, I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND A FORD VEHICLE TO FRIENDS,FAMILY OR EVEN MY WORST ENEMY NEVER NEVER AGAIN!!!!

I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE OUT OF MY CAR AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I COULD BE DRIVING AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULDN'T HAVE AN POWER. I NOTICED THAT THE MESSAGE IN MY DASH READ: FAILED SAFE MODE. I WAS IN TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED AND I HAD MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR AND I AFRAID,WE WOULD BE REAR ENDED BECAUSE THOUGH,THE CAR WAS STILL ON,I HAD NO POWER TO CONTINUE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND IT CONTINUED TO GO INTO FAIL SAFE MODE,THEN I NOTICED THERE WAS A WRENCH TOOL,ALSO IN THE MESSAGE BOARD. AFTER BEING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR 20 MINUTES,THE CAR FINALLY CRUNK UP,SO I COULD MOVE IT OUT THE ROAD. AS,I CRUNK THE CAR,I DIDN'T HAVE MY FEET ON THE ACCELERATOR BUT I IMMEDIATELY HAD TO PUT MY FEET IN THE BREAK BECAUSE THEY CAR WAS MOUNTING AS IF I WAS PUSHING THE GAS. WHEN I FINALLY GOT READY TO PULL OFF BARELY TOUCHING THE GAS,IT JERKED OFF REALLY FAST,CAUSING ME TO ALMOST LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS TERRIFIED! I GOT THE CAR HOME AND CALLED MY MECHANIC. HE TOLD ME TO BRING TO HIM THE NEXT MORNING. I GET UP THE NEXT MORNING TO TAKE IT TO THE MECHANIC AND IT REPEATEDLY WENT INTO FAIL SAFE MODE,WHERE I COULD NOT GO ANYWHERE. I FINALLY GOT IT TO GO AFTER AN HOUR AND IT DID THE SAME,AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET IT TO THE MECHANIC SHOP.THE MECHANIC TESTED IT AND SAID,THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS ALSO,TOLD,THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE SAME CARS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AS IM EXPERIENCING. I DID SOME RESEARCH MYSELF AND THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE FORD 500 FOR THROTTLE BODY. IM JUST NOT SURE,WHAT YEAR THEY WERE RECALLED. THE RECALL NUMBER IS 12N03. I HOPE I HAVE EXPLAINED IN FULL DETAIL,AS,IM JUST THANKFUL,THAT I,MY FAMILY OR OTHERS WERE INJURED,BEFORE I FIGURED OUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS CAR IS!!

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 45/55 MPH GOING AROUND A SLIGHT TURN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM AND THE MOUNT ITS BOLTED TO SNAPS LOSE AND I START DOING 360S THANK GOD NO ONE WAS IN THE OTHER LANE THEY'D BE DEAD PROBABLY. FORD NEEDS TO FIX THIS POS CAR CUZ THAT'S DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM

2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DOOR LATCH MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY IN AN WET ENVIRONMENT RECALL NOTICE. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE DOOR LATCHES COLLECTS WATER IN LOCKING MECHANISM/DOOR FRAME DUE TO MANUFACTURED DESIGN ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR/LATCH WOULD NOT LOCK. THE CONSUMER STATED HE WAS ABLE TO DRAIN 8-10 OUNCES OF WATER OUT OF THE DOOR CAVITIES, BY LIFTING THE RUBBER GASKET ON THE DOOR FRAME AT THE BOTTOM. *JB

THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WILL ONLY BLOW WARM AIR IF THE RPM IS BELOW ABOUT 2000. THE HIGHER THE RPM THE COLDER THE AIR. IT IS NOT THE REFRIGERANT BEING LOW AS I HAVE CHECKED IT. I'VE HEARD FROM MANY ONLINE SOURCES THAT IT IS A VALVE INSIDE THE COMPRESSOR AND THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FIVE HUNDRED. GIVEN THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM, FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THE ISSUE.

I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY CAR I PUT 2000 DOLLARS OF WORK AND STILL DO NOT FEEL SAVE.

THIS CAR HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINT OF THE LURCHING DUE TO A SUDDEN MALFUNCTIONING THROTTLE BODY WHICH CAUSE IRREGULARITY IN THE SPEED AND MAY CAUSE CRASHES AND MIGHT END TO BODY INJURIES OR FATALITY.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTER NOT WORKING. OIL AND BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATE CONSTANTLY. REVERSE LIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS CONSTANTLY ON ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICHLE. CRUISE DOES NOT WORK. BLINKERS DO NOT WORK. STARTS DOING THIS AS SOON AS THE CAR IS STARTED. STARTED WHILE GOING DOWN THE EXPRESSWAY NOW CONSTANT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER AND JERKED. ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,000.