general problems of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred - part 1

The contact owns 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle made an abnormal knocking sound. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics, where the flywheel was replaced twice with used parts because the part had been discontinued. The contact stated that while her son was driving approximately 20 mph, the vehicle stalled. The check transmission warning light, the check engine warning light, and other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The driver was able to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was able to restart but was undrivable. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

While waiting at the light in traffic, my car all of a sudden accelerated, and decelerates, I have to push hard on the breaks in order for it to not slam into the cars infront of me. . This is really dangerous, from what I have been reading this is a wide spread issue that Ford has ignored for years. .

Transmission has very hard and delayed upshift and downshift making it difficult to control speed when accelerating and decelerating. Rpm gets stuck around 3000 at lower speeds and upon engaging into gear has made my tires squawk with a sudden lunge in speed and same problem when trying to stop, the car lunges forward. It acts as though it is in neutral but then when it engages into gear sudden changes in speed occur causing rapid acceleration or deceleration. The problem gets worse after the car is up to normal operating temperature. It doesn't occur as often at colder operating temperature. This problem makes it difficult to get back up to safe highway speeds after having to stop for traffic or red lights as well as hard to get up to speed to safely merge into traffic from an on ramp. As far as "when" this happened it is every day as I drive daily.

(etb) electronic throttle body on my car causes an acceleration that makes the car jerk forward. I've almost hit a wall, and god forbid this happens on the highway I could cause an accident. Its unsafe and should be recalled. Poor design I guess but it's not worth my life. This happened while idling in drive thru when I tried to go forward it idled really high then dropped down. Would bot accelerate afterwards.

I stopped on a city street at stop sign. As I tried to accelerate, but the car would barely move. The throttle control/transmission warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. I turned the car off and let it sit for about 2 to 3 minutes. I started the car up and was able to make it home. I am thankful that this happen on city street and not on the highway. I plan on contacting my Ford dealer tomorrow.

I own a 2005 Ford Five Hundred cvt. 2 months ago the transmission began acting up. Driving along and the "wrench" lite comes on then the "skid" lite comes on. The car goes into a loss of power, like low gear. It moved but revs up and won't shifts up. I know its a constant velocity trans so it is at it's lower ratio. After hours of diagnostic it comes down to the trans control module, and still not sure. The obd codes say loss of communication, a u code. Every inch of harness has been checked the whole interior has been removed, dash disassembled. I'm into it over $2,000. I love the car, it rides great. Its has been well maintained. Ford I need help. Need to recall this issue or how about a p01 or z01 policy adjustment.

Leaving a grocer at 13:15 on 9/7/2015 started to back out of parking spot when auto suddenly accelerated backward, across the aisle and slammed into parked vehicle with impact sending that auto into a 3rd. Damages to both vehicles. When I went to pull into my original slot to deal with situation, as soon as I removed foot from brake, auto lunged forward at high rate of speed, jumped a 6" landscape curb and plowed into the front end of a Cadillac srx causing major damage to that vehicle, still unk total damage to mine. It was a very hot day and the ac was running. No other vehicles were occupied other than mine, and I was sole occupant. My airbag did not deploy and passenger's was not turned on. I did receive a significant bruise on my sternum from the shoulder component of my seat belt. My foot was not on the accelerator for either "lunge". Crashes were witnessed and peoria az police did respond with 2 units. Officers did take information, but when I inquired about incident # for my records officer responded that there would be no report and no citations as it occurred on private property. My insurance carrier was contacted from site, but being a holiday, I was not able to speak with adjuster at that time. Knowing that it was not my actions that caused this incident, I checked the next day and discovered that this identical situation had been under investigation with NHTSA at the time I purchased the car on or about 11/16/12 at which a service program to retify was in effect. With my incident though, major damage occurred. Neither at the time of purchase, nor throughout the investigation & tenure of my ownership (current) was I notified of the known safety problem nor it's program to mitigate. Attached aerial photo shows back to back dimension to first impact and back to front dimension of 2nd. I was parked in position of white vehicle.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while making a left hand turn, the speed decreased, the wrench warning light and the vehicle would stall. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasion. The contact also stated that the vehicle would continuously shake. The independent mechanic diagnosed the throttle failed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000. Ne.

This problem is going for a while, even in a stop light, foot on brake pedal the engine accelerate himself and while shifting from park to reverse or drive the sound on the transmission is hard. It go from 700 rpms to 1300 rpms on seconds, and now is worse. Took the vehicle to two Ford repair dealers, after putting on the computer,both wanted to charge me $6,000. 00 on a transmission, even knowing the recalls on this units. This car looks like new I can send you photos, and I love my car.

Part of an ongoing series of issues with this vehicle (see earlier reports), initial symptom was the dash lights & needles shutting off intermittently (but now for extended periods). Vehicle then began showing random warning lights including "check engine", which was diagnosed first time as low fuel level sensors a & b. Since that time I'd disconnected the battery on a suggestion of a mechanic friend and all the issues disappeared for a few weeks. Yesterday the check engine light came back, and the car was running poorly (creeping when first off brakes, not up shifting), when the dash was operable it showed alternating check engine/check transmission warnings, and vehicle was surging/lagging noticeably at highway speeds. I again did the battery disconnect last night, and the car is operating normal today, but I'm sure it will recur shortly. I am hesitant to take it to a dealer as this sounds like a significant electronics issue, and I have already read up on the Ford TSB 06-17-9 that is documented online, not all of which aligns with my issues. Had the battery reset had no impact on the problems I would say it's a mechanical matter, but it seems clear its a computer or electrical issue.

When stopped at red light, car shook a couple times then check engine light immediately came on. When red light turned green, took foot off of brake and pressed gas pedal and was unable to drive, but car was still on. Throttle body control system failed and needs replacement.

When I started it up and tried to take off it stalled out and the wrench light came on.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle hesitated while driving uphill at 40 mph . The vehicle was taken to dealer for inspection but a clear diagnosis was not given. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 55,000.

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. Kmj.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact received a service notice from the manufacturer about a throttle body remedy. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and routine service. The throttle body was cleaned but the contact stated that the vehicle began to idle at various speeds. The check engine lamp illuminated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the incident. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000. Updated 01/07/2014 the consumer stated the during the test driving the vehicle it went into fail safe mode. The tech reset the light and returned the vehicle. N the way home the vehicle went into fail safe mode again almost causing an accident. Updated 01/22/2014.

Approximately two months after service preformed under NHTSA campaign pe11018 the vehicle began to accelerate irregularly and then it placed itself into "fail safe" mode and illuminated the check engine light. Vehicle was returned to the Ford dealer that preformed the service and they determined that the electric throttle control was at fault but was not associated with the service they preformed on the same component just weeks earlier. Dealer contacted Ford motor CO and they also claimed the two were not related regardless of the similar claims found online.

I bought this car a year ago through rondupratt used cars in January 2012 car seemed to drag a little but didn't pay much attention to is as summer came around tried to use the ac it only blew cold on the freeway I just thinking it needed to be serviced buy the time I got the ac charged it was winter again. Buy March of next year the car started doing this weird shaking at every stop light and every stop sign the car would start to shake in aprial a letter comes in the mail explaining the car was being recalled due to the cars rmp idle surging took the car to fairfield Ford an when I got the car back it was worse then it. Had ever been so I decided to go pay rondupratt to diagnostic the car the said where I took the car to didn't preform the recall and the car needed an ac compressor and an egr valve I have gotten the egr valve replaced an the same day the car wouldn't go in to gear so confused on why they are allowed to sell cars that they know are experiencing theses problems and rant willing to do anything to fix the problem.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 mph, the all wheel drive malfunctioned and the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact merged to the shoulder of the road, powered off, then restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the oxygen sensor and dim module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 150,000.

Out side air temp was approx 96 degrees so ac was on . While shifting into reverse the vehicle lunged so hard it was uncontrollable,and unstoppable, if some one had stepped out behind me they would have died as I could only stop reward movement by shifting into drive. This occurred three times trying to get out of a parking space at a crowded mall. The vehicle then stalled. The lunging was so fast the brakes could hardly hold the car from moving in reverse. In checking there is a service bulletin TSB-05-25-13 from Ford motor company on this very issue but no recall, also many incidents/accidents recorded in this regard. If I was not prepared enough during this incident in a crowded parking lot some one would have died, this must be addressed b-4 someone is run over. Currently Ford has no comment. Please contact me for further details.

On hot days, when backing out of parking spaces, the car has sometimes "surged" meaning that there has been unintended acceleration without the accelerator being pressed at all. I have had to suddenly and firmly put my foot on the brake to prevent the car from hitting other vehicles. This has happened on several occasions in August of 2012. I own a 2006 Ford Five Hundred also and it has had the same problem in the same conditions (filing separate complaint).

On hot summer days and only on hot summer days when stopped at light or stopped period car begins to surge forward while holding brake. Went asked Ford why is this happening they said they don't know. That I should get the throttle body and mass air flow sensor serviced if not done already. I guess it had to be done at 90k but I did not know. Well I did what they said, went home and car is now idling rough went back and they want to charge me another $90 dollars ontop of the $105 they have already charged me for the throttle and mafs. I have almost gotten in numerous accidents because of this but Ford doesn't want to acknowledge that this is a problem with this car.

So here I am another victim of a faulty throttle body. Thanks Ford I love when my car takes off on me without notice, especially when you have kids in the car. How many of these do I have to read before action is taken. Does it take a death or serious accident. Cost me 718 dollars I expect a recall soon and my money back I will not quit until this is taken care of. It's sad when you go to a mechanic and they say "wow there is still not a recall on this". Oh by the way it is such a common problem I diagnosed my own car issue in 5 minutes by using google and typing failsafe engine mode.

We were driving down a highway and went to get back to speed after passing through a speed zone. I noticed a decrease in power and looked at the information screen. The fail safe mode and the "wrench" icon was on. I pulled the car over and turned it off. I then turned it on and the car acted normal. It has happened twice since the first incident. My wife took it to the dealership and Ford cannot duplicate the problem and the issue does not throw a check engine code or leaves any type of electronic history of the issue. I cannot allow my wife to drive this car because she is seven month pregnant and cannot have her drive it if the car breaks down due to this issue.

I have an ongoing issue with the transmission DE-engaging when the temperature of the transmission warms up. When I accelerate when passing or using the cruise control the transmission will dis-engage leaving me with no forward power, I must put the car in neutral and hope it engages all the while almost being run over by two semi-trucks. This happened almost a dozen times down and back on my trip from buffalo to peapack NJ on Monday 4/16/2012. This is a know problem that Ford is aware on the Five Hundred model, montego and some fusion models. Many start to fail at less than 30,000 miles and happened at 65,000 miles on my vehicle. I consider this an extremely dangerous situation and amazed no one has been killed due to these defective transmissions. The Ford forum has over 10 pages of complaints regarding this problem. Ford told me they would not do anything unless there was a recall.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle down shifted and lost engine power. The failure was experienced numerous times. The dealer reprogrammed the computer, but the failure was not corrected. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for a diagnostic test, which located the failure at the transmission valve body. The transmission valve body was replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure and current mileages were 67,407.

The car sudden surges forward or back when moving out of park. If your foot is not firmly on the brake it will go move significantly. Upon research online and talking to Ford directly this is known problem that is not under re-call yet but should be. Our local Ford dealer carries the throttle bottle in stock because they sell so many of them. They average 10 a year. A simple research of the problem shows up. It is extremely dangerous. Also if there is quick stop it will go to a fail safe mode and basically shut off the car completely. The car has to be shut off and restarted in order to move the vehicle again. The throttle bottle must be replaced in order for it to be safe as a parts cost of almost $600. 00.

2005 Ford Five Hundred sel 3. 0l v6 automatic 6 speed transmission accelerating on interstate car severly hard shifted and then rpms flared let off gas and car slammed into a lower gear now car hard shifts in down gears and rpms go up car doesnt move sometimes while acclerating very sporatic and dangerous.

We bought my car in July 2011, its was garaged by the 1st owner so it was like brand new!! low miles just 12,850 , start what now seems to be the endless drives in a rental car and with empty wallets totaling now approx; close to an additional $3,500 now in repairs from the battery in Aug 2011 to now to having the throttle being replace along with a set if tires and the 2nd set of both rear and front brakes in less then a year , all due to the consent stopping and going of the car by hitting the brakes too much and having to accelerate, because the car would while tempting to pull out of my garage at what should of been a mere 3miles per hour; resulted in flying backwards suddenly while foot was applying pressure on the brakes to keep from mowing down my teenage son at 15 miles a hour on its own with the mp rising rapidly , was the scare of my life!!!! please someone recall this car , before someone really does get killed or hurt!!! as of today the total this time to repair my car is at a total if$ 1,585. 00; to replace the throttle and tires & brakes again, and Ford wouldn't even comp, us a rental car this time on our 5 trip down to the service dept of Ford!!!!.

While stopped at a red light, the car started to jerk and the motor raced/idled up high.

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.

The vehicle in question was idling in park. Vehicle was shifted into reverse with the foot on the brake. Once foot was released from the brake the car lunged backward, the tachometer read about 3000 rpm, with no pressure on the gas pedal. Just as quickly pressure was applied to the brake and the car entered "engine failsafe mode" and shut down. Turing the vehicle off and restarting would clear the problem. This has happened 4 more times since the reported incident date, all with the same circumstances. The vehicle had the a/c on and was idling in approximately 90 degree fahrenheit temperatures with +50% relative humidity.

The vehicle lunges while holding the brake when putting into reverse or drive and continues to do so while waiting to pull into traffic making it very dangerous! it also does this while trying to park making it dangerous to park near anything! I have seen several complaints regarding this very same problem stating it is a throttle body defect that costs at lowest $700. 00 to repair. Front suspension is shot already with loud clunking noises, very rough ride! rear doors fill with water which will result in rust holes! all of these problems have been reported several times by other owners of this same year and make of vehicle. Ford should be responsible for the repairs needed to fix these problems.

The car started to accelerate by itself. And nearly plowed into the car in front of me. Then on the hwy has lose of power nearly rear-ended @60mph check engine light now w/wrench. Diagnosed code p2106 and p2135 throttle body . Occurs more when a/c is on. Had air flow sencor replaced, but problem still exist.

I purchased this 2005 Ford Five Hundred as a gift for my wife,11/26/11 within a week after owning it the awd malfunction light came on. In looking over the internet I'm finding other Ford owners are experiencing the same problem and that Ford does not want to do anything about it or take responsibility for a defective product that potentially could be very costly over and above the high cost of the vehicle itself. It seems the consumer should have ''some'' recourse or help with this recurring problem and make Ford own up and repair the defect and problems many of us are dealing with. . . Out of pocket!!!.

Not sure the exact time but within the past year or so my 2005 Ford Five Hundred ( purchased new) is going into failsafe mode limited throttle power, very sporatic at first but now happening quite often. If you pull over and shut the car off and restart it clears and drives normal. My daughter was driving it yesterday and it happened 7 times from mall to the house (about 20 miles). Once while she was in heavy traffic driving about 55 mph. Car jerked then started slowing down. This is a safety issue that needs to be looked at. Very dangerous. My mechanic is trouble shooting problem, looking like throttle body or gas pedal. I believe Ford came out with a new throttle body in 2010 to correct the problem (TSB 05-25-13)but will only replace it at their cost if still under warranty, otherwise the cost is on us the consumer. (about a thousand dollars).