Transmission Noise problems of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred

Traveling down the interstate at 75 mph we received a message on the message center about a failure of some sort (I dont remember what it said exactly now). We lost all acceleration of the car. We pulled over and let it sit while I looked up the error on my phone. I tried the car a bit later and it was fine. Then we kept getting the error. I took it to our Ford dealer and he cleaned the throttle body. . . Then replace it a week later when that didnt fix it. A about 2 weeks later we were getting another error about the transmission failing. It started making a terrible noise. I still owe 3200 on this car,,. And a new transmission is over 7k. Seriously?? I have read so many posts about the cvt transmission on the Five Hundred and other cars failing. Ford should be ashamed of themselves for passing off something like this. Now I have a 3200. 00 paper weight in my driveway. . . . And I cannot afford to buy another car. Thanks Ford!!.

I was driving my vehicle on a city road doing 30mph when the car made a horrible exploding sound. After that point the car was making numerous grinding noises and would not accelerate. I stopped and had the car towed. The dealer told me it was electronic and wanted $1800 to fix it, but would not guarantee that it would fix the car. I got a second opinion and they showed me the inside of the transmission which was in shrapnel sized pieces. The damage was obviously not electronic. The vehicle is out of warranty by time but only has 33k miles on it. I am 70+ years old and have never driven the vehicle in any way that could cause this type of damage. I have spoken to several dealers and to Ford customer service and no one will help me. The repair is over $6000 and I have no guarantees that it will not happen again. There is an obvious massive mechanical defect in the vehicle that needs to be investigated. I have seen numerous complaints on this transmission yet Ford does not seem to acknowledge the problem even after Saturn had the same problems on a similar transmission.

I bought my 2005 Ford 500 in missouri now live in new jersey the transmission started acting up at 42, 000 miles it has hard shirts with a clunking noise which was diagnosed as a valve body in the transmission I was reading in the Ford forums their is quite of few cars with the same problem with Ford 500. . I had to pull off the road once the transmission almost got me in a accident. I know Ford knows of the problems but doesn't care .

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While placing the vehicle into park, the contact noticed a loud whining noise coming from the engine. When placing the vehicle into reverse, she heard a loud noise coming from the engine. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they determined that the transmission was failing. The repair could cost up to $5,100. The contact called the manufacturer and was informed that no compensation would be provided because her vehicle was not under warranty. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 44,000 and current mileage was 48,000.