Three problems related to vehicle shudder have been reported for the 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred based on all problems reported for the 2005 Five Hundred.
At low speeds, when turning and when accelerating from a stop, the car will shake, lunge and then shut off. Sometimes it just shakes and hesitates and then keeps going. Sometimes it takes a while to get it running again. It always happens when the car is in motion. A couple of times this happened, the transmission error codes were displayed. I have had the transmission checked out and it was fine.
While driving for over 45 minutes or a really hot day car will buck and shake when slowing down. After that it has happened twice car slips out of gear then kick back in 30 seconds later while going 65mph on highway trying to pass someone. Brought into dealer said never heard of this and could not repeat occurrence. So upgraded computer for $ 250. 00 did not fix anything ,then had to wait 3 weeks for another appointment going on Thursday wish me luck.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. When driving above 50 mph, the vehicle shakes and experiences difficulty switching gears. The vehicle has not been diagnosed to determine the cause of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000. Updated 10/16/08 the consumer was informed there was a possibility there was some internal damage to the transmission. Updated 10/20/08.