general problems of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred - part 2

The electronic throttle body is bad in majority of vehicles in my class year. This costly repair causes the vehicle to lunge forward while in drive and lunge backwards while in reverse. It is worst when the ac is on,,it causes the vehicle to idle high and low to the point of almost shutting off the vehicle in traffic.

Since 2007 the car intermittently will periodically lung forward and it is almost impossible to control the car. This has happened several times since June 2007 (88,000 miles). Even hard braking does not necessarily stop the car. . . I have had to put the car in neutral the engine revs up as if I am touching the accelerator (and my foot is not on the pedal) and I shut the car off. Turning the car back on does not necessarily remedy the problem. In addition, the car routinely goes into fail safe engine mode or cuts off while I am driving at a reasonable rate of speed both on rural roads and highways. This car is a hazard to drive, more so in the warmer months. . . My thought is something must get overheated but what I do not know.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford five-hundred. The contact stated that while reversing from a residential garage, the vehicle lunged backward. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 70,000.

2005 Ford Five Hundred. Consumer writes in regards to hard shifting and two instrument panel lights illuminating. The consumer also stated the rpm's would race at times. The consumer went to her local dealer and a diagnostic's test revealed a problem with the pcv valve. The pcv was replaced at a cost of $ 112. 95. However, it did not resolve the problem. The consumer went back to the dealer for a transmission diagnostic test, but the dealer was unable to give a definitive answer as tow hat the problem was. Ford customer service was then contacted and they informed the dealer to replace the transmission at a cost of $5000. There was also another intermittent problem where the vehicle would rev while stopped at a stop sign, or red light etc. After getting other opinions, the consumer was informed, the problem was not with the transmission. After doing some research online, the consumer discovered it was a very common occurrence with her particular make, which seemed to be a manufacturing defect.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the transmission failed. Upon shifting into gear, the vehicle accelerated on its own even with the brakes applied. The vehicle would then enter into fail safe mode and stall. The failure would recur upon restart. There were no lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection and they stated that the failure was due to a throttle body failure. The throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 50,000.

I unfortunately own a 05 Ford Five Hundred with 95784 miles on it. The problem started happening about a year ago and at first I thought that it was my foot hitting the gas when I put my foot on the brake. Then I noticed when I would but it in gear it would try to take off on it's own. I finally had enough just last night I was in a drive thru line and I put it in drive from neutral and I came inches from rear ended the person in front of me. Today I'm taking it to the dealership to get fixed hopefully. Not looking forward to paying a $1000 dollars for a common problem. Well Ford you lost me as a buyer.

Car has a problem with throttlebody that causes safety concerns with stopping the car. Car lunges forward causing near accidents as a result of this common issue. . Read more...

This has happened multiple times (meaning more than 5 times) during the summer of 2011. Driving on highway at posted speed limits and car suddenly lurches then drops into failsafe mode (as indentified by alert posted on the dash). Pull over, read owner's manual. Follow directions how to clear failsafe and implement them. A few times it worked for short periods of time. Other times, it would not work at all. Twice the car was running at approximately 65 mph and suddenly go into failsafe mode then stall out. Especially during street/city driving, car suddenly kicks forward then failsafe and will sometimes stall out in middle of street. Unable to restart. Last time this occurred car required towing to local Ford dealer. Initially said it was the throttle senor for a cost of $300. When I ok'd that repair, the dealership called back later and stated it was the entire throttle body and repair would come at a cost of $1000. The car now sits in my driveway where it was towed to and sits for safety reasons. After researching the internet, I have come to find that this is a common occurrence with Ford and an announced recall should be implemented immediately.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While attempting to park, the contact stated that the vehicle surged forward. The failure recurred when the air conditioner was activated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician advised that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 94,400. Updated 09/08/lj.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle would surge forward without warning when attemping to shift gears. The failure occurred whether the vehicle was in drive or reverse. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. No repairs were performed. The approximate failure was 106,000 and the current mileage was unknown.

When stopped at a light or when putting into gear the car will rev real high lunge forward and sometimes die. . Read more...

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine light would illuminate on the instrument panel and the vehicle would begin to decelerate. Whenever the failure occurred, the vehicle would be moved to the shoulder and shut off. After repeated restarts, the vehicle would operate as normal. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 61,200.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While driving approximately 30 mph the vehicle suddenly stalled. The safe mode light illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure occurred constantly at any speed and when the weather was warm. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated expectantly despite the fact that the accelerator pedal was not depressed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the dealer confirmed that a new throttle body was needed. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 36,000 and the current mileage was 38,500.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that when in the drive or reverse position, the vehicle accelerated independently without warning intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 216,551. Ss.

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).

My 2005 Ford 500 has a fail safe mode that comes on with a wrench symbol on the dash. When this occurs the car accelerates quickly and jumps while my foot is on the brake. The car still goes while hold the brakes down. This occurs to my vehicle every year. It is happening to my car again and I have to pay for the repairs. I feel this is a safety issue and the consumer should not have continue to have to pay for this problem. It is very alarming when this occurs and you feel as if you have no control over your vehicle. This has occurred with my vehicle every year since I purchased it new and I am very lucky that when it happened I did not have a vehicle in front of me. I love the Ford 500 but this is a scary thing when it happens.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While driving 40 to 45 mph the throttle body failed. The vehicle began to hesitate, lunge forward and would not move normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced, but the parts were on back order and would also cost $400 to repair. The Ford manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was 65,000.

When driving at slow speeds or accelerating from a stopped position, car will lurch forward, then stall. Check engine light , "fail safe engine mode", and lighted yellow wrench indicator light appears in dashboard. Turning off the car and restarting will help sometimes.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Ford 500. The contact stated that the vehicle would surge unexpectndly. The contact mentioned that the vehicle would suddenly surge when pulling into a parking space or when going into reverse. The contact stated that the failure occurred more when the air condition was running. The vehicle was not inspected. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 73,000. Pmb.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact was reversing at an unknown low speed when the vehicle abnormally accelerated backward until pressure was applied to the brake pedal. The failure became an intermittent failure and the vehicle was never taken to have the failure diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 63,000 and the current mileage was 70,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While driving approximately 3 mph in reverse the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a fence. He turned the vehicle off when the engine fail safe light came on. When he restarted the vehicle the check engine light came on. He shifted the vehicle into drive gear and it accelerated without him engaging the accelerator pedal. The failure occurred intermittently and had become progressively worse over time. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not been repaired since the contact would be responsible for paying $695. 86 to repair the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were 59,240.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While driving approximately 15 mph she engaged the accelerator pedal and the rpms increased excessively. She stated that when the speed increased to 30 mph the vehicle no longer accelerated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who stated that the fuel injection body throttle needed to be replaced. The contact stated that the parts were on back order for a least two to three weeks. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was unable to provide a VIN. The failure mileage was 71,000 and the current mileage was 71,200.

Monday, June 28th my vehicle seemed to slightly accelerate when I was backing it into a parking spot. Then about a week later (July 06th), I was stopped in a line of other vehicles, and the same thing happened where it would accelerate, only this time, it happened approximately 5 times consistently. My vehicles check engine light appeared with a message that read, "fail safe engine mode". The next day, I immediately took it in to a Ford dealer to have it inspected. They said that this is frequent issue with the throttle body and it's unsafe to drive with these conditions. They also mentioned that they have seen a case where a customer's throttle was wide open and accelerated uncontrollably and is shocked that it hasn't been recalled yet. He suggested it not leave the lot until the repairs were done. We left it at the dealership to get repaired, but took his advice. We believe this a default in the manufacturing of the throttle body, and causing unsafe driving conditions. We hope this will get investigated, so no one is injured.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated the rpms increased when the brakes were applied in order to stop the vehicle and when they shifted in reverse gear. The vehicle would occasionally default into an engine fail safe mode when the failure occurred. The fail safe mode was dangerous because the vehicle would suddenly stop moving. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told the throttle body needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 88,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. While driving between 55-60 mph the vehicle went into safety mode. This conditions causes the vehicle to down-shift. Prior to the failure the engine warning light would illuminate on the instrument control panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection. The technician stated that the throttle body was damaged. Another technician stated that the failure of throttle body caused damages to the transmission. The transmission was repaired, but the throttle body was on backorder. A representative of the manufacturer speculated that the parts would be available in December of 2009. The current and failure mileages were 52,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that her vehicle shut off while driving various speeds; however, within a few minutes she was able to restart it. The dealer confirmed that the throttle body failed and that the parts are on a national back order. The dealer advised the contact to purchase the parts from a local junk yard. The manufacturer stated that over 1,000 parts are on back order and that they are unsure of when the parts would be available. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 78,000.

I notice years ago that when I would be backing up or pulling into a parking spot that my car would want to accelerate or just speed up. I would be barely pressing on the brake because I was letting the car use it's idleness speed to back out of the space or pull into the parking space. My husband thought it was because I was using the adjustable foot pedal. He does not drive the car very much. Shortly after this all started we purchased me another car, I stop driving my Ford 500 very much. It sits in the garage a lot. I let my daughter use the car once and she complain of the same thing happening to her and how it scared her. I am also scared of it and only drive it in emergency and I always try to be prepared to expect this to happen. It has no pattern of when or how it happens it all unexpected, working properly one minute and speeding up the next. This car has one other issue when it rains it leaks we find water in the floor on the driver side floor. This car is available for testing if needed because we have a 2nd car that I drive because of this issue. We keep it because it is paid for.

Rough acceleration from stop for years. After 218,000 miles engine shuts off reporting engine fail-safe mode. Will restart after sitting on side of road for couple, 5-minutes. Dealer states bad throttle body - $900. 00 repair. Apparently a common problem.

Since purchasing the Ford five hundres there has been a high idle (rpms) when starting the car. We mentioned it several times and were told to let it idle till the rpms go down un 10,0000. We have done tis since we bought the car and sit and wait for the rpms to go dowm before engaging into drive. Forunatly we have not expeirenced the power surges other have or the car shuting off while driving. Recently we received a letter to bring the car in to have the throttle body cleaned and was told this would solve our issue. This was done on 5/23/13 and the next day the engine light came on and a wrench and we still had the idle problem. The car would act funny and when pulled off road and shut car off. When turned back on the lights would go off. Every day untill we left for vacation when we took it to our mechanic for an oil change and check the brakes my husband explained what was going on and asked him to test it with the anylizer. The car did not give us theses problems till after the cleaning. The mechanic called and said that the throttle body was bad we told him that we just had a recall for it to be cleaned. He said maybe it needed to be rest/calculated. We wnet back to Ford dealer when we returned and they said it was not their problem and to call corprate service number and they also said was not there problem and we could have a new one put in at our cost. Even though there may be one that cleaning does not help it was still our problem. I will not be buyin a Ford product again becasuse of our experiences with Ford to date. Dlh.

The contact stated when applying brake pressure the engine revved at an elevated level. He shifted the vehicle into neutral. When this occurred and the rpms subsided. He took the vehicle to the dealer, who performed a diagnostic test, but this did not produce any codes indicating the source of the problem. Therefore, no repairs were made. He contacted the manufacturer and they referred him back to the local dealer.