Six problems related to alternator/generator/regulator have been reported for the 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 Ford Five Hundred based on all problems reported for the 2006 Five Hundred.
I was on my way home coming down farrow rd. And my car stalled out, so I slowly pulled in the median turn car off and back on. When I got ready to pull out of the median the car wouldn't go no faster than 5 miles and hour. So I had my friend help me pull it out of the road and take me home and tow my car to the house. When I got it home there wasn't any acceleration, rpms wont move at all, car has power and cranks but when I put it in drive it won't go anywhere. It stalls and cuts off, even in neutral no acceleration. Everything lights up and cuts on but no acceleration. From my photos below you will see I have replaced alternator, throttlebody, the red and black wiring on the back of the intake I've checked all my hoses there was no splits no cuts no vacuum leak and every time I get a reading on it it gives me a different code please read and reply if this is a recall I need my car fixed immediately.
This is a long on going problem with the electrical problem that has been going on now for five months. Started out having the battery cluster light on & check charging system. Found charging a little low, had new alternator installed. Then with a week, battery, engine light & airbag light cluster are on, then the fun began, then all the instrument cluster goes off and you have no turn signals, no fans, no radio, no electric windows, no door locks and no break lights, (but break lights do come on when you apply breaks and the back-up lights come on. The system can come and go on and off while moving and setting still. Have had system checked and coded, they can not find a problem except that it is a electric problem, had all wiring checked, cleaned. No,frayed wire founf and no defective coupling. Again I get it a wire that is grounding and causing problem. All the fuses are ok and know have blown. The only thing I know is this problem was reported to Ford back in 2006 or 2007 and they have not put out any recall on it and there dealers know nothing about what to do but they will try and find it at where hourly rate and it could be a hour or several hours to find problem. As I've said this is on going it clear up and last for a week up to six weeks at a time.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the rear driver side tail light failed to illuminate. When the vehicle was placed in reverse, the reverse lights failed to illuminate. In addition, the control panel and driver side blinkers failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the alternator failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failures recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
During normal driving vehicle dash lights went completely out and then began to flicker while both gauges speedo and tach went left to right on and off repeatedly causing a loss of power on vehicle rendering vehicle unsafe to drive and almost causing collision. . Brought to Ford dealer replaced alternator and problem still exists after 500 dollar expense.
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that all of the warning lamps on the instrument panel illuminated intermittently. The contact also stated that she was unable to shift out of first gear. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the instrument panel was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacture was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance since the vehicle was not included on any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 66,000 and the current mileage was 66,100. Updated 5/16/12 the dealer informed the consumer the pcm and alternator needed to be replaced. However, 500 miles later, the problem returned.
2006 Ford Five Hundred. Consumer states unexpected vehicle movement the consumer stated if the vehicle was not in park or the brake was not applied, it would move. The engine would spike as displayed by the tachometer and the engine could be heard accelerating. The first time the vehicle was taken to the dealer, they were unable to duplicate the problem. The second time, the vehicle was taken to the dealer, they diagnosed the problem as a bad alternator. It was sending bad signals to the pcm causing the engine to surge. .
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Alternator/generator/regulator problems | |
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