general problems of the 2006 Ford Five Hundred

When I’m the vehicle and the temperature reaches middle temp ,the car starts to beep and all the dashboard lights go completely out and the head lights and tail lights be blinking as if they are about to go off . Even when I have the heater or a/c on they turns off and I’m a afraid that if or when I’m on the highway all my lights will just stop working on the middle of the highway at night and no one will be able to see me. And that will cause a big wreck and maybe kill myself or worst someone else. I have looked my car up to see if it has a recall but none are given. I’m afraid for the safety of my fellow drivers on the at night . And I don’t know what to do about this problem.

Battery just goes dead over night. Signal lights melted and quit working. Cluster panel just shuts off while running and can't use air, radio, windows, locks, seats, etc. Car shuts off while driving down the road. Have replaced all parts suggested by codes. Still no fix. Wont shift from first gear after cluster panel shuts off. There are hundreds other complaints. This is dangerous and should be an electrical recall. Happens running driving and sitting still.

My 2006 Ford Five Hundred is surging there's no power it stumbles shuts off.

Instrument panel shuts off intermittently. Days lights flicker.

Car will be driveing 55 and completely shut off. Lossing everything including powerstearing. Have to put in neutral n coast to side of the road, sometimes will restart, others it wont. Also will start bucking and shut off. I can be doing 10mph n go to turn a corner n it shuts off. Can seem to run fine, be in the middle of an intersection and the car shut off and wouldnt restar good thing I can drive and knew what to do or I would have crashed numerous times. Have changed the throttle body and accelerator, n both sensors. Did not fix problem. Now saying it's the pcm shutting the car off.

Pulled in drop off a donation at a second hand store. I put it in park and turned off the vehicle; opened the trunk; and looked up startled when a guy sitting nearby said that my car was smoking and on fire (about 10 seconds since I switched the car off and got out). He was on the right, so I moved around the car to the right looking towards the engine. An employee of the store that was on the back, left side of the car pointed towards and said, �look! your side mirror is on fire!� I then saw the smoke billowing to the left (a strong afternoon breeze was blowing north). I came around and peered in behind the actual �mirror� part; the fire had just gone out. Looking at it, I could see it was the security light on the bottom side of the mirror; it was completely melted and fused to the mirror housing- a bubbly mess of plastic. It smelled of acrid, melted plastic and burned electronics. The underside of the mirror had caught fire and started burning for a bit before the fuse finally blew. I am so glad my baby and kindergartener weren't in the car at this time! they usually are. The length of time of time it took for the fuse to finally blow is quite alarming! it could have resulted in the rapid spread of a fire that would quickly overtake the vehicle. What if I was at a gas station when this happened when their happened to be some petrol-vapor present. My next stop was to get two propane tanks filled. They have to bleed off a certain amount of propane each time when finished filling a tank. It isn't far fetched that this electrical issue with failed safeguards could have resulted in far more injury than my slightly burned fingers. This needs to be investigated immediately before something terrible happens to someone. This is a fantastic car! we love it. This is probably an easy fix, but if it isn't fixed, much worse could happen!.

Door froze shut and ever since manually opening the message center states driver door ajar and passenger door ajar and they are not. But I can't reset driver controls until doors show closed. Have run code in my car and only code is p0193 fuel rail pressure sensor. No codes for doors.

I wasing a were there was a recall on my care untell someone told me.

When I first start my car its slow to give power, often when I drive it on the street itll just lose complete power and die down. Then I have to restart itfor it to temporaily go away then it happens again.

When I am in park or neutral my motor makes a ticking noise. When in drive it hoes away. Weird.

Cpsc: i1390188a. 2006 Ford Five Hundred. Consumer stated the left front head light caught on fire spontaneously while having been parked for 30 minutes in the garage and engine was off. The fire destroyed the left front engine area. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the air conditioning unit failed and was blowing hot air. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic for inspection. The mechanic drained the air conditioning system however, the failure was not corrected. The mechanic advised the contact that the air conditioning system needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 94,000. The VIN was not available.

When driving the car and slowing down the cvt transmission surges ahead and the car goes into safe mode only allowing it to go 20 mph when driving in traffic. Many near misses on accidents. Have had car into dealer 3 times and still unable to diagnose problem. Maintenance service was completed on transmission at 60,000 miles per recommendations. Ford motor company stated in a phone conversation there are known transmission problems with this car. Dealer states it is the computer causing this unsure who is right. A transmission sensor is being replaced to the tune of $2000. Please help if this is a known problem. Just had a part in the transmission replaced because there was a recall on it.

I had been having trouble with my vehicle revving when driving on the high way. I received a notice from Ford that as a part of a customer program if my car was having trouble they would clean and reprogram. In January of 2013, my local Ford dealership cleaned and reprogrammed the throttle body. October of 2014 I was driving down the interstate and my car died. I was able to safely get the car to the side of the road. Let it sit, it started and I was able to drive home approximately 25 miles with the car dying a couple more times along the way. I took the car to get looked at and was advised that my electronic throttle body was bad and needed to be replaced. I contacted Ford who was of no assistance. I contacted my local Ford dealership who said sorry, we can fix it but it will be at my cost. I chose to take my car to an independent mechanic who replaced the electronic throttle body. I have made more than one attempt for Ford to acknowledge that the cleaning didn't repair the problem with no success.

The airbag warning light comes on and then the entire gauge cluster (I am talking about the speedometer, the temperature gauge, the gas gauge, and the tachometer) shuts off completely and comes back on randomly. Ten days after initial incident the airbag warning light came on and then the gauge cluster shut off completely and stayed off. The speedometer is the most important part. I have seen several articles online about the same topic, and the belief is that it is due to faulty soldering on the back of the unit.

The car lunges forward or backwards when shifting gears also lunges when coming to a stop very violently. I drive with plenty of space in font of me so I haven't hit anything I'm surprised no one else has either.

I have a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. I purchased it used in Jan 2012. My car continually lurches forward while sitting still. The air conditioner will not cool while idling if it is hot outside. I have also had issues with losing all power while driving down the freeway. I will be driving and all gauges will bottom out and then rev up to the highest. My rpms will drop down, the gas gauge will go to empty and at night all electrical lights and dashboard notifications will light up and then go off. I cannot use the air conditioner, radio or anything else when this happens. This is very dangerous and I believe Ford should be held accountable for not fixing this issue sooner! someone is going to get into a fatal accident because of this issue!!! losing all power and speed and then having the vehicle lurch forward is dangerous! #scaredmomof3babies!.

Car surges on its own, after putting it into gear.

My Ford Five Hundred throttle just shuts down,with no warning at all. I am afraid to drive it because it may shut down in traffic and some get seriously hurt. I have searched the internet and found more complaints same as mine. The problem is with a throttle body malfunction. Some thing should done befor someone is killed!.

This Ford Five Hundred surges or revs up the engine, in forward or reverse, when driving at slow speeds, usually into parking spaces or at red lights. This is a dangerous situation because we have no warning that it is about to happen. I have noticed it is worse if the a/c is on. We have avoided several accidents by slamming on the brake, it will even continue to surge if the brake pedal is held hard to the floor. The vehicle started doing this within the first 150 miles that we owned it. The incidents are unpredictable and dangerous.

2006 Ford Five Hundred. Consumer writes regarding premature pad and rotor wear the consumer stated she heard a grinding noise and/or dragging noise coming from the rear wheels. The left and right wheels needed new brakes and rotors. The consumer stated an extended warranty had been issued for the brakes in 2007, because Ford knew there was a problem. Also, the blower motor behind the glove box had to be replaced and the rear window defroster was defective and had to be replaced as well. The gasket between the crank shaft support housing was replaced.

Before July 2010 I began noticing that my engine would race up to 1500 rpm while idling. I would always keep my foot on the brake so the car would not lurch forward. Then on the 4th of July multiple engine errors appeared on the car computer. The Ford dealer diagnosed a throttle body malfunction. After replacement no problem until June 2012. Once again the engine is racing to 2000 rpm while idling at a stop. I am sure that this problem is ongoing with some Ford products and will some day or has caused an accident. It is not a constant rpm rate but the rpm goes from 700 to 2000.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the air conditioning failed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the refrigerant control valve failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 70,000.

2010 driving on highway in virginia, car was accelerating on it's own, it was like the car was in control and not the driver. Pulled over and car stalled, engine light came on. Took car to Ford dealer was told throttle control assembly. 52,200 miles had it replaced. Contacted Ford oct 2010. November 2012 Ford issue customer satisfaction program, finally reimbursed 2013. July 2014, 100,457miles same problem again had to again replace throttle control system.

1. Traveling out of town on a special 40th anniversary celebration in a 2006 Ford 500( has apprx. 64,000 miles on it). 2. While traveling we notice the smell of smoke, thought it was coming from a source outside, no smoke in vehicle, pulled over to investigate, looked under the hood and there was no smell of smoke, proceeded traveling and the smell of smoke continue, passenger notice a small amount of smoke coming from the trunk while looking at the rear window, driver pulled over and popped the trunk, the vehicle became engulfed immediately. . . 80-85% of car was destroyed. 3. Nothing. Ford dealership that has serviced the vehicle ( over 25 times during ownership) is denying any responsibility. Updated 05/26/10 according to the fire report, the fire's are of orgin was in the rear section of the vehicle. Udated 06/17/10.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact took his vehicle to the dealer for scheduled maintenance and they discovered that the front driver side tire had excessive wear. The contact had the vehicle aligned and the struts changed at that time. The current mileage is 30,000 and failure mileage was 29,000. The consumer stated the tires were only damaged on the left side, and they had to lower the struts and rotate the upper mounts to get vehicle to align properly. The consumer further stated that this no fault of the dealer but that Ford authorize 50% reimbursement for the tires and none for the alignment. The consumer provided a copy of the repair invoice. The dealer stated vehicle starts and stalls in the cold when using the remote start. Updated 08/07/07.

: the contact stated while driving 60 mph there was a smelled of smoke. The smell may have been coming from the air conditioner. The vehicle was parked for 8 to 9 hours. When the contact return to the vehicle, it was filled with smoke. The fire department extinguished the fire and determined the fire was of an electrical nature and seemed to originate from the wire in the speaker area located in the rear of the vehicle. A fire department report was filed. There was extensive damage to the vehicle. The dealership and manufacturer have been notified.