Ford Five Hundred owners have reported 4 problems related to vehicle shudder (under the power train category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Five Hundred based on all problems reported for the 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.
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2006 Ford Five Hundred automatic transmissions does not work properly once the car has warmed up. When slowing down the car shifts abruptly and also shakes the car. When accelerating the car shifts down harde than normal then upshifts and or down shifts whiel accerlating at a normal pick up. Soemtimes the transmission goes into a false neutral then but if the foot is removed from the gas pedal the car is still revving up. Very odd. This issue started to show up around 52, 000 miles and I have contacted a local dealership and sked if Ford intend on fixing. The response was "there are no plans for repairing the issue". This problem was identified in consumer reports but the write only stated how the transmission shifts abruptly". I do not consider myself an elder but I do know many elderly people drive these cars and how it could potetnially frighten an elderly driver. Basically "this should be corrected by Ford before someone gets hurt".
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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.