Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Ford Five Hundred - part 1

While we are in idel for a period of time the car wants to surge forward without pushing on the gas. It wants to rev withough the has pedal being pushed. It does it at red lights, stop signs, and if im in a drive through.

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I was at red light person crossing road I was I. Drive foot on brake, rpms shot up engine reeves cat lunged forward I pressed harder in brake almost hit person. At the time no warning lights. Then at pharmacy drive thru w car I. From and I. Back of me car did same thing. I had to press brake hard to prevent moving hitting car in from of me. I was in drive but foot on brake! no warning lights at time. Had throttle body replaced still had similar problems progressing little did I know when throttle body is replaced has to be reprogrammed by Ford! spent so much money and time trying to figure out problem. This is a flaw w Ford 500 2005 throttle body many complaints and test does never issues recall, unsafe. I could have killed someone.

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.

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I had this car repaired twice at a professional mechanic shop that cost me thousands of dollars. Every time, the car comes to stop or dies on me. I replaced the fuel filter one time that is underneath the car. Now the car is sitting in my garage because of the fuel pump not functioning and does not make that sound anymore when you turn the key on.

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Car is leaking fuel from the gas tank area, looks like its leaking from the filler neck. At times it leaks a considerable amount. I'm also having surging issues. Mainly at low speeds. The vehicle has also shut down in the middle of traffic. These problems truly concern me and I question the safety of the vehicle and my children and myself while in this vehicle.

(etb) electronic throttle body on my car causes an acceleration that makes the car jerk forward. I've almost hit a wall, and god forbid this happens on the highway I could cause an accident. Its unsafe and should be recalled. Poor design I guess but it's not worth my life. This happened while idling in drive thru when I tried to go forward it idled really high then dropped down. Would bot accelerate afterwards.

While stoping at red light car stalls buckles dose not go over 50 mph as it hits 50 mph rpms go to6000 speed stays on 50 mph and I can't go on a high way cause I can't keep up with traffic noise coming from moter car got hot going up hills in 80 degree weather and it just all around runs like shit.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford 500. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating. After restarting the engine, the vehicle operated normally. During the failure, the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was examined by an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the throttle body was faulty. The vehicle was not repaired. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 94,000.

The wrench light came on and I lost all power, now it doesn't accelerate and the more also is a loud noise coming from the engine, it sounds like it's goung to blow up.

Periodically but occuring more often. Once the car is placed in drive or reverse but foot still on the brake, once the brake is released the car quickly and aggressively accelerates on it's own without pressing the gas pedal and with very little reaction time you have to slam the brake pedal to make the car stop and then the car cuts off. This has happened at least 4 times within the last month. Very dangerous! I have researched recall information for this model as well as my direct VIN number associated with my vehicle but I have yet to find a recall. However I have read many reviews of the same issues with other Ford 500 owners.

I have researched online and a lot of people with my same car are having the same problem. While driving my whole dash board goes out . I can no longer see how fast I'm going. Everything goes to 0 the gas goes to e and my reverse lights stay on until the dash board comes back up. If and when it comes back on my check engine light will be on. This has been happening every since I purchased the car 3years ago on and off.

Vehicle surges when you let off the brake. This started shortly after we purchased the car a couple years ago. They either serviced or replaced the throttle body and that worked for about 6 months or so. Now the car shakes really bad anytime we have to stop and have to keep foot on the brake really hard, sometimes the car dies during this too as well as going from reverse to drive. As soon as you let off the brake the car accelerates, can make it up to almost 40 mph without even touching the gas. It runs horribly in the heat too. Any temp over 70 it jerks into 2 or 3rd gear hard when stopping and going.

I took my battery out my 2005 Ford Five Hundred and the fail safe engine mode wrench light came on and it wont go off this need to be recall they say the compter shut down and I have to get it reseted I was driving the vehicle and it almost hit someone when it jurk to the front and I almost hit a vehicle backing up.

Tl the contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. While driving 55-60 mph, the accelerator pedal was applied and the vehicle jerked. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to three independent mechanics who stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 103,000. The VIN was not available.

I have been having trouble out of my car and did not know what it was. I could be driving and the accelerator wouldn't have an power. I noticed that the message in my dash read: failed safe mode. I was in traffic when this happened and I had my children in the car and I afraid,we would be rear ended because though,the car was still on,I had no power to continue. I turned the car off and back on and it continued to go into fail safe mode,then I noticed there was a wrench tool,also in the message board. After being in the middle of the road for 20 minutes,the car finally crunk up,so I could move it out the road. As,I crunk the car,I didn't have my feet on the accelerator but I immediately had to put my feet in the break because they car was mounting as if I was pushing the gas. When I finally got ready to pull off barely touching the gas,it jerked off really fast,causing me to almost loose control of the vehicle. I was terrified! I got the car home and called my mechanic. He told me to bring to him the next morning. I get up the next morning to take it to the mechanic and it repeatedly went into fail safe mode,where I could not go anywhere. I finally got it to go after an hour and it did the same,as I was attempting to get it to the mechanic shop. The mechanic tested it and said,the throttle body needed to be replaced. I was also,told,that there was a recall on these same cars for the same problem as im experiencing. I did some research myself and there was a recall on these Ford 500 for throttle body. Im just not sure,what year they were recalled. The recall number is 12n03. I hope I have explained in full detail,as,im just thankful,that I,my family or others were injured,before I figured out how dangerous this car is!!.

The transmission disengages at various speeds even on the interstate at 55+ mph causing it to lose power. You must be able to get it stopped on the side of the road and shut the car off and then restart it to correct the problem for a short period of time.

Car in the mornings is accelerated and when placed in reverse it moves by itself very accelerated and its parked on a flat surface with no slopes. Transmission feels as if running forcefully but changes gears I guess fine just got the car and has low miles at 27000 miles. And does it everyday.

While driving dash lights, speedometer, tachometer, gas level, and temperature go out for several minutes at a time. Reverse lights come on and airbag light comes on. This is dangerous; unable to tell speed! per internet research this is happening in several Ford models and stems from a bad solder joint.

When coming to a complete stop with my foot on the brake, the car continues to jerk and drive. It also does it while reversing which in both cases has almost caused me to run into the car in front or behind me. It takes a while to pick up speed after stopping. It jerks while picking up speed. The passenger door inside handle does not close on its own. It rains in the car on the driver's side. The front driver's side panel keeps popping out of place. . The thing under the car that keeps you from hitting the curb, is falling apart.

I was in heavy traffic and the car just stalled out on me while sitting at a light. Had to put my hazards on and try to restart car, restarted and then as soon as I put it into drive it stalled again. This happened 3-4 times until I could move to the next light and stop and go through the whole process all over again. Finally got on the highway and got home. Thought it was a fluke. Happened a second time while picking up children from daycare. Stalled out while at low rpm and would not restart. Had to have it towed. Had fuel filter replaced. Happened a third time at the store. Had to have it towed. Towed it to the dealer and the dealer spent over 6 hours to come to the conclusion that throttle body needed to be cleaned and pcm reprogrammed/updated. Without much confidence, they returned the car to me and said they could not replicate the problem. Drove it for a day and then had the same problem in traffic when at low rpm, with children in car at intersection car stalled out! finally got it started by holding brake and pushing on accelerator while putting it into drive so that it would not stall out. Drove it home and have not taken it out since. Expect the throttle body needs to be replaced but don't want to spend any more money on "diagnostics" when Ford knows this is a problem part and they need to stand behind it!!!!! they have put my family at risk more than once and they need to fix this problem before someone gets hurt.

One day driving my Ford Five Hundred as I am gettin on the freeway the car didnt accelerate effectively activating rpm surges but the car wouldn't speed more than 30mph doing so taking long nearly causing a accident in addition to slowing flow of traffic after finally getting home and parked the next day the car didn't start it would crank but wouldn't start I had a mechanic come look at the car everything was in order the pcm would also click when trying to start after doing research I discovered NHTSA had a recall for Ford Five Hundreds 12n03 and in the summary it included throttle and pcm reprogramming and cleaning or replacing the throttle body. Therefore I brought the car to a Ford dealership and they confirmed theses being the cars issues however Ford dealership said that my pcm needed to be replaced not reprogrammed which is not covered under 12n03 protection program.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while making a left hand turn, the speed decreased, the wrench warning light and the vehicle would stall. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasion. The contact also stated that the vehicle would continuously shake. The independent mechanic diagnosed the throttle failed. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000. Ne.

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.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate, the vehicle jerked which caused the engine mounts to fracture. The contact also indicated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would suddenly decelerate. After turning the vehicle off and restarting, the vehicle would operate normally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced and the power control module and the transmission control module needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired but the failure had recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000.

I just purchased a 05 Ford Five Hundred and was on my way from California to georgia. As I was driving I noticed that when it would shift it would rev up even while slowing down. I also noticed that if the ac was on it got worse. I started doing research on this problem and found that I was not the only one having this problem. I have 4 children, I'm disabled and on a very fixed income and buying a vehicle that is safe is a must. Unfortunately, due to this problem, it is not safe I asked them what it was going to take for them to issue a recall, injury or even a death, and his response was that it was not up to them but up to the nhts. I have done a lot of research on this problem and there are many more people with these vehicles that have the same problem. I don't think the consumers should be liable to fix a defective part. Even a mechanic at a Ford dealership said that he doesn't know why they just don't replace it instead. Please help fix this problem before someone has to pay not with money but with there life! if I had the money I would replace it and have the ecm updated but that is not an option for me due to my finances. Please put out a recall on the throttle body and make the updates on the system free. Haven't we paid enough for our vehicles? these are things that are not due to negligence but defectiveness of a part. The company that made the throttle body is no longer in business so that should tell you something. And the updates shouldn't cost if it makes the vehicle run like it should. I believe if all owners of these vehicles come together we can actually fix this deadly problem. Why should someone have to pay with their life just for somebody to become aware of this deadly, defective part. So please help! they say the recalls come from you, so issue a recall and include the ecm update that goes with it. Thank you, concerned owner with children.

When stopped at red light, car shook a couple times then check engine light immediately came on. When red light turned green, took foot off of brake and pressed gas pedal and was unable to drive, but car was still on. Throttle body control system failed and needs replacement.

I was traveling north toward ann street in montgomery when all of a sudden my car came to an abrupt stop in the middle of speeding traffic and my kids and I were in the middle of the highway stranded to get out of the car was the hardest part now I had to get some help when I did the man that pulled my car to his shop told me it was my throttle control sensor my wwwwwhhhhaaat and I only had the car for a year and a half r u serious I had to replace the motor after a year of havin the car which cost me 1400ars and now a throttle control sensor and it cost 746. 00 with tax and 150 for the labor man I screaming need another car but not Ford they lied they r not built Ford tough uuuuugggghhhhh.

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while accelerating, the vehicle stalled as the service engine warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnostic test and the dealer stated that the throttle body sensor needed to be replaced. The contact did not have the throttle body censor replaced. The contact called the manufacturer and filed a complaint. The failure mileage was 74,000.

Driving at 30 mph on secondary street when vehicle lost power and service engine light came on. Coasted to side of road tried to push accelerator to raise rpm. Rpm remained at 1000 and not enough power to pull back on the road. I turned vehicle off and started the engine back up when power was restored and service engine light went off.

When I started it up and tried to take off it stalled out and the wrench light came on.

I was driving at 55 mph when the car spuutered and lost all power. At that point the car would only idle which barely allowed me to pull off the road into a driveway. I turned it off and restarted. The car ran fine for a few miles then ,while turning off a main road the car lost all power and almost caused an accident. I turned it off and on again and was able to get it home. When I got home I checked it for codes and it brought up a p212 and p2104 code. I had the car towed to tracy Ford where they replaced the throttle body at $690+/- plus labor.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while traveling various speeds, the vehicle suddenly stalled. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was found that the throttle body had failed. The contact also mentioned that the vehicle was previously repaired under a manufacturer's recall. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

The automatic gear shifter has a rubber mat under the metal plate with the prndl gears listed. It is difficult to shift out of p and then then you reach r and d the mat has bunched up so much that the metal plate telling you what gear you're in pops off. This is an extreme hazard, as I back into the road and then to put it in d, not knowing where d is because the plate pops off, I could be hit. I also have a 2008 Ford taurus experiencing the same problem. I called Ford and they acted as if there were no previous issues. This is certainly not true. This will cause an accident or fatality.

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Five Hundred. The contact received a customer satisfaction letter for the cleaning of the throttle body and took the vehicle to the dealer for the repair. The contact stated that the cleaning, the throttle failed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who advised that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 128,000 and the current mileage was 130,000.

Approximately two months after service preformed under NHTSA campaign pe11018 the vehicle began to accelerate irregularly and then it placed itself into "fail safe" mode and illuminated the check engine light. Vehicle was returned to the Ford dealer that preformed the service and they determined that the electric throttle control was at fault but was not associated with the service they preformed on the same component just weeks earlier. Dealer contacted Ford motor CO and they also claimed the two were not related regardless of the similar claims found online.