2005 Ford Five Hundred: multiple warning lights

Filed Aug 11, 2020 · Transmission · 266,000 miles · TX

Received a code stating that I have a faulty PCM. When I drive all the lights come on and the speed gauge shuts down.

Filed Sep 4, 2016 · 139,000 miles · CA

Driving when the call RPM drop and ABS goes out car won't excelerate "failsafe engine mode " is what it says n my check engine light and ABS light and rench light on, had to pull over and shut off and turn back on. Cleaned the throttle body and reprogramed the computer and it continues to happen at random and will randomly excelerate on its own with rpms rising and yet I'm no where near gas pedal, I'm on brakes. As my instrument panel will malfunction and all gauges will go to zero and wiggle and all warning lights will be displayed them goes completely black, this has also been very unsafe of an issue because at night when this happens you can't see your spend or gas or anything. And the fail-safe mode also has almost cause me to have crashed as well as been crashed into over four dozen times. Seeing how I pay for it to be fixed and nothing can't seem to fix it ... It's very scary and I worry for my life each time I drive

Filed Apr 29, 2016 · Electrical · 95,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle lost power and jerked. All the lights on the instrument panel illuminated. The vehicle had to be turned off and restarted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the computer needed to be replaced. The computer was replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

Filed Apr 13, 2012 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · NM

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled while depressing the accelerator pedal. All of the lights on the instrument panel failed and the reverse lights illuminated erroneously. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where they advised the contact that the PCM module failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 125,000.

Filed Jan 6, 2012 · Electrical, Lights · 30,000 miles · OR

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the gauges on the instrument panel would become inoperative and all of the warning lights would illuminate on the instrument panel. The contact also stated that the rear reverse sensor would only operate while the vehicle was in drive and the reverse lights would continuously illuminate while in drive. The dealer performed a hard reset on the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified, but denied any assistance with repairs of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000 and the approximate current mileage was 80,000.

Filed Nov 23, 2011 · Electrical, Lights · MO

Similar issue as in pe07058. Instrument cluster fails for extended periods. In this time I have no instrumentation available, speed, RPM, fuel, etc. Multiple warning lights illuminate, including airbag. All interior lighting dims significantly. Reverse lights illuminate even while in park, or driving forward.

Filed Sep 20, 2010 · Electrical · 58,000 miles · IL

Instrument cluster failure. All gauges drop to zero. Multiple dash warning lights come on them go back off leaving the check engine light on. Turn signal lights will not operate. Problem is intermittent. The reverse lights come on when the car is not in reverse. Problem started this morning 9/20/2010 I can not believe that the federal safety agency has not made ford issue a recall!

Filed Jul 2, 2010 · Electrical · 75,200 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While the contact was parking the vehicle, all of the gauges on the instrument panel failed to function. The failure also recurred intermittently while driving at various speeds. The contact also stated that when the failure occurred she was not able to use the turn signals. All of the warning lights on the instrument panel began to shut on and off intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that they could not duplicate or diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 75,200.

Filed Mar 7, 2009 · Electrical · 112,000 miles · WI

We are having a problem with the instrument cluster of our 2005 ford five hundred. All the lights on the dashboard go out. All the gauges drop down to zero. Sometimes this lasts for a second. Sometimes it will go out for hours. This is dangerous because you do not have a speedometer reading.

Filed Feb 17, 2008 · Electrical · 20,180 miles · CO

2005 ford five hundred, intermittent instrument cluster, vehicle odo 20k miles, multiple failures, panel goes dark, then all lights illuminate. Drivability not affected. New defect on car.

Filed Aug 31, 2007 · Electrical · 38,891 miles · CT

Instrument cluster failure. All gauges drop to zero. Multiple dash warning lights come on, dashboard lights go black, turn signal lights will not operate. Problem is intermittent. Problem began 8/3/07. Off and on since. Dealer can not find problem.