Bought the vehicle used in may 2010. Realized early-on that the transmission was not smooth, but willing to settle for less than perfection since it was a 2005 vehicle. In late 2012 or early 2013, I received 'recall' notice that PCM (I.e. - powertrain control module) could need to be reprogrammed due to stalling, herky-jerky transmission, etc. Took car to dealership, they ran diagnostics, charged me $100, and told me that my car wasn't effected because no error codes were noted and check engine light wasn't on. I was not happy, and refused to take my car to the dealership for repair. Problem persisted, until check engine light came on in october 2017 at roughly 125,000 miles. Took to local mechanic, was charged $150 for sensor replacement. Light came back on a day later. Took back, replaced sensor for free (nice!), but light back on a day later. Took to a different mechanic, was charged $250, replaced multiple sensors, light back on the next day. Took back to 2nd mechanic, when they shared with me that it was likely the PCM and the dealership would need to fix. Called dealership 3 days in a row, on hold for nearly an hour the 3rd time, was never connected to a service writer or tech, left 3 voice mails for service manager and was never called back. Researched issue and found the federal safety agency action number pe11018, where ford initiated a customer satisfaction program 12n03 to extend coverage terms of repair of engine idle RPM surge caused by PCM needing reprogramming with software containing updated idle speed control. Per the federal safety agency, symptoms associated with the condition may include check engine light, diagnostic codes (dtcs) p0505, p0506, or p061b. Ford issued bulletin tsb 11-10-21 that included updated powertrain control calibration.
2005 Ford Five Hundred engine complaints
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When I test drove this vehicle the RPM fluctuated and jerking as if it was a manual opposed to automatic as increasing speeds. There was a recall letter mailed to me a few years later and ford dealership claimed the issue was resolved. Within a few days it began again. I have owned this vehicle 10 years with the same safety issue and have had to pull over numerous times when the rpms dont reset while on the highway to avoid accidents. I am now filing a formal complaint because I was rear ended due to this issue by a person with no insurance. How can I get this to go away before someone is hurt
Estaba manejando hacia mi trabajo y me aparecio en el panel failsafe engine mode, no pude seguir manejando mas por que me estaba fallando el andar del auto.
I will never buy another ford vehicle ever again!!!!!! I own a 2005 ford five hundred there was a recall in 2012 on the throttle body, a ford dealer supposably cleaned the throttle body, well now its not driveable. We have since talked to several ford dealers including ford motor company , they all said it was our responsibility to fix the problem. I do not think it should be my responsibility to pay for this since the part was recalled !!! The car could stall at anytime while driving putting myself and my family at risk, I don't think much of this automobile company for not standing behind there product, I will never recommend a ford vehicle to friends,family or even my worst enemy never never again!!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving at 20 MPH, the vehicle hesitated to shut off. The instrument panel illuminated and loses power. The failure recurred five times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body was stuck open and the ECM needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired however the recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 105,585.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that when the ignition was turned to the on position, the vehicle was shifted out of park and the RPM gauge fluctuated. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the RPM surge failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 101,000. The VIN was unavailable. Ma 10/25/15
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.
Spark plugs have backed out of the aluminum head in this vehicle twice now. This second time, it was a plug in the back head hard to reach and it pulled some of the threads out with it. These aluminum heads should be recalled and replaced with steel heads.
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 the federal safety agency 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. While driving various speeds, the vehicle suddenly accelerated independently and there was a sudden increase of engine rpms. In addition, the vehicle would suddenly stall and the fail safe engine sensor indicator illuminated on several occasions. The dealer cleaned the throttle body to remedy the failure, but the failure recurred approximately one year later. The manufacturer was notified of the failures, but no solution was offered. The failure mileage was 100,000.
Throttle/accelerator the car unexpectedly accelerates without pushing the pedal. I have almost hit vehicles and pedestrians. It appears to be getting worse and more dangerous.
I was driving in town going about 40 MPH when the car lost all power, then engine failsafe mode displayed on the information center and a little wrench was also displayed. With no power steering, I had to pull over quickly in lunchtime traffic. After stopping the car, I waited a few seconds and restarted it. No problems with it until the next day when the check engine light came on. I have also noticed a mechanical smell coming from the AC. It appeared, at first, that this problem had come out of nowhere when I suddenly remembered two occasions when the rpms suddenly stuck on 3000 and would not stop until I put the car in neutral. Also, when using cruise control, the whole car shakes and stutters slightly when going up or down very slight inclines.
Tried to pull out on to hwy. The fail safe light came on and shut down engine. Could not steer or control car at all, was very close to having a bad accident.
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
Only had the car for five months driving down the street the check engine light came out car stopped in the middle of the street with my children in it and wouldn't start up..worst car I've ever bought second major incident that has happened since I got the car.it should be a recall major safety violation.
On the interstate headed towards denver, after about an hour, when to accelerate from about 70mph to ascend up the hills, the engine rpms accelerate, however, it feels that the transmission is disengaged (slipping) with no power to the drivetrain resulting in a drastic loss of speed. This happened numerous times in efforts to regain control and maintain speed. This was extremely hazardous as traffic was somewhat congested, and other drivers are expecting me to accelerate, however, vehicle was in a decelerating mode. This was only with light pressure to the accelerator. It sounded as if the gears had stripped in the transmission. We turned around and headed home, auto would not allow speeds over 60mph. Later the same happened at speeds of 35-40 on local roads. These transmissions are extremely dangerous. Ford knows of this problem and refuses to do anything about them.
Approximately two months after service performed under the federal safety agency 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 performed the service and they determined that the electric throttle control was at fault but was not associated with the service they performed 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.
I bought this car a year ago through rondupratt used cars in january 2012 car seemed to drag a little but didn't pay much attention to is as summer came around tried to use the AC it only blew cold on the freeway I just thinking it needed to be serviced buy the time I got the AC charged it was winter again. Buy march of next year the car started doing this weird shaking at every stop light and every stop sign the car would start to shake in april a letter comes in the mail explaining the car was being recalled due to the cars RPM idle surging took the car to fairfield ford an when I got the car back it was worse then it. Had ever been so I decided to go pay rondupratt to diagnostic the car the said where I took the car to didn't perform the recall and the car needed an AC compressor and an egr valve I have gotten the egr valve replaced an the same day the car wouldn't go in to gear so confused on why they are allowed to sell cars that they know are experiencing theses problems and rant willing to do anything to fix the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while at a stop light, the vehicle stalled without warning and shifted into reversed independently. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 49,000.
I purchased a 2005 ford 500 in 2010 from freeway ford in bloomington, mn. The first incident that I had was when my boyfriend was driving at speeds of 70 MPH when all the sudden my vehicle went into engine fail safe mode and lost acceleration. With speeds of 70 MPH and 5 lanes of traffic we are lucky that nothing worse followed. This problem would come up again at random times. A more recent incident was I took my vehicle to the dealership to have them clean the throttle body and reset the module. Since that was taken care of my car has now worsened. It has gone into fail safe mode 5 times in one month. My car will not accelerate normal and when I start it there are times where my RPM are running higher than normal.
2005 ford five hundred. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle throttle body problems. *smd the consumer stated while driving on the highway on a cold and snowy day, she was suddenly faced with the vehicle having no power. She was able tog et off the road, shut the vehicle off and re-started it. When the consumer returned to the highway, she drove a short distance, and the same thing happened. She was able to drive to the dealer and they performed the necessary services and recall. However, one week later, the same thing happened again. Without warning, the vehicle had no power. The dealer replaced the throttle body.
One day in june I was pulling up to a store parking space rolling roughly 5mph. I had my foot on the brake, I was about to stop. Without touching the gas my 2005 ford five hundred lunged at the building as if the throttle was stuck wide open! I had to push the break as hard as I could to keep it from crashing into the store! Ford should have a recall on this issue! It is extremely dangerous! This has happened to many ford five hundred owners! Last month in january my five hundred had other issues. I was driving 35mph and all of a sudden my car had no power, I gave it gas and it would growl but no power. I had to pull over and shut the car off. One restarted it returned to normal but the wrench icon light was on the dash. I have also had an idling problem. While at idle my car would sputter. The RPM's were low and it would idle rough and surge from low to high, I tried hitting the gas pedal and the car stalled! Again other ford five hundred owners also experienced these issues! Ford its time to step up and do a recall!!!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving approximately 60 MPH, the all wheel drive malfunctioned and the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact merged to the shoulder of the road, powered off, then restarted the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the oxygen sensor and dim module needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure and current mileage was 150,000.
In august 2010, I had the continuously variable transmission replaced at ~98,000 miles. Luckily, it was under warranty. Now in october 2012, the second transmission as the service member said at the ford dealership "the transmission exploded, we're not even sure how you were able to drive this vehicle. This was at ~146,000 miles, but there is only ~48,000 miles on the transmission itself. Two transmissions have failed in this vehicle. Searching the internet I have come across several instances of the ford five hundreds continuously variable transmission failing. I called the ford care line to report it, but they claim they are unaware of any issues. My concern is this third transmission will also fail at some point.
Was driving my 2005 five hundred today. I pulled off the highway and stopped at a red light. When the light turned green I had hardly any power. No power steering, all gauges at home and a message say "engine failsafe mode". I turned the car off and restarted with no problems. I've read on different sites where people have had this same issue of the throttle sticking open and the car lunging forward or back nearly causing a wreck.
My car surges. It is mostly at idle speed. It's dangerous. I was at a drive through and a janitor was sweeping. My car surged and I literally stood on the breaks to prevent running over him. At the drive through it surged forward and I had to stand on the breaks to prevent it from ramming into the car ahead. It occurs more when air conditioning is running but will occur without AC on. I the local dealer replaced the throttle body recently but it still surges. It occurs when pulling to a stop at the lights or at the drive through as you slowly move forward. It happens when pulling into a parking spot or when backing up. I've seen news about the problem with the ford escape. My ford 500 is also affected and weighs a whole lot more. If this thing surges forward it could do some serious damage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the wrench warning indicator illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted but the failure continued to recur. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where the vacuum operative valve behind the throttle body was replaced. The failure recurred after the repairs. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 134,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH, the wrench warning indicator illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted but the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where the vacuum operative valve behind the throttle body was replaced. The failure recurred after the repairs. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 121,000.
Rough acceleration from stop for years. After 218,000 miles engine shuts off reporting engine fail-safe mode. Will restart after sitting on side of road for couple, 5-minutes. Dealer states bad throttle body - $900.00 repair. Apparently a common problem.
The electronic throttle body is bad in majority of vehicles in my class year. This costly repair causes the vehicle to lunge forward while in drive and lunge backwards while in reverse. It is worst when the AC is on,,it causes the vehicle to idle high and low to the point of almost shutting off the vehicle in traffic.
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