Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while having the vehicle serviced by an independent mechanic for routine maintenance, he was informed that the upper motor mounts were cracked. An authorized dealer was notified and the contact was awaiting a response. The manufacturer was then notified, but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 82,000.
2005 Ford Five Hundred engine complaints
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A/c compressor problem. After reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. Ford needs to recall and fix.
A/c problem,cool when going down the road. Worm at idle. 05 ford 500.
Car goes into "engine failure mode" while driving. Engine dies and power brakes and steering go out. Went to dealer for injector flush and and throttle body cleaning plus reprogram PCM. Still get "engine failure mode". Very dangerous. My only car. Have been told this is very common problem with these fords and yet no recall. I am out $340 and no lasting fix. At dealer 5/18/1l. What is wrong with getting this repaired correctly. Went to maroone ford, 1333 n. Federal hwy. Fort lauderdale, fl 33304. Car now sitting in my garage. It won't run and I'm afraid to drive it. It starts but is very rough and won't respond to gas pedal. Can I try and drive it back to the dealer at 10 MPH without damaging the engine? I am retired and don't have the big bucks to repair this car. Will ford pay for the repair? The failure mode has happened 4 times since the repair but has "fixed" itself until today.
2005 ford five hundred. Vehicle accelerates without the gas pedal being depressed. Vehicle enters into failsafe mode. Occurrences are intermittent. Diagnostic checks show something other than the real culprit which is a faulty throttle body. Has not been repaired yet. Dealer is asking for 800.00.
I have a 2005 ford five hundred with 68k miles. I was leaving a rest area and accelerating onto the interstate. My car shuddered and had no power. I noticed the engine fail safe mode light. I went to the shoulder and stopped the car. I waited a minute and restarted the car. My check engine light came on. This is repeat of symptoms I had two weeks ago. The ford dealer replaced the throttle body assembly two weeks ago. At that time, I was in line at my grandson's school. Same symptoms except that the car shuddered and then accelerated. Fortunately, I had my foot on the brake. Over the last six months, I have had repeated engine fail safe modes, but have always reset when I turn off the car and wait a few minutes. Ford has a safety issue with this throttle body assembly. Mine has been replaced twice. Car is in the shop for the third time for the same problem.
Air conditioning compressor leaking refrigerate oil, not possible to repair, replace compressor. 2005 ford five hundred 90,000 miles.
Experienced a spark plug blowout requiring replacement of front head. Repair cost $2600. I understand this is a problem on ford trucks. I think ford should investigate why this occurs and fix it! I'm lucky I didn't experience a fire, that would have totaled the car!
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the contact stated that the vehicle stalled. The contact coasted the vehicle to the side of the road, turned it off and restarted it. Once the vehicle was restarted, it began to jerk when accelerated. The contact stated that at times when the vehicle was stopped at a traffic light, it would accelerate slowly upon take-off. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who lubricated a component (the contact was unsure of what component) but the failure continued. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 80,000. Updated 03/24/11*lj updated 05/23/11
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that when driving at any speed, the vehicle would intermittently display a fail safe mode message on the dashboard. The vehicle would then stall once the message was displayed and would not restart. The vehicle would then be towed to an authorized dealer where they were always unable to diagnose the failure. The ecu was replaced approximately three times but the failure persisted. The contact also stated that while in park, the vehicle would attempt to accelerate. The vehicle was not further repaired. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 82,000.
I filled this in already. The consumer stated he experienced an engine fail safe mode problem. Updated 01/28/11.
I took my 2005 ford five hundred sel in for a scheduled oil change a couple of weeks ago and was informed by the mechanic that the torque strut mount, also known as the top motor mount was broken. Price to repair is $619. After doing more extensive research, I have found out that this is apparently a dealer known problem with these particular cars! So, why doesn't ford motor company issue a recall to fix these faulty parts instead of making consumers pay these ridiculous repair bills??!
While reversing my car it will all of a sudden accelerate quickly on its own, I immediately step on the brakes and my car stalls. On the dash board "fail safe engine mode" appears on my console. This has happened about 7 times now.
Our car stalls while driving. It often happens on the highway, but also on residential streets and at all speeds. The car will lurch forward, the lights on the dashboard will all light up, and then the engine will shut down causing us to have to shift into neutral and try to pull over to safety. When we try to restart the car it will sputter and die again. Occasionally we will be able to get it to a parking lot, we have had to be towed home. We have replaced the fuel pump and spark plugs. The ford dealership drove it and ran diagnostics on it for weeks at a time and found nothing to tell them anything. This has been happening every week or so for nearly a year, and no one can tell us what's wrong. There are times when it happens every day, and there are times when it doesn't happen for a month. Many people's description of a defective transmission body matches our description, but that part is, apparently, on backorder. The car is essentially un-drivable, because we cannot count on it to get to us work on time or safely.
Ford five hundred (500). Fail safe engine mode comes on and engine " shuts down" have to pull over and restart car. It seems that it doesn't want to accelerate when you want, but does when you don't want to. Serious safety issue. I had throttle body "cleaned" however, car still is not performing as it should. On top of that I had it serviced, oil change and tune up, and I am still have problems. Problem still is not corrected.
70 degree air blowing at idle and low speed. Lowers to 62 degrees at highway speed. No condensation draining thru condensate tube. Refrigerent evacuated and system charged with fresh 134.
My ford five hundred sel has really been a problem from day one,however,the problem now is get either the check engine light and the fail safe mode together.this car has been in the shop so many times within the last three years until nothing should be wrong with it.
2005 ford 500 has issue with lunging when put into gear. Car started to stall check engine light and throttle light came on took it in no one knew what the code was. Finally found out it was the throttle body needed to be replaced. This issue is happening alot on the five hundreds. Part is on back order as of today over 700 are on backorder some for 5 months ford should be held accountable for this and pay for rental cars for people who are put out.
2005 ford 500 with approx. 85,000 miles lurches forward or in reverse without pressing the accelerator after period of idle such as at a red light or in line at a drive through restaurant. The lurch is significant, violent enough to make passenger think they were hit from behind. I narrowly avoided collisions with cars in front or behind me. Dealer informed me that it was caused by a defective throttle body. Parts to repair are back ordered with a 2 month wait and a cost of $500.00. This is no longer covered by warranty or extended warranty. This defect is dangerous.
The engine surges when I put my car in reverse. It rev's up sometimes in forward but he engine will quickly die. It goes into fail safe mode and only goes at a very low speed.
In my 2005 ford five hundred sedan, the compressor for the air conditioning does not work properly. The air compressor will not cool the car unless you are driving at or above highway speed. When sitting at idle or driving around town, air conditioning system will blow hot air instead of cold. The compressor must be replaced in order for air conditioning system to work properly. Seems to be a very common problem with 2005 and 2006 ford five hundred sedans.
Ford 500 2005 - 74k miles....car started jerking forward as soon as I lift my foot off the brake,which has almost caused me to run into things in a parking lot full of cars. The sensors went out,which I wasn't aware of until I backed into a tree without warning. Now the air conditioning has gone out and it seems my car is not the only one with these problems.
My 2005 ford five hundred has been a very dependable vehicle, except when the compressor went out. After doing much research, it seems that I am not the only one with this issue. Ford should do the right thing and repair the compressors on the ford five hundreds because it is a very high safety concern. I have had to drive around with no air because I cannot afford the repair on top of the monthly payments for the car. If I had known that there was an issue with the compressor going out, and a $1200 bill to ensue, I would have reconsidered buying this vehicle. All the ford five hundred drivers, including me, need help on this across the board repair. It is obviously a manufacturing error and should be made right by ford.
The car would go into "fail safe engine mode." I could not accelerate. This happened several times on the highway putting my life and the life of my family in jeopardy. I suddenly had no power at 65 MPH. I brought it to a ford dealer and mechanic who ran the system on the computer speculating it was the throttle body by cleared data so they could gather more information. These computer checks (3 of them) cost me more than $420.00. Then I was told that the throttle body was indeed faulty. The repair cost me $947.98 to fix. The mechanic told me this should be a ford recall. He also said he wouldn't be surprised if it didn't turn into a class action lawsuit because the problem is so common. A simple google search shows how prevalent this problem is.
No specific events leaning to failure, intermittent. The failure occurred intermittently over the last few weeks, while driving car goes into the engine fail safe mode, trying to drive the car is rather dangerous, car stalls,won't go, then suddenly takes off. Took car to dealership told, throttle body bad and the part is back ordered (the #3 most back ordered part out of 500).
I have a 2005 ford five hundred limited that shuts off the engine with a safe engine mode. The obdii shows a p2111 code that the throttle is stuck open. Is there any recall to this concern.
I have a 2005 ford five hundred and as I was driving up the grape vine in california the transmission started bucking, and kicked in to neutral, I almost got ran off the highway at a couple thousand feet elevation by a semi because the vehicle would not go. I had to leave the vehicle there which is 8 hours from where we reside in arizona.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While approaching a stop sign, the vehicle would no longer go forward. The vehicle would only move in reverse. The contact was close to her residence and drove there in reverse. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and they checked the fluid levels and the transmission light. A diagnostic was performed and the PCM and TCM were reprogrammed. In april of 2008, the vehicle hesitated and the check engine light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to a service center for another diagnostic and was charged over $500. The current mileage was approximately 17,000 and failure mileage was approximately 4,000. Updated 07/15/08. *lj updated 07/15/08
Engine began to lose power while driving in the city(surging). Check engine light came on. Just before getting home the engine backfired through the tailpipe(twice) the car stalled and had to be towed to the dealer. Upon investigation it was found that the engine had blown up. An exhaust valve head and the remains of the piston were found in the oil pan. A new 3 litre duratech engine is going to be ordered under warranty to replace the broken one.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While driving 65 MPH, the vehicle stalled on the highway. The contact was able to pull off the road. On july 11, 2007, the dealer performed a diagnostic test. The vehicle was returned one week later. The failure recurred on july 17, august 31, september 25, october 3, november 2, and december 18. The dealer did not return the vehicle until february 23,2008. The dealer was able to duplicate the failure once the vehicle was returned. The contact experienced the failure again and the dealer picked up the vehicle on march 20, 2008. The dealer replaced the instrument panel. The failure and current mileages were approximately 31,058.
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