I own a 2005 ford 500. I have had to have the right passenger front ball joint tightened several times. The local ford dealer does not what is causing this issue. The ball joint becomes loose cause the front end to come out of alignment and will jerk the car across the highway.
2005 Ford Five Hundred suspension complaints
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Driving my 2005 ford 500 with 36, 216 miles to work in a.m. On 1/22/07, suddenly experienced car going from side to side while driving on highway. Hard to control, had to greatly reduce speed to keep control of vehicle. Upon accelerating, felt as if I was having to pull the vehicle down the road. Took immediately to ford dealership and was told that the sway bar in the rear was bad. Service told me that this was very unusual and advised me to contact ford directly. Phoned ford and was told that they would have to research the sway bar problem more and would contact me within 2-3 business days. Currently waiting on parts for repair, as dealership does not keep them in stock due to this being a very rare occurrence. Service feels that factory sway bar must have been defective.
Vibration on right front of car during speeds of 55 MPH to 62 mp. Replaced continental tires with michelin and vibration still occurs.
Rear and front suspension have failed within five months of possession. First repair attempt on rear suspension occurred in may 2006, just 4 weeks after purchasing the 2005 model. Ford certified technicians claimed there was a loose bracket and that problem was solved but problem with noise and hard bounce still occurred. Second repair attempt occurred one month later, found broken right, rear shock. Repair took three days. Four days later had to return to get front end aligned. On september 9, 2006, took back again for same noise coming from right rear shock. Certified technicians stated that there was not fix for problem and simply greased cables. Taking back to shop to address front suspension noise and handling problem.
Ford five hundred 2005 with brake failure, defective radio, driver side window regulator replaced twice. *** no answer required*** *ts there was a noise in the rear end of the vehicle, the left rear brake caliper at the piston seal was leaking.
Continuation of suspension and brake problems after last filing with the federal safety agency. Braking in wet weather, descending steep grade, car pulls and fades. 2 days after longmont ford had car for 6 days and returned it with clean bill of health. Omera ford diagnosed brake and transmission programming problems and once again turned down rear rotors to very close to minimum specifications. Consumer report jan 2005 reports similar issues with braking, auto-week may-16-2005 reports brake fade and stability problems in their test track report. This is a first model year car for ford which is based off of a modified volvo design of under-carriage. The vehicle is now parked with an affidavit of non use on it because of the number of incidents and repairs that have occurred on rear suspension and brakes. Ford at arbitration maintained that in late july there were more tsb's issued for the 2005 ford 500, but I am unable to find same on the federal safety agency website. With the number of independent trade and consumer publications that site the same issues that I am having with this car, I petition the federal safety agency to pull some of these early model cars and subject them to suspension and braking test as stated in the federal safety agency 99.6583-1 consumer braking information initiative, aberdeen test center fall 1998.
Problems with suspension on 2005 ford 500's. Numerous technical service bulletins address rear brake and suspension problems. Lemon law criteria meet in colorado, submitted certified mail and it took ford over a week to accept letter, only after I visited attorney general. Car could not be driven at speed limit on I-80 creating a dangerous situation. As of today the car is at the ford dealer again. Ford regional rep says they won't take it back. Tuesday 4/19/2005 miles in to dealer 2091 miles problems going to lincoln, nebraska, could not hold speed limit on I-80 because of handling problems and suspension reporting vibrations and noises to driver. No trouble found balanced 1 tire with oz of weight. Friday 5/06/2005 miles in to dealer 2523 miles same story as above. Replaced rear brake pads, machined rotors installed ford part # 5f9z-2200-b kit brake sho ford part # 5g1z-18125fa rear struts times 2 lubricated e-brake cable per ford tsb service manager took for test ride and problems persist with service manager driving. Monday 5/16/2005 miles in to dealer 2556 same story as above failed test ride by service manager on 5/06/2005 service ticket ford part # 5f9z-5500-ar arm assembly right rear ford part # 5g1z-5a772-b bar stabilizer rear (2 times) this time I have been without use of the vehicle or loaner since friday may 6 2005. 11 days.
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