The car started to accelerate by itself. And nearly plowed into the car in front of me. Then on the hwy has lose of power nearly rear-ended @60mph check engine light now w/wrench. Diagnosed code p2106 and p2135 throttle body . Occurs more when A/C is on. Had air flow sensor replaced, but problem still exist.
2005 Ford Five Hundred transmission complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred sel. The contact stated that the transmission was replaced and within a couple of days she drove the vehicle again and it stalled. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where they diagnosed that the throttle bottle needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 102, 000.
I purchased a used 2005 ford 500 ltd awd in may 2008. I was told it was a lease turn in. The mileage was very low, under 30,000 miles. The factory warranty expired in july 2008. In october 2008, my dash began malfunctioning. The gauges would go completely dead. I could not tell how fast I was going, how much gas I had left or the temperature of the engine. Nothing on my dash would work. It varied from lasting seconds to appx a half an hour. I drove home one night (it took me appx 25 minutes) not knowing how fast I was going or how much gas I had left. Also, the reverse lights were on when my car was in both drive and park. I stopped at a red light (my car was in drive) and the reverse sensor alarm went off when a car pulled up behind me. We took it to the dealership we bought it from & were told it was a cluster in the dash that was a "known problem with this vehicle" but because it was not a "safety issue" ford did not have to recall this. I feel that not being able to know what speed you are driving down the highway to be a huge safety issue. Also having your reverse lights on while the car is in park or drive seems a bit dangerous as well. We had it repaired and it cost us over 400.00. About 2 weeks ago, we had to have another "cluster" repaired that was making my transmission shake & the check engine light as well another warning light appear. It was a sensor that went bad and was making my car think it was out of gas. This cost us almost 350.00 to repair. Not sure what's going on with the sensors/clusters on these cars but it seems to be a safety issue to me.
My wife was returning home from church in busy traffic. The 2005 500 ford moved into etc - engine failsafe mode. This was a very dangerous situation. This event occurred on saturday, 22 january. We will be in touch with the dealer as soon as monday arrives.
Traveling on mountain highway and attempting to pass tractor trailer depressed throttle and transmission downshifted to next lower gear than slammed into the next lower gear. Loss of all acceleration transmission illuminated. Than transmission appears to have electronically disengaged from engine (no forward movement at all, mind you I was trying to pass) engine revolutions increased to over 7,000 RPM. Both transmission light and check engine light illuminated. After a brief rest at side of rode vehicle restarted and could be moved both lights remained illuminated. After 5 or 10 restarts both error lights extinguished.
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.
2005 ford 500 awd malfunction, fords refusal to offer any compensation for a faulty transmission.
We own a 2005 ford 500 and my wife has taken it to 3 different ford dealers to have an issue looked at. The vehicle has stalled on her over a dozen times while driving down the highway and it has gone into fail safe mode. The vehicle seems to lurch when in gear either drive or reverse. I've looked up the issue on line and it appears to be very common with this model of vehicle. Throttle body and reprogramming of the PCM. I believe this to be a very big safety issue and there needs to be a recall on these before someone gets severely hurt.
Shifting concerns are generally noticed during passing maneuvers with transmission at temperatures greater than 212 f (100 c) operating temperatures. Symptoms may be present during downshift 5-3 at 35 MPH (56 km/h) and/or 4-3 at 20 MPH (32 km/h) with throttle opening at approximately 50% or greater and include: harsh shift and/or clunk noise delayed shift and/or perceived slip/engine flare.
Ford 500 se 2005 . Put the car drive or reverse and the car lunges. Push down on accelerator and car lags . Throttle body defective. Happens every time I drive the car. Part needs to be replaced back ordered until december.
I was driving my ford 500 on the highway, when I lost power to the transmission. I could rev the engine, but no power would go to the transmission. I was lucky able to pull over to the side of the road. The car now has a little lurch when first starting out.
My 2005 ford 500 began to surge when changing from park to reverse and also when changing from park to drive . At time it would change from 800 RPM to 1500 to 2500 RPM . Very scary in tight quarters and in a parking lot . Other times it thought it was a toyota and just take off.fault codes did appear and the dealers first try did nothing to fix the problem . The last time was on the interstate. It terrified my wife. We dropped it off again at the dealer and was told that the repair part would take 14 days . Does ford have that many problems ? I checked the internet and many ford products are having throttle body problems . The replacement part was completely different from the original.
Electronic throttle control is bad. The car lunges forward and back. It also goes into engine fail safe mode. It also caused me a little accident, I went in reverse and the car lunged into the garage wall, broke the frame of garage and car has scratches and marks at the rear. Very scared to drive, wife wont drive. Part is on back-order, and its my only car. Have wife and two kids and I do not want them to drive in the car. This is a serious safety issue and I can not believe how lightly it is getting taken care of. Ford needs to force a recall fast.
2005 ford 500. Car began bucking/surging/accelerating on own when starting to pull out into heavy traffic from shopping center to main road. Strong braking required to control car. Continued to happen, pulled back into shopping center lot. Would happen in drive or reverse with car taking off on own if no brake applied. Car stalled times two. Was able to get car to ford dealership in very near vicinity. Continued to happen for service rep while at dealership. Dealership found electronic throttle body to be at fault. A known problem to exist, so stated. Tsb exists for this. Must replace throttle body with updated model. Unit on backorder. Car undrivable till part arrives. Greater than 1 month backorder on part! Very dangerous situation occurred. Could have been serious accident.
2005 ford five hundred with 51000 miles had check engine light come on. Car accelerates unexpectedly when shifting into reverse or from reverse to drive then lunges forward or backward like it will take off on its own. The engine surge can be felt even standing still at times. Told it is the throttle body and have been waiting for part as it is on backorder. This is an 800.00 repair and I have been waiting almost a month. Someone could be injured when these vehicles lunge forward or backward unexpectedly. I see many many similar complaints with this model car and this particular part. I believe it should be recalled before someone is injured or worse.
I am buying a 2005 ford 500 limited with an 6 spd transmission it now has 136k miles on it. It has been a problem ever since I purchased the vehicle used from crossroads ford in memphis. I had to have the engine replaced at 54k miles. Now the transmission/transaxle is starting to slip and stall in traffic. You start to move from a traffic light and it will go slowly then jump to about 4k to 6k on the tachometer and at that point the car stalls and you are about to be rear ended by other drivers due to the car stalling. According to ford they have known of this problem but only offer selling you a new transmission which they should be responsible for since they built the product even if the factory warranty is gone. Cant afford to buy another car or trade this one in or get the transmission fixed according to ford the replacement is around $4600. Don't have that kind of money lying around.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH on april 15, 2009, the vehicle suddenly decelerated and lost power. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership where the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was then taken to a repair shop where the contact was informed that the motor mount was broken and it was replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000. The current mileage was approximately 41,000.
For approximately the past year our 2005 ford 500 has been lurching when shifting into reverse with the "wrench" symbol on the dash lighting up. I have had the codes run and nothing comes up. I have been doing internet research on this problem and it seems that many people have reported this issue in online forums with many having to have the throttle body replaced, computer reprogrammed and accelerator replaced. This issue has not shown up on for a recall but I do believe it should as my wife drives the vehicle and almost got into an accident with our three young children.
In 2009 I took my ford 500 to sutton ford in the auto mall in matteson, il because I was having an acceleration issue. The AC light and board light was on. They call me and I paid the bill for almost $800.00, they told me that they had repaired the problem and gave me the car back. I returned the car to them the next day because the AC light came back on and the acceleration problem still existed. They replaced a few parts and returned the car to me after a few day. Well the problem was not corrected and they insisted that there was not an acceleration issue with my car and would not work on it any more. Well we have deal with this issue for almost a year later when on last night, may 25, 2010, my husband and I along with my grandson was sitting in the drive through at mcdonalds when we proceeded to have an extreme sudden acceleration. It really scared me and my husband. To our surprise the problem exist. It wanted to jet off at the stop sign and while shifting from park to drive and while backing up. I'm returning the car on tomorrow to sutton ford who was to do the first repair. There is a serious problem with my car and I need to get to the bottom of it before a serious incident occur.
2005 ford five hundred erratic transmission behavior. Unsafe shifting causes car to lunge sideways and vibrate at higher speeds. The downshift delay lunges the car forward making quick stops unsafe and nearly creates a wreck everyday.
In parking spot. Just started car. Foot on brake. Shifted car to reverse gear. After a couple or more seconds, the car lurched, with my foot on the break, and nearly hit a pedestrian walking behind my car. Upon researching this symptom, I discovered other owners of the five hundred, freestyle and taurus reporting the same symptoms. The culprit appears to be a malfunctioning throttle body, which is or was in short supply for replacement. This particular incident is not the first time I experienced this event. This is just the first time a pedestrian was at risk. The pedestrian can be contacted for verification.
Transmission bucked when trying to pass at highway speeds. Vehicle has 73,000 miles and now transmission has to be replaced. Entire transmission replaced due to seal failure inside transmission.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While driving at approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle suddenly downshifted gears and the rpms began to increase. The vehicle did not increase in speed and it stayed in one gear. The problem occurred five times. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership but the dealer could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was approximately 41,000. The failure mileage was approximately 31,000.
Car fails to down shift when accelerating hard. Transmission slips and becomes disengaged. This prevents me from safely accelerating to pass or avoid other vehicles. Transmission problem are chronic on this 2005 ford five hundred 6 speed transmission.
Car hesitates then lunges forward, and even feels like throttle gets stuck..
Just purchased a 2005 five hundred with 32000 miles and had to bring back to dealer for transmission up-down hard shifting. They said they had to flash w/new software. Picked up and did not notice any difference, still hard shifting. Have 10 days left on my 60 day warranty. Will bring back to dealer for diagnostics. Sounds to me that a huge amount of loyal ford customers are having a huge problem with the this transmission. I suppose I will have an transmission failure soon to come. Why in gods name is nobody doing something about this problem. I also had to have my driver heated seat pads replaced because of failure.
I own a 2005 ford 500 (purchased 9/08 with 32k) currently has 58k; took to dealership last week due to transmission slipping at various speeds on city streets as well as interstate speeds (car jerks erratically); was advised it was a "computer glitch" & dealer charged $80 for diagnostics. Tonight I was driving down a city street when suddenly the car began to jerk erratically again only this time the display panel read "failsafe engine mode" and the check engine light (yellow wrench light) came on; once I got home I shut the car off; restarted it and the display panel cleared but from what I'm reading on different forums is that this could be a multitude of issues; car is under extended warranty; will be taking to dealership tomorrow.
My wife has a 2005 ford 500 and we witness a sudden lurch when shifting the vehicle out of park, andeven at times where we are at a standstill. This has been happening off and on for at least 2 years. We have contacted our local ford dealership and we keep getting told its the air filter being dirty. I cleaned the filter(k&n) and reinserted it in the vehicle. We have not had any injuries or accidents as of yet, but we are afraid of the time where it does do it and cause an accident. Have there been other complaints about this problem?
I was driving my vehicle on a city road doing 30mph when the car made a horrible exploding sound. After that point the car was making numerous grinding noises and would not accelerate. I stopped and had the car towed. The dealer told me it was electronic and wanted $1800 to fix it, but would not guarantee that it would fix the car. I got a second opinion and they showed me the inside of the transmission which was in shrapnel sized pieces. The damage was obviously not electronic. The vehicle is out of warranty by time but only has 33k miles on it. I am 70+ years old and have never driven the vehicle in any way that could cause this type of damage. I have spoken to several dealers and to ford customer service and no one will help me. The repair is over $6000 and I have no guarantees that it will not happen again. There is an obvious massive mechanical defect in the vehicle that needs to be investigated. I have seen numerous complaints on this transmission yet ford does not seem to acknowledge the problem even after saturn had the same problems on a similar transmission.
2005 ford freestyle...throttle body issues, when the car is put into drive it jumps forward. Rpm's run high on the car at all times. The car will also jump in reverse it also sounds like it is going to drop the transmission at times. This vehicle does this all of the time. It also wants to shut down when you attempt to accelerate, like to get onto freeway for example. I have searched the internet and know this is not an isolated incident! This is clearly a huge accident waiting to happen, not to mention 800.00 dollars in repairs. I was almost killed in my 1995 ford f-250 power stroke due to cam sensor issues, which was recalled right after I paid for a tow truck and repairs. This issue needs serious attention before someone gets killed, if they haven't already! Ford needs to be held accountable. Please pay attention to this! I will be replacing this part as soon as I can find one. I have taken this vehicle to a mechanic but not to ford dealership yet. I no longer trust ford! Not to mention, I cannot afford them...
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