Check system light on. Turn off motor and light goes off intermittently. Taken to dealership and told "mechatronics unit" within transmission needs to be replaced. Only 45,000 miles on car and within 60,000 mile warranty, but over the 5 yr warranty time limit. The federal safety agency site shows systemic problems with powertrain on these vehicles.
2007 Ford Five Hundred transmission complaints
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Wrench indicator light came on and car began to spotter and surge. The next day I took it to the ford dealership and the wrench light and check engine came on. Car stalled out 2 times on the way to the dealer. Dealer wants $950 to replace throttle body.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated then the vehicle produced a loud noise and failed to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for inspection. The vehicle was diagnosed with an issue with the transmission but the exact diagnosis was unknown. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the incident. The failure mileage was 126,489.
This ford 500, like thousands of others I see after researching this issue, has a lunging problem.... I must depress the break pedal fully in order to keep this car from jumping out of the garage. We had a near miss with a pedestrian walking their dog. We now back into the garage as to have full view of our sidewalk. This is a horrible wide spread problem with these vehicles. The proof is all over the internet. What is ford waiting for? I have several payments on a car that has an extremely dangerous defect ask any other ford five hundred owner. What is the answer to this problem? It is a major safety issue!!
My 2007 ford five hundred is acting up. When you put it in reverse or drive it revs up and jumps. I have to make sure I have my foot firmly on the brake so it doesn't cause a serious accident. Now it is starting to rev up and jump when im sitting at a stop sign. This past friday I was sitting at a stop sign and it revved up and jumped and almost caused me to rearend a car in front of me. Is there a recall on this problem. I really need this fixed before it gets worse and it kills me or I kill someone else. When you are sitting with the car in gear with the air conditioner off the RPM needle will move without giving it any gas. It should not do this. Please help me and let me know if their is a recall on something that could cause this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while accelerating from a traffic stop, the transmission failed to operate with a sudden increase of engine rpms. The vehicle was coasted down an incline and then the transmission began to operate normally. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated that the transmission would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. The VIN was unavailable.
When put into drive or reverse the whole car lurches forward and could cause an accident if you are not carefully. This seems to be a very common problem. Going to take it to the dealership and see what they say is wrong. But this should definitely be looked into by ford before someone gets hurt or killed.
At very low speeds (example in a parking lot) trying to park the car it will surge really hard even when foot is on brake.. Makes parking very dangerous.. I almost hit a person and almost wrecked into another car another time.. When shifting from park to reverse with foot on brake the rpms go away up and it is as if someone is flooring the gas pedal.
The vehicle surges/lunges forward/backward when going from park to reverse/drive without any gas being applied. When brake is applied the vehicle still doesn't stop and I have no control of the car when it happens. The car mainly does it when the air condition is on, but will do it other times as well. The car has shut off twice while driving with the wrench light appearing on the instrument cluster. When I tried to restart the car it shut off again. When I turned the air conditioning off the car stopped shutting off. This is very dangerous and should be recalled by ford, before someone gets seriously hurt. I'm having to pay out $800 for a part that has been reported by thousands of other ford owners. Ford needs to recall this part.
Car accelerates when air conditioning is on (more so when turning wheel) whether in drive or reverse. Already had accident in reverse. Noted several complains about this from owners on google. Almost had another accident in jack in the box drive thru where car accelerated unexpectedly. Missed car in front of me by inches. Had foot on brake, car was in drive but not moving when this happen. Acceleration over powered brake pressure. Very, very scary. Please help. Otherwise love car. Please contact my cousin. See below.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle accelerated abnormally. The contact stated that the vehicle would also jerk abnormally when in drive. The dealer was notified of the failure however, the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure and current mileage was about 150,000. Updated 10/16/12 *cn the consumer stated the vehicle went over a curb and eventually hit a metal where a sign once was. The vehicle was jerking before the accident. Updated 10/24/2012
When car was placed in gear throttle surged causing car to jump while foot still on the brake., also surges when pulling slowly into parking place.
When after starting car and gear shift put into either drive or reverse the engine will surge causing car to lunge. If not aware of issue and have foot on brake would hit what ever in the way of car. The same thing happens when pulling into or out of parking space. I had my car fixed at a ford dealer and then contacted ford motor about the problem and they don't seem to take the issue seriously. According to my ford dealer the problem is in the throttle body. I went out on the internet and found other ford 500 owners reporting the same thing. The big problem is that it doesn't happen all of the time. The main reason for this compliant is that ford doesn't want to acknowledge they have a problem.
The transmission will engage the engine and leap forward without giving it any gas. No creep, just leaps forward several yards. .. Updated 08-27-12
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. While stopped with the brakes depressed, the vehicle suddenly jerked forward. The vehicle would also stall intermittently after the jerking. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technician replaced the transmission kit but after the repair, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 90,000.
The car surges while sitting at a stop light or stop sign also while going slow backing out of garage or driving slow in a parking lot. I am afraid I will hit some or someone when car is surging the tach will jump to 2000 or more rpms while sitting or going slow..something needs to be done !!!
With the A/C on and the car traveling at low speed, the car surges(lurches) forward or in reverse depending on the gear shift selector. It happens, for example, when pulling in to a parking stall. As I'm approaching the final position where I'm nearly ready to put the gear shift in park, the car will lurch forward nearly hitting the car parked in front of me. It also happens when pulling into my garage or at a stop light. Occurrences are obviously when it's hot outside which is why I've got the A/C on. It doesn't happen all the time with the A/C on, just some of the time.
My 2007 ford five hundred sel fwd with the 3.0 v-6 (81,421 miles) and 6 speed automatic transmission will intermittently surge forward or backwards without gas pedal application when idling in gear. It is as if I floored in a jackrabbit start. It does not do this every time that the car goes to idle in drive or reverse (for example, if I am in traffic at a stoplight) but it will do this at least once every time I drive. I have had to keep my right foot firmly on the brake pedal while backing or in a parking lot to keep the car from hitting pedestrians, other cars, sign poles in parking lots and my carport's wall. It will suddenly rev up when in either drive or reverse without my foot on the gas pedal and try to move in an uncontrolled manner. It may only do it once or it may do it three or four times in just as many seconds. I was unaware of this problem and nearly hit another car the first time this happened. There was no warning. No check engine light activated. My car is equipped with a tachometer, I have seen it jump as high as 2000 RPM from a 750 RPM idle and then fall right back to 750. The fact that I have not hit anyone yet is proof that this is not a pedal misapplication error, but my concern is that an inexperienced driver or someone who is unaware of this defect will be surprised by it and kill or injure themselves or someone else. This is the first time I have ever owned a vehicle with such a problem I took my car to my local ford dealer and was told that the problem is a defective throttle body which is being replaced tomorrow. I researched this problem on the internet and have found reports that the replacement part is no better than the original. The fact that a defective part can cause a vehicle to act in such a dangerous manner is symptomatic of a factory defect and should be acted upon by the federal safety agency as soon as possible.
Starting around march 2011, my 2007 ford 500 would lurch when I moved it from park to reverse or from park to drive. It seemed to get worse with the air conditioner on. I took it in for service and they "cleaned" the throttle body. This did not really fix the problem. Since then, the problem has gotten much worse. It now lurches when I am sitting still. If the brake is not all the way to the floor, it will lurch several inches. I have almost had several wrecks because of this. I am scared to drive the car. It now has 95,000 miles on it but is not paid off yet. I was quoted $800 to fix the throttle body. I feel like with the extent of the complaints on this part, ford should recall this product on all of these vehicles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle exhibited several instances of unintended acceleration. The contact stated that the failure occurred when the vehicle was placed into drive or reverse and also when the air conditioner was activated. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 60,000. Updated 03/16/12 *bf the consumer stated the vehicle lunged forward when he shifted the gear from park to drive or from park to reverse. It caused a loud banging noise in the transmission. Updated 05/10/12
Was stopped at a drive-thru window and when I went to pull up to receive my food, the car lurched ahead of the window. I put the car in reverse to pick up my food and it lurched so fast backward that I had no control of it, even with my foot on the brake. This caused a crash into the front of another car. I have never had an accident and I am a careful driver. I received a moving violation and there was damage done to both cars. Enough damage that our insurance company is involved. Ford should do something about these lurch problems before someone is killed. Thank goodness no one was in front of me or they would have been killed, please, ford, do something about these fords that have this problem.
The vehicle lunges when shift lever is moved from park to drive or reverse upon starting. It does not happen everytime, but when it does happen, it is a marked move, enough to go thru a garage, jump a curb or hit a passerby. It seems to happen more often when the car is started, and then waiting a few seconds before moving the shift (time to put on seat belt). Put your foot on brake, shift to gear and wonder if it will jump or not. It became noticable at about 65,000 miles and has become worse. The car has about 76,000 miles on it now. It seems other ford 500 owners are experience similar problems. I would hope ford does something to rectify this issue.
Car will "jump" when shifting into drive or reverse gears!! Sometimes the car wont immediately accelerate when applying gas. Was told my multiple mechanics that I was the throttle body control causing this but ford wont do anything about this!!
In november of 2010 my 2007 ford 500 began to "leap" foward or backward after shifting from park to reverse or drive. This action has continued for the following months. It seems to be happening more and more often. In may of 2011 it "lunged" when I was backing out of my driveway causing damage to both my vehicle and my husbands who was parked near me. I took it to the dealership today after it "lunged" in a parking lot last week almost hitting a child walking by. I assumed it was the transmission. However, I am told it's a bad electronic throttle body and is not covered under the powertrain warranty. I am told it will go out sometime, there isn't any way of knowing when but it will go into "fail safe mode". After searching online I see ford had a recall on this part that included models older then mine. The problem isn't fixed as many ford owners are experiencing the same problem.
When car is in either drive or reverse and the car is idling then the car will lung and almost caused numerous accidents.
I have a 2007 ford 500 that started surging forward and backward. I took the car and my extended warranty to a ford dealership only to learn that the dealer that I bought the car from had back-dated my warranty to the time the car was put in service. (I had purchased the car as a "program" car.) my warranty had run out according to them 6 days before I took it to the dealership. I wrote a letter to ford and they refused to honor it even though I thought I had purchased a 5 year, 100,000 mile warranty. The car is still surging forward and backward and ford refuses to do anything. I will never purchase another ford product. I have owned lincolns and fords all of my life and I will never get another one. I cannot believe ford refuses to take care of their customers. This is obviously a safety hazard that ford needs to repair. Seeing all of the complaints that people have sent in, ford knows that they are in the wrong and still they do nothing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle received repairs for an intermittent loss of communication between the trans control and the onboard computer. After repairs, the contact stated that the vehicle would abnormally accelerate sporadically. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the dealer was unable to diagnose the exact cause of failure. The dealer then updated the PCM and made no further repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,226, and the current mileage was 43,623.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact stated that while driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle began to decelerate. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnostics, where the technicians stated that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The failure continued after the repairs were performed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where the technicians stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired a second time. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
The vehicle lunges forward on its own power. The gas pedal is not pressed and it is not obstructed by any foreign or manufactured object. This has resulted in many near crashes.
My 2007 ford five hundred has recently start "lunging" forward. The dealership tells me it is the throttle body and it needs to be totally replaced. Recently when I was at an intersection, I took my foot off the brake and the car lunged forward into traffic. I was able to stop the vehicle in time to prevent an accident. A few days ago someone walked in front of the vehicle while in a parking lot and the car happened to lurch forward. I was able to apply the brake quickly enough to prevent him from being run over. I've been told this part is not covered under my extended warranty.
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