Purchased a new ford five hundred in 2007. Have kept up with all regular maintenance. After putting about 20,000 miles on the vehicle, I started having a problem with sudden acceleration. I would come to a stop at an intersection, mailbox, or drive-thru and let my foot off the brakes and the car would "jump" -- accelerate on its own. My foot would not even be on the gas pedal. I took it to the ford dealership and was told that the transmission had to be "reprogrammed". I specifically asked could it be a problem with fuel system and was told no. I had the work completed but the problem persists to this day. I have had several near misses with rear end collisions. Finally as I was entering a parking space, the car accelerated on its own and hit a post in front of the parking space.
2007 Ford Five Hundred transmission complaints
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2007 ford five hundred sel accelerating and lunging while pulling into a parking spot, garage, or drive-thru lane. Occurs in drive and in reverse. Sudden acceleration lunges the car several feet and has caused several near-miss incidents. Can't park too close to another car in parking lot or garage or pull up behind another car very close at a red light for fear of car lunging into the car in front. Very scary not being able to control this. Afraid to coast into parking spot without foot on brake for fear of hitting someone or some thing.
In september 2010 (at 42k miles), my 2007 ford five hundred sel started to suddenly lurch forward or backward when shifted from park, especially if the front end was sitting higher. When this happened, the wrench and check engine icons would light up and the car lost 95% of its power. Turning off the engine for 30 seconds or so would cause the wrench icon to turn off, but the check engine icon would stay lit. The car would drive normally and the check engine light would turn off overnight. After this happened several times, a ford dealer said that itwas the TCM module which wasn't covered by my extended warranty. I paid $1000 to have the TCM replaced by a certified ford mechanic. In april 2011 the car began to repeat the same symptoms. I've had the car to 3 ford dealers, but they all say they can't do anything unless the car is actually malfunctioning at the time. I was passing another vehicle on a 2 lane highway recently when the last incident occurred. Fortunately, I was able to get back into my lane before meeting an oncoming car. I say fortunately because the car loses all power until the wrench icon goes out! This is a tremendous safety hazard and I don't understand why ford is "stonewalling". Didn't they learn from toyota's brake issues?
2007 ford five hundreds frequently surge forward and backward when first put into gear. There are hundreds, if not thousands of owners of these cars with the same safety issue - potential running over/into people/other cars & structures.
Car was jerking on acceleration, was told there were no codes even though the light was flashing it is still doing it only worse the light is on solid now and the car is now out of warranty. It would also jerk when taken out of park or when in traffic sitting idle, once I thought I was rear ended. I took it to the mechanics and they told me this is 'normal' behavior and there was nothing wrong with the car. It will not even stay running now when warm and it dies.
2007 ford 500 transmission problem. Driving on interstate and the transmission starts to buck out of the blue. Cannot pass people on normal roads or barely make it up hills, acceleration is very slow. Failure occurs every time the car is driven, getting worse every day. It used to occur at higher speeds, now it is happening anywhere above 30mph. Have not done anything to correct problem, been reading up on it; and everyone has the problem and there is no "cheap" fix yet.
2007 ford 500 car surges in drive and reverse. When backing out of parking places car motor races and car surges 3 to 4 feet. So far we have not hit anyone.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford five hundred. The contact attempted to start the vehicle but it would not shift into drive or reverse. The gear shift knob moved and the engine revved but the gears would not change. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer who was able to get the gears to change but could determine the cause of failure. The failure mileage was 35,000 and the current mileage was 40,200.
Car lurches at inappropriate times. This occurs mostly when putting it into reverse from park.
Car: 2007 ford 500 limited. Moving shift lever from park to reverse or to drive, after about 1 second the car "lurches" forward or backward. I keep the brake locked down when changing gears for several seconds until im sure it wont jump but I have to remember to do it. This is dangerous. When this first started happening, I almost ran over someone. I hope you can identify the problem and let me know or have ford put out a safety recall and a fix for the problem. Thanks
We have a 2007 ford five hundred and have had issues with the throttle body causing a surge and lunge when we put the car from idle to reverse or drive. The car will lunge forward suddenly causing some near accidents. On two separate occasions when the temperatures are in the 90's and the AC is on full blast the car will surge and lunge in reverse and then stall. The mechanic said it was do to an issue with the throttle body and that there have been many other similar complaints. I was thinking that there should be some sort of recall for the throttle body in ford five hundreds, because this is a major safety issue!
Car: 2007 ford 500 limited. Moving shift lever from park to reverse or to drive, after about 1 second the car "lurches" forward or backward. I keep the brake locked down when changing gears for several seconds until I'm sure it won't jump.this is dangerous. When this first started happening, I almost ran over someone in a parking lot as I wanted to back out of a parking spot. I took this in for service and mentioned it to the service manager. As he drove the car around to the back, he said he noticed it too and asked the transmission man to look it over. Since I was having the transmission oil changed, he thought it might be related to old fluid. (car had about 70k miles at the time). Its about 5k miles since the service and the caris as bad or worse than it has ever been. I believe the problem is related to the computer getting a wrong signal from one of the throttle sensors and causing the engine to surge. Dealer said he had not seen the problem before and didn't know what to do. The problem is still occurring but since only my wife and I drive the car, we are compensating by holding the brake for several seconds after moving the shift lever. I hope you can identify the problem and let me know or have ford put out a safety recall and a fix for the problem. Thanks
2007 ford five hundred lunges when put in drive or reverse. Happens all the time. Car has 130k miles.
Yet another idle surge issue. The federal safety agency site is loaded with them, and the internet has even more. Vehicle surges dramatically when removed from park and placed in reverse or drive, especially with A/C on. Also surges forward on initial acceleration from a stop. I own automotive test equipment, and can see the engine computer commanding the throttle in excess of 16% without throttle being applied. The situation has been occurring over a year. It's obvious that it's a "throttle-by-wire" issue involving the computerized throttle control system. Vehicle borders on unsafe to drive.
Ford 500 throttle body bad. No parts available. Making payments on car I can't drive. No way to get to work.
My wife has a 2007 ford 500. Since 40k miles, she's had continous problems with the vehicle surging at inappropriate times. I also had a 2007 model 500 as a company car. I began experiencing the same problems in/around the same mileage. Several other people with our company were also driving 500's and experienced the same problems. Ford sent a representative to green ford in greensboro, nc and diagnosed the problem as the electronic throttle body. The vehicles were repaired out of warranty. The problem has gotten progressively worse. As a result and after the vehicle almost surged into our daughter, I took my wife's car to the ford dealership today. The service rep acknowledged "some problems" with the throttle body, but advised it was not a problem in all vehicles. I told him about the same problems with my 500 and the problems with the other company cars. I even offered to provide him the name and contact information for the other dealership, but was told they were in a "different district" and had a different reprsentative. I asked if they communicated with each other to which I received an intelligeible response. I work as an insurance investigator and will ensure this problem is not overlooked. I've almost wrecked the car 3 times in our carport and parking lots as a result of sudden surge. It appears toyota is not the only car company with sudden surges and/or problems with throttle problems. We've been fortunate that nobody has been injured, but I don't believe someone should be hurt or worse before a company does the right thing and takes a proactive response to a known problem. Thank you.
Engine idle speed is excessive at intermittent intervals while transmission is in reverse, causes vehicle to inadvertently accelerate at inappropriate speeds. Local repair shop scanned vehicles repair codes, determined it to be a transmission failure. Authorized dealership, said nothing was wrong with the vehicle after they scanned it. Vehicle, went into a "creep mode" immediately following one of the instances, but the computer reset itself after several minutes.
With A/C on I start car. Put car in forward or reverse. Engine surges then settles down, this is quite dangerous. Brought it in for warranty help. Was informed that it may be throttle body and throttle body is not covered in drivetrain warranty. Ford, are you kidding me? Vehicle has 41,170 miles, the warranty for this item apparently ran out at 36,000 miles. This is a safety issue more than anything. This is a huge safety issue. Putting car in gear and having the engine surge is a recipe for disaster.
It started out as a loud thump that rocked the car when shifting into gear... That has continued but now it also when accelerating hesitates then you hear the thump and then it will accelerate. I have had this at my dealership 3 times now and they refuse to fix it. They continually say the cannot "recreate" the problem. I also have a airleak in the car that is so loud you cannot hear the radio when driving on a interstate. They are blaming that on the antenna on the outside of the car. I have less then 20,000 miles on this car and a extended warranty. I have no idea what to do to make them fix it. I worry about the safety of this, I have a newborn and am afraid if it is the transmission, which it sounds like, that it could seize up and possibly cause a accident.
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