While driving the front end suspension slips, bounces up and down very harshly, tires slip, squeak, and slide in an hard to control way, sometimes into oncoming traffic when in slightly damp conditions an on roads with any amount of bumps, to the point that I need to drive extremely slow to avoid danger which in turn puts my and my passengers and my kids in danger by goin to slow in regards to the traffic around us. When hitting relatively small bumps the suspension bounces the car severely up and down and across the road into harms way.
Ford Five Hundred grinding brakes problems
23 of the 1,074 owner complaints about the Ford Five Hundred describe grinding or squealing brakes, most of them for the 2005 model year.
- owner complaints
- 23
- worst model year
- 2005
- typical mileage
- 38,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
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What owners say
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford five hundred limited. The contact stated that while driving 60 MPH, the engine started to make a loud grinding noise and no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle jerked in a forward motion. The contact applied the accelerator pedal and the vehicle resumed its normal operations. The failure occurred on two different occasions. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The technician diagnosed that the CVT transmission and that the drive shaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 89,000 and the current mileage was 90,000. ## VIN passed ## 2006 ford 500 limited ##
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 ford five hundred. The contact stated that the transmission would exhibit an abnormal grinding when shifted into neutral or park. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed that the rolling bearing inside of the transmission was defective and as a result, the transmission would need to be rebuilt. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 95,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. The contact was driving approximately 2 MPH in the driveway. When pressure was applied to the brake pedal, a loud grinding noise sounded. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis; and the brake lining kit was replaced under a voluntary recall issued by the manufacturer. The identical failure occurred three years later. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the rotors and brake lining kit were replaced. The failure mileage was 76,400. Updated 02/17/11*lj updated 05/02/11
2006 ford five hundred. Consumer writes regarding premature pad and rotor wear *tgw the consumer stated she heard a grinding noise and/or dragging noise coming from the rear wheels. The left and right wheels needed new brakes and rotors. The consumer stated an extended warranty had been issued for the brakes in 2007, because ford knew there was a problem. Also, the blower motor behind the glove box had to be replaced and the rear window defroster was defective and had to be replaced as well. The gasket between the crank shaft support housing was replaced.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While driving approximately 5 MPH pressure was applied to the brake pedal and she could hear a squeaking noise in the brakes. The failure began to occur more frequently when pressure was applied to the brake pedal. She was notified by the manufacturer of an unknown brake recall so the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was repaired. The failure continued to occur. While the vehicle was parked she opened the front passenger side door and noticed water leaking from the bottom of the door panel. The vehicle was not examined for the cause of failure but she installed window rain guards on all four windows. The failure continued to occur. While driving approximately 35 MPH she could feel the vehicle shaking in the steering wheel. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the oem motor mount and bracket were replaced. The failure had not recurred. She also stated that while the vehicle was parked she turned on the air conditioner but there was only minor air flow coming through the vents. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where a new compressor and expansion valve were installed. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 80,000. Updated 12/23/10*lj the blend door motor was replaced. Updated 04/06/11 updated 05/26/11 *bf updated 05/31/11
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. While washing the vehicle the contact noticed that the rear brakes were hotter than the front brakes and they began making a squeaky noise when applied at any speed. The failure mileage was 14000 and the current mileage was 86000.
Driving our ford five hundred 2005 sel at 30 miles per hour my wife and felt a sudden crack on the drivers right rear side. I stopped the car and saw that the position of the tire was not adequate and suspected a damper situation, not so. Luckily we were 5 blocks away of a friendly ford dealer, we drove with painfully squeaking tire there and when inspected the rear cross member had a crack where the welding of the adjusting camber caster is. We thanked the lord we were not on the highway as it would have been certain death. I know this is a structural failure as is the whole rear cross member part and believe is sufficient for a recall of all ford five hundred ford the car has only 55,000 miles an is a 2005 sel model.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford five hundred. The contact heard a grinding noise coming from the vehicle. A mechanic stated that the brake pads were grinding into the rotors. The contact believes the brakes are defective because of the low mileage on the vehicle. The vehicle will be repaired at his expense. The dealer stated that the vehicle was out of warranty and no recall was available. The contact feels that a recall should be issued. He discovered several other consumers who were experiencing failures with the brake pads and rotors with such low mileages on their vehicles. The failure mileage was 29,000 and current mileage was 30,544.
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The model years with the most reports are 2005 (15 complaints) and 2006 (8 complaints).
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