Ford Five Hundred slipping problems

Filed Nov 19, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 104,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission was slipping. The contact restarted the vehicle and the transmission worked as designed for a while. While traveling up a hill or at a stop light, the vehicle would drift backwards. The contact had to let the vehicle drift to shift into gear. At times the vehicle failed to shift. The engine and wrench warning lights were illuminated. The contact was concerned about driving the vehicle. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.

Filed Aug 29, 2020 · Driver assistance, Engine · FL

The car is surging and feels like it is about to fall apart the car has low miles and the engine feels like the transmission is slipping but was told that this is a common problem with the ford 500 I see there is a extended warranty but I just recently purchased this car and seems like the warranty expired and I see ford is aware of this and refuses to fix this issue which is a hazardous condition and I feel like that im going to have to get a lawyer to get anything done because ford is refusing to fix this issue with these cars and its very dangerous driving the car makes a loud knock and the engine drops back in and its breaking the motor mounts

Filed Dec 4, 2017 · Electrical · 110,000 miles · OH

While driving, the instrument cluster bottoms out on the speedometer, tach, and all other warnings - backup lights come on and the instrument panel lights go out.. Sometimes it will come back on by pretty quickly, other times it will be that way for a week or more. This is very dangerous and from research I've done is happening to many people. Why has there not been a recall to fix the problem? There is a tsb 06-17-9 dated 9/4/2006 but no remedy by ford. Also after having the transmission fluid changed at the recommended mileage the transmission then started slipping and had to eventually be replaced.

Filed May 17, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 89,600 miles · CO

On the interstate headed towards denver, after about an hour, when to accelerate from about 70mph to ascend up the hills, the engine rpms accelerate, however, it feels that the transmission is disengaged (slipping) with no power to the drivetrain resulting in a drastic loss of speed. This happened numerous times in efforts to regain control and maintain speed. This was extremely hazardous as traffic was somewhat congested, and other drivers are expecting me to accelerate, however, vehicle was in a decelerating mode. This was only with light pressure to the accelerator. It sounded as if the gears had stripped in the transmission. We turned around and headed home, auto would not allow speeds over 60mph. Later the same happened at speeds of 35-40 on local roads. These transmissions are extremely dangerous. Ford knows of this problem and refuses to do anything about them.

Filed Jun 18, 2012 · Engine, Transmission · 47,000 miles · MO

Vehicle shifts hard when hitting passing gear on highway like transmission is slipping or going out. Lose all power and car will buck back and forth. Also does it when transmission down shifts and then tries to upshift when accelerating and engine warm.

Filed May 25, 2012 · Transmission · 48,000 miles · NH

Vehicle slipped out of drive into neutral while ascending hill. I had to pull over completely and stop, shift into low and slowly back into drive. The car behind me almost rear ended me as I had lost power with no warning. Car once warmed starts to buck violently while driving at an even speed, bucks violently when coming to a stop and randomly slips out of gear with no warning. I have had this car since 2009 and have pot less then 20000 miles on it. The dealer tells me the computer does not read any problems.

Filed Jun 9, 2011 · Transmission · 114,000 miles · NC

I own a 2006 ford 500. Cvt transmission. 114,000 miles . 3 weeks ago, I noticed a surging on occasions . Felt like it needed tune up. After tuneup the surging continued.my mechanic said to take it to a ford dealer , have it checked out. When I did , was told by the service manager that I needed a new transmission slipping on cones in transmission, cost $5600.. Said could not rebuild transmission , because ford did not supply them with the equipment to do this. Said they ran test to find problem while driving. Was told they also checked transmission fluid, and it was ok.cost was $80. To find problem.that afternoon , I checked transmission fluid , and dipstick was hard to remove , because it had not been removed since car was new. After getting it to free-up, it just slides in and out. After inspecting fluid, noticed color of fluid is color of unused motor oil..almost clear. Also had a few bubbles in it.color is supposed to be bluish-green, as it gets older turns dark green, or brown. Went back to ford dealership, informed serv. Mgr that fluid was never checked also there was no belt , it has a chain in it. Cost $900.+for chain. He said drive car until wrench indicator came on .next day,wrench appeared. Car lost power ,continued to run ,however could not rev rpms. Cut off,then restarted car, this clears codes..still in lingo. Also motor support on top of engine is broken, this effects transmission. Part is partially rubber and heat from engine causes it to break. Cost of this on ebay $200.thru ford, replaced $600+.throttle control I understand is like $800.+someone need to look at all the problems that are listed about this on the internet.. I looked at trading car , value on trade was $5300. With good transmission..which cost $5600.car is a 2006 model,. Are cars only suppose to last 5 years. The CVT was suppose to be so great to help increase mileage but ford used it a couple of years , then went to 6speed auto. Honda has used CVT for years, no problem. What's the deal.

Filed Apr 2, 2011 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · MN

2006 ford 500. Transmission slips and bucks while accelerating and braking. The problems occurs alot when the transmission starts to warm up and the temp outside is above 50. It seem to start at about 55000.

Filed Mar 13, 2010 · Transmission · 64,555 miles · NC

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.

Filed Feb 24, 2010 · Transmission · 58,175 miles · IN

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.