Problems with 2005 Ford Five Hundred POWER TRAIN

(etb) electronic throttle body on my car causes an acceleration that makes the car jerk forward. i've almost hit a wall, and god forbid this happens on the highway i could cause an accident. its unsafe and should be recalled. poor design i guess but it's not worth my life. this happened while idling in drive thru when i tried to go forward it idled really high then dropped down. would bot accelerate afterwards.

I stopped on a city street at stop sign. as i tried to accelerate, but the car would barely move. the throttle control/transmission warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. i turned the car off and let it sit for about 2 to 3 minutes. i started the car up and was able to make it home. i am thankful that this happen on city street and not on the highway. i plan on contacting my ford dealer tomorrow.

Bought the vehicle used in may 2010. realized early-on that the transmission was not smooth, but willing to settle for less than perfection since it was a 2005 vehicle. in late 2012 or early 2013, i received 'recall' notice that pcm (i.e. - powertrain control module) could need to be reprogrammed due to stalling, herky-jerky transmission, etc. took car to dealership, they ran diagnostics, charged me $100, and told me that my car wasn't effected because no error codes were noted and check engine light wasn't on. i was not happy, and refused to take my car to the dealership for repair. problem persisted, until check engine light came on in october 2017 at roughly 125,000 miles. took to local mechanic, was charged $150 for sensor replacement. light came back on a day later. took back, replaced sensor for free (nice!), but light back on a day later. took to a different mechanic, was charged $250, replaced multiple sensors, light back on the next day. took back to 2nd mechanic, when they shared with me that it was ...

At low speeds, when turning and when accelerating from a stop, the car will shake, lunge and then shut off. sometimes it just shakes and hesitates and then keeps going. sometimes it takes a while to get it running again. it always happens when the car is in motion. a couple of times this happened, the transmission error codes were displayed. i have had the transmission checked out and it was fine.

Front driver side lower control arm ball joint sheared off at 25 mph while making a left hand turn and then snapped the cv joint axle shaft causing the driver side wheel to jam inside the wheel well and damage lower part of body and fender. the vehicl was totally disable at this point sitting in the middle of an intersection. similar incident happened two years ago with the passenger side front wheel and the lower control arm ball joint sheared and snapped the cv joint axle shaft at 45 mph and caused vehicle to turn 180 degrees blocking two lanes of hwy. that time front wheel damaged wheel well and sensor wires on that side fo the engine bay

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while driving various speeds, it was difficult to shift gears. the contact did not notice if any warning indicators were illuminated. a mechanic determined that the transmission failed. the vehicle was not repaired. the vin was unknown. the failure mileage was 145,753.

The transmission disengages at various speeds even on the interstate at 55+ mph causing it to lose power. you must be able to get it stopped on the side of the road and shut the car off and then restart it to correct the problem for a short period of time.

I own a 2005 ford five hundred cvt. 2 months ago the transmission began acting up. driving along and the "wrench" lite comes on then the "skid" lite comes on. the car goes into a loss of power, like low gear. it moved but revs up and won't shifts up. i know its a constant velocity trans so it is at it's lower ratio. after hours of diagnostic it comes down to the trans control module, and still not sure. the obd codes say loss of communication, a u code. every inch of harness has been checked the whole interior has been removed, dash disassembled. i'm into it over $2,000. i love the car, it rides great. its has been well maintained. ford i need help. need to recall this issue or how about a p01 or z01 policy adjustment.

Leaving a grocer at 13:15 on 9/7/2015 started to back out of parking spot when auto suddenly accelerated backward, across the aisle and slammed into parked vehicle with impact sending that auto into a 3rd. damages to both vehicles. when i went to pull into my original slot to deal with situation, as soon as i removed foot from brake, auto lunged forward at high rate of speed, jumped a 6" landscape curb and plowed into the front end of a cadillac srx causing major damage to that vehicle, still unk total damage to mine. it was a very hot day and the ac was running. no other vehicles were occupied other than mine, and i was sole occupant. my airbag did not deploy and passenger's was not turned on. i did receive a significant bruise on my sternum from the shoulder component of my seat belt. my foot was not on the accelerator for either "lunge". crashes were witnessed and peoria az police did respond with 2 units. officers did take information, but when i inquired about incident # for my records officer responded that there ...

This problem is going for a while, even in a stop light, foot on brake pedal the engine accelerate himself and while shifting from park to reverse or drive the sound on the transmission is hard. it go from 700 rpms to 1300 rpms on seconds, and now is worse. took the vehicle to two ford repair dealers, after putting on the computer,both wanted to charge me $6,000.00 on a transmission, even knowing the recalls on this units.this car looks like new i can send you photos, and i love my car.

Throttle assembly problem. very similar concerns as earlier recall which supposedly applied fix to the car a couple years ago. except .along with unexpected acceleration while stopped a new problem arises. motor acts as if it is not getting fuel and slows to a crawl sputtering to a stop.. wrench malfunction light comes on. after cars sits for a period of time wrench display goes off and car operates normally. owners manual indicates that this may be a throttle assembly problem. prior recall notice that has expired. on multiple web boards problem is mention with great frequency for the ford 500. this happened to my wife on a side street at 15-20 mph. if it occurred on next bust street it could have presented a dangerous scenario. ford dealer acknowledged this as a known problem, but ford mfg only provided 1 time fix in recall & since the throttle cleaning fixed the problem at the time of recall no further attention was needed. i mentioned they did extend for recurring problem but that extension 2013. i don't feel a mfg should be able to time limit a ...

I was driving down the road 35mph at the time and all of a sudden my car stops in the middle of the road and the wrench light came on. i had to cut the car off then sit for a few minutes then crank back up. the next time i drove it i was driving 55 mph and then all of a sudden it stopped while i was driving the wrench light came on again i was stuck in the road then after a few minutes i was able to crank back up. i drove the car for a few weeks so i decided to drive home one day on i-95 as i was driving it stopped again with crazy traffic. after this episode when i finally made it home i decided to park my car for several weeks until i called ford to see if there was a warranty and they told me to bring my car to be repaired only to be told it was not under warranty and it would cost me $2000 to get my car repaired because there was a also a leak which is supposed to be under recall. i've read a ...

Part of an ongoing series of issues with this vehicle (see earlier reports), initial symptom was the dash lights & needles shutting off intermittently (but now for extended periods). vehicle then began showing random warning lights including "check engine", which was diagnosed first time as low fuel level sensors a & b. since that time i'd disconnected the battery on a suggestion of a mechanic friend and all the issues disappeared for a few weeks. yesterday the check engine light came back, and the car was running poorly (creeping when first off brakes, not up shifting), when the dash was operable it showed alternating check engine/check transmission warnings, and vehicle was surging/lagging noticeably at highway speeds. i again did the battery disconnect last night, and the car is operating normal today, but i'm sure it will recur shortly. i am hesitant to take it to a dealer as this sounds like a significant electronics issue, and i have already read up on the ford tsb 06-17-9 that is documented online, not all of which aligns with my issues. had the battery reset had no impact on the problems i would say it's a mechanical ...

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. *js

2005 ford five hundred this product with a cvt transmission should be investigated and recalled immediately. there are thousands failing and it is very dangerous! the transmission disengages causing the automobile to lose power without warning. i've seen posts of thousands of this same failure beginning at 3500 miles! i contacted ford because mine is doing this and they basically sent a form letter saying oh well, sorry about your luck. many of ford's products have this same issue with the cvt transmission including the ford flex which is involved in a class action lawsuit. the five hundred should be involved in this lawsuit as well. *js