Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||||
| 041601 | 11/14/2005 | 05228 | 10018745 | Wds cop kit diagnostic tip - coil on plug (cop) ignition systems - engine misfire or rough running. *tt | 01/12/2006 |
| 05175 | 10/07/2005 | 10018066 | Engine rpm fluctuation at highway cruising speeds - vehicles built prior to 8/2/2005. *tt | 12/14/2005 | |
| 18432 | 02/01/2005 | 10012976 | Vehicle may exhibit an oil life xx% message inthe odometer message center display prior to the vehicle reaching 5000 miles. *eh | 04/05/2005 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| 19722 | 04/01/2007 | 10022241 | Mil with dtc p0106 and/or p0109. *kb | 07/23/2007 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 04/09/2012 | 95215 | ||
| The car periodically lurched and surged. finally, it would not start. the dealer determined that the electronic throttle body was defective. based on information from the dealer and from this website, it appears that this is a common problem on certain ford models. if this problem is as wide-spread as it appears, there should be a recall. | |||
| 03/07/2012 | 88000 | ||
| Since 2007 the car intermittenly will periodically lung forward and it is almost impossible to control the car. this has happened several times since june 2007 (88,000 miles). even hard braking does not necessarily stop the car...i have had to put the car in neutral the engine revs up as if i am touching the accelerator (and my foot is not on the pedal) and i shut the car off. turning the car back on does not necessarily remedy the problem. in addition, the car routinely goes into fail safe engine mode or cuts off while i am driving at a reasonable rate of speed both on rural roads and highways. this car is a hazard to drive, more so in the warmer months...my thought is something must get overheated but what i do not know. | |||
| 01/13/2012 | 89000 | ||
| I was driving down a residential street when all of the sudden the engine stlled on me and i received a failsafe engine mode message in the message center. i stopped the car and shut off the engine, then waited a couple of minutes and strted it again and had no problems. i was then driving down a residential street again a couple of days later and the same thing happened where the engine stalled on me. the only warning signs that i can recall were that at times, i would experience sluggish acceleration. this is a huge issue to me and very dangerous since i have a child and what if i was traveling on the highway and this happened to me? | |||
| 11/14/2011 | 71599 | ||
| Cars enters into failsafe mode and engine cuts out. i have been almost rear- ended three times since first occurrence and one time almost t-boned. sluggish acceleration when taking off may occur also. i have noticed this has been a common problem with this model and the faulty throttle body has since been redesigned by ford. they should recall this as it is a safety hazard. i know that i was lucky to have not been injured in an accident due to this faulty part, but i am sure some have not been so lucky. | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 05/29/2011 | 50000 | ||
| 2005 ford five hundred. vehicle accelerates without the gas pedal being depressed. vehicle enters into failsafe mode. occurances are intermittent. diagnostic checks show something other than the real culprit which is a faulty throttle body. has not been repaired yet. dealer is asking for 800.00. | |||
| 02/23/2011 | 87107 | ||
| Experienced a spark plug blowout requiring replacement of front head. repair cost $2600. i understand this is a problem on ford trucks. i think ford should investigate why this occurs and fix it! i'm lucky i didn't experience a fire, that would have totaled the car! | |||
| 08/15/2009 | 60000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while driving approximately 50 mph the contact stated the vehicle stalled. he coasted to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off and restarted the vehicle. once the vehicle was started it began to jerk on acceleration. the contact stated at times when the vehicle was stopped at a light the vehicle accelerated slowly upon take off from the light. the vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and the contact was not sure what was done but the mechanic lubricated something on the vehicle. the failure continued. the failure had been ongoing for a year and a half. the vehicle had not been repaired. the failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 80,000. vwb | |||
| 06/01/2009 | 70000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while driving at any speed the vehicle would intermittently display a fail safe mode message on the dashboard. once the message displayed the vehicle would stall. the vehicle would never restart so it would be towed to an authorized dealer where they were unable to diagnose the failure. the ecu was replaces approximately 3 times but the failure continues. the contact also stated while in park the vehicle attempts to surge forward. the failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 82,000. sm. | |||
| 01/27/2011 | 79000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while driving approximately 45 mph, the contact noticed that the vehicle would violently jerk and surge intermittently, then he noticed that the throttle body assembly became stuck. the dealer was notified who informed the contact that there were no related recalls. the contact did not inform the manufacturer. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where he performed a diagnostic test which concluded that the throttle bottle module needed to be repaired and performed the repair. the current and failure mileages were approximately 79,000. bw | |||
| 01/22/2011 | 1 | ||
| I filled this in already. the consumer stated he experienced an engine fail safe mode problem. updated 01/28/11 | |||
| 12/05/2010 | 50000 | ||
| I took my 2005 ford five hundred sel in for a scheduled oil change a couple of weeks ago and was informed by the mechanic that the torque strut mount, also known as the top motor mount was broken. price to repair is $619. after doing more extensive research, i have found out that this is apparently a dealer known problem with these particular cars! so, why doesn't ford motor company issue a recall to fix these faulty parts instead of making consumers pay these ridiculous repair bills??! | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 30245 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. the contact stated that the air conditioner is not used that often, but the compressor as failed. when the dealer inspected the vehicle, they stated that they have had many complaints about the compressor failing on the vehicle, but the part is no longer covered even though the mileage is low. the failure mileage and current mileage was 30245.rl | |||
| 08/06/2010 | 63000 | ||
| The engine surges when i put my car in reverse. it rev's up sometimes in forward but he engine will quickly die. it goes into fail safe mode and only goes at a very low speed. | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 30245 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. the contact stated that the air conditioner is not used that often, but the compressor as failed. when the dealer inspected the vehicle, they stated that they have had many complaints about the compressor failing on the vehicle, but the part is no longer covered even though the mileage is low. the failure mileage and current mileage was 30245.rl | |||
| 08/06/2010 | 63000 | ||
| The engine surges when i put my car in reverse. it rev's up sometimes in forward but he engine will quickly die. it goes into fail safe mode and only goes at a very low speed. | |||
| 08/15/2010 | 30245 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. the contact stated that the air conditioner is not used that often, but the compressor as failed. when the dealer inspected the vehicle, they stated that they have had many complaints about the compressor failing on the vehicle, but the part is no longer covered even though the mileage is low. the failure mileage and current mileage was 30245.rl | |||
| 08/06/2010 | 63000 | ||
| The engine surges when i put my car in reverse. it rev's up sometimes in forward but he engine will quickly die. it goes into fail safe mode and only goes at a very low speed. | |||
| 10/05/2009 | 83228 | 1 | |
| The car would go into fail safe engine mode. i could not accelerate. this happened several times on the highway putting my life and the life of my family in jeopardy. i suddenly had no power at 65 mph. i brought it to a ford dealer and mechanic who ran the system on the computer speculating it was the throttle body by cleared data so they could gather more information. these computer checks (3 of them) cost me more than $420.00. then i was told that the throttle body was indeed faulty. the repair cost me $947.98 to fix. the mechanic told me this should be a ford recall. he also said he wouldn't be surprised if it didn't turn into a class action lawsuit because the problem is so common. a simple google search shows how prevalent this problem is. *tr | |||
| 10/26/2009 | 28800 | 1 | |
| No specific events leaning to failure, intermittent. the failure occurred intermittently over the last few weeks, while driving car goes into the engine fail safe mode, trying to drive the car is rather dangerous, car stalls,won't go, then suddenly takes off. took car to dealership told, throttle body bad and the part is back ordered (the #3 most back ordered part out of 500). *tr | |||
| 10/23/2009 | 60945 | 1 | |
| I have a 2005 ford five hundred limited that shuts off the engine with a safe engine mode. the obdii shows a p2111 code that the throttle is stuck open. is there any recall to this concern. *tr | |||
| 10/25/2005 | 4000 | 2 | 01/04/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while approaching a stop sign, the vehicle would no longer go forward. the vehicle would only move in reverse. the contact was close to her residence and drove there in reverse. the vehicle was towed to the dealer and they checked the fluid levels and the transmission light. a diagnostic was performed and the pcm and tcm were reprogrammed. in april of 2008, the vehicle hesitated and the check engine light illuminated. the contact took the vehicle to a service center for another diagnostic and was charged over $500. the current mileage was approximately 17,000 and failure mileage was approximately 4,000. updated 07/15/08. *lj updated 07/15/08 | |||
| 07/11/2007 | 31058 | 14 | 08/11/2005 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. while driving 65 mph, the vehicle stalled on the highway. the contact was able to pull off the road. on july 11, 2007, the dealer performed a diagnostic test. the vehicle was returned one week later. the failure recurred on july 17, august 31, september 25, october 3, november 2, and december 18. the dealer did not return the vehicle until february 23,2008. the dealer was able to duplicate the failure once the vehicle was returned. the contact experienced the failure again and the dealer picked up the vehicle on march 20, 2008. the dealer replaced the instrument panel. the failure and current mileages were approximately 31,058. | |||
| 01/29/2008 | 44444 | 1 | 09/28/2005 |
| Purchased my 500 9/05 it only had 5 miles on it. 6 months later loud explosion in engine which began to leak some sort of fluid got the car towed to dealer purchased was told a/c leaking oil and they had to replace the manifold i wasn't even using the a/c was march!!! my dash console had to be replaced since it was defective and the computer also had to be reprogrammed since the car wouldn't start in 30 degree weather this happened in jan06......my fuel straps were replaced due to recall and my door locks were replaced due to recall and i had 22k miles when the back brakes began making a terrible grinding noise when backing up took to dealer said that although car is under warranty brakes are under wear and tear and would not be covered now which didn't make any sense since the front brakes were good how could back brakes go bad before front brakes unless you only drive your car in reverse????? i paid the $400 to fix since was informed 500 rotors cant be turned ever will always have to purchase new ones......then 6 months later brakes were recalled and i did request refund which i did receive. however i now have 44k no longer have warranty since expired and i didn't buy extended warranty brought car in to ford since transmission light was turning on and off along with the traction control light then had trans censor replaced was told that was problem then 2 days later light still turning on and car will not reverse took into dealer again was told trans axle broke in half and need new trans which costs $5300 car is only work 9k!!!! ford company said they will offer assistance only of 3k since out of warranty they also informed me that had i purchased the extended warranty i would only be paying $100 nothing like throwing that in your face. i have no choice but to pay it need a car and am a single parent of 2. also back doors trim is coming apart passenger since is completely rotted out. *tr | |||
| 08/28/2007 | 1 | ||
| I was driving my 2005 ford five hundred to work and the fail safe mode message came on and the wrench lit up. the engine starts to die and the car starts lurching forward. i pulled over, shut the car off. when i started it back up, it ran fine. i called the dealer who said they would need to have me bring the car in so they can look into it. ford has no bulletins on this - this should be a recall. as i research online, this has happened to many ford vehicles, not just the five hundred. *tr | |||
| 09/01/2005 | 750 | 536 | 03/21/2005 |
| Oil life diagnostic message continues to report zero percentage life remaining. *jb | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - COOLING SYSTEM | |||
| 06/25/2011 | 76600 | ||
| Ac compressor problem. after reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. ford needs to recall and fix | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 06/25/2011 | 76600 | ||
| Ac compressor problem. after reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. ford needs to recall and fix | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 06/25/2011 | 76600 | ||
| Ac compressor problem. after reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. ford needs to recall and fix | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 06/25/2011 | 76600 | ||
| Ac compressor problem. after reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. ford needs to recall and fix | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 06/25/2011 | 76600 | ||
| Ac compressor problem. after reading numerous blogs, seems to be a very common problem for the ford five hundred models. ford needs to recall and fix | |||
| 06/10/2011 | 40000 | ||
| Ac problem,cool when going down the road. worm at idle. 05 ford 500 | |||
| 09/01/2010 | 40100 | ||
| 70 degree air blowing at idle and low speed. lowers to 62 degrees at highway speed. no condensation draining thru condensate tube. refrigerent evacuated and stytem charged with fresh 134. | |||
| 08/10/2010 | |||
| My ford five hundred sel has really been a problem from day one,however,the problem now is is get either the check engine light and the fail safe mode together.this car has been in the shop so many times within the last three years until nothing shoul be wrong with it | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 08/01/2011 | 89000 | ||
| I own a 2005 ford 500. the car has started lurching forward on its own. i have been reading forums and hundreds of other people are having the same problems. they say it is the throttle body. ford should have a recall on the 500 .the ford freestyle is having the same problem. do people have to die or be run over before something is done. it is extremely scary when my car lurches forward on its own. help, please help! | |||
| 07/07/2011 | 82000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred. the contact stated the upper motor mounts fail. the vehicle was having a routine maintenance and the mechanic notice the breakage on the upper motor mounts. the dealer was contacted who stated they will give him a return call back. the manufacturer was contacted who offered no assistance and he slhould contact nhtsa. the failure mileage was 82,000....mw | |||
| 04/24/2011 | 68000 | ||
| I have a 2005 ford five hundred with 68k miles. i was leaving a rest area and accelerating onto the interstate. my car shuddered and had no power. i noticed the engine fail safe mode light. i went to the shoulder and stopped the car. i waited a minute and restarted the car. my check engine light came on. this is repeat of symptoms i had two weeks ago. the ford dealer replaced the thottle body assembly two weeks ago. at that time, i was in line at my grandson's school. same symptoms except that the car shuddered and then accelerated. fortunately, i had my foot on the brake. over the last six months, i have had repeated engine fail safe modes, but have always reset when i turn off the car and wait a few minutes. ford has a safety issue with this throttle body assembly. mine has been replaced twice. car is in the shop for the third time for the same problem. | |||
| 06/10/2010 | 30000 | ||
| While reversing my car it will all of a sudden accelerate quickly on its own, i immediately step on the brakes and my car stalls. on the dash board fail safe engine mode appears on my console. this has happened about 7 times now. | |||
| 08/24/2010 | 147000 | ||
| 2005 ford 500 has issue with lunging when put into gear. car started to stall check enginge light and throttle light came on took it in no one knew what the code was. finally found out it was the throttle body needed to be replaced. this issue is happening alot on the five hundreds. part is on back order as of today over 700 are on backorder some for 5 months ford should be held accountable for this and pay for rental cars for people who are put out. | |||
| 07/07/2010 | 85000 | ||
| 2005 ford 500 with approx. 85,000 miles lurches forward or in reverse without pressing the accelerator after period of idle such as at a red light or in line at a drive through restuarant. the lurch is significant, violent enough to make passenger think they were hit from behind. i narrowly avoided collisions with cars in front or behind me. dealer informed me that it was caused by a defective throttle body. parts to repair are back ordered with a 2 month wait and a cost of $500.00. this is no longer covered by warranty or extended warranty. this defect is dangerous. | |||
| 07/10/2009 | 97400 | 1 | |
| I have a 2005 ford five hundred and as i was driving up the grape vine in california the transmission started bucking, and kicked in to neutral, i almost got ran off the highway at a couple thousand feet elevation by a semi because the vehicle would not go. i had to leave the vehicle there which is 8 hours from where we reside in arizona. *tr | |||
| 03/11/2008 | 60300 | 3 | 01/14/2006 |
| Was driving in town on tuesday morning and my ford 500 (2005) shut down and the message failsafe engine mode came on along with a wrench. this could have been potentially dangerous, i was fortunate that this occurrence happened when there was not a lot of traffic on the road. car is now immovable and waiting to be towed in to dealership. *tr | |||
| 12/21/2005 | 6947 | 1 | 01/01/2005 |
| Consumer 2005 ford 500 door came open while driving. *ts water leaked into the vehicle from the doors. the dealer replaced both front door latches and new water canels. the dash had a bubble in the leather and the dealer replaced it. the molding was coming off the vehicle. the vehicle would not start on one occasion. *nm | |||
| 06/15/2005 | 5000 | 9 | 12/22/2004 |
| Dt: consumer said that the engine failed and caused a safety problem. the vehicle lost power when pressing the accelerator. this happened for a month but has been intermittent. the engine felt like it was skipping. the speed that the vehicle was traveling was not a factor nor were the road conditions. the consumer took vehicle to dealership twice but the problem recurred. the manufacturer has not been contacted. the dealership suggested that the problem could be a computer related issue. the owner had the black box installed in the vehicle and turned it over to the dealership this morning. the problem has still not been resolved. owner is taking the vehicle back to dealer next week for additional testing. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - DIESEL | |||
| 02/10/2005 | 1500 | 30 | 12/18/2004 |
| Vehichle consistently fails to start on the first try. hard starts, dieseling, and stalling are constant.*ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 04/05/2008 | 34086 | 1 | 10/19/2005 |
| Engine began to lose power while driving in the city(surging). check engine light came on. just before getting home the engine backfired through the tailpipe(twice) the car stalled and had to be towed to the dealer. upon investigation it was found that the engine had blown up. an exhaust valve head and the remains of the piston were found in the oil pan. a new 3 litre duratech engine is going to be ordered under warranty to replace the broken one. *tr | |||