2005 Ford Five Hundred

WHEN BACK UP THE CAR ACCELERATES LIKE YOU ARE ON THE GAS BUT THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT TOUCH. WHEN THE CAR COMES TO A STOP AND THE FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE, ONCE YOU TAKE THE FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THE CAR ACCELERATES WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS HAPPEN IF STOP AT A LIGHT, BACKING OUT OR EVEN WHILE IN PARK THE CAR WILL JUST ACCELERATE WITHOUT WARNING! MY DAUGHTER ALMOST HIT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE CROSS WALK AND ALL SHE DID WAS RELEASE THE BRAKE TO MOVE UP AFTER A CAR TURN AND ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD THE CAR ACCELERATE AFTER JUST BEING STOP AT A LIGHT OR MOVING AT SLOW SPEED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS, BUT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. LAST OIL CHANGE AT FORD DEALERSHIP THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THERE WERE NO LEAKS...... *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE ENGINE LIGHT BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NEED A NEW THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 101,934.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. UPON SHIFTING INTO GEAR, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN EVEN WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN ENTER INTO FAIL SAFE MODE AND STALL. THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR UPON RESTART. THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AS THEN VEHICLE DECELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO INCREASE SPEED AND EVENTUALLY, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,000.

DURING HOT ( 95 DEGREES) AFTERNOON, WITH A/C ON HIGH, VEHICLE REVS AND LURCHES WHILE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR. HARD PRESSURE ON THE BREAK WILL STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT ENGINE REVS STILL CONTINUE. ENGINE THEN DIES AND ' ENGINE FAIL SAFE MODE ' APPEARS. TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND WAITING TO RESTART RESETS THE FAIL SAFE MODE. ALLOWING VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN CLEARS THE SHORT TERM PROBLEM. REPORTED TO LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO CLAIMS TO HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE-HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, THE VEHICLE LUNGED BACKWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

DURING WARM WEATHER WITH THE A/C OPERATING, THE RPMS SURGE AND THE VEHICLE LUNGES IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TRANSMISSION LEVER SELECTION (FORWARD OR REVERSE) WHEN MOVING THE SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR FROM PARK TO REVERSE WITH DRIVER'S FOOT ON THE BRAKE. ENGINE RPMS SURGE UP TO APPROX. 1,500 FROM IDLE AT A DEAD STOP WITHOUT INPUT FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL. DIFFERENT INDICATOR LIGHTS COME ON AND OFTEN THE ENGINE DIES AFTER THE SURGE. IF DRIVER DOES NOT KEEP APPROPRIATE PRESSURE ON BREAK PEDAL WHILE SHIFTING FROM PARK, THE VEHICLE WILL ACCELERATE WITHOUT INPUT FROM GAS PEDAL. THIS SURGE ALSO HAPPENS WHEN DECELERATING TO A STOP. VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN AND RPMS DECREASE TO APPROX 600 (IDLE), AND WITH PRESSURE APPLIED TO BRAKE PEDAL, ENGINE RPMS WILL INCREASE, WITHOUT INPUT FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL, FORCING THE DRIVER TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON BRAKE PEDAL OR RISK UNCONTROLLED FORWARD MOVEMENT. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY AS REFERENCED IN NHTSA INVESTIGATION # PE110818. *TR

WHILE STUCK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, CAR WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN TRYING TO LET OFF THE GAS, THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD ALMOST PLOWING INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THIS OCCURRED ON 06/20/2012. DURING SUMMER 2011, THIS SAME TYPE OF BEHAVIOR OCCURRED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. THE ENTIRE PROCESS BEGINS WITH THE CAR BEING AT A COMPLETE STOP, THEN WHEN LETTING OFF THE GAS, THE CAR'S ENGINE REV'S AND THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD REQUIRING THE DRIVER TO SLAM ON THE BREAKS FROM HITTING OTHER DRIVERS/PEDESTRIANS. WHEN THE VEHICLE DOES THIS LURCHING FORWARD MOTION, SEVERAL RED LIGHTS COME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND ALSO THE COMPUTER READS AN ERROR OF "FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE". POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES HAVE BEEN LOST WHILE THIS EVENT OCCURS AS WELL. SEEMS AS IF IT COULD BE AFFECTED BY WARMER WEATHER BECAUSE I HAVE OWNED THE VEHICLE TWO YEARS AND HAVE ONLY HAD THIS HAPPEN DURING WARMER (90 DEGREE OR MORE) WEATHER. DURING SUMMER 2011, TWO OCCURRENCES HAPPENED THAT ALSO ALMOST CAUSED COLLISIONS. THE FIRST TIME WAS ON A SUMMER NIGHT IN A PARKING GARAGE. AS I WAS COMING INTO A STOP IN A PARKING SPACE, THE ENGINE LURCHED FORWARD AND CAME APPROXIMATELY 4-5 INCHES FROM HITTING A CONCRETE WALL. DURING THE OTHER OCCURRENCE, I WAS STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT AND CAME CLOSE TO RUNNING OVER A PEDESTRIAN DUE TO LURCHING FROM CAR. WHEN CAR ENTERS "FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE' AND LURCHES FORWARD, CAR MUST BE PARKED AND RESTARTED FOR THE VEHICLE TO RUN NORMALLY AGAIN. ALSO, IT ONLY HAPPENS AT LOW SPEEDS (I.E. WHEN SLOWING THE CAR BELOW 5 MPH OR FIRST BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE THE CAR WHILE STILL BELOW 5 MPH). OTHER OWNERS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS SAME ISSUE CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WWW.FORDTAURUS.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=5&T=9366 AND ALSO: HTTP://WWW.ABOUTAUTOMOBILE.COM/COMPLAINT/2007/FORD/FIVE+HUNDRED/10439966 *TT

THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION. ENGINE REVES UP WHILE PLACING THE CAR IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL, UP TO 1.5 ON THE RPM'S ON THE SPEEDOMETER. THIS IS VERY SCARY, A CHILD CROSSED IN FRONT OF ME WHILE I WAS WAITING AT A STOP SIGN. FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT JUST REVED UP. IT LUNGED FORWARD AND I HD TO REALLY PUT THAT BREAK ON. SCARED ME AND THE CHILD TO. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAD ALL SERVICE DONE FROM THE FORD DEALER IN THE SERVICE PERSON THERE TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT THIS PART "THROTTLE BODY" WAS MADE BY THE SAME MANUFACTURER THAT MADE THE TOYOTA PARTS THAT WENT BAD "STICKING GAS PEDALS" ? AND THAT TOYOTA RECALLED THIS DANGEROUS ISSUE AND FIXED IT. UNLESS MY HUSBAND MISUNDERSTOOD THIS GENTLEMAN, WHICH I DON'T THINK HE DID. I SPOKE TO FORD AND PLACED A COMPLAINT AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN COMPLAINTS, BUT THERE WAS NO RECALL ISSUED AS YET, BUT HOLD ONTO MY RECEIPT IN CASE THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED IN THE FUTURE. THIS WILL COST $850.00, "WHICH I FEEL SHOULD BE PICKED UP BY FORD". PRESSING NORMALLY ON THE BREAKS IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, YOU HAVE TO ALMOST PUT IT TO THE FLOOR SO THAT YOU DO NOT MOVE AND PRAY THAT IT DOESN'T LUNGE FORWARD IN THE TRANSITION FROM BREAK TO GAS PEDAL. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *TT