2007 Ford Five Hundred

THE THROTTLE BODY ON OUR 2007 FORD 500 STUCK CLOSED CAUSING ENGINE TO STALL. THE THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED. FORTUNATELY THIS HAPPENED ON A 2 LANE ROAD BUT MY WIFE HAD JUST GOT OFF A HIGH SPEED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. FAILURE CAUSED RAPID DECELERATION OF THE VEHICLE LEAVING HER STRANDED IN THE TRAFFIC LANE. THIS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT IF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CAR HAS AROUND 37,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

CAR: 2007 FORD 500 LIMITED. MOVING SHIFT LEVER FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR TO DRIVE, AFTER ABOUT 1 SECOND THE CAR "LURCHES" FORWARD OR BACKWARD. I KEEP THE BRAKE LOCKED DOWN WHEN CHANGING GEARS FOR SEVERAL SECONDS UNTIL I'M SURE IT WON'T JUMP.THIS IS DANGEROUS. WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED HAPPENING, I ALMOST RAN OVER SOMEONE IN A PARKING LOT AS I WANTED TO BACK OUT OF A PARKING SPOT. I TOOK THIS IN FOR SERVICE AND MENTIONED IT TO THE SERVICE MANAGER. AS HE DROVE THE CAR AROUND TO THE BACK, HE SAID HE NOTICED IT TOO AND ASKED THE TRANSMISSION MAN TO LOOK IT OVER. SINCE I WAS HAVING THE TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGED, HE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE RELATED TO OLD FLUID. (CAR HAD ABOUT 70K MILES AT THE TIME). ITS ABOUT 5K MILES SINCE THE SERVICE AND THE CARIS AS BAD OR WORSE THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS RELATED TO THE COMPUTER GETTING A WRONG SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE THROTTLE SENSORS AND CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SURGE. DEALER SAID HE HAD NOT SEEN THE PROBLEM BEFORE AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING BUT SINCE ONLY MY WIFE AND I DRIVE THE CAR, WE ARE COMPENSATING BY HOLDING THE BRAKE FOR SEVERAL SECONDS AFTER MOVING THE SHIFT LEVER. I HOPE YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM AND LET ME KNOW OR HAVE FORD PUT OUT A SAFETY RECALL AND A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. THANKS *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING LESS THAN 5 MPH IN THE REVERSE POSITION, AN UNEXPECTED INCREASE OF ACCELERATION OCCURRED. IMMEDIATELY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE FAILURE COULD POSSIBLY BE RELATED TO THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. J

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. SHE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS OF APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY RESET THE COMPUTER SYSTEM BECAUSE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAS SINCE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN BACK TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WHERE THE COMPUTER WAS AGAIN RESET AND THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUES TO RECUR INTERMITTENTLY WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,271.

YET ANOTHER IDLE SURGE ISSUE. THE NHTSA SITE IS LOADED WITH THEM, AND THE INTERNET HAS EVEN MORE. VEHICLE SURGES DRAMATICALLY WHEN REMOVED FROM PARK AND PLACED IN REVERSE OR DRIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH A/C ON. ALSO SURGES FORWARD ON INITIAL ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. I OWN AUTOMOTIVE TEST EQUIPMENT, AND CAN SEE THE ENGINE COMPUTER COMMANDING THE THROTTLE IN EXCESS OF 16% WITHOUT THROTTLE BEING APPLIED. THE SITUATION HAS BEEN OCCURRING OVER A YEAR. IT'S OBVIOUS THAT IT'S A "THROTTLE-BY-WIRE" ISSUE INVOLVING THE COMPUTERIZED THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM. VEHICLE BORDERS ON UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE BATTERY WOULD REPEATEDLY FAIL. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FAILURE. IN ADDITION, THE RADIO AND DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PREMATURE BATTERY FAILURE. THE BATTERY WAS TAKEN BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PURCHASED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BATTERY. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITHIN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 44,500.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED AN INTERMITTENT FAILURE IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WOULD SURGE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS WHEN SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE FAILURE OCCURRED AS SOON AS SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PARTS WERE ON BACK ORDER AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000.