2005 Ford 500

TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, NOT FAR FROM MY DAUGHTERS HOUSE THE GAS ACCELERATES, WHEN I BRAKE CAR WILL NOT SLOW DOWN, BRAKING HARDER SOMETHING POPS, THROWING CAR TO THE RIGHT I CANNOT CONTROL CAR AT ALL HIT A TREE HEAD ON POLICE SAY AT 45 MPH. I REMEMBER EMS AND POLICE TRYING TO GET ME OUT BUT THE PAIN WAS SO SEVERE WHEN I WOULD TRY TO RAISE UP, THEY HAD TO USE A SPECIAL BOARD TO REMOVE ME FROM CAR. AT HOSPITAL IT'S CONFIRMED THAT I HAVE A BROKEN STERNUM AND WHIPLASH NECK AND BACK INJURIES. AFTER WRECK MY DAUGHTER GOOGLES THIS CAR ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE OVER 4,000 COMPLAINTS AGAINST FORD,I PURCHASED THIS CAR (08-18-13) WITH 89,000 MILES ON IT! FROM A ONE OWNER SHE BOUGHT IT NEW IN 2005. I ONLY HAD CAR 2 WEEKS:ITS IN TIP TOP SHAPE I HAD REASON TO KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT! REVIEWS SAYS THESE PROBLEMS START FROM 75,000 MILES UP (THIS CAR IS A DEATH TRAP) FORD KNOWS THERE'S A PROBLEM! I LATER LEARNED FORD AGREED TO CLEAN THROTTLE FOR CAR OWNERS FOR UP 10YEARS WHY WOULD FORD DO THAT IF SOMETHING WASN'T WRONG? AND HOW IS A 2ND OR 3RD,,, OWNER SUPPOSED TO KNOW! NOW I HAVE ONGOING DOCTORS VISITS AND SO MUCH PAIN I CANT SLEEP! ITS SO UNBAREABLE.I HAVE TO SLEEP IN A CHAIR STRAIGHT UP BECAUSE I CANT GET UP ON MY OWN AND OTHER DAILY NEEDS I CANT DO AND THE NIGHTMARES OF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD BEING IN CONTROL TO ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAM OUT OF NOWHERE THIS CAR IS DRIVING ON ITS OWN THE GAS COMPLETELY ACCELERATED, BRAKES CANT STOP IT BECAUSE ITS ACCELERATED THEN LOOSING CONTROL OF STEERING WHEN BRAKES POPPED. SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY FORD IS ALLOWED TO LEAVE THIS CAR ON THE RD? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED OFF ROAD AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED AND DIAGNOSED AS A THROTTLE BODY FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/29/13*CN

I AM YET AGAIN HAVING THROTTLE BODY PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE. IN DECEMBER 2012, FORD ISSUES A STATEMENT TO CUSTOMERS TELLIN US TO GO HAVE THE THROTTLE BODY CLEANED, BUT THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. IT PUT A TEMPORARY BANDAIDE ON THE REAL PROBLEM THAT FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP FOR. EVEN AFTER I HAD MY VEHICLE SERVICED AND REPROGRAMMED, IT STILL IDLES HIGH AND JERKS. TODAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START AFTER A 45MIN NONSTOP HWY TRIP, I CUT THE ENGINE OFF ONCE I REACHED MY DESTINATION FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES, AFTER WHICH I TRIED TO START THE CAR AND IT FAILED. AFTER 5 MINS, THE CAR STARTED, LUCKILY I MADE IT HOME, NO LIGHTS ON DASH!!! I FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY THE FIRST TIME IT WOULDN'T START, NOW AFTER A THROTTLE CLEANING!!, I AM STILL HAVING ALL THE VERY SAME ISSUES. SO UNSAFE AND UNPREDICTABLE....I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR YET AGAIN OUT OF FEAR OF BEING STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH PARKING LOTS AT LOW SPEED, ENGINE WOULD DIE. THIS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. AFTER GETTING UP TO 40 MPH IT DIED AGAIN AND AGAIN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN AT THE DEALERSHIP EVERY SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED FOR DIFFERENT SPEED CONTROL ISSUES, HESITATION, SURGING AT IDLE SPEEDS, AND THE MOST RECENT ISSUE. MANY TIMES WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS, BUT THE ISSUES KEPT OCCURRING. EVENTUALLY WE WERE TOLD THE HESITATION PROBLEM WAS FIXED BUT OUR MPG DROPPED CONSIDERABLY. NEXT WAS THE SURGE. IN PARKING LOTS THE SURGE WAS SO BAD WITH PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER CARS, I HAD TO DRIVE WITH TWO FEET. IN 2010 THE SURGE PROBLEMS WERE FIXED, ONLY TO RETURN MUCH WORSE IN 2012. NOW THE LATEST PROBLEM WE TOOK THE CAR TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MUST BE REPLACED AND ALL THESE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY. WHILE AT THE DEALERSHIP NONE OF THESE PROBLEMS WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE ONBOARD COMPUTER. ALL THESE PROBLEMS HAVE RESULTED IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS; HESITATION WHILE MERGING IN TRAFFIC, SURGING WHILE DRIVING WITH PEDESTRIANS, AND DYING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *TR

I WAS DRIVING IN MY 2005 FORD 500 WITH 84,000 MILES ON IT, DOWN A BUSY HIGHWAY IN THE LEFT LANE ON SEPT. 30, 2012, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. THE SPEED CONTINUED TO DECREASE AND I HAD A CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND ME AND A CAR DIRECTLY TO THE RIGHT OF ME, SO I COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS, BUT BECAUSE MY CAR SLOWED DOWN SO SUDDENLY ON THE BUSY HIGHWAY, THE CAR BEHIND ME ALMOST REAR-ENDED ME, AND BECAUSE THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN BOTH LANES, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OVER TO THE SHOULDER. LUCKILY, I EVENTUALLY MADE IT TO THE SHOULDER. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR, AND THEN I TURNED IT OFF. I TURNED IT ON SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, AND THE CAR DROVE NORMALLY FOR THE REST OF THE WAY HOME (ABOUT 1 HOUR). I TOOK IT INTO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR. IN THE PAST, MY VEHICLE HAS SURGED FORWARD WHEN I'M PARKED, WHEN I BARELY LIFT MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. IT HAS DONE THE SAME IN REVERSE. I TOOK IT INTO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO COULD NOT FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM, AND I JUST TRIED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT FOLLOWING OTHER CARS TOO CLOSELY. BUT I NOW BELIEVE THAT SURGING WAS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. ALSO, ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE THIS INCIDENT ON SEPT. 30, MY CAR DIED WHILE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. IT WAS VERY HOT THAT DAY, AND I JUST THOUGHT THE CAR WAS OVERHEATED. HOWEVER, I NOW BELIEVE THAT INCIDENT IS RELATED TO THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUE AS WELL. I THINK THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS RESULTED IN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, AND COULD HAVE VERY EASILY CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT AND POTENTIALLY SUFFER INJURIES ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE INCIDENT ON SEPT. 30. *TR