2005 Ford Five Hundred

2005 FORD 500 ROBIN MARSHALL FORD MOTOR COMPANY EXECUTIVE OFFICES FORM LETTER STATES THAT FORDS "REVIEW INDICATES THAT THE PREVIOUS DECISION PROVIDED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS APPROPRIATE" DATED OCT 3 2006 AS I WAS WATCHING CNN NEWS ABOUT RECALL 06V383000 AND FORD # 06S45 OF SEPT 28 2006. PURCHASED MARCH 28 2005 AND AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED NUMEROUS SUSPENSION AND BRAKING PROBLEMS. ODI ID NUMBER : 10123895 - ODI ID NUMBER : 10135289 AND NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS WITH FORD THEY FINALLY HAD DAVE MUNN FORD REP HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO OMEARA FORD FOR AN INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN SITTING FOR 15 MONTHS WITH A COLORADO AFFIDAVIT OF NON USE FOR SAFETY RELATED ISSUES, AFTER OMEARA FORD GROUND DOWN THE REAR ROTORS TO WITHIN 1/1000 OF MINIMUM AND BRAKING ISSUES CONTINUED . I HAD A HEART ATTACK AND 5 WAY BYPASS AND CANNOT TAKE THE STRESS THIS VEHICLE HAS PUT ME UNDER. I CONSIDER THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. FORDS INSPECTION WAS A SHAM, AS OMEARA FORD'S SERVICE TICKET INDICATES NO MILEAGE IN AND 5000 MILES OUT BUT THE CAR HAS 4190 MILES ON IT TODAY. THE SERVICE TICKET INDICATES NO-TROUBLE FOUND PLUS THE ROTORS WERE STILL RUSTY WHEN THE CAR ARRIVED BACK AT MY RESIDENCE. EVEN BRAKING AND STRAIGHT TRACKING ON THE ROAD WITH THIS CAR HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE. *JB

BRAND NEW 2005 FORD 500 PURCHASED ON SEPTEMBER 24 2005 BEGAN AT 15000 MILES WITH BRAKE PROBLEMS. SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AT 30,000 MILES. MY JOB IS 100% SALES AND MY CAR IS MY ONLY REVENUE PROVIDER. AT 35,000 CAR SHOWING PROBLEMS WHEN HITTING THE GAS, IT WOULD NOT RUN. AT 39,000 MILES AN ELECTRIC SHORT CIRCUIT. AT 39,000 I ASKED THE DEALER TO RECHECK THE WHOLE CAR THAT IT WAS SHOWING TRANSMISSION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. AT 43,000 MILES NOW IS SITTING IN THE FORD DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED AT SINCE LAST FRIDAY SEPT 22,2006. THE FORD DEALER MECHANICAL DIRECTOR WAS INSIDE THE CAR AND ME TEST DRIVING IT, AND COULD NOT BELIEVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. HIS WORDS WERE' IF THIS WAS MY CAR I WOULD NOT BE SITTING IN IT, IT'S A RISK TO ANYONE'S LIFE" TODAY, FORD INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING THE TRANSMISSION DOWN AND OPEN IT. THEY ASK ME EVERY TIME TO SIGN IN ACCEPTANCE THEY WILL PAY FOR EVERYTHING. IT IS BEING REPORTED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT TOMORROW, I HAVE NOTIFIED THE BANK WHO GAVE ME THE LOAN. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE CAR RENTAL EXPENDITURES I'VE HAD TO INCUR IN ADDITION TO CONSTANT REPAIRS PRIOR TO CAR REACHING 1 YEAR. *JB

MY 2005 FORD FIVE-HUNDRED. IT DOES HAVE 56,000 MILES BUT ALMOST ALL ARE INTERSTATE MILES. REAR PASSENGER BRAKE IS SCRAPING BADLY AND EVEN MAKING NOISE GOING DOWN THE ROAD. I SUSPECT A FAILED SYSTEM AND THE PAD'S ON THE ROTOR ALL THE TIME. KAYSER FORD IN MADISON TRIED TO SELL ME ENTIRELY NEW REAR BRAKES FOR $400. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. I DON'T RIDE THE BRAKE. WHY ARE THE FRONT BRAKES OKAY AND THE REARS GONE ALREADY ON A 2005??? I SUSPECT A DEFECT. I WANT IT FIXED WITHOUT BEING GOUGED. *NM

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 FORD 500 IN MID 2005. I ONLY HAVE 3600 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. REAR WHEELS OF MY VEHICLE ARE COMPLETELY BLACKENED BY BRAKE DUST THAT HE HAD . REAR ROTORS WERE ARE DEEPLY GROOVED AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. SHOP FOREMAN AT DEALERSHIP SHOWED A RELEASE FROM THE FORD ENGINEER DIVISION THAT NOTIFIED FORD DEALERS THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE PROBLEM AND WILL USE DIFFERENT BRAKE PADS IN THE ....4TH QUARTER OF 2006, BUT WERE PRESENTLY CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM TO BE NORMAL AND WILL NOT ALLOW ANY WARRANTY WORK. THE SHOP FOREMAN ADMITTED THAT HE CONSIDERED THE PROBLEM TO BE AN ENGINEERING ISSUE, WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OTHER NEW FORD VEHICLES, AND WAS GOING TO CALL FORD ENGINEERING ABOUT THE ISSUE. SHOP FOREMAN CALLED JUNE 22, 2006 AND ADVISED THAT FORD WAS NOT CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM TO BE A PROBLEM AND WERE NOT GOING TO BACK ANY WARRANTY WORK. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE ''OWNER''S MANUAL" RECOMMENDS THAT THE WHEELS BE WASHED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND THE ANSWER IS TO WASH THE WHEELS ONCE A WEEK? SON-IN-LAW ALSO DETERMINED THAT AFTER DRIVING SEVERAL BLOCKS, THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS WERE BE INCREDIBLY HOT. HE ADVISED ME THAT THE EXCESSIVE HEAT COULD CAUSE MY BRAKES TO BRAKES TO FAIL AND ME OR OTHERS COULD BE INJURED, OR WORSE. ** REAR BRAKE PADS DEGRADING AND REAR BRAKE ROTORS NEED REPLACED. EXCESSIVE HEAT IN REAR ROTORS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE AT A STOP WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE DOES NOT AFFECT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO STOP WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER, THE ABS SENSOR, AND HAS BLED THE BRAKES FOUR TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS SEVERE OR AS OFTEN, IT STILL OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY.

DT: THE PARKING BRAKE IN THE REAR WHEEL AREA DID NOT RELEASE PROPERLY. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PROBLEM IN THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER 2005. HE COULD SMELL A HOT ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE WHEELS WERE ALUMINUM, AND THE REAR WHEELS WERE BLACK FROM BRAKE LINING DUST. THE CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TWICE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING BRAKE. THE CONTACT WILL BE TAKING THE VEHICLE TO DEALE R AGAIN. THE CONTACT NOTICED GROVES FORMING ON THE BRAKE ROTORS. *AK UPDATED 11/29/05. *JB

CONTINUATION OF SUSPENSION AND BRAKE PROBLEMS AFTER LAST FILING WITH NHTSA. BRAKING IN WET WEATHER, DESCENDING STEEP GRADE, CAR PULLS AND FADES. 2 DAYS AFTER LONGMONT FORD HAD CAR FOR 6 DAYS AND RETURNED IT WITH CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. OMERA FORD DIAGNOSED BRAKE AND TRANSMISSION PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS AND ONCE AGAIN TURNED DOWN REAR ROTORS TO VERY CLOSE TO MINIMUM SPECIFICATIONS. CONSUMER REPORT JAN 2005 REPORTS SIMILAR ISSUES WITH BRAKING, AUTO-WEEK MAY-16-2005 REPORTS BRAKE FADE AND STABILITY PROBLEMS IN THEIR TEST TRACK REPORT. THIS IS A FIRST MODEL YEAR CAR FOR FORD WHICH IS BASED OFF OF A MODIFIED VOLVO DESIGN OF UNDER-CARRIAGE. THE VEHICLE IS NOW PARKED WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF NON USE ON IT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS AND REPAIRS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON REAR SUSPENSION AND BRAKES. FORD AT ARBITRATION MAINTAINED THAT IN LATE JULY THERE WERE MORE TSB'S ISSUED FOR THE 2005 FORD 500, BUT I AM UNABLE TO FIND SAME ON NHTSA WEBSITE. WITH THE NUMBER OF INDEPENDENT TRADE AND CONSUMER PUBLICATIONS THAT SITE THE SAME ISSUES THAT I AM HAVING WITH THIS CAR, I PETITION NHTSA TO PULL SOME OF THESE EARLY MODEL CARS AND SUBJECT THEM TO SUSPENSION AND BRAKING TEST AS STATED IN NHTSA 99.6583-1 CONSUMER BRAKING INFORMATION INITIATIVE, ABERDEEN TEST CENTER FALL 1998. *JB