2007 Ford Five Hundred

WHEN THE CAR WAS STILL UNDER THE 36 MONTH 36,000 WARRANTY IT BEGAN LUNGING FORWARD OR BACKWARD WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED TO ACCELERATE. NOTICEABLY WHEN FIRST TAKING OUT OF PARK EITHER GOING FORWARD OR REVERSE, OR WHEN GOING THROUGH DRIVE UP WINDOWS. (IE FAST-FOOD OR BANK). INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST AND THEN MORE AND MORE UNTIL IT WAS DOING IT EVERY TIME, AND AT A GREATER ACCELERATION. THE FORD DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS THE THROTTLE BODY. THEY KNEW RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IT EVIDENTLY WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. WE HAD TO WAIT OVER A MONTH FOR THEM TO FINALLY GET ONE IN BECAUSE THEY WERE BACK-ORDERED . EVIDENTLY LOTS OF PEOPLE NEEDED THEM! WE WERE ADVISED NOT TO USE OUR CAR DURING THIS TIME BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. OF COURSE THE DEALER DID NOT WANT TO PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNDER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY, BUT AFTER MAKING COMPLAINTS TO FORD MOTOR CO FOR THREE WEEKS WHILE THE PART REPEATEDLY DID NOT COME IN, WE WERE GIVEN A RENTAL UNTIL IT WAS FINALLY REPLACED 11-2009. NOW IT IS DOING IT AGAIN. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE NEW CAR WARRANTY IS UP AND THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY THEIR REPAIR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN OVER 12 MONTHS. THE CAR NOW HAS 41,000 MILES AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. I SHOULD HAVE REPORTED IT THE FIRST TIME BUT FORD SEEMED TO BE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND THE WAY THEY TALKED TO ME I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SAFETY RECALL. IT IS A TERRIBLE SAFETY HAZARD. NOW THAT THE NEW CAR WARRANTY IS UP THEIR MEMORIES HAVE GOTTEN BAD. THE LOCAL DEALER (KEN GARFF FORD) TOLD ME THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THIS BEING A PROBLEM WITH THE 2007 FIVE HUNDRED. WHICH IS TOTAL BULL BECAUSE THEY SURE WERE AWARE OF IT THE FIRST TIME A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. I AM REALLY DISGUSTED WITH MY DEALERSHIP. I AM WAITING TO SEE WHAT FORD MOTOR COMPANIES RESPONSE WILL BE. EITHER WAY I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO LET OTHERS KNOW OF THIS DEFECT. I WONDER HOW MANY FENDER BENDERS HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS. I AM AFRAID A PEDESTRIAN COULD BE HIT AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

PURCHASED A NEW FORD FIVE HUNDRED IN 2007. HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE. AFTER PUTTING ABOUT 20,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, I STARTED HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I WOULD COME TO A STOP AT AN INTERSECTION, MAILBOX, OR DRIVE-THRU AND LET MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKES AND THE CAR WOULD "JUMP" -- ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. MY FOOT WOULD NOT EVEN BE ON THE GAS PEDAL. I TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE "REPROGRAMMED". I SPECIFICALLY ASKED COULD IT BE A PROBLEM WITH FUEL SYSTEM AND WAS TOLD NO. I HAD THE WORK COMPLETED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS TO THIS DAY. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL NEAR MISSES WITH REAR END COLLISIONS. FINALLY AS I WAS ENTERING A PARKING SPACE, THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND HIT A POST IN FRONT OF THE PARKING SPACE.

CAR WAS JERKING ON ACCELERATION, WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO CODES EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT WAS FLASHING IT IS STILL DOING IT ONLY WORSE THE LIGHT IS ON SOLID NOW AND THE CAR IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. IT WOULD ALSO JERK WHEN TAKEN OUT OF PARK OR WHEN IN TRAFFIC SITTING IDLE, ONCE I THOUGHT I WAS REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANICS AND THEY TOLD ME THIS IS 'NORMAL' BEHAVIOR AND THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT WILL NOT EVEN STAY RUNNING NOW WHEN WARM AND IT DIES. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED THAT HAD LESS THAN 60,000 MILES WHEN THE THROTTLE BODY BEGAN TO FAIL. THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO JERK FORWARD AND BACKWARD AS I AM TAKING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. I HAVE ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN ONCE AND OTHER VEHICLES ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY AND THERE WAS NOT A RECALL EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS VERY PREVALENT IN THE FORD FREESTYLES. I WAS ALSO TOLD IT WOULD COST AT LEAST $700.00 TO FIX. THEY DID CLEAN THE THROTTLE BODY FOR WHICH I PAID $70.00. THAT WAS ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO AND IT IS JERKING AGAIN. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS I CANNOT KEEP MY CAR FROM JERKING NO MATTER HOW SLOWLY I MOVE MY FOOT FROM THE BRAKE OR NOT COMPLETELY. *TR

I OWN A FORD 500 2007. THE ENGINE SEEMS TO REV UP WITH OUT PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. IF YOU ARE AT A STOP SIGN AND RELEASE THE BRAKE THE CAR WILL LUNGE FORWARD ON ITS OWN. I SPOKE TO A MECHANIC ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HE HAS ENCOUNTERED IT BEFORE WITH OTHER 500'S. HE TOLD ME ITS THE THROTTLE BODY. HE TOLD ME WHEN HE ORDERS THEM THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. *TR

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

I OWN A 2007 FORD 500 & HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING A ISSUE WITH SURGING WHEN I HAVE MY CAR IN THE PARK POSITION & PUT IT IN DRIVE. THEN IT STARTED SURGING WHEN I AM IN REVERSE NOW. I SPOKE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHEN I HAD MY OIL CHANGED & THEY ADVISED THAT I HAD TO HAVE A UPDATE THAT COST $81.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY KNEW EXACTLY ALL ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHEN I STARTED EXPLAINING IT TO THEM. IT TAKES ABOUT 1 HOUR TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM GOING NEXT WEEK TO HAVE IT DONE. *TR