2005 Ford Five Hundred Complaint Log

PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION ON 2005 FORD 500'S. NUMEROUS TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ADDRESS REAR BRAKE AND SUSPENSION PROBLEMS. LEMON LAW CRITERIA MEET IN COLORADO, SUBMITTED CERTIFIED MAIL AND IT TOOK FORD OVER A WEEK TO ACCEPT LETTER, ONLY AFTER I VISITED ATTORNEY GENERAL. CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN AT SPEED LIMIT ON I-80 CREATING A DANGEROUS SITUATION. AS OF TODAY THE CAR IS AT THE FORD DEALER AGAIN. FORD REGIONAL REP SAYS THEY WON'T TAKE IT BACK. TUESDAY 4/19/2005 MILES IN TO DEALER 2091 MILES PROBLEMS GOING TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, COULD NOT HOLD SPEED LIMIT ON I-80 BECAUSE OF HANDLING PROBLEMS AND SUSPENSION REPORTING VIBRATIONS AND NOISES TO DRIVER. NO TROUBLE FOUND BALANCED 1 TIRE WITH OZ OF WEIGHT. FRIDAY 5/06/2005 MILES IN TO DEALER 2523 MILES SAME STORY AS ABOVE. REPLACED REAR BRAKE PADS, MACHINED ROTORS INSTALLED FORD PART # 5F9Z-2200-B KIT BRAKE SHO FORD PART # 5G1Z-18125FA REAR STRUTS TIMES 2 LUBRICATED E-BRAKE CABLE PER FORD TSB SERVICE MANAGER TOOK FOR TEST RIDE AND PROBLEMS PERSIST WITH SERVICE MANAGER DRIVING. MONDAY 5/16/2005 MILES IN TO DEALER 2556 SAME STORY AS ABOVE FAILED TEST RIDE BY SERVICE MANAGER ON 5/06/2005 SERVICE TICKET FORD PART # 5F9Z-5500-AR ARM ASSEMBLY RIGHT REAR FORD PART # 5G1Z-5A772-B BAR STABILIZER REAR (2 TIMES) THIS TIME I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT USE OF THE VEHICLE OR LOANER SINCE FRIDAY MAY 6 2005. 11 DAYS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DRIVER'S DOOR BUT THE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT CATCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE SPRAYED WITH A SOLUTION TO LOOSEN IT. THE DEALER THEN STATED THAT THE LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FORD FIVE HUNDRED 2005 WITH BRAKE FAILURE, DEFECTIVE RADIO, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW REGULATOR REPLACED TWICE. *** NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** *TS THERE WAS A NOISE IN THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE, THE LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIPER AT THE PISTON SEAL WAS LEAKING. *JB

THE CONSUMER'S 2005 FORD 500 PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT LIGHTING IN THE DASH. *NM THIS PROBLEM AFFECTED THE CONSUMERS VIEW OF THE SPEEDOMETER, TACHOMETER, FUEL GAUGE AND THE OIL UNIT(S). *JB

VEHICHLE CONSISTENTLY FAILS TO START ON THE FIRST TRY. HARD STARTS, DIESELING, AND STALLING ARE CONSTANT.*AK

VEHICHLE CONSTANTLY SHIFTING. "SEARCHES" FOR FOR CORRECT GEAR. HAD COMPUTER REPLACED AND A WEEK LATER REOCCURRED. REPROGRAMMED COMPUTER AGAIN AND REOCCURRED. FORD UNABLE TO REPAIR. LOSING 6-8 MPG.*AK

UPON PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN PARK IT WILL PUT ITSELF INTO REVERSE. THIS HAPPENED TWICE. GOING DOWN HILL THE AT 50 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER WILL DROP TO 20 MPH. LOSING TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF MILES TO A GALLON. CONTACTED THE DEALER. TOOK THE VEHICLE IN. FORD HAD THE VEHICLE FOR FOUR WEEKS. FORD STATED THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

BATTERY ACID EATS AWAY PLASTIC TRANSMISSION CABLE LINKAGE. *NM

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER DOES NOT DEFROST THE DRIVER'S SIDE PROPERLY. THIS CONDITION CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING IN INCLEMENT CONDITIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE OR CORRECT THIS ISSUE. THE CONSUMER STATED THIS CONDITION ALMOST CAUSED HIM TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH.*AK *JB

2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED WITH A PAINT DEFECT. CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE PAINT BUT WAS STOPPED. HE ALSO DISCOVERED A SERVICE BULLETIN FOR 2000 THRU 2005 MODELS DUE TO IRON CONTAMINATION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED HE DISCOVERED A SMALL SECTION OF THE HOOD WITH CRACKED PAINT.