So far we are at $5000 just for the parts. He quickly discovered it was a computer problem and it needed to be replaced. Trusted Ford as American car maker but have had constant problems which I have been fixing, & scrambling for rides to work. at idle, it went away and everything was fine. Had to have it towed. Speedometer doesn't register, I can't tell when I need gas. He can have the computer rebuilt and guaranteed for life if all 6 coils are replaced according to FORD. The Fora platform includes forum software by XenForo. I managed to get the dead metal off the road and into a store parking lot. Pulled over, turned the ignition off and back on and it was fine. Thought there would of been a recall on it considering amount of complaints. I got back in the car turned the ignition and after a few seconds it started and I could tell it was only running on 4 cylinders instead of 6. About 10 minutes later after a full stop the vehicle had another acceleration while foot on brake and the vehicle stalled out. While driving about two weeks ago, the little wrench light came on and I lost power. Oil was present in the engine and no other major issues seemed to be present before this one. It will surge forward when turning into a parking spot and in many other instances. They swapped it with a 2006 five hundred motor. Occasionally we will be able to get it to a parking lot, we have had to be towed home. The contact continued to drive and the instrument cluster began working a few moments later. This process repeats on and off over time. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was awaiting a full diagnosis of the failure. I Have A 2003 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Xls. which is now bankrupt from what I have been told. If it is wet, your egr cooler has failed. The most expensive option available on the Five Hundred is all-wheel drive, but for $1,700 you get sure-footed traction for inclement weather and for mild off-pavement excursions as well as a continuously variable transmission, or CVT, that provides seamless operation and 19 mpg in town and 26 on the open road. I went online & found info on a technical service bulletin "TSB 06-17-9 09/04/06 - intermittent instrument cluster", it does not appear to be a recall item so assuming any repairs are entirely owner cost ?. Who buys a car to keep dumping cash into it & burdening people for rides?????? Its free and only takes a minute, Return to 2000-2007 Ford Taurus & Mercury Sable (4th Generation), Powered by phpBB Forum Software phpBB Limited. Shutting off while driving! [DROF_3380] 02 Ford Excursion Fuse Diagram Fuse Diagram - OSSIE. The underside of the mirror had caught fire and started burning for a bit before the fuse finally blew. Update from Aug 8, 2014: we received our repair slip estimated at 6,000.00 For Computer, 6 coils , 6 spark plugs , 3 cats , gaskets and labor. We have replaced the fuel pump and spark plugs. There was bumper to bumper traffic on a hot day. So, OPTION A..get a junkyard to cut off the end for $50 and splice/heat shrink on to existing cable. The technician stated that the motor mount would need to be replaced. The problem was supposed to be addressed for free per r12n03. Have changed the throttle body and accelerator, n both sensors. I had my foot on the brake, I was about to stop. I'm Sick, Frustrated, angry, about to lose my job, what else? The vehicle was not further repaired. When stopped at a light for instance the idle speed becomes low and sometimes stalls. My car started chugging and running rough so I figured it was another coil. This is very dangerous as you could unexpectedly hit someone walking around the car at a stop sign or crosswalk. Noticed a million other complaints the same should this not be investigated? I have a 2006 mustang that within the last six months has started to shut off while I'm driving. I always liked Fords, but I don't know now. Service Engine light then came on and so I got it started again and took it immediately to the nearest auto shop. Now the car is sitting in my garage because of the fuel pump not functioning and does not make that sound anymore when you turn the key on. The approximate failure mileage was a 139,000. a sodering defect or electrical short draining battery, it's obviously a vehicle defect. . Cpsc: i1390188a. I put it in park and turned off the vehicle; opened the trunk; and looked up startled when a guy sitting nearby said that my car was smoking and on fire (about 10 seconds since I switched the car off and got out). It often happens on the highway, but also on residential streets and at all speeds. The manufacturer was notified who advised that there were no recalls for the vehicle and offered no other assistance. It doesn't matter if I'm driving fast on the freeway or slowing down to a stop. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. This is dangerous and should be an electrical recall. Continued to drive and the instrument cluster began working a few moments later. It was very cold and snowy out. Faulty Crankshaft Position Sensor One of the most common reasons for the issue of car shuts off while driving is a faulty crankshaft position sensor. Escape had not exhibited any issues going home. Right now, we have spent about $650 at the dealer for " diagnostic tests, PCM reload with data, wiring harness replacement and another volt/ohm check, $200 wiring harness cable, $850 new PCM module and we obviously still are not done yet. good luck OEM pedal sensor or aftermarket? Until this point I had considered a Ford F-150 as a viable option for a new car. The batt light goes on and the entire instrument cluster (spedo fuel turbo temp etc ) shuts off .. when it's off the climate control won't work and the sun roof won't work . Stalled out while at low rpm and would not restart. Now it cuts off while driving and reverse light on while dash is out 0 replies Report Answer Get it fixed today at a shop near you We have since talked to several Ford dealers including Ford motor company , they all said it was our responsibility to fix the problem. The car will lurch forward, the lights on the dashboard will all light up, and then the engine will shut down causing us to have to shift into neutral and try to pull over to safety. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. I had this car repaired twice at a professional mechanic shop that cost me thousands of dollars. The oil has been changed, air filter, radiator fluid, battery good. Ford should be very glad that there was not an accident at 70 mph. Maintenance/Repairs ford lynniep January 3, 2014, 2:58am #1 I was driving to work this morning. Kw. The suv was towed to my mechanic. The rpm's were low and it would idle rough and surge from low to high, I tried hitting the gas pedal and the car stalled! Yesterday, while I was driving the engine shut off, and the dashboard stated to look at gauges. Happened a third time at the store. well 2-3 months later I get it to crank with a phone call from a mechanic I paid to call, and boom my brand new ignition coil pops up in smoke under the hood. The car is essentially un-drivable, because we cannot count on it to get to us work on time or safely. I bought it about a year ago from someone and they were swapping the motors out at the time the car ran fine just had a knock in the motor is what I was told. I thought that the vehicle reacted rather sporadically rather than notifying me of an issue, and there should have been a recall if these engines can't even go 60,000-100,000 miles without becoming a hazard. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle body sensor failed . My son's 2010 with the 5.4 was doing this. Still have a short somewhere . I have taken in to dealership and explained these "symptoms" but they just say they don't know what it could be and will have to check it out while it is happening. The contact stated that while driving 20 mph, the vehicle started to lunge forward and backward before stalling. In addition, the vehicle would suddenly stall and the fail safe engine sensor indicator illuminated on several occasions. The car now sits in my driveway where it was towed to and sits for safety reasons. Glad it's being fixed. Car was towed to Bob Allen Ford in Overland Park, KS. Within 10 sec. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. Yesterday the check engine light came back, and the car was running poorly (creeping when first off brakes, not up shifting), when the dash was operable it showed alternating check engine/check transmission warnings, and vehicle was surging/lagging noticeably at highway speeds. An estimate for me was $900 from my mechanic. Just bought a used Escape in August, everything checked out ok. I bought this car in May of 2009. Then the car stalled out and would not restart for a long period of time. It has recurred a few times, its most noticeable after dark as dash lights go black. Cluster panel just shuts off while running and can't use air, radio, windows, locks, seats, etc. Tl- the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. I recently bought a 2005 Ford Escape. Inside the cover are two large. There are countless others who have filed complaints and concerns regarding this very issue. The contact stated that while driving 70 mph, the wrench warning indicator illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The dealer cleaned the throttle body to remedy the failure, but the failure recurred approximately one year later. also, check the battery. Door froze shut and ever since manually opening the message center states driver door ajar and passenger door ajar and they are not. It was very scary. I was going to have the car towed, but I was told by a mechanic that he cannot diagnose the problem unless the warning lights ieengine are on. If I am on the freeway running 70 mph, get off the ramp and the engine stalls. No lights came on and was able to drive. WHAT???? So now I'm still paying the loan on it while it sits in shop waiting for the part. Suppose I was going 60mph, I would have lost control of the vehicle. by tmac1180 Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:20 pm, You need to be a member in order to post a reply, Not a member? Tl the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The fail safe mode warning light started to illuminate. However, I was able to get off the road and make a right turn at the next road and pull over. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. It should be a recall. I had to press brake hard to prevent moving hitting car in from of me. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 82,000. statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Five Hundred, all problems of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, all problems of the 2006 Ford Five Hundred, all problems of the 2007 Ford Five Hundred, Gas Recirculation Valve (egr Valve) problems. The failure and current mileage was 94,000. This was the first of many times this occurred! Put in new fuse it blew. I can't afford repairs or a new car. Well, I was driving to work as I do every day when all of the sudden I heard a "Pop" and my engine just stalled. . . Lucky for us, my daughter works for Ford. He was on the right, so I moved around the car to the right looking towards the engine. Gauges drop check engine light comes on then wrench light then one shaped like a car n starts loosen power. No wonder there has been one the parking lot where my co-worker picks me up.. w/flat tire for a month. This is probably an easy fix, but if it isn't fixed, much worse could happen!. Still occurs. The most recently reported issues are listed below. This has been happening every week or so for nearly a year, and no one can tell us what's wrong. Still occurs. While driving approximately 70 mph, all of the gauges on the instrument cluster stopped functioning and displayed readings of zero. I live in spokane washington, but I had to have the battery replaced once while I was on vacation in montana. I am always extremely cautious when there are people around when I slow down to less then 15mph or back up. Just driving along at around 45-50 mph and the vehicle just dies and steering locks up. I have had myself and two other mechanics working on this thing.. Cars have become way overly complicated and in so become very untrustworthy. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for a diagnosis. Also lost power steering, and abs breaks. 2005 ford 500 shuts off while driving I have a busted motor mount and transmission mount on a 2005 Ford Five Hundred just as of yesterday here in Memphis it has started to warm up so I had my a/c on yesterday and when in operation while at slow speeds or at stop light the car will idle rough and start shutting on and off for about a millisecond. in this instance with the loss of power steering and no one was hurt or even killed due to their little " known problem " that they seem to have conveniently put on the " back burner " for the public ( their customers and REPEAT customers ) to shell out bucks due to their obvious PARTS FAILURES over and over. When I Turn The Key I Here It Start And Then It Stalls Out. This happens frequently almost daily in the summer. install it and then test the new PCM. Towed it to the dealer and the dealer spent over 6 hours to come to the conclusion that throttle body needed to be cleaned and pcm reprogrammed/updated. they usually are. Today, while driving it died. I always have to be extra careful. .Started up to drive home started & chugged, stepping on gas has no effect. I was on freeway and could have been severely injured if I was hit. I managed to get it to my mechanic. Shutting off while driving! They told me all costs would be upon myself and that I can take it to a local dealership to get it looked at and fixed. A few times it worked for short periods of time. This vehicle has completely lost all electronic power, steering, and ABS while driving at freeway speeds for the 4th time now. Can seem to run fine, be in the middle of an intersection and the car shut off and wouldnt restar good thing I can drive and knew what to do or I would have crashed numerous times. I mean it can't be normal wear and tear or for that matter why did I have notice of a problem from my system check. So many people have blown thousands on parts because of this. . Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. Reverse lights and brake lights constantly on on the exterior of the vehichle. While braking, the car will lurch and I mean really jump forward (or also in reverse) while rpm's surge/rev extremely high causing me to press very,very hard on the brakes at times slamming down to keep the car from going out of control by itself. With no power steering, I had to pull over quickly in lunchtime traffic. Thank God it was all down hill. the contribution test injector is firing right. On a trip south on an interstate, my car overheated. The vehicle was restarted but the failure continued to recur. That shop showed me a Ford technical Service Bulletin on this issue but the dealership refused to help, The check engine light came on the next day.but I was out of money. I had my air conditioner on and we were only traveling at 5-10 mph. See It wouldn't start again. See The failure mileage was 83,000. What if I was at a gas station when this happened when their happened to be some petrol-vapor present. This problem may be covered under warranty. My car is fine and then I go to start the car it won't start. I coasted to a stop and restarted the car. I purchased the car used with the understanding that it had some issues with a misfire. Code is p0191, replaced fuel pump and inertia switch as suggested in tsb. Having already planned to get a new vehicle in the near future, I went to the Toyota dealership the same day and left with a 4Runner. Sometimes the car will stall when the rpm's are dropping down. I replaced the fuel filter one time that is underneath the car. This has happened multiple times (meaning more than 5 times) during the summer of 2011. When Im the vehicle and the temperature reaches middle temp ,the car starts to beep and all the dashboard lights go completely out and the head lights and tail lights be blinking as if they are about to go off . Additionally, when I tried to use my emergency lights, they would also go off whenever the panel went out. The approximate failure mileage was 250,000. Weird. The time yesterday, I was in a residential area, so I was not going that fast. I was able to restart it and drove it about a 100 yards and parked it in my driveway.The next day I was at my childrens school waiting to pick them up idling in park and the car died. if I do not have foot on gas on break it will continue to move. The vehicle will stall and jerk. 2006 Ford Five Hundred. every now and then truck shuts off while driving. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. They issued memo's to their stores, (which I have copies of) but NEVER sent a letter to the owners. . The previous two other times I was going full speed on the freeway, when the engine just shut-off. The battery will just die and stop holding a charge. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. 2005 ford five hundred. Got it installed, volt/ohm tested the harness and also tested the new PCM and everything looked good. After reading these comments, I fear driving it, if it starts. This, as well as no speedometer to me is very dangerous. problems related to car stall (under the engine and engine cooling category). Drive foot on brake, rpms shot up engine reeves cat lunged forward I pressed harder in brake almost hit person. My 2006 Ford Five Hundred is surging there's no power it stumbles shuts off. They basically didn't know what was going on with the exception of first replacing the PCM for $1200 at Fords cost. Drove for approx 10 miles and then it started running rough again and appeared to be losing power. Your Focus's engine needs three things to run properly; air, fuel, and spark. wrench light comes on while im driving i turn car off start it back up starts fine. I was in a lot of traffic, 2 lanes and I was in the left lane. When we try to restart the car it will sputter and die again. Since I have been reading up on the issue I noticed that there was a letter sent out to owners of my model which I did not receive. As a side note, I ran the on-board diagnostic (that you get to through the setup feature on the steering wheel) and it found no problems. Apparently this is a ongoing problem with these vehicles. It was a very scary situation. I Was Driving It On The Hwy When The Truck Just Turned Off. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. Time will pass and it will eventually come back on, after a couple weeks. Mechanic suggested I try putting claim in with insurance company since it involved computer burn but they said mechanical problem was the cause so no coverage. The vehicle had random acceleration while at full stopped. I have a 2007 Ford Five Hundred with 21K miles. wow~ this is one i've never heard before. Vehicle then began showing random warning lights including "check engine", which was diagnosed first time as low fuel level sensors a & b. Go to another state & leave it there. This could be a very serious situation if someone is within 15ft when the car goes out of control all by itself and the driver is not ready. I was driving 35mph and all of a sudden my car had no power, I gave it gas and it would growl but no power. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic for inspection. On day 6 I accelerated to 50mph and the dash lit up like a christmas tree and just stalled. Upon initial inspection I fount the car was throwing the code p0351 I cleared all faults and problem went away weks went by and problem started again but more sever during normal operation the car started shaking and shifting erratic I then came upon some k formation as to a recall Ford put in place stating improper calibration of pcm and tcm cause unnecessary interaction I the electrical system and malfunction of the vehicle. I also let them know that my family has worked at Ford for generations now and I would hope they would at least look at it and do something about this extreme danger. The first time was during deceleration from about 40 mph, and the second was during mild acceleration. Driving Procedure: Release pressure in the fuel tank by removing and re-installing fuel cap. There was little warning. In addition, the vehicle would suddenly stall and the fail safe engine sensor indicator illuminated on several occasions. Add another to the list. Replaced rail sensor (code it threw) fuel relay, fuel filter, and fuel pump. CK Engine light came on and started flashing. I took to auto zone the day it went haywire & they advised me its a possible recall several ppl said the same issue with their Ford. The next day I took it to the Ford dealership and the wrench light and check engine came on. When you change the normal fuel pump you have to change the left pump too. Without much confidence, they returned the car to me and said they could not replicate the problem. 2022, CarProblemZoo.com All rights reserved. No codes for doors. I have looked my car up to see if it has a recall but none are given. His report: computer fried, wiring harness burnt. What was upsetting is that this is a common problem for this year of Escapes. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnose that the throttle body sensor needed to be replaced. It's in perfect condition except for one thing. There was no power steering and I believe I could have had an accident if I wasn't strong enough to turn the steering wheel in order to get off the road. In this case, it's usually fuel. DANGEROUS!!! If you get one from the salvage get them from the same car. We were going approximately 45 miles an hour on a two lane road through the mountains when my Explorer decides to turn off. . I do not think it should be my responsibility to pay for this since the part was recalled !!! The big three used many vendors in common, and when they closed we can't get Ford parts made. Once stalled out the computer displayed the following error "fail safe engine". While driving approximately 50 mph, the contact stated that the vehicle stalled. I then pull over wait for 10 seconds to 2 min and it starts back up. I had the car a year and have not got to drive it. The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis where the vacuum operative valve behind the throttle body was replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five hundred. Pmb. If the computer loses the signal from this sensor, the computer sees no reason to operate the ignition and fuel systems so the engine shuts off. I have been reading a lot on this car and its problems people have come into and wonder why no recall has been issued. Once the vehicle was restarted, it began to jerk when accelerated. Had This Problem Approx 1 Yr Ago. 2005 FORD Five Hundred Subscribe to alerts for a 2005 FORD Five Hundred Submit a complaint about a 2005 FORD Five Hundred These recalls apply to the make, model, and year of your car - and should be fixed as soon as possible. The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. Ask your Ford dealer. It would come and go throughout the years but got much worse recently. While at idle my car would sputter. Part of an ongoing series of issues with this vehicle (see earlier reports), initial symptom was the dash lights & needles shutting off intermittently (but now for extended periods). However, none of these parts are available due to being on backorder. On the way home from the movies late one evening my Escape just cut out on the expressway. This problem caused my car to quit while driving down the road, it could have ended in and accident. Since that time I'd disconnected the battery on a suggestion of a mechanic friend and all the issues disappeared for a few weeks. This car is still under warranty and had all its 5K maintenance serviced from the FORD workshop!!!



Arizona Cardinals Community Relations, Gar Form F510, Coleman Funeral Home Obituary Weldon, Nc, 1994 Jackson State Football Roster, Articles OTHER