{"content":[{"text":"Ford Five Hundred owners have reported 84 problems related to electrical system under the \n electrical system category. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please \n check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Five Hundred based on all problems \n reported for the Five Hundred. I was at red light person crossing road I was I. Drive foot on \n brake, rpms shot up engine reeves cat lunged forward I pressed harder in brake almost hit \n person. At the time no warning lights. Then at pharmacy drive thru w car I. From and I. Back of \n me car did same thing. I had to press brake hard to prevent moving hitting car in from of me. I \n was in drive but foot on brake! Had throttle body replaced still had similar problems \n progressing little did I know when throttle body is replaced has to be reprogrammed by Ford! \n This is a flaw w Ford throttle body many complaints and test does never issues recall, unsafe. I \n could have killed someone. See all problems of the Ford Five Hundred. Battery just goes dead \n over night. Signal lights melted and quit working. Cluster panel just shuts off while running and \n can't use air, radio, windows, locks, seats, etc. Car shuts off while driving down the road. Have \n replaced all parts suggested by codes. Still no fix. Wont shift from first gear after cluster panel \n shuts off. There are hundreds other complaints. This is dangerous and should be an electrical \n recall. Happens running driving and sitting still. I purchased the car used with the \n understanding that it had some issues with a misfire. Upon initial inspection I fount the car was \n throwing the code p I cleared all faults and problem went away weks went by and problem \n started again but more sever during normal operation the car started shaking and shifting \n erratic I then came upon some k formation as to a recall Ford put in place stating improper \n calibration of pcm and tcm cause unnecessary interaction I the electrical system and \n malfunction of the vehicle. I had this car repaired twice at a professional mechanic shop that \n cost me thousands of dollars. Every time, the car comes to stop or dies on me. I replaced the \n fuel filter one time that is underneath the car. Now the car is sitting in my garage because of the \n fuel pump not functioning and does not make that sound anymore when you turn the key on. I \n was driving my car it started to shake very hard well I heard a snap sound and my car started to \n drag I got out my frame above my right lower control had snapped ive read that many other \n people are having the same problem I contactes Ford about the issue and they said there is \n nothing they can do well I'm out of a vehicle but vefore all of this I kept going through fuel relay \n issues and eventually started losing my instrument cluster so now I'm fighting with them to do \n the repairs. It began with the 12 volt not working. Put in new fuse it blew. Then instrument panel \n speedometer goes black, if you got the dash it comes back on the battery got completely \n drained bought a new one. Still have a short somewhere. Noticed a million other complaints the \n same should this not be investigated? Isn't Ford a big enough company to take care of this \n instead of ignoring it? This happens sitting still or driving. My Ford Five Hundred is surging \n there's no power it stumbles shuts off. Car will be driveing 55 and completely shut off. Lossing \n everything including powerstearing. Have to put in neutral n coast to side of the road, \n sometimes will restart, others it wont. Also will start bucking and shut off. I can be doing 10mph \n n go to turn a corner n it shuts off. Can seem to run fine, be in the middle of an intersection and \n the car shut off and wouldnt restar good thing I can drive and knew what to do or I would have \n crashed numerous times. Have changed the throttle body and accelerator, n both sensors. Did \n not fix problem. Now saying it's the pcm shutting the car off. Pulled in drop off a donation at a \n second hand store. I put it in park and turned off the vehicle; opened the trunk; and looked up \n startled when a guy sitting nearby said that my car was smoking and on fire about 10 seconds \n since I switched the car off and got out. He was on the right, so I moved around the car to the \n right looking towards the engine. Looking at it, I could see it was the security light on the \n bottom side of the mirror; it was completely melted and fused to the mirror housing- a bubbly \n mess of plastic. It smelled of acrid, melted plastic and burned electronics. The underside of the \n mirror had caught fire and started burning for a bit before the fuse finally blew. I am so glad my \n baby and kindergartener weren't in the car at this time! The length of time of time it took for the \n fuse to finally blow is quite alarming! What if I was at a gas station when this happened when \n their happened to be some petrol-vapor present. My next stop was to get two propane tanks \n filled. They have to bleed off a certain amount of propane each time when finished filling a tank. \n It isn't far fetched that this electrical issue with failed safeguards could have resulted in far \n more injury than my slightly burned fingers. This needs to be investigated immediately before \n something terrible happens to someone. This is a fantastic car! This is probably an easy fix, but \n if it isn't fixed, much worse could happen!. Gauges drop check engine light comes on then \n wrench light then one shaped like a car n starts loosen power. Tl the contact owns a Ford Five \n Hundred. After placing fuel in the vehicle, white smoke emerged from the engine compartment. \n The contact opened the hood and flames emerged from the engine and the smoke turned black. \n The fire department extinguished the fire; however, the fire erupted again and would not stop \n until the battery was disconnected. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The","bbox":{"left":0.050964,"top":0.031288,"width":0.89347,"height":0.894159}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}