2005 Ford 500 Electrical system Problems

“Ford told me in 2012-2013 there was a recall on the instrument cluster, the previous car owner had brought to dealership and fix. Well the same issue is occurring now ( 138kmiles) I started the car 4/1 and the reverse lights stay on, dash board gauges are off ( no speed, RPM, fuel gauge working) the vents wont work. I continued to drive car for about 1-2 miles ( at felt like 35-45mph) and as I am driving the computer reset ( car did not turn off, this is still when the car is in motion) and all the gauges started to work. …”

“Driving through town, we came upon a bridge, when all of a sudden the car lost all power. The engine was still running, but the car would not take any gas and had no power. Coasted to the side of the road and turned the car off. After several minutes, I restarted the car and it went without problem. On tuesday the same thing happened as I was leaving the driveway. On thursday too the car to shop and it repeated the same thing twice while in the city during busy traffic hours.”

“The car has lost the ability to accelerate on the freeway while I was driving it. Had to limp off to the side to try to reset vehicle. After getting to the shoulder of the freeway, I could only drive the car no faster to 35 MPH because there was no throttle response and it would not shift out of first gear. This problem also effects shifting into reverse. When it is occurring you will notice a hard shift into reverse that tears up the gears. This seems to happen every couple months with no notice.”

“Throttle - engine shut off when pushing gas pedal. This has happened 3 times... When entering and exiting the beltway or hwy. Extremely dangerous. I've so far been able to drift onto shoulder of the road twice but the third time there was no shoulder. I was stuck in the traffic lane with no power. I had heart spasms due to fear of being run-over. This problem needs a recall issued. Similar problems have been identified in other Ford models. I do not want to be killed or have this problem result in a serious accident. I do not want to have a heart attack due to engine failure! Help! …”

“I was driving at the approx. Speed of 58mph and my car starting skipping and chugging. I slowed down and as I begun to slow down my car gave me a diagnosis code of failsafe engine mode, then my car completely shut down with no power at all. It was hard to pull off the rode and steer the car off the road because the steering wheel tightened up. I pulled over and let the car sit for a few minutes and then tried re-cranking the car. I was able to re-crank the car and drove further up the rode. I continued to have these problems. I drove approx. …”