2006 Ford Five Hundred power train problems

“The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission was slipping. The contact restarted the vehicle and the transmission worked as designed for a while. While traveling up a hill or at a stop light, the vehicle would drift backwards. The contact had to let the vehicle drift to shift into gear. At times the vehicle failed to shift. The engine and wrench warning lights were illuminated. The contact was concerned about driving the vehicle. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000.”

“I WAS ON MY WAY HOME COMING DOWN FARROW RD. AND MY CAR STALLED OUT, SO I SLOWLY PULLED IN THE MEDIAN TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON. WHEN I GOT READY TO PULL OUT OF THE MEDIAN THE CAR WOULDN'T GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MILES AND HOUR. SO I HAD MY FRIEND HELP ME PULL IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND TAKE ME HOME AND TOW MY CAR TO THE HOUSE. WHEN I GOT IT HOME THERE WASN'T ANY ACCELERATION, RPMS WONT MOVE AT ALL, CAR HAS POWER AND CRANKS BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT WON'T GO ANYWHERE. IT STALLS AND CUTS OFF, EVEN IN NEUTRAL NO ACCELERATION. EVERYTHING LIGHTS UP AND CUTS ON BUT NO ACCELERATION. FROM MY PHOTOS BELOW YOU WILL SEE I HAVE REPLACED ALTERNATOR, THROTTLEBODY, THE RED AND BLACK WIRING ON THE BACK OF THE INTAKE I'VE CHECKED ALL MY HOSES THERE WAS NO SPLITS NO CUTS NO VACUUM LEAK AND EVERY TIME I GET A READING ON IT IT GIVES ME A DIFFERENT CODE PLEASE READ AND REPLY IF THIS IS A RECALL I NEED MY CAR FIXED IMMEDIATELY”

“VEHICLE STOPS AND STARTS WITH A JERK. JUMPING CAUSING SLOW DOWN EVEN WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE. FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND HAS DONE TO FIX IT. SEEMS LIKE EVERY FORD HAS THIS PROBLEM AT SOME POINT”

“I OWN A 06 FORD FIVEHUNDRED AND AT ONLY 100,000 MILES I BEGAN EXPERIENCING REALLY HARD DOWNSHIFTING AND SOMETIMES COMPLETE SLIP FROM GEAR SLAMMING BACK INTO GEAR AFTER ROLLING FREELY FOR A WHILE HAPPENS WHEN CAR REACHES NORMAL RUNNING TEMP WAS TOLD WHOLE TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERYONE WITH THIS VEHICLE REGARDLESS OF THE YEAR HAS THIS SAME PROBLEM”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR FOR THE TRANSMISSION ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON, BUT IT LOST ACCELERATION. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED IN DRIVE OR REVERSE FROM A PARK POSITION, IT LUNGED FORWARD AND THE BRAKES HAD TO BE APPLIED IMMEDIATELY. FURTHERMORE, THE VEHICLE STALLED FOUR TIMES SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED TWO MONTHS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; HOWEVER, AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED WITH DUNCAN FORD (19999 VIRGIL H GOODE HWY, ROCKY MOUNT, VA 24151) FOR AUGUST 26, 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,797.”

“ON A 55 MPH ROAD WHEN YOU GO TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND ACCELERATE IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT AND MAKE A LOUD THUD LOUD ENOUGH TO MAKE CHANGE RATTLE AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE ALMOST LOCKS UP FOR A MINUTE YOU COULD LOOSE CONTROL WHILE TURNING BUT THAT'S JUST HOW IT STARTED NOW WHEN YOUR GOING DOWN A 55 MPH BACKROAD AND GO UP A HILL AND THE CAR DOWNSHIFTS IT DOES IT TOO MY CAR ONLY HAS 102,000 ON IT”