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when I-??m 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. Even when I have the heater or a/c on they turns off and I-??m a afraid that if or when I-??m on the highway all my lights will just stop working on the middle of the highway at night and no one will be able to see me. And that will cause a big wreck and maybe kill myself or worst someone else. I have looked my car up to see if it has a recall but none are given. I-??m afraid for the safety of my fellow drivers on the at night. And I don-??t know what to do about this problem.
Cause unknown- battery light is coming on more while vehicle is running in all modes, local auto store determined it is an electrical problem. They tested the battery, alternator & starter. Also noticed that there is a musty smell & many ( if not all) of my metal parts are rusted.
Door froze shut and ever since manually opening the message center states driver door ajar and passenger door ajar and they are not. But I can't reset driver controls until doors show closed. Have run code in my car and only code is P0193 fuel rail pressure sensor. No codes for doors.
Pulled in drop off a donation at a second hand store. 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). He was on the right, so I moved around the car to the right looking towards the engine. An employee of the store that was on the back, left side of the car pointed towards and said, 'look! your side mirror is on fire!' I then saw the smoke billowing to the left (a strong afternoon breeze was blowing North). I came around and peered in behind the actual 'mirror' part; the fire had just gone out. Looking at it, I could see it was the security light on the bottom side of the mirror; it was completely melted and fused to the mirror housing- a bubbly mess of plastic. It smelled of acrid, melted plastic and burned electronics. The underside of the mirror had caught fire and started burning for a bit before the fuse finally blew. I am so glad my baby and kindergartener weren't in the car at this time! they usually are. The length of time of time it took for the fuse to finally blow is quite alarming! it could have resulted in the rapid spread of a fire that would quickly overtake the vehicle. What if I was at a gas station when this happened when their happened to be some petrol-vapor present. My next stop was to get two propane tanks filled. They have to bleed off a certain amount of propane each time when finished filling a tank. It isn't far fetched that this electrical issue with failed safeguards could have resulted in far more injury than my slightly burned fingers. This needs to be investigated immediately before something terrible happens to someone. This is a fantastic car! we love it. This is probably an easy fix, but if it isn't fixed, much worse could happen!
- Roseburg, OR, USA
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The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five hundred. The contact stated that the rear driver side tail light failed to illuminate. When the vehicle was placed in reverse, the reverse lights failed to illuminate. In addition, the control panel and driver side blinkers failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the alternator failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failures recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failures. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.
Cpsc: I1390188A. 2006 Ford Five hundred. Consumer stated the left front head light caught on fire spontaneously while having been parked for 30 minutes in the garage and engine was off. The fire destroyed the left front engine area. The vehicle was totaled by the insurance company.
At times when placing car into reverse or drive it will lurch forward. When going up any hill and the 6 speed transmission needs to down shift, it seems that it pops into neutral and then pops into lower gear causing the car to jerk very hard.. the jerking can be so hard that I am scared that its going to break the motor mounts or the drive axles. This happens every time I am going up a hill or trying to pass someone on the interstate on flat land. Had to replace the low beam headlight sockets due to them overheating and melting the socket and causing the bulbs to stop working. The driver side window, when trying to bring it up it will stop and go back down. Sometimes it will do it a couple times before I can get the window all the way up. This is my first Ford I have ever owned and I am love with the car but not with the problems I am having with the car. Also, when the car hit 100,000 miles it started to burn 1 quart of oil between oil changes. I cannot find any leaks. I have see a lot of people having the same issues I am having with the lurching and jerking of the transmission. Wish Ford would do a real call for these problems because I just love this car!
The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five hundred. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph and having to brake abruptly, there was a hesitation in braking response. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where they advised him that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was repaired and three sets of rear brake pads were installed on the vehicle. In addition, the low beam headlights started to dim. The contact inspected the vehicle himself and noticed that the pig tail socket had shortened. The pig tail socket was replaced. The failure mileage was unknown. The current mileage was approximately 125,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Low beam headlamp socket on the drivers side failed. One of the socket contacts showed evidence of a catastrophic electrical failure - looks like severe arcing, burned plastic, broken socket shell and badly burned pin in the lamp. The lamp itself is still O.K., except for the badly burned pin. About a week and a half later the same thing happened to the low beam lamp on the passenger side. Same damage to the same pin in the socket. That lamp is also O.K. except for the burned pin. This would appear to be a problem with the sockets/vehicle wiring, not the lamps. These lamps are mounted quite high and are reasonably well protected so it is unlikely that this is a moisture problem. The cost of the replacement socket from Ford is simply outrageous! dealer says this is the first case they've seen of this happening - but I heard the same thing when I had problems with the rear brakes and I now know that certainly wasn't true! has anyone else had this problem?
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- Tulsa, OK, USA