Car will stall or hesitate. Have had it scoped 4 times engine and electrically. Can't find anything. We've done a tune up coil pack diode in alternator checked. New fuel filter. May go for days and no problem, then all of sudden stalls have to pull off road lights all come on but will restart. We even went to ford dealer and they said why waste time scoping it again. Afraid to drive interstate at this point. Has anyone had similar problem please reply. We are at a stand still and don't know how to proceed in correcting this.

I bought this car 1 year ago from an estate, the driver was an older lady and in 10 years only put 72,000 miles on the car. Starting 2 months ago my radio started cutting out, I thought there was a short in the stereo and was going to take it to a car audio place but I was sitting at a light one morning less than 2 miles from the house and I lost all power and the car stalled. I turned it off then back on and it was fine. Less then a week later the same thing except the radio got staticy sitting at a red light and the speedometer was jumping between 20-50mph. Once the light turned red I stepped on the gas it jerked for a second then the radio came back, the speedometer went back to normal and away I went.

I did research and what I saw pointed to the VSS (vehicle speed sensor) so we replaced that and it changed nothing. After this happening 3 more times (losing power stalling and stepping on the gas and all power coming back) I went to a Ford dealer in Columbus and explained what was going on and the guy said "Gee, that's really weird, never heard of that before but we can look at it in a month" Called another dealer in Dublin and they said if I could leave it they would work it in. They had the car for a week and could never get it to do it for them so here I am 3 weeks later and still having this problem. They said they had never heard of it either so how is it that this seems to be a common problem Ford had "never heard of"? I'm afraid this car is going to kill me and my son.

I will just be driving along and the car will stall and die. I would come back the next day to it and it would start up as if nothing was wrong. I kept putting it off since it would start again. Also i got this car from CARMAX...never go there! its now 2010 and it dies on me again and I went and the mechanic said it was the battery...so new battery. One month later now and it died again, except this time it didn't start the next day. So again i had it towed to a mechanic, hopefully they can fix it; because I am getting rid of this POS. My engine would also rev itself at a stoplight, and the speed of the car would increase on its won as well. Horrible car! I really hope someone finds a solution because I think the car is a lemon for sure!

I am so sick and tired of this freakin car. I purchased it used (2003) hoping to reduce my transportation costs.

First I had a problem with the air conditioning. Second I had a problem with the indicator lights coming on. Third was the fan belt. Fourth (after an electrical inspection and a rental vehicle) I had to change the battery. But that wasn't the problem, it was the alternator and the throttle position sensor. For 4 weeks or so the car was running well. It then needed to be state inspected and found out that the the lower ball joints needed to by changed and almost every Clown is St. Louis wanted to rip me off for about $500-$600. Finally after much searching I found someone that charged a decent price of about $300. After getting that done and verifying that everything was great according to state standards, all the freakin indicator lights came on and the car started loosing power. After stopping the car, I turned off the radio and the headlights but it was still trying to cut off. I finally turned off the heater and the car resumed to normal. I drove it around the block and then I turned it off and then on to make sure it was ok. I went into the house and 15 minutes later I came out to the car and it wouldn't turn on. I heard clicking which indicates the battery but I heard some other sound too...it was some type of moaning/grinding sound. You got to be kidding me! What was weird is that when this happened before with the battery the cabin lights were very low and the headlight were extremely low. Not this time. The lights, radio and everything appeared to be at full power........I will never buy another FORD again!

This actually started after the car was hit in an accident in July, though the insurance co. insists it is unrelated. It started by the radio losing power while driving, without warning, & then it would come back on again. I took it to 4 garages, including the Ford dealership, & nobody could get it to repeat the problem. I was told the keys on my key chain were too heavy, so I lightened the load. The radio stopped going off, but the brake light & the fan light kept coming on periodically for no apparent reason. Again, no one could get it to repeat the problem to get it diagnosed. On Wed., twice in a few minutes the dash lights came on, the car lost power, then it came right back on. I have stopped running the radio, A/C, lights - anything electrical, so I haven't lost power since, but the brake light & fan light are still coming on. I'm scared to drive it & have it cut off again.

At this point, I'm wondering if its worth it to attempt to have it fixed, which no one seems able to do anyway, or just trade it in. It is also apparently in need of new rotors. Prior to the accident, I had no problems with the car & was very pleased with it. If someone can tell me how to fix it, I'd rather keep it.

The car idles way too fast. Car will accelerate going 50 mph without the drivers foot on the gas. Must constantly brake while driving in traffic in fear of rear-ending the car in front. I have gone through 2 alternators, 1 transmission, and 1 battery. Then spent 585.00 on some other garbage that the ford mechanics said would fix the problem. It worked.... for a month and now I am back at square one. Ohh did I mention that the car just shuts off when traveling down the road. Reeeaaallll safe Ford engineers. Don't worry though, if this ever happens to you just sit around on the side of the road for about 15 - 20 minutes and try to restart the car - it sometimes works. Put it this way... Found On Road Dead is no joke, it has happened to me numerous times.