March 3, 2010
Is your Ford Five Hundred a piece of junk like mine?
Shellguana asked:
I have a 2006 and have already spent well over $1000 on repairs. All of which happened just outside of my warranty- go figure. The brakes are horrible. The A/C is out already and I had to replace the engine mount last year. I think this vehicle is a lemon and I can't wait to get rid of it.
Yes Kelly, as a mother of two small children I make sure and take off at green lights as fast as humanly possible and I burn rubber on my tires all the time! Seriously- do you work for Ford? Why are you defending them? You should NOT have to replace an egine mount on a 2006 vehicle. Brake pads should be changed, I agree but from what I have read many others are having more serious brake problems than that.
LeAnne, let me explain. There are 75k miles on the vehicle. I bought it with high miles in a cruch and with bad credit. I didn't have much options at the time. The a/c has a leak and the leak appears to be in the compressor, which is way expensive to repair. The brakes aren't so bad compared to the jumping when you move from park to reverse or park to drive. The motor mount costs me a little over $600 at the Ford Dealership. I have already paid $200 plus in A/C repairs. So I stand corrected, I have paid closer to $800 or $900 on repairs- not maintenance. I take very good care of this car, I get the oil changed ever 3000 miles and I do not drive it hard as suggested by another user. Bottom line, I expected a lot more out of this vehicle and I am very dissapointed.
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I have a 2006 and have already spent well over $1000 on repairs. All of which happened just outside of my warranty- go figure. The brakes are horrible. The A/C is out already and I had to replace the engine mount last year. I think this vehicle is a lemon and I can't wait to get rid of it.
Yes Kelly, as a mother of two small children I make sure and take off at green lights as fast as humanly possible and I burn rubber on my tires all the time! Seriously- do you work for Ford? Why are you defending them? You should NOT have to replace an egine mount on a 2006 vehicle. Brake pads should be changed, I agree but from what I have read many others are having more serious brake problems than that.
LeAnne, let me explain. There are 75k miles on the vehicle. I bought it with high miles in a cruch and with bad credit. I didn't have much options at the time. The a/c has a leak and the leak appears to be in the compressor, which is way expensive to repair. The brakes aren't so bad compared to the jumping when you move from park to reverse or park to drive. The motor mount costs me a little over $600 at the Ford Dealership. I have already paid $200 plus in A/C repairs. So I stand corrected, I have paid closer to $800 or $900 on repairs- not maintenance. I take very good care of this car, I get the oil changed ever 3000 miles and I do not drive it hard as suggested by another user. Bottom line, I expected a lot more out of this vehicle and I am very dissapointed.
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Comments on Is your Ford Five Hundred a piece of junk like mine?
2:05 pm
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brake wear on all cars thats normal
AC shoul dbe about time to have it fix that also about normal motor mounts break most of time by shifting hard or under hard running of car everything you have listed is normal wear for a used car about that age things wear out and its al about car care and how one drives you broke a motor mount id bet you was driving it hard like fast take offs or trying to spin a tire would do it brakes need to be check and replace most every year about 10,000 miles or less depending on how one drives and where more cars stop and go traffic faster they wear ac should be check every year sorry i dont see any problems othe rthat lack of care my ford car has over 300,000 my ford truck has over that sure they make lemons with all cars you can look up comsumer reports your car model
10:58 am
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You haven't really explained the problems you've had or indicate the vehicle's mileage.
$1000 on repairs? What repairs? Surely you didn't pay $1000 for a motor mount.
The brakes are horrible – what does that mean?
The AC is out already?
12:28 pm
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At what mileage did you purchase the car? If the car was previously a rental car that could explain some of the problems. Because that model was frequently used at many rental car companies.The jumping motion you are explaining is due to the transmission linkage needs to be adjusted, along with the transmission needing to be flushed. As for the a/c system, the setup ford used at that time was subpar at best I agree. Most of your problems probably stem from the previous owners neglect. And also alot of dealers do not recondition used cars like they should. I have owned over 8 ford vehicles, and while I have had some minor issues, nothing to the extent of your bad luck with this one. Because believe it or not, most damage is done within the first 20,0000 miles of a cars life due to neglect or aggressive driving. And it doesnt even matter the make of the car. I hope some of this info will help rationalize the problems you are having