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Ford Five Hundred/Mercury Montego: Maintenance & Repair

182 messages,  Last post on Oct 23, 2009 at 12:59 PM

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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [waynokastarr] by nasandtrap
Mar 27, 2009 (7:50 am)
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Replying to: waynokastarr (Mar 18, 2009 9:02 pm)

Waynostarr did you ever find out the problem? My five hundred is doing the same things.
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [nasandtrap] by waynokastarr
Mar 27, 2009 (8:04 am)
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Replying to: nasandtrap (Mar 27, 2009 7:50 am)

Hi. My car is still in the shop right now. Nobody responded to my request with their solution to this problem, so I'm still not sure. However, my service rep called me earlier today and said that they took my transmission apart and tested every part, and they are replacing a valve body.
 
Take that with a grain of salt though, as this is the 4th time they've "fixed" it. I won't get it back until the middle of next week, but once I've driven it for a few days feeling for any bucking, I'll definitely update my thread to let everybody know if the valve body was the ticket or not...
 
I've had a lot of frustration with this, especially considering that the shop has now had my car twice as long as I had it in my possession during the time I've owned it (44 days)... I completely understand... Lots of luck!!
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Re: Ford Five Hundred/Mercury Montego: Problems & Solutions [jbentkowski] by ghobbs80
Apr 05, 2009 (2:36 pm)
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Replying to: jbentkowski (Oct 10, 2006 3:56 pm)

Yes, I have come up with an alternative to this problem. I bought my 500 used and I received a recall for my rear brakes 2 months later. I took it in and they replaced the rotors and pads, but it took 6 weeks for the parts to get here. I drove around for about 2 months after they were replaced and noticed they were squealing. I took the wheels off myself to take a look and noticed the rear pads were worn. I found out this was a problem. So instead of me taking it back to ford, I just fixed the problem myself. I replaced the standard rotor with a bendix performance vented rotor and bendix high heat performance pads. I have put on 30,000 km since I have done that and I have had no problems. It wasn't cheap to do so, plus I did all the work myself.. So that might be an option. Try changing the brand.
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Re: Drivers Side Window and Side Mirrors [maxx9000] by ghobbs80
Apr 05, 2009 (2:48 pm)
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Replying to: maxx9000 (Mar 03, 2007 7:38 pm)

Yes, I have experienced this also. Atleast you were only smoking as I was going into a car wash. I found the trick is to only tap the button up so it only jerks up a tiny bit, then you can pull the button up for the rest of the way. Its kind of like the automatic window going down. You hold the button for a second and it goes down all the way automatically...you tap it and it goes down a little bit.
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [waynokastarr] by robertsmeets
Apr 14, 2009 (5:54 pm)
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Replying to: waynokastarr (Mar 18, 2009 9:02 pm)

Re: Trunk Release
Did you ever get this resolved? I have a 2005 FiveHundred that does exactly the same thing, I noticed on the new Taurus they have a springloaded pusher that actually pushes the latch mechanism up off the latch hook. As soon as I can confirm that this one will fit I might just go ahead and buy it and install it myself.
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [robertsmeets] by waynokastarr
Apr 14, 2009 (6:12 pm)
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Replying to: robertsmeets (Apr 14, 2009 5:54 pm)

Hi. To be honest, the trunk release wasn't one of the bigger issues, so I didn't try to tackle it. I was more concerned with the vacuum/pressure issues with the gas tank and the bucking...
 
Please, keep me informed if you decide to install that on your car. If it works, definitely let me know, as I'd probably have it installed in the future.
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [nasandtrap] by waynokastarr
Apr 14, 2009 (6:20 pm)
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Replying to: nasandtrap (Mar 27, 2009 7:50 am)

Okay, so I got my car back outta the shop shortly after I posted my original reply to you, but shocker of all shockers, it wasn't fixed!! So it was sent back in.
 
I got it back almost a week ago, and so far, it's doing great!! After I've had it with no issues for a couple of weeks, I'll call the transmission shop that it was sent to and find out exactly what all they changed to stop the bucking, and then I'll post it so that everyone can use that as a reference.
 
As for the gas tank pressure issue, they changed my gas cap and an evap valve, and that didn't fix the issue. They finally sent it to Ford, and I believe the issue has been fixed, as I've had no problems and I've refilled my tank twice. Usually, within about 25 miles of refilling my tank, my check-engine light would come on, so this is why I think it's fixed. I spoke with them, and they said that they replaced the evaporative solenoid control valve (which is different from the evap valve they'd changed before).
 
Well, I'll be in touch in a week or two to let you know about the bucking issue and what the shop did to resolve it (if it remains fixed).
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [waynokastarr] by nasandtrap
Apr 14, 2009 (7:52 pm)
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Replying to: waynokastarr (Apr 14, 2009 6:20 pm)

Thank you I'l look for the update
Nasandtrap
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Ford Five Hundred by philipn
Apr 23, 2009 (3:40 am)
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I bought a 1995 Ford Five Hundred in 2009. How can I get the periodic maintenance booklet for my 1995 Ford Five hundred that is given to new car buyers?
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Re: Issues dealing with my '05 Montego (overlap with several forum topics) [waynokastarr] by llisa0822
Apr 23, 2009 (8:28 pm)
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Replying to: waynokastarr (Mar 27, 2009 8:04 am)

Please tell me how you made out, is the car running ok. How much is this going to cost me?

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