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2005 Ford 500 Repair Question


Topics covered: Body, Throttle body, Engine.
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Asked on April 14, 2008

2005 Ford 500 Loss of power


Driving down the road the car will lose all power. While car is still running but no gas peddle. RPMs drop and car will not move. But never dies.
Avatar Asked by cberry

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Replied on July 20, 2011

I am having this problem Did you ever find out what was wrong?

Tiny Answered by msriffi
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Replied on July 21, 2011

This model has issues with the electronic throttle body. The reason that the accelerator pedal is inoperative is that the programming defaults it to a "dead pedal" whenever the systen detects a fault with the throttle body.

Tiny Answered by The Ford man (expert)
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