This deal is profitable. The price is 7.6 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $2799
Fair price: $3785
High price: $4770
MPG: 19 mpg city / 26 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Other
Color: Silver
Mileage: 129,055
Year: 2005
Ownership Cost for 2005 Ford Five Hundred SEL
Estimated: $37235 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1634
$784
$686
$621
$556
$4281
Insurance
$1497
$1549
$1603
$1659
$1717
$8025
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$1834
$958
$667
$2291
$8513
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$446
$446
$446
$446
$446
$661
Total Ownership Costs
$9050
$7142
$6458
$6328
$8257
$37235
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3000.0
Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 4
Drive Type: AWD/All Wheel Drive
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine HP: 203
Engine KW: 151.3771
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Five Hundred
Model Year: 2005
Other Engine Info: Duratec
Plant City: Chicago
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: ILLINOIS
Seat Belts All: Manual
Trim: SEL
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2005
POWER TRAIN
2005 FORD 500. CAR BEGAN BUCKING/SURGING/ACCELERATING ON OWN WHEN STARTING TO PULL OUT INTO HEAVY TRAFFIC FROM SHOPPING CENTER TO MAIN ROAD. STRONG BRAKING REQUIRED TO CONTROL CAR. CONTINUED TO HAPPEN, PULLED BACK INTO SHOPPING CENTER LOT. WOULD HAPPEN IN DRIVE OR REVERSE WITH CAR TAKING OFF ON OWN IF NO BRAKE APPLIED. CAR STALLED TIMES TWO. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN VERY NEAR VICINITY. CONTINUED TO HAPPEN FOR SERVICE REP WHILE AT DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP FOUND ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY TO BE AT FAULT. A KNOWN PROBLEM TO EXIST, SO STATED. TSB EXISTS FOR THIS. MUST REPLACE THROTTLE BODY WITH UPDATED MODEL. UNIT ON BACKORDER. CAR UNDRIVABLE TILL PART ARRIVES. GREATER THAN 1 MONTH BACKORDER ON PART! VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION OCCURRED. COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
2005
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:AIR CONDITIONER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR FAILED. THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT UTILIZED OFTEN AND THE CONTACT WAS UNSURE AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE DEALER ADVISED THEY HAD RECEIVED SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THE COMPRESSOR BUT THERE WAS NOT A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 30,245.
