Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-09 | 05V515000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING | 123,206 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle made an… |
| 2024-02-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I am having problem with the reset button in my 2005 five hundred ford, the oil light stays on after oil changes, no on… |
| 2023-07-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The engine keep going into limp mode. The car stalls out while at lights an stop signs, power steering goes out on hig… |
| 2023-07-08 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | While driving the front end suspension slips, bounces up and down very harshly, tires slip, squeak, and slide in an har… |
| 2022-11-10 | ENGINE | Yes | 2 | I have 2 very serious and dangerous issues. The 1st issue, the car will shut off while driving and without warning. I'l… |
| 2022-07-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While waiting at the light in traffic, my car all of a sudden Accelerated, and decelerates, I have to push hard on the… |
| 2022-06-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | while we are in idel for a period of time the car wants to surge forward without pushing on the gas. it wants to rev wi… |
| 2021-08-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the "fail safe engine mo… |
| 2021-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS AT RED LIGHT PERSON CROSSING ROAD I WAS I. DRIVE FOOT ON BRAKE, RPMS SHOT UP ENGINE REEVES CAT LUNGED FORWARD I P… |
| 2020-10-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION HAS VERY HARD AND DELAYED UPSHIFT AND DOWNSHIFT MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL SPEED WHEN ACCELERATING AND… |
| 2020-08-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR USED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HAD SOME ISSUES WITH A MISFIRE. UPON INITIAL INSPECTION I FOUNT… |
| 2020-08-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RECEIVED A CODE STATING THAT I HAVE A FAULTY PCM. WHEN I DRIVE ALL THE LIGHTS COME ON AND THE SPEED GAUGE SHUTS DOWN. |
| 2020-04-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE FUEL SYSTEM IS MALFUNCTIONING. THE FUEL TANK HAS A CRACK CAUSED BY A WELDING POINT ON THE FUEL TANK WAS BROKEN LOOS… |
| 2020-02-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IT STARTED TO SHAKE VERY HARD WELL I HEARD A SNAP SOUND AND MY CAR STARTED TO DRAG I GOT OUT MY FR… |
| 2020-01-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR JERKS WHEN ACCELERATED. |
| 2019-08-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | (ETB) ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ON MY CAR CAUSES AN ACCELERATION THAT MAKES THE CAR JERK FORWARD. I'VE ALMOST HIT A WALL… |
| 2019-07-24 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY A MAJOR COMPLAINT AND CAUSES THE CAR TO HAVE NO THROTTLE RESPONSE. ELDERLY MOTHER GOT STUCK ON… |
| 2019-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL MY CAR HAS A FUEL LEAK PROBLEM AND FUEL TANK IS DAMAGE TO WELD DEFECT CIDE: P04442. ALSO PREVIOUS OWN INS… |
| 2019-05-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | AS WE WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY OUR SUNROOF EXPLODED CRACKING ALL THE GLASS. LUCKLEY THE PROTECTOR WAS CLOSED. IT SHO… |
| 2019-05-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | SUSPENSION: CONTINUOUS RATTLE ISSUES IN THE REAR SUSPENSION. BUSHINGS? SWAY BARS?? WHO KNOWS. NO ONE CAN SEEM TO P… |
| 2019-04-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR HAD ENGINE LIGHT ON SO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS AND PUT NEW BATTERY PROBLEM STILL THERE. HAD A MEC… |
| 2019-03-31 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR WON'T LATCH CLOSE UNTIL CAR IS WARM UP I SPRAYED IT WITH WD40 THIS IS THE SECOND… |
| 2019-03-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I STOPPED ON A CITY STREET AT STOP SIGN. AS I TRIED TO ACCELERATE, BUT THE CAR WOULD BARELY MOVE. THE THROTTLE CONTROL/… |
| 2019-01-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S AND FRONT PASSENGER DOORS DID… |
| 2019-01-24 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. DURING INCLEMENT COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER… |
| 2019-01-08 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE THE DRIVERS DOOR LATCH STOPS WORKING AND IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT. |
| 2018-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE SHIFT CABLE IS BURNT AT THE END. THE GEAR SHIFT STARTED GOING FROM NETURAL AS DRIVE AND REVERSE WAS BETWEEN PARK N … |
| 2018-07-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | GAUGES DROP CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON THEN WRENCH LIGHT THEN ONE SHAPED LIKE A CAR N STARTS LOOSEN POWER |
| 2018-04-29 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS INOPERABLE. WHIL… |
| 2018-02-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. AFTER PLACING FUEL IN THE VEHICLE, WHITE SMOKE EMERGED FROM THE ENGINE C… |
| 2018-01-11 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I HAVE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH MY SAME CAR ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING MY WHOLE DASH … |
| 2017-12-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DURING ANY WET WEATHER, WATER INTRUDES INTO MY DOORS AND BECOMES TRAPPED. WHEN OPENING THE DOORS, THE WATER GUSHES OUT … |
| 2017-10-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED IN MAY 2010. REALIZED EARLY-ON THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SMOOTH, BUT WILLING TO SETTLE FO… |
| 2017-09-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | GEARING INTO REVERSE IS HEAVY SHIFTING TRANSMISSION O2 SENSOR BANK 1 NEED REPLACING |
| 2017-08-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | AC COMPRESS WENT OUT AT 99804, NOW WITH 1420000 THE AC COMPRESS IS BAD AGAIN. |
| 2017-05-29 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT LOW SPEEDS, WHEN TURNING AND WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THE CAR WILL SHAKE, LUNGE AND THEN SHUT OFF. SOMETIMES … |
| 2017-04-24 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TRACK BAR BRACKET ON THE EXIT FROM MY DRIVEWAY TO THE ROAD THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE ERRATICALLY. AFTER STOPPING THE … |
| 2017-02-28 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | I TOOK MY BATTERY OUT MY 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED AND THE FAIL SAFE ENGINE MODE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WONT GO OFF T… |
| 2017-02-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FRONT DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT SHEARED OFF AT 25 MPH WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN AND THEN SNAPPED THE… |
| 2017-02-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY 2005 FORD 500 SOME TIMES THE DASH QUITS WORKING RADIO HEAT THAT STUFF IS FINE BUT THE DASH IT'S SELF RPM SPEEDOMETOR… |
| 2017-01-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DOORS & LATCH DOES NOT STAY CONEECTED ONCE LOCKED IN COLD WEATHER DOOR PAW AND LATCH FAIL TO CATCH RESULTING IN POSSABL… |
| 2016-12-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | IN EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES, THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH OR WILL POP OPEN WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES… |
| 2016-10-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT GEARS. THE CONTA… |
| 2016-09-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON SEVERAL TIMES AND THEN MADE 1 BONG. FORD DEALER SAID I HAVE A BAD CONTROL MODULE AND… |
| 2016-08-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ESTABA MANEJANDO HACIA MI TRABAJO Y ME APARECIO EN EL PANEL FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE, NO PUDE SEGUIR MANEJANDO MAS POR QUE … |
| 2016-08-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DRIVING WHEN THE CALL RPM DROP AND ABS GOES OUT CAR WON'T EXCELERATE "FAILSAFE ENGINE MODE " IS WHAT IT SAYS N MY CHECK… |
| 2016-07-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE OUT OF MY CAR AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I COULD BE DRIVING AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULDN'T … |
| 2016-07-11 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 45/55 MPH GOING AROUND A SLIGHT TURN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM … |
| 2016-07-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE EVER AGAIN!!!!!! I OWN A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED THERE WAS A RECALL IN 2012 ON TH… |
| 2016-06-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WILL ONLY BLOW WARM AIR IF THE RPM IS BELOW ABOUT 2000. THE HIGHER THE RPM THE COLDER THE A… |