Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2006 Ford 500.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-06-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | IT HAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, MOMENTARY ENGINE IDLE, RPM SURGE WHEN STOPPED OR DURING LOW SPEED DRIVING, SUCH AS TURNIN… |
| 2018-05-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | HI. THE RECALL FORD HAD ON THE THROTTLE BODY ISSUES BACK IN 2013 WHEN I GOT MINE FIXED. NOW 40 THOUSANDS MILES LATER T… |
| 2018-02-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE STARTING MY CAR ( PARKED ) WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW DOWN SMOKE BEGAN TO APPEAR FROM BEHIND THE PASSENGER R… |
| 2017-09-28 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A CRASH WITH A VEHICLE WHICH MADE A LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ME. SPEED WAS 35-40MPH. I SUFFERED… |
| 2017-09-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL- FOR OVER A YEAR I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY TRUCK AIR BAGS FIXED AND THEY HAD GIVEN ME THE RUN AROUND [… |
| 2017-09-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS BROKEN AND NEED REPLACEMENT. SAID TO BE NON-REPAIRABLE AS FORD DISCONTINUED MAKING THE TRANSMISSION 3 Y… |
| 2017-06-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARDS WHEN ENGINE IS STARTED AND PUT INTO GEAR. COULD CASE DAMAGE TO OTHER OBJECTS OR PEOPLE. |
| 2017-05-25 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THERE MANY ISSUES MOTOR JUST BLEW UP TODAY SITTING IN DRIVE WAY I JUST BOUGHT IT AND STARTED IT AND IT BLEW UP POWER ST… |
| 2017-03-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ALTERNATOR BURNED OUT WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONT… |
| 2016-11-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WITH… |
| 2016-10-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE ENGINE SURGES AND THE CAR LURCHES PERIODICALLY - NORMALLY AFTER THE ENGINE WARMS UP. IT SURGES WHEN YOU TAKE THE C… |
| 2016-03-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAS ROUGH OR HARD SHIFT, JERKS, EVERY SO OFTEN AFTER DRIVING FOR SO LONG. |
| 2016-03-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THROTTLE BODY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE NOW. VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAS 106,982 MILES. THIRD THROTTLE BODY NEEDS TO BE REPLACE… |
| 2016-03-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, IT EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION… |
| 2015-12-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | CUSTOMER REPORTED RIGHT LOWBEAM INOPERATIVE. INSPECTION REVEALED MELTED CONNECTOR AND DISCOLORED HEADLIGHT PIN. REPLACE… |
| 2015-11-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, INTERSTATE FORD, STATES OUR CAR'S ENTIRE REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY IS BAD, IS NON SERVICEA… |
| 2015-09-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WORK 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE AND WHILE I WAS ON THE ROAD PRESSING THE BRAKE IT WAS STILL ACCELERATING... I … |
| 2015-09-06 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER STOPPING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR ONLY ACCELERATED TO 15 MPH ON A BUSY SIX LANE STREET, THE ENGINE THEN DIED AN… |
| 2015-07-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE ENGINE DIED, MEANING NO ACCELERATION. I RESTARTED THE ENGINE AFTER A REST AND IT STARTED AND DROVE AGAIN. IT HAPPEN… |
| 2015-06-11 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE AT A STOP, ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE … |
| 2015-06-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION, CAR PUT IN SAFETY MODE, DON'T LET YOU RUN MORE THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR, TURNING OFF ENGINE TO… |
| 2015-04-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR TURN SIGNALS FAILED TO RESPOND. IN ADDITION, THE P… |
| 2015-04-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2015-03-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE V… |
| 2015-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING, RIGHT AND LEFT LOW BEAMS NOT WORKING, MELTED CONNECTOR DISCOLORED HEADLIGHT PINS. |
| 2015-01-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIRST OFF I COULDN'T GET THE DATE TO POPULATE THE CORRECT DATE THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS BUT THE YEAR … |
| 2015-01-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE AND SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO GEAR, IT WOULD N… |
| 2014-12-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO RUN BIT SLOW THAN USUAL BEFORE THE INCIDENT AND SHORTLY AFTER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT… |
| 2014-12-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR DIED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION. THEN REPEATEDLY, UNTIL ABLE TO GET TO SIDE OF ROAD. WAS TOLD BY FORD HYDRAULIC C… |
| 2014-11-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ENGINE DIED AT 83,000 MILES AND THE DOORS FILL WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS HARD OR FOR MORE THAN 1 DAY. |
| 2014-11-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | UPON DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY HAS A LOSS OF POWER AND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL SHOWS BOTH A CHECK ENGIN… |
| 2014-10-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING 34 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND THE ENGINE STALLE… |
| 2014-09-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WAS PULLING OUT OF MY ALLY ONTO A VERY BUSY STREET AND THE CAR JUST DIED! I HAD ENOUGH SPEED TO PULL INTO A SIDE STREET… |
| 2014-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | A SERVICE BULLETIN 12N03 WAS ISSUED. MY MOTHER-IN-LAW'S CAR SHUTTERED AND THEN STOPPED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER… |
| 2014-07-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FIRST NOTICED WHEN I WAS IN LINE AT A DRIVE THROUGH CAR WOULD JUMP FORWARD. IT IS GETTING WORSE AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF… |
| 2014-07-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE THROTTLE BODY I TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER THEY SAID THAT THEY CLEAN THE THROTTLE BO… |
| 2014-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND STALLED WITHOU… |
| 2014-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE GAUGES WILL TURN OFF AND ON. SOMETIMES IT IS TRIGGERED BY TURNING ON THE HEAT OR AIR OR EVEN THE RADIO… |
| 2014-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | MY CAR STARTED TO JERK AS I WAS GOING UP A HILLCURVE AND AS I TRIED TO GIVE IT GAS IT STALLED AND THEN JERKED FORWARD… |
| 2014-06-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE W… |
| 2014-06-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AFTER MY CAR WAS SERVICE BY A PERSONAL MECHANIC. WHEN CONTACTED, HE INFORMED ME THAT THE SYST… |
| 2014-05-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE IGNIT… |
| 2014-01-31 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD 500. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE SERVICE SENSOR WA… |
| 2013-12-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ORIGINAL OWNER UNAWARE OF ISSUES WITH CVT TRANSMISSION UNTIL I HAD ONE AND INVESTIGATED ONLINE .I HAD NOISE AT PARK AND… |
| 2013-11-21 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | INSTRUMENT PANEL NOT WORKING NO LIGHTS ON DASH SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE NOT WORKING ALSO REVERSE LIGHTS STAY ON THE AIRBA… |
| 2013-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE MOTOR MOUNT CRACKED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING, NO WRECKS. MECHANIC DOING ROUTINE INSPECTION DISCOVERED, EXPLAINED HE… |
| 2013-08-09 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED ONCE DUE TO RANDOM CAR SURGING. PROBLEM RESURFACED A YEAR LATER. THIS TIME FORD SAID I… |
| 2013-07-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2006 FORD FIVE HUNDRED LEFT FRONT HEADLIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE HAVING BEEN PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES IN OU… |
| 2013-04-18 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN. I WAS STOPPING FOR A LIGHT AND THE CAR SURGED. LATER, AS I WAS APPL… |
| 2013-04-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION IN MY MOTHER'S 2006 FORD 500, HAS FAILED. THIS CAR HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT, WAS BOUGHT BRAND NEW, AND H… |