https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Ford Five Hundred. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:11:04 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-2122032 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle made an abnormal knocking sound. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics, where the flywheel was replaced twice with used parts because the part had been discontinued. The contact stated that while her son was driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The check transm https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1973895 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT I am having problem with the reset button in my 2005 five hundred ford, the oil light stays on after oil changes, no one does not know how to reset, the reset button does not work, several mechanic told me not to worry about it , but the car can't pass the smog, it reads not ready, they told my to take a ride for about 50 miles and drive up to sixty miles per hour. . On going problem and I am r https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1973896 Sat, 09 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT I am having problem with the reset button in my 2005 five hundred ford, the oil light stays on after oil changes, no one does not know how to reset, the reset button does not work, several mechanic told me not to worry about it , but the car can't pass the smog, it reads not ready, they told my to take a ride for about 50 miles and drive up to sixty miles per hour. . On going problem and I am r https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1942277 Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT It's starting not going into highway gears (5&6) just revs real high and when it does finally, it kicks really hard. Sounds and feels like it's going to drop out from under the car. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1921480 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT I have 2 very serious and dangerous issues. The 1st issue, the car will shut off while driving and without warning. I'll be cruzing down the highway and out of no where it shuts off. I then do not have breaks or power stearing. This last Winter my daughter was driving it and it shut off while she was on black ice. The car flew into the ditch and the snow was so deep it was compacted in the entire https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1921481 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT I have 2 very serious and dangerous issues. The 1st issue, the car will shut off while driving and without warning. I'll be cruzing down the highway and out of no where it shuts off. I then do not have breaks or power stearing. This last Winter my daughter was driving it and it shut off while she was on black ice. The car flew into the ditch and the snow was so deep it was compacted in the entire https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908140 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT The engine keep going into limp mode. The car stalls out while at lights an stop signs, power steering goes out on highway an other roads making it impossible to steer or steer out of others ways, limp mode causes car to not be able to keep up with traffic on highway and other roads. Engine jerks forward an shifts irractically an shifts an downshifts hard. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908141 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT The engine keep going into limp mode. The car stalls out while at lights an stop signs, power steering goes out on highway an other roads making it impossible to steer or steer out of others ways, limp mode causes car to not be able to keep up with traffic on highway and other roads. Engine jerks forward an shifts irractically an shifts an downshifts hard. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908142 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT The engine keep going into limp mode. The car stalls out while at lights an stop signs, power steering goes out on highway an other roads making it impossible to steer or steer out of others ways, limp mode causes car to not be able to keep up with traffic on highway and other roads. Engine jerks forward an shifts irractically an shifts an downshifts hard. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908149 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT While driving the front end suspension slips, bounces up and down very harshly, tires slip, squeak, and slide in an hard to control way, sometimes into oncoming traffic when in slightly damp conditions an on roads with any amount of bumps, to the point that I need to drive extremely slow to avoid danger which in turn puts my and my passengers and my kids in danger by goin to slow in regards to the https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908150 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT While driving the front end suspension slips, bounces up and down very harshly, tires slip, squeak, and slide in an hard to control way, sometimes into oncoming traffic when in slightly damp conditions an on roads with any amount of bumps, to the point that I need to drive extremely slow to avoid danger which in turn puts my and my passengers and my kids in danger by goin to slow in regards to the https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1908151 Sat, 08 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMT While driving the front end suspension slips, bounces up and down very harshly, tires slip, squeak, and slide in an hard to control way, sometimes into oncoming traffic when in slightly damp conditions an on roads with any amount of bumps, to the point that I need to drive extremely slow to avoid danger which in turn puts my and my passengers and my kids in danger by goin to slow in regards to the https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1836477 Sat, 27 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT I would be driving on highway my wrench light would come on and my car would come to a crawl I always have kids in my car I could easily be rear ended and maybe hurt or killed I have to find a place to pull off where people behind me is cussing me out they think I did on purpose I then shut car off and tirn back on. Then ok till happens again there should be a recall I am on a fixed income and can https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1835893 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the instrument cluster lights turned became inoperable. The contact veered to the side of the road. The contact stated that the instrument cluster lights illuminated after 5 minutes. The contact was able to continue driving. However, the failure reoccurred on four different occasions. The vehicle was taken to a loc https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1825177 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT While waiting at the light in traffic, my car all of a sudden Accelerated, and decelerates, I have to push hard on the breaks in order for it to not slam into the cars infront of me.. this is really dangerous, from what I have been reading this is a wide spread issue that ford has ignored for years.. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1820432 Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT 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 withough the has pedal being pushed. It does it at red lights, stop signs, and if Im in a drive through. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1789450 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT Door latch freezes i cold weather causing the door not to latch closed. https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1784751 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT when I’m The vehicle and the temperature reaches middle temp ,the car starts to beep and all the dashboard lights go completely out and the head lights and tail lights be blinking as if they are about to go off . Even when I have the heater or a/c on they turns off and I’m a afraid that if or when I’m on the highway all my lights will just stop working on the middle of the highway at night and no https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1784752 Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT when I’m The vehicle and the temperature reaches middle temp ,the car starts to beep and all the dashboard lights go completely out and the head lights and tail lights be blinking as if they are about to go off . Even when I have the heater or a/c on they turns off and I’m a afraid that if or when I’m on the highway all my lights will just stop working on the middle of the highway at night and no https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1779310 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission was slipping. The contact restarted the vehicle and the transmission worked as designed for a while. While traveling up a hill or at a stop light, the vehicle would drift backwards. The contact had to let the vehicle drift to shift into gear. At times the vehicle failed to shift. The eng https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1779311 Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2006 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the transmission was slipping. The contact restarted the vehicle and the transmission worked as designed for a while. While traveling up a hill or at a stop light, the vehicle would drift backwards. The contact had to let the vehicle drift to shift into gear. At times the vehicle failed to shift. The eng https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1764238 Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2005 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle, the "fail safe engine mode" and check engine warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle stalled with the RPM revved up. The vehicle jerked while driving at an undisclosed speed. The dealer nor the independent mechanic was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The ma https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1727372 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS AT RED LIGHT PERSON CROSSING ROAD I WAS I. DRIVE FOOT ON BRAKE, RPMS SHOT UP ENGINE REEVES CAT LUNGED FORWARD I PRESSED HARDER IN BRAKE ALMOST HIT PERSON. AT THE TIME NO WARNING LIGHTS. THEN AT PHARMACY DRIVE THRU W CAR I. FROM AND I. BACK OF ME CAR DID SAME THING. I HAD TO PRESS BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT MOVING HITTING CAR IN FROM OF ME. I WAS IN DRIVE BUT FOOT ON BRAKE! NO WARNING LIGHTS AT TI https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1727373 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS AT RED LIGHT PERSON CROSSING ROAD I WAS I. DRIVE FOOT ON BRAKE, RPMS SHOT UP ENGINE REEVES CAT LUNGED FORWARD I PRESSED HARDER IN BRAKE ALMOST HIT PERSON. AT THE TIME NO WARNING LIGHTS. THEN AT PHARMACY DRIVE THRU W CAR I. FROM AND I. BACK OF ME CAR DID SAME THING. I HAD TO PRESS BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT MOVING HITTING CAR IN FROM OF ME. I WAS IN DRIVE BUT FOOT ON BRAKE! NO WARNING LIGHTS AT TI https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1727374 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS AT RED LIGHT PERSON CROSSING ROAD I WAS I. DRIVE FOOT ON BRAKE, RPMS SHOT UP ENGINE REEVES CAT LUNGED FORWARD I PRESSED HARDER IN BRAKE ALMOST HIT PERSON. AT THE TIME NO WARNING LIGHTS. THEN AT PHARMACY DRIVE THRU W CAR I. FROM AND I. BACK OF ME CAR DID SAME THING. I HAD TO PRESS BRAKE HARD TO PREVENT MOVING HITTING CAR IN FROM OF ME. I WAS IN DRIVE BUT FOOT ON BRAKE! NO WARNING LIGHTS AT TI https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1726562 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT AFTER DRIVING HALF-HOUR IN HIGH-WAY SOUTHWARD ON I-45 IN THE MORNING. THE CAR CANNOT BE ACCELERATE AT AROUND 40MPH WHEN I RAMP UP TO 288, AND THE AUTO-LOCK LIGHT TURNED RED. SECONDS LATER, IT RECOVERED BACK. 2 MINUTES LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN . AND AGAIN . SO I PARKED IT . ~8-HOURS LATER, I STARTED IT AND THE AUTO-LOCK LIGHT RED AGAIN. SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE STOPPED WHEN I BACK THE CAR. I S https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1726563 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT AFTER DRIVING HALF-HOUR IN HIGH-WAY SOUTHWARD ON I-45 IN THE MORNING. THE CAR CANNOT BE ACCELERATE AT AROUND 40MPH WHEN I RAMP UP TO 288, AND THE AUTO-LOCK LIGHT TURNED RED. SECONDS LATER, IT RECOVERED BACK. 2 MINUTES LATER, IT HAPPENED AGAIN . AND AGAIN . SO I PARKED IT . ~8-HOURS LATER, I STARTED IT AND THE AUTO-LOCK LIGHT RED AGAIN. SECONDS LATER, THE ENGINE STOPPED WHEN I BACK THE CAR. I S https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1720514 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS ON MY WAY HOME COMING DOWN FARROW RD. AND MY CAR STALLED OUT, SO I SLOWLY PULLED IN THE MEDIAN TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON. WHEN I GOT READY TO PULL OUT OF THE MEDIAN THE CAR WOULDN'T GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MILES AND HOUR. SO I HAD MY FRIEND HELP ME PULL IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND TAKE ME HOME AND TOW MY CAR TO THE HOUSE. WHEN I GOT IT HOME THERE WASN'T ANY ACCELERATION, RPMS WONT MOVE AT ALL, CAR HAS https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1720515 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS ON MY WAY HOME COMING DOWN FARROW RD. AND MY CAR STALLED OUT, SO I SLOWLY PULLED IN THE MEDIAN TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON. WHEN I GOT READY TO PULL OUT OF THE MEDIAN THE CAR WOULDN'T GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MILES AND HOUR. SO I HAD MY FRIEND HELP ME PULL IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND TAKE ME HOME AND TOW MY CAR TO THE HOUSE. WHEN I GOT IT HOME THERE WASN'T ANY ACCELERATION, RPMS WONT MOVE AT ALL, CAR HAS https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred https://plaincars.com/make/ford-five-hundred#complaint-1720516 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS ON MY WAY HOME COMING DOWN FARROW RD. AND MY CAR STALLED OUT, SO I SLOWLY PULLED IN THE MEDIAN TURN CAR OFF AND BACK ON. WHEN I GOT READY TO PULL OUT OF THE MEDIAN THE CAR WOULDN'T GO NO FASTER THAN 5 MILES AND HOUR. SO I HAD MY FRIEND HELP ME PULL IT OUT OF THE ROAD AND TAKE ME HOME AND TOW MY CAR TO THE HOUSE. WHEN I GOT IT HOME THERE WASN'T ANY ACCELERATION, RPMS WONT MOVE AT ALL, CAR HAS