Ford Five hundred Electrical Problems
143 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2005. Best year: 2007.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
PULLED IN DROP OFF A DONATION AT A SECOND HAND STORE. I PUT IT IN PARK AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE; OPENED THE TRUNK; AND LOOKED UP STARTLED WHEN A GUY SITTING NEARBY SAID THAT MY CAR WAS SMOKING AND ON FIRE (ABOUT 10 SECONDS SINCE I SWIT...
REAR ENDED AN 18 WHEELER AND TOTALLED THE CAR BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND IT WAS A VERY BAD ACCIDENT.
THE VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONT END COLLISION WITH THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE PRIMARILY DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING DOWN A CITY STREET AT ROUGHLY 35 TO 40 MPH UPHILL. THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED A STATIONARY VEHICLE THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN. ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE MIRROR ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR CAUGHT FIRE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE WIRING HARNESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MA...
CPSC: I1390188A. 2006 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. CONSUMER STATED THE LEFT FRONT HEAD LIGHT CAUGHT ON FIRE SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE HAVING BEEN PARKED FOR 30 MINUTES IN THE GARAGE AND ENGINE WAS OFF. *LN THE FIRE DESTROYED THE LEFT FRONT ENGINE ARE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED HEAD FIRST, BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE CONTACT SUSTAIN...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ENTERING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THAT SMOKE FILLED THE INTERIOR. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED THAT THE TRUNK LIGHT WAS ON FIRE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH T...
DRIVING AT HE RATE OF SPEED OF ABOUT 55-65 MPH HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON THE DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY IN CHICAGO WHEN MY 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION WITH A MEDIAN AND MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE COULD BE A LOS...
REFERENCE ORIGINAL VOQ#10301954. MY CAR HAD A FIRE IN THE TRUNK WHILE WE WERE DRIVNG. THE TRUNK WAS LOADED WITH CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS. A FIRE OCCURED AND TOTALED THE CAR. UPON INSPECTION BY A FIRE FORENSIC INVESTIGATOR, IT WAS DETE...
WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 FORD 500, I T-BONED ANOTHER VEHICLE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35MPH. MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. MY SEAT BELT DIDN'T PREVENT ME FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. *TR
1. TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN ON A SPECIAL 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION IN A 2006 FORD 500( HAS APPRX. 64,000 MILES ON IT). 2. WHILE TRAVELING WE NOTICE THE SMELL OF SMOKE, THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM A SOURCE OUTSIDE, NO SMOKE IN VEHICLE, PU...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD FIVE HUNDRED. WHILE DRIVING DOWN-HILL AT SPEEDS LESS THAN 50 MPH IN SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE SLID INTO AN EMBANKMENT HEAD-ON. NEXT THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE AND CAUSED THE REAR...