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2006 Ford 500 cruise control problems

24 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2006 Ford 500, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
24 23% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
102,000 miles 23 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2006 Ford 500 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 102,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 102,000 miles
Based on 23 complaints that include mileage. 9% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 23 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 102,000 miles, and 9% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the cruise control complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

On several occasions the vehicle would not go or extremely late response then lunge forward when commanded by pressing the accelerator. Often times when you are turning in front of other traffic. I have had several near misses with being stuck in an intersection or a very delayed throttle response lunging me into on coming traffic. The car goes into limp mode or the transmission seems to act up after this happens. I get a check engine light and a wrench light on the dash.

Reported at 77,235 miles, July 2011

Upon driving on the freeway, my vehicle suddenly has a loss of power and the instrument panel shows both a check engine , and wrench light. I either have to pull over to restart the vehicle or put the vehicle in neutral, and restart the car as it is rolling. This is an everyday occurance for a little over a year. The dealership mechanic said there has been many complaints attributed to the throttle body sensor; therefore, a recall of that part should the thing to come! Unfortunately, it never happened.

Reported at 55,000 miles, November 2014

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Cruise control problems in other years

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