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2005 Ford Five Hundred engine problems

101 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, which is 14% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
101 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
87,000 miles 90 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 3
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Five Hundred Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 87,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 7 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 21 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 16 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 12 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 5 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 5 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 87,000 miles
Based on 90 complaints that include mileage. 21% 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 miles7
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles21
80k to 100k miles16
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles12
140k to 160k miles5
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles5

What the data shows

Of the 90 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 87,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 fires, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

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 engine so it was impossible to restart the car. It was akso -37 below temperature.

November 2022 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford five hundred ltd. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle started to lunge forward and backward before stalling. The contact merged the vehicle to the shoulder, turned the engine on and off and the vehicle started immediately. The fail safe mode warning light started to illuminate. The dealer was notified of the issue but the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000.

Reported at 83,000 miles, June 2012

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