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2005 Ford Five Hundred fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 45 complaints for the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, 6% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
45 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
101,000 miles 40 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2005 Ford Five Hundred Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 101,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 4 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 4 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 7 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 101,000 miles
Based on 40 complaints that include mileage. 25% 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 miles4
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles4
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles7
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 40 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the fuel system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Dt*: the contact stated the fuel gauge was sticking intermittently and would not indicate the proper amount of fuel in the tank. Eventually the gauge would not operate at all. The dealership determined the problem was with the fuel quality and added fuel enhancers to the fuel tank. Currently the fuel gauge has been working properly. The contact maintained if there was actually a problem with fuel quality the proper authorities should be notified.

Reported at 6,500 miles, May 2006

At low speeds, when turning and when accelerating from a stop, the car will shake, lunge and then shut off. Sometimes it just shakes and hesitates and then keeps going. Sometimes it takes a while to get it running again. It always happens when the car is in motion. A couple of times this happened, the transmission error codes were displayed. I have had the transmission checked out and it was fine.

Reported at 130,000 miles, May 2017

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