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Worst years for a Ford 500

Owners have filed 303 complaints about the Ford 500 with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2007. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.

Avoid

2005 Ford 500

147 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2007 Ford 500

51 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford 500 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2007 B 51 2 2 99,700 Transmission & Drivetrain
2006 C 105 5 7 100,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2005 C 147 6 3 125,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Ford 500

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Transmission & Drivetrain 59 19.5%

Worst in 2005

Engine & Cooling 57 18.8%

Worst in 2005

Acceleration & Cruise Control 50 16.5%

Worst in 2006

Electrical System 42 13.9%

Worst in 2005

Fuel & Propulsion 20 6.6%

Worst in 2005

Other & Unspecified 13 4.3%

Worst in 2005

Lights 11 3.6%

Worst in 2006

Body & Structure 10 3.3%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 9 3.0%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 7 2.3%

Worst in 2005

Stability & Traction Control 5 1.7%

Worst in 2005

Steering 4 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Suspension 4 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Doors, Latches & Locks 4 1.3%

Worst in 2005

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford 500, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Oct 2012 peak 15 Dec 2019

Compare the Ford 500

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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