Ford 500

Owners filed 204 complaints across 3 model years of the Ford 500. The 2005 drew the most (99); the 2007 the fewest (37).

Model years3

Complaints204

Recalls0

Fires5

Deaths0

Every Ford 500 model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2007	37	1	2	Power Train	Routine
2006	68	3	4	Vehicle Speed Control	Routine
2005	99	1	4	Engine	Routine

Which Ford 500 years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2005 is the weakest year on record, with 99 complaints concentrated in the engine.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.