Ford Five Hundred

Owners filed 1,074 complaints across 4 model years of the Ford Five Hundred. The 2005 drew the most (510); the 2004 the fewest (1).

Model years4

Complaints1,074

Recalls6

Fires15

Deaths0

Every Ford Five Hundred model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2007	199	2	3	17	Vehicle Speed Control	Routine
2006	364	1	6	20	Vehicle Speed Control	Above average
2005	510	3	6	20	Vehicle Speed Control	Above average
2004	1	0	—	—	Service Brakes, Hydraulic	Routine

Which Ford Five Hundred years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2005 is the weakest year on record, with 510 complaints concentrated in the vehicle speed control. It carries 3 recalls.

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.