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2006 Ford 500 hesitation / surging reports

10 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2006 Ford 500 — roughly 15% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Hesitation / surging reports
15%
share of complaints
117,500 mi
median mileage in hesitation / surging reports (10 with odometer)

Hesitation / surging in other 500 years

2007 5009
2005 5008
500 hesitation / surging by year →

Other symptoms owners describe on the 2006 Ford 500

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2006 Ford 500 report before drawing conclusions.