2005 Ford Five Hundred engine and engine cooling problems

49 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2005 Ford Five Hundred — 10% of all complaints for this model year.

Engine and Engine Cooling complaints

10%

share of all complaints

70,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

1 / 2

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“The car periodically lurched and surged. Finally, it would not start. The dealer determined that the electronic throttle body was defective. Based on information from the dealer and from this website, it appears that this is a common problem on certain ford models. If this problem is as wide-spread…”
filed Apr 10, 2012
“Being stopped at an atm, my car began to smoke. Pulled over into the bank parking lot to see if it was over heating. The white smoke would not subside and began getting worse. Dialed 911 and a firetruck came out opened the hood and extinguished a fire under the hood. Prior to the truck arriving, a…”
filed Apr 9, 2012

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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Year	Reports	Share
2007 Five Hundred	19	10%
2006 Five Hundred	23	6%