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2005 Ford 500 hesitation / surging reports

8 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2005 Ford 500 — roughly 8% of all complaints for this model year.

8
Hesitation / surging reports
8%
share of complaints
117,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other 500 years

2007 5009
2006 50010
500 hesitation / surging by year →

Other symptoms owners describe on the 2005 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 2005 Ford 500 report before drawing conclusions.