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2005 Ford Five Hundred fuel/propulsion system problems

24 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2005 Ford Five Hundred5% of all complaints for this model year.

24
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
5%
share of all complaints
140,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The engine keep going into limp mode. The car stalls out while at lights an stop signs, power steering goes out on highway an other roads making it impossible to steer or steer out of others ways, limp mode causes car to not be able to keep up with traffic on highway and other roads. Engine jerks…

    filed Jul 8, 2023

  • When I bought the car had engine light on so replace the spark plugs and put new battery problem still there. Had a mechanic check out and he said codes reading fuel problem so change out the fuel pump and put injector cleaner. Problem still there he said maybe the computer so now I don't know what…

    filed Apr 28, 2020

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

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Five Hundred years

YearReportsShare
2007 Five Hundred137%
2006 Five Hundred144%
Five Hundred fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.