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2007 Ford Five Hundred engine and engine cooling problems

19 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2007 Ford Five Hundred10% of all complaints for this model year.

19
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
10%
share of all complaints
64,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
2 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • There is a chronic recurrence of the engine stalling, jerking, idle speed loping, in low gear for this vehicle. At start up and the engine is cold there is little to no problem. However, once the normal operating temperature is reached (per the readout gauge), and upon applying the brakes to come…

    filed Mar 21, 2012

  • Throttle body caused surging and then after couple months just started stalling out and dying everytime the car would slow down for a stop or coming to a stop. *tr

    filed Jan 11, 2012

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

Related service bulletins

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    SSM 52243 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Feb 8, 2024
  • The Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) manual has been revised for diagnosing electronic throttle bodies (ETBs). The ETC_ACT and ETC_DSD PIDs should not used to diagnose possible ETB concerns. The IDS has a…

    SSM 46085 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 21, 2016
  • MIL WITH DTC P0106 AND/OR P0109. *KB

    19722 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Apr 1, 2007
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Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Five Hundred years

YearReportsShare
2006 Five Hundred236%
2005 Five Hundred4910%
Five Hundred engine and engine cooling 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.