NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Ford Five Hundred Recalls
The 2005 Ford Five Hundred has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 5, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Ford Five Hundred. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 510
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Ford Five Hundred, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2005 Ford Five Hundred
Latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch
- Campaign
- 06V383000
- Reported
- October 5, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,537
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 05V515000
- Reported
- November 9, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 123,206
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Five Hundred, 24 other models
2005 Ford Five Hundred complaints by year
NHTSA has received 510 owner complaints about the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, the newest on August 19, 2025. Of these, 20 describe a crash (4%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, the component group named most often is the power train (27%), followed by the vehicle speed control (20%) and the electrical system (19%).
None of the 2005 Ford Five Hundred's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Ford Five Hundred owners gave the mileage (442 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train136
- Vehicle Speed Control104
- Electrical System95
- Engine58
- Engine And Engine Cooling49
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic41
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 38 | |
| 2007 | 36 | |
| 2008 | 26 | |
| 2009 | 35 | |
| 2010 | 70 | |
| 2011 | 85 | |
| 2012 | 64 | |
| 2013 | 29 | |
| 2014 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 12 | |
| 2016 | 21 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Ford Five Hundred peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 85. 24% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 510 complaints about the 2005 Ford Five Hundred are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Five Hundred by model year
Other 2005 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted