NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Ford Five Hundred Recalls
The 2006 Ford Five Hundred has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Ford Five Hundred. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 364
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Ford Five Hundred, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Ford Five Hundred
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005, 2007 Five Hundred, 24 other models
2006 Ford Five Hundred complaints by year
NHTSA has received 364 owner complaints about the 2006 Ford Five Hundred, the newest on August 27, 2022. Of these, 20 describe a crash (5%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Ford Five Hundred, the component group named most often is the vehicle speed control (32%), followed by the power train (29%) and the electrical system (14%).
The 2006 Ford Five Hundred's only recall does not concern the vehicle speed control.
Where 2006 Ford Five Hundred owners gave the mileage (329 complaints), the median was 70,134 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Vehicle Speed Control118
- Power Train104
- Electrical System51
- Engine36
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic31
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 21 | |
| 2010 | 44 | |
| 2011 | 83 | |
| 2012 | 72 | |
| 2013 | 24 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2006 Ford Five Hundred peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 83. 18% arrived between 2005 and 2009, 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 364 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted