NHTSA Safety Recalls
Ford Five Hundred Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Ford Five Hundred, across 3 model years from 2005 to 2007. The 2005 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2006 (1).
- Model years
- 3
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2005
- Owner complaints
- 1,074
2005–2007, with a recall
3 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 1,074 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Five Hundred across 4 model years; the most, 510, concern the 2005.
Owners marked a crash on 57 of the Ford Five Hundred complaints (5%) and a fire on 15.
Across all Ford Five Hundred model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 299 complaints), then the vehicle speed control (292).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Five Hundred in 2011: 229, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Ford Five Hundred is fuel system, gasoline, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest Ford Five Hundred recall, 11V355000, was reported on July 13, 2011 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap.
Ford Five Hundred years to avoid
Too few Ford Five Hundred model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Five Hundred years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Ford Five Hundred
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE3
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP1
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING1
- LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1
Ford Five Hundred model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Ford Five Hundred recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11V355000July 13, 2011 | fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: filler pipe and cap | 2007 | fire | 2,945 |
| 06V383000October 5, 2006 | latches/locks/linkages: doors: latch | 2005 | — | 139,537 |
| 05V515000November 9, 2005 | fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting | 2005 | fire | 123,206 |
| 06E056000 | fuel system, gasoline | 2005–2007 | fire | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Five Hundred. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: August 19, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted