Ford / Five Hundred / 2007
2007 Ford Five Hundred problems
Owners have filed 287 complaints about the 2007 Ford Five Hundred with NHTSA. Vehicle speed control accounts for 24.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 20.9%.
Complaints287
Crashes29
Fires5
Injuries10
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Vehicle speed control 24.4% · 70
Power train 20.9% · 60
Electrical system 7.7% · 22
Fuel system, gasoline 7.3% · 21
Engine 7.3% · 21
Engine and engine cooling 6.6% · 19
Fuel/propulsion system 4.5% · 13
Air bags 2.8% · 8
Severity
Of those complaints, 29 describe a crash, 5 describe a fire and 10 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 3 model years of the Ford Five Hundred in this data, 2007 ranks 3rd by complaint volume — 2005 draws the most.
Filing volume has held steady, 12 in the last three years against 11 in the three before.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 62,600 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Five Hundred. The contact received a customer satisfaction letter for the cleaning of the throttle body and took the vehicle to the dealer for the repair. The contact stated that the cleaning, the throttle failed. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, who advised that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The failure mileage was 128,000 and the current mileage was 130,000. Vehicle speed control · reported at 128,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that while in reverse the vehicle lunged backward and crashed into a mailbox. The failure recurred constantly when the vehicle was placed in drive or reverse. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnose that there was a failure with the tps sensor within the throttle body. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000. Vehicle speed control · reported at 25,000 miles
The contact owns a 2007 Ford Five Hundred. The contact stated that the vehicle would lunge backward when reversing out of parking spaces. The vehicle would also lunge forward when driving out of parking spaces. The vehicle had not been inspected by a dealer nor had it been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 87,000. Updated 04/11/12 *bf updated 05/10121 Vehicle speed control · reported at 87,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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