2006 Ford 500 Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 24about this part
- Share
- 35%of 68 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 102,000miles
- Trend
- StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 24 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2006 Ford 500, 35% of the 68 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 102,000 miles.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“The car accelerates without warning when in gear, but stopped as in backing out of a parking space or sitting at a red light. It appears to be associated with running the air conditioner. It is very scary and I have had many close calls in hitting the car in front of me or even a pedestrian walking behind my vehicle in a parking lot.”
NHTSA complaint #10521208, filed 2013-06, 85,000 miles“All of a sudden the car started to run bit slow than usual before the incident and shortly after the check engine light came on. We took it to o'reilly auto parts and we were informed there is a malfunction in the throttle body and it needs to be replaced. The throttle body listed price is $562 and when we took the quote it was on sale for $331.99. We are yet to get this fixed and will keep the receipts for the records.”
NHTSA complaint #10672442, filed 2015-01, 138,800 miles“Was pulling out of my ally onto a very busy street and the car just died! I had enough speed to pull into a side street. I had received a recall notice and took it in due to the car accelerating upon putting it in drive or reverse. I took it in and the reprogrammed the throttle actuator which is attached to the throttle body. It cost me $417.00 just to replace the whole throttle body. I spoke with the dealership about this but was told that by them reprogramming it they did their part.”
NHTSA complaint #10641188, filed 2014-10, 80,000 miles“Upon driving on the freeway, my vehicle suddenly has a loss of power and the instrument panel shows both a check engine , and wrench light. I either have to pull over to restart the vehicle or put the vehicle in neutral, and restart the car as it is rolling. This is an everyday occurance for a little over a year. The dealership mechanic said there has been many complaints attributed to the throttle body sensor; therefore, a recall of that part should the thing to come! Unfortunately, it never happened.”
NHTSA complaint #10651986, filed 2014-11, 55,000 miles“You can be driving 15 MPH to 70mph and the vehicle will stall it's still running but won't go you can turn the key off and restart the vehicle and it goes. But it may go 2 feet or 20 miles I'm a auto tech I cleaned the throttle body like Ford said and Ford reprogrammed the PCM and that did not help. The vehicle still stalls going down the road and you have to pull over and kill it and restart the vehicle. Ford just put a lot of bad parts on these five hundreds mainly the throttle body.”
NHTSA complaint #10499812, filed 2013-02, 148,000 milesVehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2006 Ford 500
20 complaintsEngine
17 complaintsElectrical system
14 complaintsFuel system
8 complaintsExterior lighting
6 complaintsOther or unknown
6 complaintsAir bags
3 complaintsBrakes
3 complaintsBody and structure
2 complaintsElectronic stability control
1 complaintsSeat belts
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2006 Ford 500
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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