2006 Ford Five Hundred Electrical system Problems
- Complaints
- 51about this part
- Share
- 14%of 364 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 83,731miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 51 complaints about the electrical system of the 2006 Ford Five Hundred, 14% of the 364 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 83,731 miles. 5 a fire, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Door froze shut and ever since manually opening the message center states driver door ajar and passenger door ajar and they are not. But I can't reset driver controls until doors show closed. Have run code in my car and only code is p0193 fuel rail pressure sensor. No codes for doors.”
NHTSA complaint #11234304, filed 2019-07, 120,000 miles“I was on my way home coming down farrow rd. And my car stalled out, so I slowly pulled in the median turn car off and back on. When I got ready to pull out of the median the car wouldn't go no faster than 5 miles and hour. So I had my friend help me pull it out of the road and take me home and tow my car to the house. When I got it home there wasn't any acceleration, rpms wont move at all, car has power and cranks but when I put it in drive it won't go anywhere. It stalls and cuts off, even in neutral no acceleration. Everything lights up and cuts on but no acceleration. …”
NHTSA complaint #11388625, filed 2021-01, 201,000 miles“When I first start my car its slow to give power, often when I drive it on the street it'll just lose complete power and die down. Then I have to restart itfor it to temporarily go away then it happens again.”
NHTSA complaint #10638630, filed 2014-09, 149,000 miles“Car will be driveing 55 and completely shut off. Lossing everything including powerstearing. Have to put in neutral n coast to side of the road, sometimes will restart, others it wont. Also will start bucking and shut off. I can be doing 10mph n go to turn a corner n it shuts off. Can seem to run fine, be in the middle of an intersection and the car shut off and wouldnt restar good thing I can drive and knew what to do or I would have crashed numerous times. Have changed the throttle body and accelerator, n both sensors. Did not fix problem. Now saying it's the PCM shutting the car off.”
NHTSA complaint #11171676, filed 2019-01, 130,000 miles“Pulled in drop off a donation at a second hand store. I put it in park and turned off the vehicle; opened the trunk; and looked up startled when a guy sitting nearby said that my car was smoking and on fire (about 10 seconds since I switched the car off and got out). He was on the right, so I moved around the car to the right looking towards the engine. An employee of the store that was on the back, left side of the car pointed towards and said, 'look! Your side mirror is on fire!' I then saw the smoke billowing to the left (a strong afternoon breeze was blowing north). …”
NHTSA complaint #11140496, filed 2018-10, 98,100 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10021037Feb 26, 2007Intermittent instrument cluster operation - including gauges sweep/reset - multiple warning lights illuminated and/or reverse lights stay on. This applies to vehicles built…
- 10021036Feb 26, 2007Fuel gauge erratic/inaccurate and/or mil on with dtc p0463, b1202, b2627, b2879, and/or p2068.
- 10020704Dec 28, 2006Air bag light on with dtc b2290 - difficult to duplicate.
- 10021061Aug 1, 2006Battery light illuminated.
- 10019807Apr 29, 2006Tenths digit not displayed on odometer after 10,000 miles/kilometers.
- 10019951Jan 1, 2006Intermittent instrument cluster gauge sweep/reset - multiple warning lights on - reverse lights on - vehicles built before 2/17/2006.
Electrical system: other model years
Other parts of the 2006 Ford Five Hundred
118 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
104 complaintsBrakes
39 complaintsFuel system
38 complaintsEngine
36 complaintsEngine cooling
23 complaintsOther or unknown
17 complaintsBody and structure
17 complaintsExterior lighting
14 complaintsEquipment
11 complaintsElectronic stability control
8 complaintsAir bags
7 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2006 Ford Five Hundred
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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