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Ford Flex

Every Ford Flex model year on file, 2015 to 2019. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years56822 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52015 to 2019
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins336Summed across model years
By model year

The 2019 model year drew the most complaints, 251, 44% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

010020030020152016201720182019251
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Back-over prevention leads the Ford Flex complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Back-over prevention
217
Structure
88
Electrical system
73
Suspension
45
Steering
35
Engine and cooling
29
Powertrain
26
Fuel system
23
Visibility and wipers
20
Driver assistance
10
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Ford Flex model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Ford Flex by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2019SUV2511.65984250
2018SUV6711.91613163
2017SUV424.8824182
2016SUV985.12393087
2015SUV1102.72424054
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Ford Flex

  • 25V-732 Oct 24, 2025
    Driver and front passenger B-Pillar door trim may detach while driving
    Structure · 92k vehicles
  • 25V-695 Oct 13, 2025
    Rearview camera may display a distorted, intermittent, or blank image when the vehicle is in reverse
    Back-over prevention · 1.45M vehicles
  • 24V-951 Dec 20, 2024
    Rearview camera may intermittently display a blank or distorted image
    Back-over prevention · 31k vehicles
  • 20V-072 Feb 10, 2020
    Rear suspension toe links may fracture due to stress on the rear suspension
    Suspension · 211k vehicles
  • 18V-548 Aug 20, 2018
    Power supply cables at the starter and the alternator may not have been properly secured, possibly resulting in an electrical arc
    Electrical system · 87 vehicles
  • 16V-925 Dec 22, 2016
    Improperly brazed turbocharger oil supply tubes may leak oil on engine components
    Engine and cooling · 1,163 vehicles
  • 16V-621 Aug 25, 2016
    Component within the fuel pump electric module (PEM) may overheat causing a loss of electrical power to the fuel pump
    Fuel system · 78k vehicles
  • 15V-464 Jul 24, 2015
    Affected vehicles have a parking brake that may not fully engage when applied
    Brakes · 7,165 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.