Recalls, complaints, and safety data from NHTSA
The 2010 Ford Flex has 1 recall, 139 complaints.
1
Recalls
139
Complaints
N/A
Safety Rating
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 7, 2026
16V247000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ford Flex, 2008 and 2010-2012 Ford Taurus, 2008-2009 Ford Taurus X, 2008 Mercury S...
Overall
Not Rated
Front Crash
Not Rated
Side Crash
Not Rated
Rollover
★★★★★
Rating for: 2010 Ford Flex 4-DR. w/SAB
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2025 | STEERING | Leaving home to go to the grocery store and as I exited my street a dash warning came on stating "P... |
| Jun 22, 2025 | STEERING | On the road and power steering went out and was super hard to turn |
| Dec 13, 2024 | STRUCTURE | Water ingress into rear side door latch - froze - door opened while car was in motion |
| Jul 11, 2024 | STEERING | The contact owns a 2010 Ford Flex. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there w... |
| Mar 31, 2024 | SUSPENSION | While traveling at highway speeds 75+ a loud bang and then control of vehicle was hard to keep on ro... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | STEERING | Vehicle loses power steering intermittently upon vehicle startup as well as in motion. Vehicle is th... |
| Sep 4, 2023 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2010 Ford Flex. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the steering wheel becam... |
| Mar 20, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | While driving car suddenly losses power and the wrench light comes on. Loss of power with the car tr... |
| Feb 11, 2023 | SUSPENSION,WHEELS | UNKNOWN I was on the highway during dry conditions, and very suddenly fishtailed and swerved into a... |
| Nov 7, 2022 | ENGINE | While driving at 65mph, vehicle started to accelerate funny and cel came on. was getting on the free... |
| Aug 23, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | My 2010 Ford Flex began inadvertently surging forward in acceleration without me making it do this e... |
| Jul 12, 2022 | SUSPENSION | Rear suspension toe-link failure on left side. Incident occurred without any notice at speed of app... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | SUSPENSION | Vehicle was shaking in the rear area for some time at highway speeds. I took the vehicle in to the l... |
| Mar 18, 2022 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | The contact owns a 2010 Ford Flex. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, th... |
| Jan 8, 2022 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | I was in a parking lot and i felt the steering wheel shake and I got a message about the power steer... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | AIR BAGS | The air bag light is on stating that the code of b0001 driver frontal stage 1 deployment control and... |
| Mar 23, 2021 | SUSPENSION,WHEELS | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD FLEX. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE... |
| Jan 30, 2021 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | LEAKY FUEL TANK. STRONG SMELL OF LEAKY FUEL. WORRIED THAT VEHICLE MIGHT CATCH FIRE. TOOK IT INTO ... |
| Aug 15, 2020 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES | WHEN I PRESS ON GAS IT JERKS AND FEELS LIKE ITS STRAING TO KICK UP.DRAGGING NO GAS ITS PULLING. AND ... |
| Aug 9, 2020 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | SUDDEN REPEATED INTERMITTENT STALLS AT HIGHWAY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING |