FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Flex

Owners have filed 2,511 complaints about the Ford Flex with NHTSA across model years 2009 to 2019. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2009 Ford Flex

272 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2017 Ford Flex

56 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Flex year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2019 C 299 6 0 50,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2018 C 81 12 0 58,500 Body & Structure
2017 B 56 3 0 77,000 Suspension
2016 B 131 5 0 62,155 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2015 B 122 0 4 48,617 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2014 C 325 17 3 64,500 Steering
2013 D 777 20 1 62,000 Electrical System
2012 C 89 5 2 60,012 Steering
2011 C 178 8 3 82,000 Steering
2010 C 181 11 2 68,731 Engine & Cooling
2009 D 272 18 3 55,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Ford Flex

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 393 15.7%

Worst in 2013

Steering 381 15.2%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2019

Engine & Cooling 227 9.0%

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2013

Body & Structure 185 7.4%

Worst in 2013

Suspension 106 4.2%

Worst in 2014

Worst in 2009

Brakes 82 3.3%

Worst in 2009

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2013

Lights 43 1.7%

Worst in 2013

Seat Belts 35 1.4%

Worst in 2013

Exactly what failed on a Ford Flex

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 110 49.3%
Warnings 20 9.0%
Camera 20 9.0%
Latch 17 7.6%
Rearview System Braking 15 6.7%
Door 14 6.3%
Blind Spot Detection 10 4.5%
Automatic Transmission 7 3.1%
Exhaust System 6 2.7%
Electric Power Assist System 4 1.8%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Flex, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Mar 2009 peak 55 Aug 2026

Ford Flex problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Flex

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.