general problems of the 2009 Ford Flex

Rear subframe rusted at bolt mount. Vehicle could have experienced catastrophic failure wihle driving. Independent service center diagnosed and documented rusted area and potential for failure. Noise would happen during acceleration/deceleration but not in wet weather conditions. Until diagnosed as unsafe to drive, vehicle drove with rear passenger side sitting on rear spring, potentially causing spring to rust prematurely.

The door ajar sensor malfunctions and is crazy expensive to fix. There are numerous posts and videos online of workarounds bcz it’s so common but they don’t seem safe since that’s a safety feature and the workarounds are simply a way to trick or bypass the warning sensors since the doors are actually closed in most cases. Ford needs to take ownership of this and issue a recall. There’s a tire pressure sensor failure as well.

You can be driving down the road, and all your gauges will stop working, and all the warning lights on the dash will light up. The first time this happened my wife got stuck at a gas station all the warning lights were on and the car would not start, people tried to jump it and it would not affected at all. I looked on the internet and found were someone said to beat on the passenger side floorboard, I called my wife and told her to try that, and when she did the car would start. It doesn't do it all the time, you never know when it's going to happen. We have to just stomp on the passenger floor to get everything to start working again. If I had not found this information from somebody else on the internet my wife would have been stuck about a hundred miles from home. I've taken it to the Ford house and they say they've never heard of anything like this but I know it's happened before two other people that's how I knew to stomp on the floorboard on the passenger side.

Electric system.

My Ford Flex 2009 was parked at work went on break to my Ford Flex open drivers door crab what I need closed door and back rear window shattered out into peace's not sure what caused it. Has there been any recalls for this incident with Ford.

As I am driving come to a stop. Proceed in motion making a left turn or right turn vehicle will lock up slowing down with grinding. Now this has happened 3 times on the road causing traffic to stop.

Takata recall the air bags are off and the airbag light flashes sometimes when driving it comes in my dashboard tho remove all objects from behind the passenger sit or driver sit when there is nothing there and now it doesn't wanna acel�rate my car at all it parked now for 3 months.

Part of my power in my car shut off on the freeway, at 1:39 pm at 67 degrees outside . I had been driving for 40 minutes. My dashboard went dark, and only my clock time was on. I glided to the side of the road, and was able to pull the car very hard to the right (as the power steering was off). Then turned the key to off, waited 3 minutes turned the key and it went back on. It has not happened again.

Started hearing noises and smelling fumes transfer case was bad. Had to replace with a new one and there are thousands of complaints and possible lawsuits on the internet.

My transmission is popping really bad went on line and there is the same problem with the transmission there is a bunch of owners having the same problem.

I was driving down the interstate and my sunroof exploded. There wasn't anyone in front of me so a rock or something could not have been kicked up and nothing could have blown off a vehicle and hit me. The sunroof just exploded for no apparent reason.

My 2009 Ford Flex blow cold air when heat is on. Does not allow windows to defrost causing a hazard. This happens when driving and idling. This happened last yr. As well but seems worst this yr.

My daughter was driving on interstate at 70 mph when the Flex totaling shut down. She had no power steering, brakes or lights. It started back up after a couple of hours and was giving bogus messages on the display. Ford dealer says there are no codes showing up, so they won't be able to determine what caused this. We cannot drive anymore without knowing what happened, since it might happen again and would be very dangerous if going over a mountain pass at the time it happens. We live in montana.

This is the second door handle that has become lose. The passenger side is loose. Today the drivers side broke and fell completely off. This same door handle is recalled on the Ford explorer and other models but not on the Flex. That is ridiculous and unfair. They are defective.

Vehicle has had radiator cooling fan(s) failure(s) resulting in loss of power and overheating.

The paint on the roof starting peeling. I called the dealership since I still had a warranty and they told me it didnt cover paint. It started with a small spot but it continued to flake and is not about the size of a softball. There are now 3 spots like this on the roof. This is the 2tone paint with a silver roof.

I feel there is a safety defect in the model of the 2009 Ford Flex with a dvd system. When the monitor is in use there's an obstruction of view for the driver. It is quite difficult to see out of the rear view mirror when the monitor is in use. I have tried adjusting the driver seat and I can not find a position where there is not an obstruction of view for the driver.