general problems of the 2010 Ford Flex

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Flex. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, the steering wheel became firm, and the vehicle lost motive power. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and was able to restart the vehicle after 3 attempts. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the failure was due to the oil mixing with the coolant. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and determined that the vehicle was not under warranty. The failure mileage was approximately 148,000.

While driving at 65mph, vehicle started to accelerate funny and cel came on. Was getting on the freeway and the vehicle overheated and cel light came on. I was able to safely pull over before the vehicle died. Got vehicle towed to my home and when engine oil was checked, it was discovered that there was coolant in the oil. Took to a local shop where it was determined that the water pump had failed and dumped all of the coolant into the oil pan. Estimated cost of repair with labor is $5,000. Failure mileage was ~192,000. The oil was in good standing and gold in color 12 hours prior and was only driven ~45 miles at highway speeds before the failure happened. From what I can tell, this was a catastrophic failure of the water pump bearing seal that happened almost instantaneously. This needs to be looked into, as the repair bill does not match the issue. A water pump repair should not cost more than the vehicle.

My 2010 Ford Flex began inadvertently surging forward in acceleration without me making it do this exactly 3 months after I purchased the vehicle. The Ford dealer was unable to re-produce the problem on several occasions and said my vehicle was fine. No error messages reported in the computer. This has continued to happen sporadically since ownership. I have had another Ford dealership (as well as an independent mechanic) try and reproduce and diagnose the problem with no luck. Several weeks ago I was driving my vehicle in my residential neighborhood when all of a sudden my car surged forward with great acceleration with no warning. I had to swerve into a driveway and cut the vehicle off to get the vehicle under control. I am 82 and have a heart condition. This safety issue is critical as someone could get hurt or killed. Ford has several complaints of this happening with several models. I believe it is a Ford design flaw in the vehicles electronic throttle system. Ford corporate was put on notice of these events after the latest safety event. Please, I urge the NHTSA to issue a recall before lives are lost. I can no longer drive this vehicle as I am concerned someone is going to get hurt. It is being towed to the ravenel Ford dealership for inspection and diagnosis again. . . . .

We have replaced the turbos in or Ford Flex ecoboost 5 times within 2. 5 years!! the front and rear turbos both just went again within one month of each other!! we were finally told by a Lincoln mechanic the issue is a bad/faulty oil seperator made by Ford. It is pushing too much oil into the turbos causing them to literally blow up!! smoke everywhere and car is undrivable. I have small children and this is completely unsafe and dangerous!!.

As indicated by a number of Flex owners, my Flex simply died in the middle of the freeway going 70 mph. No warning - lights on dash went on, lost all power including power steering. After muscling the car to the shoulder, putting in park and sitting for a few minutes, it started back up. Took to dealer who said they could find nothing wrong. Extremely dangerous. I was almost rear ended. How many different people need to be affected by this problem before Ford and NHTSA take action.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford Flex. The contact stated that while driving approximately 75 mph, the engine warning indicator illuminated as the vehicle began to vibrate violently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for diagnosis. The trouble code detected that cylinder number 4 had failed without compression and also misfired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and they informed the contact that there was not a recall related to the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 67,462.

Vehicle bogs down during acceleration. No trouble codes shown. Not speed specific. Mpg has dropped significantly, from 24 highway mpg, to 14 highway mpg. Just had transfer case replaced. Feels as if the vehicle is fighting itself again.

After owning the new vehicle for three months it started randomly slipping into neutral. At first, it did this when accelerating from a stop (which is very dangerous in busy intersections, left turns and merging). It now does it then and in addition at highway speeds - 50+. It also at times has engine surges when at a complete stop. It also surges and hesitates at 45mph to highway speeds, at times causing such a speed variance that it will shut cruise control off, slip into neutral and rapidly decelerate before correcting itself. There have been 5 repair attempts at a Ford dealership. They have not been able to determine the problem. They sent it home with me until it does it "all the time" or breaks down.

2010 Ford Flex ecoboost we had several incidents where there was a loss of power and shaking upon acceleration. The dealerships were unable to replicate or determine any problems. The most significant incident occurred when accelerating from a toll booth. The car engine lost significant power and died several times. The result after this incident was a dead engine that needed to be completely replaced.