2009 Ford Flex

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2009 FORD FLEX IN A DRIVING RAINSTORM APPROXIMATELY 500 MILES FROM HOME AND THE CAR DIED TWICE. EACH TIME, SHE CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND A TOW TRUCK HAD TO COME OUT AND PICK HER UP. A LOCAL FORD DEALER LOOK AT THE CAR, BUT NATURALLY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. SHE MADE IT BACK HOME AND I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WE PURCHASED IT FROM (CRAIN FORD + LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS). THEY KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND WE DROVE A RENTAL CAR AROUND. THEY NEVER DID FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG. NOW, TODAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009, MY CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP FOR THE 2ND TIME FOR BRAKE GRINDING. THEY TELL ME ALSO THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW TIE ROD...$500. I'M SICK OF FORD MOTORS!! *TR

I BOUGHT MY 2009 FORD FLEX IN JUNE 2009. THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED A PROBLEM WAS IN JULY 10, 2009. I WAS TRAVELING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WAS APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND DOING APPX 28MPH WHEN THEY CAR ENGINE DIED. THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND THE POWER BRAKES WENT OUT. I STOPPED THE CAR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN STARTED THE CAR AGAIN. AFTER THAT IT RAN JUST FINE FOR A MONTH. THEN IN AUGUST 2009, I WAS YET AGAIN GOING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND WAS APPROACHING THE STOP SIGN GOING APPX 28MPH AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AGAIN, THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTENED UP AND THE POWER BRAKES WENT OUT. WE TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEN, IT DID THE SAME THING TO ME AGAIN ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH 2009, THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME TO BRING IT TO A FORD DEALER. THEY HOOKED THE TROUBLESHOOTER UP TO IT, AND IT DIDN'T THROW ANY CODES THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG, SO THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE THROTTLE BODY ON THE CAR. SINCE THEN IT HASN'T STALLED YET... BUT IT WAS ONLY PUT ON LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. HOPEFULLY IT DOESN'T STALL ON ME FOR A 4TH TIME!!!! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT OBSERVED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL EXTENDED TO THE FLOOR. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION; HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AFTER RAPIDLY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DEALER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THE WARRANTY IS VALID. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 126000.

2009 FORD FLEX. ENGINE DIES WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT BUT CERTAINLY PRESENT IN NUMEROUS 2009 FORD FLEX VEHICLES. FOLLOW THIS LINK: HTTP://WWW.FORDFLEX.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=3&T=711 THIS INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE. THE DEALER WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM AFTER THE FIRST OCCURRENCE. *TR

2009 FORD FLEX. DRIVING THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I NOTICED LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. THE CAR HAD SIMPLY DIED WHILE DRIVING. WAS ABLE TO STOP IT ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET AND RESTART IT. CONTINUED ON WITHOUT ANOTHER OCCURRENCE. LEARNED THROUGH A WEB FORUM THAT THIS HAS OCCURRED TO APPROXIMATELY 8 OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. *TR

THIS IS A 2009 FLEX DEALER DEMO WITH 1450 MILES. IT HAS DIED TWICE WHILE DRIVING DURING A TEST DRIVE. THE FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS WHILE IN DRIVE, IN A PARKING LOT AT ABOUT 5 MPH. THE ENGINE, A/C, RADIO/ACCESSORY POWER, AND ALL LIGHTS SUDDENLY DIED. IT WAS AS IF THE KEY HAD BEEN TURNED TO "OFF", EXCEPT THAT THE RETAINED ACCESSORY POWER AND ALL DASH/WARNING LIGHTS WENT OUT AS WELL. THE CAR RE-STARTED EASILY ONCE PUT INTO NEUTRAL. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS IN REVERSE, BACKING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY AT ABOUT 3 MPH. THIS TIME THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED, AND A/C TURNED OFF, BUT THE ACCESSORY POWER TO THE RADIO AND DASH /WARNING LIGHTS REMAINED ON, AND THE SECURITY LIGHT ON THE DASH WAS BLINKING SLOWLY. AGAIN, THE CAR RE-STARTED EASILY. BOTH TIMES THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKING WENT OUT AND THE CAR WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND SHIFTING GEARS, RE-STARTING IT, AND SHIFTING BACK TO DRIVE TOOK SEVERAL SECONDS. THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS COLLISION IF IT HAPPENED WHILE PULLING INTO TRAFFIC. I HAVE HEARD OF AT LEAST 4 OTHER SIMILAR INCIDENTS, AND MOST OF THOSE WERE RESOLVED AT THE DEALERSHIP WITH A SIMPLE CHANGE TO THE COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE IN THE ENGINE. HOPEFULLY FORD WILL RECALL UNITS ALREADY SOLD TO MAKE THIS CHANGE BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN HIS VEHICLE MAKES A HIGH PITCHED NOISE WHEN CHANGING THE CONTROLS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE POWER AMPLIFIER, BUT THE FAILURE STILL PERSISTS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AT THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,200 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,000.

2009 FORD FLEX HOOD OUT OF ALIGNMENT, MIDDLE SEAT ARE ELECTRONIC AND WOULD FOLD DOWN. BUT WHEN TOOK TO DEALER THEY WORKED. HEADLINER IS HELD ON BY MAGNETS. THIS IS IN THE ONE THAT HAS THE SKY LIGHTS IN ALL THREE ROWS OF SEATS. FORD TOLD THE DEALER TO PUT VECRO TO HOLD IT UP. BY THE WAY THEY HAVE NOW HAD THE CAR TWO DAYS. PICK IT UP DROVE HOME STILL SNAP, TOOK IT BACK, THEY CALLED AND SAID VECRO DID NOT HOLD EITHER. SO NOW I HAVE A RENTAL CAR. THIS CAR WAS A DEMO WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE AND I PUT 200 ON AND DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE. OTHER THAN THE HEAD LINER, THIS IS A VERY SWEET CA VERY ROOMY. LETS HOPE DEALERSHIP CAN FIX THE ISSUE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN IN AN INTERSECTION THE VEHICLE UNEXPECTEDLY STALLED AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, SURPRISED THAT A NEW VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF WARNING LIGHTS BEING ILLUMINATED. THE VIN IS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 60.