Recall Register

2010 Ford Flex: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2010 Ford Flex. The campaign is 16V247000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Apr 2016. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal. NHTSA has 106 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 16V247000, in the NHTSA record

Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver's frontal air bag module, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 13, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C06.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 695 units in total.

  1. 16V247000Received . 695 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    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 Sable, 2009 and 2011 Lincoln MKS vehicles. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver's frontal air bag module, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 13, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C06.

    Report filed by Ford Motor Company. Manufacturer campaign number 16C06. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

106 complaints, 136 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2010 Ford Flex
  • All 2010 vehicles
2010 Ford Flex: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2010 FlexAll 2010 vehiclesFlex, all yearsMentions
Steering176.5100.9114.824
Engine161.890.791.222
Power Train80.987.459.711
Electrical System73.5114.2199.710
Service Brakes, Hydraulic66.230.618.99
Vehicle Speed Control58.869.219.78
Engine and Engine Cooling51.520.829.17
Air Bags51.5128.817.37
Fuel/Propulsion System51.541.791.27
Service Brakes44.143.729.96

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 22.

Complaints that report a crash
7
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
4
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
9 May 2019

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2017, with 19 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20091
  2. 20101
  3. 20112
  4. 20122
  5. 20136
  6. 20144
  7. 20154
  8. 20163
  9. 20174
  10. 20183
  11. 20194

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2010 Ford Flex: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/flex/2010/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Ford Motor Company

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2010 Ford Flex?
695 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Flex have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Ford Flex, model years 2009 to 2019. 1 of them names the 2010 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex name most often?
Steering: 24 of 136 component mentions, or 176.5 per 1,000. For all 2010 vehicles the figure is 100.9 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2010 Ford Flex open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.