NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2009 Ford Flex has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Ford Flex. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 181
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Ford Flex, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 Ford Flex
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V247000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 695
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2012 Flex, 4 other models
2009 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 181 owner complaints about the 2009 Ford Flex, the newest on July 17, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the electrical system (18%) and the power train (13%).
The 2009 Ford Flex's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2009 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (150 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine36
- Electrical System32
- Power Train23
- Steering18
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Unknown Or Other17
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 20 | |
| 2011 | 14 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 24 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Ford Flex peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 24. 30% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Ford Flex drew 3.3× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the Ford Flex years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 181 complaints about the 2009 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2009 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted