NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 139
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 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 2009, 2011–2012 Flex, 4 other models
2010 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 139 owner complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex, the newest on September 20, 2025. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the steering (23%), followed by the engine (22%) and the electrical system (9%).
The 2010 Ford Flex's only recall does not concern the steering.
Where 2010 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (113 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering32
- Engine30
- Electrical System13
- Fuel/Propulsion System12
- Power Train12
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 16 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 19. 27% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Ford Flex drew 1.5× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 4th highest of the 11 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 139 complaints about the 2010 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2010 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted