NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2011 Ford Flex has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 26, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Ford Flex. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 144
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2011 Ford Flex, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2011 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 2009–2010, 2012 Flex, 4 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 15V340000
- Reported
- June 2, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 393,623
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2012–2013 Flex, 6 other models
2011 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 144 owner complaints about the 2011 Ford Flex, the newest on May 10, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2011 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the steering (40%), followed by the engine (17%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2011 Ford Flex's 2 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2011 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 73,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering57
- Engine25
- Power Train19
- Unknown Or Other11
- Electrical System9
- Service Brakes8
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 18 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 13 | |
| 2019 | 17 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Ford Flex peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 18. 22% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Ford Flex drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 5th highest of the 11 ranked years.
The 144 complaints about the 2011 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2011 Ford models
Newest record on this page: May 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted