NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2016 Ford Flex has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Ford Flex. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 101
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2016 Ford Flex, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2016 Ford Flex
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V695000
- Reported
- October 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,448,655
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2019 Flex, 9 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 20V072000
- Reported
- February 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 211,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2013–2015, 2017–2018 Flex, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 16V925000
- Reported
- December 22, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,163
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Flex, 3 other models
2016 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 101 owner complaints about the 2016 Ford Flex, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the back over prevention (29%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the suspension (10%).
1 of the 2016 Ford Flex's 3 recalls also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2016 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 62,155 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Back Over Prevention29
- Electrical System23
- Unknown Or Other14
- Suspension10
- Structure9
- Engine8
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 31 |
Complaints about the 2016 Ford Flex peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 31. 16% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Ford Flex drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 9th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured Ford Flex years.
The 101 complaints about the 2016 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2016 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted