NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2017 Ford Flex has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 24, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Ford Flex. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 42
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2017 Ford Flex, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2017 Ford Flex
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 25V732000
- Reported
- October 24, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 92,347
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019 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 2015–2016, 2018–2019 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 2013–2016, 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 2016 Flex, 3 other models
2017 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 42 owner complaints about the 2017 Ford Flex, the newest on July 24, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the suspension (31%), followed by the back over prevention (17%) and the visibility/wiper (10%).
1 of the 2017 Ford Flex's 4 recalls also concerns the suspension.
Where 2017 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 77,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension13
- Unknown Or Other13
- Back Over Prevention7
- Visibility/Wiper4
- Electrical System3
- Steering3
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2017 Ford Flex peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 12. 29% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Ford Flex drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 11th highest of the 11 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the three best-measured Ford Flex years.
The 42 complaints about the 2017 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2017 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted