NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Ford Flex Recalls
The 2018 Ford Flex has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 24, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 69
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2018 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 2018 Ford Flex
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 25V732000
- Reported
- October 24, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 92,347
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017, 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 2015–2017, 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 2013–2017 Flex, 2 other models
2018 Ford Flex complaints by year
NHTSA has received 69 owner complaints about the 2018 Ford Flex, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (10%); owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2018 Ford Flex, the component group named most often is the structure (28%), followed by the back over prevention (20%) and the electrical system (17%).
1 of the 2018 Ford Flex's 3 recalls also concerns the structure.
Where 2018 Ford Flex owners gave the mileage (31 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other20
- Structure19
- Back Over Prevention14
- Electrical System12
- Suspension9
- Air Bags2
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2018 Ford Flex peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 27. 23% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Ford Flex drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Ford Flex year in the same window: 8th highest of the 11 ranked years.
The 69 complaints about the 2018 Ford Flex are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Flex by model year
Other 2018 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted