The 2010 Ford Flex has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 695 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 181 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the steering. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
AIR BAGS16V2470002016-04-26695 affected
Defect
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ford Flex, 2008 and 2010-2012 Ford Taurus, 2008-2009 Ford Taurus X, 2008 Mercury Sable, 2009 and 2011 Lincoln MKS vehicles. The driver frontal air bag may improperly inflate during second-stage deployment in the event of a high speed crash. As…
Consequence
An improperly inflated air bag increases the risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy
Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and replace the driver's frontal air bag module, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin on June 13, 2016. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 16C06.
Complaints by component
STEERING
31
1crashes1injuries
ENGINE
30
1fires
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
13
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
12
1crashes1injuries
POWER TRAIN
12
1fires
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
9
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
9
AIR BAGS
8
5crashes2injuries
SERVICE BRAKES
7
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
7
Total complaints181
What owners report
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Leaving home to go to the grocery store and as I exited my street a dash warning came on stating "power steering assist" fault steering wheel locked up making it impossible for me to steer. Fortunately this happened in a spot where there was no other traffic and I was able to just turn off the car…”
“On the road and power steering went out and was super hard to turn”
“Water ingress into rear side door latch - froze - door opened while car was in motion”
“The contact owns a 2010 ford flex. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a metal clicking and scraping sound coming from underneath the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that the wheels felt loose. The contact stated that a nearby driver informed her that…”
“While traveling at highway speeds 75+ a loud bang and then control of vehicle was hard to keep on road, swerved left then right, left rear quarter panel hit guard rail and caused car to spin around and went sideways and backwards down a 30 ft embankment. Fortunately did not roll. Left side tires…”
“Vehicle loses power steering intermittently upon vehicle startup as well as in motion. Vehicle is then extremely hard to control without power steering. Message " power steering assist fault" prints to the instrument cluster above the steering wheel. Turning the vehicle off and back on may resolve…”
“The contact owns a 2010 ford flex. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, the steering wheel became firm, and the vehicle lost motive power. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and was able to restart the vehicle after 3 attempts. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was…”
“While driving car suddenly losses power and the wrench light comes on. Loss of power with the car transmission wont move the car at all. Have to pull over and turn off car about 5min then start it back up and now everything works with no codes. Happened 3 times.very dangerous becuase car losses…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2010 Ford Flex as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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