2015 FORD FLEX Complaints

EXHAUST LEAK INTO VEHICLE WHEN GOING UP HILLS OR ACCELERATING. DEALER TESTING SHOWED HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN VEHICLE. AFTER BEING IN THE SHOP FOR 9 CONTINUOUS WEEKS THEY HAVE REDUCED BUT NOT ELIMINATED THE EXHAUST LEAK

THE REAR WINDOW WASHER HOSE HAS BLOWN APART THREE TIMES. ONCE LAST WINTER SO I COULD NOT REMOVE SLUSH TO SEE OUT REAR WINDOW. TWICE THIS YEAR, AT THE CONNECTION TO REAR HOSE. NEW HOSE INSTALLED AT FORD DEALER MONTH OR SO AGO. SINCE THEN HOSE BLEW APART AT FIRE WALL. I PUSHED CONNECTION BACK INTO FIREWALL. SATERDAY 7-29-17 CAR WAS IN FOR OIL CHANGE I ASKED IF THEY COULD LOOK AT HOSE. THEY COULD NOT,SAID TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. 8-1-17 FRONT WINDOW HOSE BLEW APART. I COULD NOT CLEAN BUGS FROM WINDOW. WILL SCHEDULE THIRD REPAIR APPOINTMENT TOMORROW. I WAS DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY FOR ALL REAR HOSE PROBLEMS. 45 MPH CITY STREET WITH FRONT HOSE PROBLEM.

DRIVING ON I75 HEADED SOUTH JUST N OF FORSYTHE GA 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC 75 MPH OR FASTER WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AND NO POWER. WITH GODS LUCK THERE WAS LIKE A 10 SECOND WINDOW WHERE WE GOT OVER TO TO RIGHT BEEN AND OF THE ROAD. MY WIFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER WERE VERY FRIGHTENED. CAR WAS DEAD NO POWER! WAITED A COUPLE MINUTES AND THE CAR STARTED SO THE AIR WOULD WORK THIS IS JULY 1ST CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE FIRST OPERATOR WAS NOT GOOD AND HER ENGLISH WAS TERRIBLE NEXT LADY WAS GREAT BUT TOW WAS 2 HOURS AWAY.TOWED TO FORD DEALER CLOSED TILL MONDAY. MONDAY MORNING FORD DEALER SAYS ITS A THROTTLE ACTUATED STUCK HAVE TO REPLACE THROTTLE BODY. THEY DID A GOOD JOB ON THE ROAD COUPLE HOURS LATER. THIS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

MY POWER STEERING FAILURE INDICATOR CAME ON (WHILE I WAS DRIVING), INDICATING A NEED FOR IMMEDIATE SERVICE. UPON TESTING, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING GEAR WAS FAULTY...ON A 2015 VEHICLE!! THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT IF THE GEAR FAILED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I WOULD NOT EXPECT SUCH A FAILURE IN A 2015 VEHICLE. IT LOOKS LIKE PREVIOUS FORD MODELS HAVE BEEN RECALLED DUE TO A SIMILAR ISSUE. I THINK THERE MUST BE A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW. GIVEN THAT THIS IS RELATED TO STEERING AND CREATES A HIGH RISK OF INJURY IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, I RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE FULLY INVESTIGATED.

VEHICLE LOST ENGINE POWER WHILE DRIVING ON 4 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ONCE WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. ONLY FAULT INDICATOR SHOWN IS "WRENCH" SYMBOL. UPON SHUTDOWN AND RESTART, ISSUE RESOLVES ITSELF UNTIL IT OCCURS AGAIN. THERE ARE NO SYMPTOMS LEADING UP TO POWER LOSS, AND IT SURPRISES DRIVER SINCE THERE IS NO DRIVELINE POWER, AS WELL AS REDUCED BRAKING AND STEERING CAPABILITY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS ON THE HIGHWAY AND AT IN TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS STATED THAT SINCE IT CANNOT BE EASILY REPEATED, THAT THEY CANNOT FIX IT.

DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A CLUNK AND FELT A SLIGHT LOSS OF POWER AND CONTROL. PULLED OVER TO CHECK VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. CAR SOON BECAME ENGULFED AND WAS A TOTAL LOSS. THE ORIGIN AND CAUSE EXPERT HIRED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY SUSPECTS AN INJECTOR LINE CAME LOOSE ON THE ENGINE AND SPRAYED FUEL ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON US 23 ON 6/10/2017 WHEN MY VEHICLE SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL. I COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FORTUNATELY WITHOUT STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE OR THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME REAR ENDING ME. A ORANGE WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DIGITAL SCREEN IN MY INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND A MESSAGE APPEARED THAT SAID "SEE MANUAL." MANUAL STATED THIS WAS A POWER-TRAIN FAILURE. I TURNED CAR OFF AND RESTARTED AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ON. ONCE RESTARTED, THE WRENCH SYMBOL DISAPPEARED. ON 6/11/2017, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME THING ONLY 1.5 MILES AFTER IGNITION. SUDDEN DECELERATION, COAST TO SIDE OF ROAD, VERY LOW ROUGH IDLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL DEPRESS. FORTUNATELY NO VEHICLES BEHIND ME. THIS TIME I HAD MY WIFE BRING MY SCAN TOOL TO ME AND I PLUGGED INTO THE OBD2 PORT AND RECEIVED A CODE "P2111 THROTTLE ACTUATOR CONTROL SYSTEM - STUCK OPEN." ONCE AGAIN I TURNED CAR OFF AND BACK ON AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON. I WENT TO BRUCE WALTERS FORD IN PIKEVILLE, KY ON 6/12/2017 AT 2PM AND ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE SERVICE ADVISER AS WELL AS SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED ME THEY COULD NOT READ ANY CODE AND THEREFORE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING. I EXPLAINED THAT IT RESETS WHEN YOU TURN OFF AND BACK ON AND THERE IS NO WAY TO DRIVE THE CAR WHEN IT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT IS DISABLED. I WAS ADVISED BY BOTH PEOPLE THAT I JUST NEEDED TO DRIVE THE CAR UNTIL IT BROKE DOWN AND HAVE IT TOWED IN WHILE STILL RUNNING THAT WAY THEY COULD READ THE CODE. I THOUGHT THIS WAS UNBELIEVABLE. NO TOW SERVICE WILL TOW A RUNNING CAR. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN BUT WAS ONLY TOLD THAT THEY HAD TO BE ABLE TO READ THE CODE TO HELP. I LEFT DEALERSHIP AND CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING. DRIVE UNTIL I BROKE DOWN AND HAVE IT TOWED WHILE RUNNING SO THE CODE COULD BE READ. HAVING A VEHICLE RANDOMLY SHUT DOWN ON THE ROAD IS SUPER DANGEROUS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FLEX. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND A FIRE ERUPTED UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHICH WAS ON FIRE. A FIRE INSPECTION REPORT WAS NOT YET CONFIRMED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A YARD. THE DEALER (KENDALL FORD OF ANCHORAGE, 1950 GAMBELL ST, ANCHORAGE, AK 99501,(866) 591-3517) WAS NOTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT HAD NOT YET RESPONDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THE CONTACT WAS WAITING TO DETERMINE IF THEY MAY BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

OUR CAR HAS STALLED ON US 4 TIMES, ALL WHILE IN TRAFFIC. 1ST TIME AT NIGHT ON A RESIDENTAL STREET MOVING FORWARD, 2ND AND 3RD TIME WHILE ON A 40 MPH ROAD IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, 4TH TIME WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION ON A MAIN ROAD MOVING FORWARD. EACH TIME VEHICLE HAS HAD A 1/2 TANK OR MORE OF GAS. VEHICLE ACTS AS THOUGH IT HAS RAN OUT OF GAS. LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON WITH A WRENCH SYMBOL SAYING TO CHECK MANUAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO WESTLIE FORD IN WASHOUGAL, WA 2 TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. THE COMPUTER IS SHOWING NO ISSUE, SO NOTHING HAS BEEN REPAIRED. VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, AS THIS COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. HAD WE BEEN ON A FREEWAY I HAVE NO DOUBTS IT WOULD HAVE. VEHICLE ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 9800K MILES ON IT AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN OWNED IT A YEAR. I RELY HEAVILY ON MY VEHICLE, AND HAVE HAD TO PUT OUT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS SO FAR ON A RENTAL CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 FORD FLEX. WHILE BOTH THE ENGINE AND AIR CONDITIONING WERE ACTIVATED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT IT WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 24,000.