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2011 Ford Flex engine problems

The 2011 Ford Flex has 32 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 18% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

32

Engine complaints

18%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Flex engine complaints by model year53 complaints2009: 53 complaints2010: 38 complaints2011: 32 complaints2012: 11 complaints2013: 36 complaints2014: 28 complaints2015: 11 complaints2016: 8 complaints2017: 1 complaints2018: 1 complaints2019: 7 complaints
Flex engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“THE EXHAUST MUFFLER HOLDING HOOK IS SEVERLY RUSTED. PART WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER IN 05/03/11. REPLACED PART IS SEVERLY RUSTED AGAIN. VEHICLE HAS 7500 MILES ONLY. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN TO A MINIMUM DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. THIS IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD SINCE THE MUFLER COULD FALL OFF THE CAR WHILE…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · May 3, 2011

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2011 Ford Flex have?

NHTSA has 32 complaints about the 2011 Ford Flex engine — 18% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.