2010 Ford Flex fuel system problems
16 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2010 Ford Flex, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 16 9% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 13 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 13 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 23% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
My wife and I were preparing to pull into a parking space, outside of an applebee's restaurant. When she tapped on the gas paddle to pull into the parking space, the vehicle lunged forward extremely fast, causing the vehicle to jump the curb. Here immediate reaction was pressing the brake, but the vehicle did not stop until it crashed into the restaurant. Thankfully there were not any civilians walking in front of the vehicle. The only person that was injured is my wife.
The car's fuel gauge will suddenly drop to empty and the car will run out of fuel. By doing some research this is a very common problem with ford flex and it is very dangerous. This has happened multiple times and the most recent was this weekend when my wife was driving on the interstate and it died in traffic. Very dangerous