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2016 Ford Flex backover prevention problems

31 complaints about backover prevention have been filed for the 2016 Ford Flex, which is 23% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
31 23% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
75,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When backover prevention problems show up

Backover prevention complaints by mileage, 2016 Ford Flex Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 75,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 75,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 31% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
View the numbers
MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 16 backover prevention complaints that report mileage, the median is about 74,000 miles, and 31% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

Same issue as ever expanding recall for safety camera backing up. Blue screen, camera not available warning that does not go away while driving, black screen, upside down screen, distorted screen, and intermittantly operational and then not!

May 2023 Crash

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Flex. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 25V695000 (Back Over Prevention) and 25V829000 (Structure); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The contact stated that while shifted into reverse(R), the rear-view camera failed to display a clear image on the center display. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair.

Reported at 43,000 miles, December 2025

Other problems reported for the 2016 Ford Flex

Backover prevention problems in other years

Backover prevention problems across all Ford models