2018 Ford Flex backover prevention problems
15 complaints about backover prevention have been filed for the 2018 Ford Flex, which is 16% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 17% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 3 crashes.
What owners wrote
Rear camera malfunctioned screen showed “camera not available” didn’t alert any noise or warnings and a tree hovered slightly into parking spot and smashed in my rear window. Audio inside car malfunctioned as well (no musics, etc) and the touch pad tones stopped making sound when touched.
The contact owns a 2018 FORD Flex. The contact stated while using the back up camera on the vehicle it ends to shutoff randomly causing a back over prevention issue. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: (25V695000 (BACK OVER PREVENTION) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was/was not contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Ford Flex
- Body & structure 19 complaints