2009 Ford Flex

WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND ACCELERATING TO BARELY 10 MPH, THE LEFT FRONT BRAKES SEEMED TO LOCK UP AND THE CAR STUTTERED. AFTER STOPPING AND ACCELERATING AGAIN, THE PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR AT THAT TIME. THE SECOND TIME, I WAS LEAVING MY DRIVEWAY, AGAIN GOING NO MORE THAT 10 MPH AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED, THIS TIME I NOTICED MY TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT FLASHING. I PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE, BACKED UP A BIT THINKING I'D RUN OVER SOMETHING, AND ACCELERATED AGAIN. NOPE, DIDN'T RUN OVER ANYTHING, JUST TRACTION CONTROL SEIZING UP. VERY CONCERNED THIS MAY HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS AND CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. *TR

SIX AM, TOTALLY DARK, LIGHTS ON LOW BEAM, TOTAL POWER FAILURE WHILE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND INCHING FORWARD. ENGINE DIED AND ALL ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS FAILED WITHIN 30 SECONDS. BATTERY WAS NEW IN AUGUST OF 2014, ALL CONNECTIONS TIGHT. I WAS IN LANE THREE FROM THE RIGHT ON A SIX LANE FREEWAY THAT WAS TOTALLY IMPACTED WITH VEHICLES. I TRIED TO EXIT TO RIGHT SHOULDER BUT COULD NOT AND ENDED UP BLOCKING LANES TWO AND THREE. NO POWER TO ANYTHING BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET SHIFT LEVER INTO PARK AND THE CAR STARTED. WOULD NOT START IN NEUTRAL OR DRIVE. HAS NOT OCCURRED SINCE AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 650 MILES.

ENGINE STUMBLED AND THEN LOST POWER. IT RE-STARTED BUT IDLED AT 750RPM. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. PLACING THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL AND DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR DID NOT INCREASE THE ENGINE SPEED. THIS PERSISTED ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE SPEED RESPONDED TO THE ACCELERATOR, AND WHEN PLACED IN GEAR, ACCELERATED NORMALLY. THIS HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 10MPH THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND A UNKNOWN NOISE CAME FROM THE VEHICLE. THE SOUND STOPPED ONCE THE LIGHT TURNS OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 24,000.

2011 @ 47,813 MILES: CAR NOT COOLING OR TAKES A LONG TIME TO COOL IN CABIN- FORD FOUND "COOLANT FAN INOPERABLE AND COOLANT FAN ASSEMBLY REPLACED" TO MIN AVAIL WOULD STOP WORKING INTERMITTENTLY (PURCHASED FLEX USED FROM DEALER 8 WEEKS PRIOR); AIR CONDITION CONDENSER DAMAGED: "REPLACED AIR CONDITIONER CONDENSER, EVC ND RECHARGED SYSTEM" BY FORD (OUR COST) SAFETY: PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES OFF/ON INTERMITTENTLY- FORD FOUND NOTHING NOR COULD REASSURE AIR BAGS WORKING CORRECTLY; POWER STEERING COOLER DAMAGED- FORD REPLACED AT OUR COST; MAY 2013 @ 63,349 MILES: AIR CONDITIONER INTERMITTENTLY SHUTS (OFF NO BLOWER) WHILE LIGHTS SHOWING A/C ON- FORD, "REAR ACTUATORS FAILED- REPLACED, UPDATED TEMP. SENSOR JUNE 2013 @ 64,078 MILES: PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHTS COME OFF AND ON INTERMITTENTLY- FORD FOUND, " AIR BAG WIRING CONNECTOR NOT SECURELY ATTACHED TO SEAT FRAME; GRINDING NOISE AND CAR SEEMS TO DOWNSHIFT WHILE DRIVING; FORD' "GLITCH IN COMPUTER SYSTEM;" CLICKING NOISE IN DASH BOARD HAPPENS WHEN A/C BOTH OFF AND ON- FORD, "RECIRCULATION DOOR ACTUATOR FAILURE- REPLACED BY FORD; JUNE 2014 @ 73,046 SAFETY: AIR CONDITIONER TURNS OFF INTERMITTENTLY, NOT COOLING WHILE IDLE; ENGINE OVERHEATING QUICKLY (I.E. AT STOP SIGNS) ALL OF WHICH CAN BLOW THE ENGINE; WE REPLACED COOLING FAN RELAY TO NO AVAIL; FORD," COOLING FAN MODULE FAILED- WE REPLACED @ FORD FOR $1094.26 TO NO AVAIL. ENGINE CONTINUING TO OVERHEAT: AIR CONDITIONER NOT COOLING WHILE IDLE. *TR