2013 Ford Flex

PASSENGER SIDE DOORS GIVE FALSE DOOR AJAR NOTIFICATIONS. FIRST OCCURRENCE WAS REPAIRED JUNE 2017. REAR PASSENGER DOOR NOW SHOWS THE NOTIFICATION AS OF NOVEMBER 2017. FALSE NOTIFICATION LEADS TO DOME LIGHTING AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS STAYING ON. BATTERY WAS DRAINED AND REPLACED IN JUNE 2017. DOORS FAIL TO LOCK USING AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WHILE IN MOTION. DEALER DETERMINED IT WAS A FAULTY DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY WHICH SEEMS TO BE IMPACTING OTHER FORD VEHICLES.

POWER STEERING HAS GONE OUT A FEW TIMES IN MY FLEX. FIRST TIME WAS AFTER IT WAS PARKED, THE WHEELS WERE TURNED OUT, IT WAS STARTED, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO TURN AND MANEUVER THE VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT. SECOND TIME, WAS THIS MIRING, I BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, AND WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE ON OUR STREET IT WAS AGAIN VERY HARD TO STEER. BOTH TIMES WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON, IT WAS LIKE NOTHING WAS WRONG.

I WAS DOING A U-TURN ON A CUL DE SAC AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED AND THE MOTOR DIED AND WHEN I RESTARTED THE CAR I HAD NO POWER STEERING CAPABILITIES AND THE WARNING LIGHTS FOR THE POWER STEERING CONTROL AND THE ADVANCE TRAC CAME ON AND THE TURN SIGNALS WOULD NOT STAY ON WITHOUT HOLDING THEM IN THE UP OR DOWN POSITION.

OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS, MY POWER STEERING WOULD FAIL LEAVING ME IN MANUAL MODE. I WOULD STOP AND RESTART THE CAR AND THE POWER WOULD RETURN. I TOOK THE CAR IN THIS WEEK AND IT WILL NOW COST ME $2000 TO REPAIR IT. PRIOR TO TAKING IT TO MY DEALERSHIP, I RESEARCHED POSSIBLE RECALLS. SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS ONE IN 2015 FOR "CERTAIN" 2013 FORD FLEX. BUT MY VIN WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ALL THE REPRESENTATIVE DID WAS READ SCRIPTS TO ME LETTING ME KNOW THAT MY CAR WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. THIS IS THE SECOND THING ON MY CAR THAT HAS GONE WRONG THAT WAS COVERED FOR OTHER "CERTAIN" FLEX--THE FIRST WAS THE FUEL PUMP. DISAPPOINTED THAT IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS ARE NOT COVERED FOR ALL!!!

I WAS PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND MY STEERING COLUMN LOCKED UP COMPLETELY. THE IDIOT ALARM STARTED GOING OFF AND I RECEIVED AND ERROR CODE. THE ERROR READ POWER STEERING FAILURE. I TOOK IT TO TIRE KINGDOM AND THEY SAID I WAS PART OF THE 15V3400000 RECALL. I CALLED FORD AND THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH IT'S EXACTLY THE SAME SAFETY RECALL ISSUE I AM HAVING AND MY CAR IS ON THE RECALL LIST. THEY SAID SORRY YOUR VIN ISN'T LISTED AS BEING AFFECTED. IT'S CLEARLY THE SAME ISSUE AND IS. WING AFFECTED. IT'S DANGEROUS THAT I WASN'T NOTIFIED AND NOW THAT I'M HAVING THE PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE RECALL IN THE FIRST PLACE THEY STILL WON'T FIX IT.

THE DOOR FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR SENSOR WENT BAD AND TELLS CAR THAT DOOR IS AJAR. THIS WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY LAST YEAR. NOW YESTERDAY THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SENSOR. THIS WAS QUOTED TO ME AT $700. THIS IS RIDICULOUS FOR A BAD DOOR SENSOR THAT FORD HAS PUT BAD AND FAULTY SENSORS ON. I FEEL THAT I SHOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR .THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN TOWN SAID, "THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH FORD FLEX". THIS DOOR AJAR SENSOR KEEPS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DRAINING THE BATTERY, EVEN THOUGH THE DOOR IS SHUT. THIS KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON WHEN DRIVING, AND AT NIGHT MAKES IT VERY VERY HARD TO SEE AND DRIVE. THIS WILL CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO FAULTY DOOR SENSORS.