2011 Ford Flex Air bags Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 1%of 144 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 105,000miles
- Trend
- Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the air bags of the 2011 Ford Flex, 1% of the 144 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 105,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 1 a fire, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“On 2100 hrs 21 nov 2015, my daughter was involved in a deer strike accident on hwy 36 vicinity hamilton, missouri. She was traveling east on the highway 36 at 55-60 MPH when a deer ran into the path of the car. The impact was from center line of the car towards the drivers side. She applied the brakes upon seeing the deer but the strike and application of brakes were pretty much simultaneous. She pulled the car off the road and couldn't exit the driver's door because the front fender overlapping the door due to impact. …”
NHTSA complaint #10806256, filed 2015-11, 105,000 miles“This accident didn’t involve myself. It involved my father who borrowed my 2011 Ford Flex for the evening. This was a one vehicle accident. It is unknown what happened to cause him to Swerve and hit a hit. The air bags didn’t deploy in the Vehicle. My father was wearing his seatbelt. An electric fire started and the car burnt along with my father he wasn’t able to be pulled from the vehicle before it caught fire. According to the witnesses, the airbags did not go off. My father had blunt trauma to the chest and to his frontal lobe and broken ribs. …”
NHTSA complaint #11603939, filed 2024-07Related recalls
- 16V247000Apr 26, 2016Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2009-2012 Ford Flex, 2008 and 2010-2012 Ford Taurus, 2008-2009 Ford Taurus X, 2008 Mercury Sable…Covers: Ford Flex 2009–2012, Taurus 2008, 2010–2012, Taurus X 2008–2009 +2 more
Related service bulletins
- 10038965Apr 1, 2011Comm-trans lund: some 2009-2011 models may have the air bag inicator flashing with a stored trouble code. This is a software problem.
Air bags: other model years
Other parts of the 2011 Ford Flex
57 complaintsEngine
25 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
19 complaintsOther or unknown
12 complaintsElectrical system
9 complaintsBrakes
8 complaintsEngine cooling
7 complaintsSeats
7 complaintsFuel system
6 complaintsWheels
5 complaintsBody and structure
4 complaintsTires
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2011 Ford Flex
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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