DROVE 30 MILES AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THEN IN SHOPPING MALL ENGINE QUIT SUDDENLY AT 20 MPH WITHOUT ANY WARNING. NO POWER BRAKES, NO POWER STEERING. IT WAS IF SOMEONE HAD TURNED OFF THE IGNITION. I WAS ABLE TO MUSCLE THE CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC AND WAS THANKFUL THIS SUDDEN FAILURE DID NOT OCCUR AT SPEED OR WHILE MAKING A TURN ACROSS TRAFFIC. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM IDENTICAL TO THOSE REPORTED BY OTHER 09 FLEX OWNERS, BUT FORD ( OR AT LEAST MY LOCAL DEALER) IS NOT INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. CONSIDERING THAT THE CAR HAD A LOSS OF CONTROL, IT IS PUZZLING THAT THIS DEFECT IS NOT BEING TAKEN MORE SERIOUSLY. IN TERMS OF SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM, THIS SOUNDS LIKE A '10'. THE PROPOSED FIX IS NEW THROTTLE BODY, REPROGRAM COMPUTER, CLEAN INJECTORS. SINCE NO FAULT CODES APPEARED AND SINCE THIS IS INTERMITTENT, THE MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN POLICY DOES NOT COVER WHAT IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THESE EARLY BUILDS. SO THE PROBLEM IS TWOFOLD: THE CAR DIES SUDDENLY AND THE COMPUTER DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AS A FAULT. *TR
2012
STEERING
FIRST INCIDENT HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IDIOT LIGHTS CAME ON THE DASH AND THE CARS ENGINE TURNED OFF. THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO GET CAR OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD. CAR CRANKED RIGHT BACK UP. 5 DAYS LATER WHILE SITTING IN A FAST FOOD LINE, SAME THING HAPPENED AND WAS ABLE TO CRANK CAR. CALLED DEALERSHIP IN TOWN, BROUGHT CAR IN AND THEY SAID, "NOTHING IS WRONG WITH YOUR CAR, COME AND GET IT" PICKED UP CAR. 2 DAYS LATER WHILE DRIVING IT DOWN OUR STREET, I STOPPED TO GET MAIL ABOUT 9PM AND THE CAR TOTALLY DIED. NO POWER AT ALL. WAS STUCK IN PARK HAD TO BE TOWED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE CAR SHUTS DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING!!! THANK GOD THAT IT HAS NOT HAPPENED WHILE GOING 65 MILES AN HOUR WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR. CAR IS AT DEALERSHIP. HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR SEVERAL MONTHS. NOT A GOOD TRACK RECORD SO FAR! *TR
