2009 FORD FLEX HOOD OUT OF ALIGNMENT, MIDDLE SEAT ARE ELECTRONIC AND WOULD FOLD DOWN. BUT WHEN TOOK TO DEALER THEY WORKED. HEADLINER IS HELD ON BY MAGNETS. THIS IS IN THE ONE THAT HAS THE SKY LIGHTS IN ALL THREE ROWS OF SEATS. FORD TOLD THE DEALER TO PUT VECRO TO HOLD IT UP. BY THE WAY THEY HAVE NOW HAD THE CAR TWO DAYS. PICK IT UP DROVE HOME STILL SNAP, TOOK IT BACK, THEY CALLED AND SAID VECRO DID NOT HOLD EITHER. SO NOW I HAVE A RENTAL CAR. THIS CAR WAS A DEMO WITH 5,000 MILES ON IT. MY WIFE AND I PUT 200 ON AND DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE. OTHER THAN THE HEAD LINER, THIS IS A VERY SWEET CA VERY ROOMY. LETS HOPE DEALERSHIP CAN FIX THE ISSUE. *TR
2013
ENGINE
WHILE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH, ON CRUISE CONTROL, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO KNOCK AND THEN THE CAR LURCHED FORWARD TWICE AND BEGAN TO SHAKE PRETTY BAD. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND CALLED THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER HOLDING UP THE CELL PHONE TO THE ENGINE, I WAS TOLD TO "TURN THAT ENGINE OFF NOW!". THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS LATER TOLD THERE WAS A CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO AN CYLINDER WITHIN THE INTERNAL PISTON THAT BROKE FREE AND PUT A WHOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK, REQUIRING THE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED. THE SERVICE MANAGER GAVE ME THE MANGLED CYLINDER AND STATED HE THOUGHT THE BALL BEARINGS HAD FAILED AND CAUSED THE CYLINDER TO WREAK HAVOC WITH THE ENGINE. AFTER SEEING THE PIECE THAT BROKE OFF. I FEEL THAT WE WERE VERY LUCKY IT DID NOT COME THROUGH INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT; IT COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS INJURY, IF IT HAD. FORD HAS AGREED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE ENGINE UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY, SAYING THIS TYPE OF FAILURE ONLY HAPPENS "1 IN A MILLION". I DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE THAT THE SAME TYPE OF ENGINE FAILURE WOULD NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IF THE BALL BEARINGS AND OR CYLINDER ARE INFERIOR. I HAVE PICTURES AVAILABLE IF NEEDED. *LN