Ford Flex

[DFWminis]

Anyone have any experience with these? pros / cons any insight is appreciated.

[Rick Modena]

I accidentally rented one, I thought I was getting an Edge and they put me in a Flex. Very roomy, it's pretty big inside. Nice and comfy. I thought it was cool vehicle, my Sister bought one, 3 years and no issues.

[DON SVO]

It was close race between one of those and a 2016 Explorer for my wife. The explorer with a cheap lease won. I love the Flwx, cool vehicle.

[svauto-erotic855]

Do the water pump at 60k or else.

[Shaggin Wagon]

I think they are serverly underrated vehicles. I rented one a couple of years ago, plenty of room, good power, I don't think it's a bad looking vehicle either.

[red89notch]

There are 3 houses in my neighborhood that I pass by regularly and there are 2 Ford Flexes sitting in the driveway, one is my neighbor. Must mean something if people are buying them in paors.

[juiceweezl]

Do the water pump at 60k or else.

Yes, that engine can have water pump issues, but compared to how many of those engines are on the road, it's a small, small number that have problems. Our 2010 Edge lost the water pump on the way to Omaha a few summers ago. My wife was driving it with the boys heading to a baseball tournament while I was out of town. It lost a head gasket and the motor was gone. We had just over 100K on the engine. I found a used one with 24K miles for $850. It wasn't that much more to have it swapped than what replacing the water pump would have been. I'll take the risk again and again.

[90MarkVII]

Anything with the 3.5 and 3.7 and the internal waterpump is a crapshoot.
Two weeks ago my 11 Edge (that has been well maintained) lost the waterpump and therefore the engine when we were on a roadtrip to New Orleans.
Stupid design. I'm betting that in the near future there will be enough incidents like mine to trigger a class action.

[Ruffdaddy]

I'm waiting for it to hit my explorer. 100K miles and i don't baby it my any measure. At the same time I've already figured I won't replace it until it strands me so it would be a good excuse to buy if it happens soon.

[Ruffdaddy]

Any specific years or options that are especially prone to this?

[A_A_G]

The seats suck and the interior is cheap. They're pretty quick with the ecoboost and a tune, though.

[Wicked98Snake]

We've had one for 4 years and love it. Tons of room for kids and plenty more if you fold down all seats. I like the looks of them, basically it's a minivan without the shame normally associated with a minivan. We have not had a single maintenance issue with ours and the wife has already said she'd like another if this one craps out.

[Jose]

No personal experience with them but I really dig them. Especially the EcoBoost models with AWD.

[sdun]

We have had 2 with no problems. Wife loves driving them. The 18 Durango came out with the srt frontend and we went with that. I would of loved a flex with ecoboost. 365hp awd.

[IHaveAMustang]

I believe the engines are the 2010 and up 3.5 Duratec. They possibly were in earlier years.

My 2011 Taurus which I have taken very good care of blew its water pump at 88K. I got lucky in that I had just entered my work parking lot when the fans went 100% and I shut it down fast. Repair bill was $900.

I’m selling it this spring and Ford is forever losing me as a customer, what a terrible and unsafe design.

Toyota Camry, please take me back.