2009 Ford Flex electrical system problems

32 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2009 Ford Flex — 18% of all complaints for this model year.

Electrical System complaints

18%

share of all complaints

25,000 mi

median reported incident mileage

0 / 1

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“You can be driving down the road, and all your gauges will stop working, and all the warning lights on the dash will light up. The first time this happened my wife got stuck at a gas station all the warning lights were on and the car would not start, people tried to jump it and it would not…”
filed Dec 9, 2025
“The door ajar sensor malfunctions and is crazy expensive to fix. There are numerous posts and videos online of workarounds bcz it’s so common but they don’t seem safe since that’s a safety feature and the workarounds are simply a way to trick or bypass the warning sensors since the doors are…”
filed May 27, 2023

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

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