2009 FORD FLEX Seats Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAD RECLINED INDEPENDENTLY AND FAILED TO RETURN TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 129,000.

SEVERAL COMPLAINTS: FIRST THE A/C MAKES A POPPING NOISE WHEN TURNED ON. IT WORKS FINE AS OF NOW THOUGH. SECOND, DRIVERS SIDE 2ND ROW SEAT WILL NOT FOLD DOWN 99% OF THE TIME. IT'S STUCK SOMEHOW. THIRD, GAS LIGHT NO LONGER WORKS. FOURTH IS THE BIGGY. CAR IS OVERHEATING DUE TO RADIATOR FAN'S NO LONGER WORKING. IT RUNS HOT WHEN IDLING OR MOVING AT A SLOW PACE. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE HOT, SUMMER MONTHS OF 90*+ AND I HAVE A TWO AND A FOUR YEAR OLD. THREE DAYS AGO IT HAPPENED IN 20* WEATHER WITH A WIND CHILL OF BELOW ZERO ON THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE WITH MY HUSBAND BEING MY NEAREST HELP WHO WAS 45 MINUTES AWAY. MY CHILDREN WERE CRYING AFTER JUST 10 MINUTES OR LESS THAT THEY WERE FREEZING AND THAT THEIR TOES HURT. BUT WHAT AM I TO DO ON THE SIDE...

THE MIDDLE ROW BENCH SEAT WILL NOT FOLD DOWN FORWARD. I RARELY USE THIS SEAT TO FOLD DOWN AS I HAVE NOT REASON TO. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE OUTER LEVER NOTHING HAPPENS. THE SEAT DOESNT MOVE BY EITHER THE LEVER OR STRAP. IT DID SEEM STIFF WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR BUT I ASSUMED IT WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING NEW. NOT! *TR

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW. IT WAS REPAIRED ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASSIONS FOR PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD SENSOR AS WELL AS THE MOLDING WAS NOT CORRECTLY PUT ON THE DOOR. NOW THE BENCH SEAT WILL NOT FOLD DOWN. THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY APPARANT ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL ACCORDING TO THIS WEBSITE HTTP://WWW.FORDFLEX.NET/FORUMS/VIEWTOPIC.PHP?F=14&T=5363 THE CAR IS THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS 59K MILES ON IT BUT FOR A FAMILY WITH ONE CHILD, THIS MECHANISM SHOULD NOT BE DYSFUNCTIONAL. ITS NOT AS IF IT WAS GETTING A LOT WEAR AND TEAR FROM ACCESSING THE 3RD ROW SEATING AREA. IS FORD REVIEWING THESE COMPLAINTS? *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD FLEX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK ON THE REAR OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED AND THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE AIR CYLINDER THAT LIFTED THE THIRD ROW SEATS WAS DEFECTIVE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE REAR HATCH OPENED ON ITS OWN FIVE TIMES; THE DEALER REALIGNED THE DOOR TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE REAR MAIN OIL SEAL FAILED SO IT WAS ALSO REPLACED AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE VEHICLE EFFECTIVELY. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE BATTERY WAS DEFECTIVE AND WAS REPLACED. THE TRANSMISSION EXCESSIVELY SHIFTED INTO GEAR WHEN DOWN SHIFTING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO JERK AND SHAKE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT FIND A PROBLEM WHEN THEY INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE ENGINE MADE A POPPING NOISE WHEN...