There are 3 stored owner reports matching the air bags & restraints leading-label group for the 2017 Ford Flex in our NHTSA-sourced dataset. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
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Open the full vehicle complaint log (all categories)The rear seat belts come unbuckled. I was driving and about to get on a highway, and my children told me their seat belts unbuckled, another time it happened while I was driving in town. There's been a few others times too. I have not taken my vehicle to a dealer to check it out. This vehicle has not been inspected by anyone. No lights came on when the seat belt unbuckled. It has been happening on and off for a few years.
The Driver side seatbelt begins to lock as you pull it down to click it into the buckle. While driving the seatbelt will also lock and continue to get tighter and tighter and suddenly release. It will continue to lock and then unlock while driving. This is happening with regular driving, and not when applying the brakes.
I WAS RAN OFF A 2 LANE CITY STREET BY A CAR AND WHEN I OVERCOMPENSENATED TO MOVE AWAY, I HIT MY RIGHT FRONT FENDER ON A SMALL CURB AND THERE WAS A LIGHT POLE THERE. INSTEAD OF MY FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYING AS THEY SHOULD HAVE, ALL OF THE SIDE BAGS ON BOTH SIDES DEPLOYED INSTEAD. MY MECHANIC HAS SAID IF THERE WERE A PASSENGER IN THAT SEAT, THAT DIDN'T HAVE THEIR SEATBELT ON, THEY WOULD HAVE HIT THEIR HEAD ON THE DASH BOARD.
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Vehicle import recorded: Apr 29, 2026. This is the stored import date, not confirmation that every source was successfully refreshed.