Powertrain / Under The Hood • I love my Flex, but is it time to sell it?

Hello everyone,

I bought my 2011 Flex Limited Ecoboost new. I have about 115K on it. I have loved this car. Raised two boys and a dog it in so there’s some wear and tear. I’ve had repairs of course but nothing too unexpected. I did have to do the right and core turbo at 68K though.

I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of reading about the water pump issues. I have not needed to replace mine but did have problems with my Flex not giving me heat when the car was parked about. But it was giving me heat when driving. My mechanic said I had a coolant leak and fixed it. Heat worked again. This was about 1OK ago.

The Carfax value of my Flex is $4,520 and the KBB for private seller is about $6,000.

From what I’m reading, it sounds like replacing the water pump if it goes will be expensive, maybe 40% of the value of the car. (?)

Hoping to get some opinions from fellow Flex owners who may have been in a similar situation. If this was your Flex, would you keep it? Would you sell it now? If keep it, how would I best monitor it to avoid the pump fully going and creating a huge repair bill?

Thanks!

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