Ford Edge 2008

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.44 per 1,000

0.9 times this nameplate’s own median · from 49 complaints filed in the first three years, of 1119 ever. 95% lower bound 0.32.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	0.44	49
2009	0.11	11
2010	0.50	52
2011	1.22	146
2012	1.45	181
2013	3.42	439
2014	0.39	46
2015	1.32	154
2016	1.00	130
2017	0.58	80
2018	0.47	65
2019	0.44	60
2020	0.33	41
2021	0.32	31
2022	0.41	35

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Air Bags 438 complaints

recall	389	88%
takata	325	74%
takata recall	297	67%
recall notification	125	28%
letter	55	13%
recall recall	53	12%

Power Train 276 complaints

wrench	63	23%
speedometer	53	19%
odometer	36	13%
airbag	33	12%
wrench light	29	11%
sensors	26	10%

Electrical System 158 complaints

bulb	32	20%
socket	28	18%
wrench	27	17%
tail light	13	8%
odo	12	8%
sockets	12	8%

When it breaks

9% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 86,000 miles, from 663 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 20 complaints about this component over roughly 2 months before an investigation opened.

TIRE VALVE CRACKING

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

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Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.