Ford Edge 2018

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

0.47 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 65 complaints filed in the first three years, of 838 ever. 95% lower bound 0.36.

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.

Engine 463 complaints

coolant	377	81%
intrusion	134	29%
coolant intrusion	128	28%
coolant leaking	90	20%
ecoboost	79	17%
ecoboost engine	44	10%

Engine And Engine Cooling 178 complaints

coolant	165	92%
warning light	139	78%
engine warning	132	74%
intrusion	81	45%
coolant intrusion	80	45%
diagnosed coolant	70	39%

Power Train 83 complaints

coolant intrusion	16	19%
intrusion	16	19%
ecoboost	14	17%

When it breaks

13% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 70,000 miles, from 353 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

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Loss of Motive Power

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.