2021 Ford Edge problems
Owners have filed 144 complaints about the 2021 Ford Edge with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 23.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of back over prevention at 13.2%.
Complaints144
Crashes4
Fires3
Injuries1
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 23.6% · 34
Back over prevention 13.2% · 19
Unknown or other 11.8% · 17
Electrical system 9.7% · 14
Engine 7.6% · 11
Forward collision avoidance 6.3% · 9
Service brakes 3.5% · 5
Visibility 3.5% · 5
Severity
Of those complaints, 4 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 1 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 16 model years of the Ford Edge in this data, 2021 draws comparatively few complaints; 2013 is the outlier year.
Filings are rising — 104 in the last three years against 40 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 44,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Car passed 100,000 and at 104,000 I got a "Service Car Soon" warning with a wrench. About a mile later, the RPMs started revving hard (at 6) so I slowed to 60 mph getting it to 4 RPMs. I drove maybe 100-150 more miles when it died at the Denver Int'l Airport. After hauling it back to Oklahoma, the Kissee Ford dealer in Claremore said that the transmission was blown. Power train
Transmission has gone out with just over 100,000 and will cost $8,000+ to fix! Vehicle is binding/jerking when trying to drive. Online comments appear to indicate Ford is aware of an issue with this vehicle, seems it was not manufactured properly to begin with and consumers were taken advantage of and left in tough circumstances when it fails. Power train
While driving under multiple circumstances, while rolling from a stop or in gear already, the transmission will unsafely move on its own power. It will stutter if I hit the gas. It will not go sometimes and other times it will be so delayed that after I left my foot off the gas, the transmission will then go. Power train
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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