FaultScore

Worst years for a Ford Edge

Owners have filed 17,975 complaints about the Ford Edge with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2024. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2013 Ford Edge

3,240 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2021 Ford Edge

144 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Ford Edge year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2024 C 50 6 0 5,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 C 31 2 0 9,700 Electrical System
2022 B 162 10 0 59,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2021 A 144 4 3 44,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2020 B 429 21 3 60,100 Transmission & Drivetrain
2019 B 919 13 1 60,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2018 B 970 27 4 70,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 C 1,630 38 1 70,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 C 1,103 25 7 56,059 Engine & Cooling
2015 C 964 22 4 41,543 Engine & Cooling
2014 B 516 24 0 54,947 Other & Unspecified
2013 D 3,240 44 10 53,000 Electrical System
2012 C 1,480 39 6 50,750 Electrical System
2011 C 2,538 28 6 56,392 Electrical System
2010 B 778 36 4 85,000 Airbags
2009 B 307 10 5 89,000 Airbags
2008 C 1,467 56 22 88,840 Airbags
2007 C 1,242 23 34 89,450 Airbags
2004 5 0 0 Airbags

What breaks on a Ford Edge

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 3,153 17.5%

Worst in 2017

Electrical System 2,612 14.5%

Worst in 2013

Brakes 2,347 13.1%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2019

Other & Unspecified 1,520 8.5%

Worst in 2013

Airbags 1,309 7.3%

Worst in 2008

Body & Structure 964 5.4%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2007

Lights 691 3.8%

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2013

Worst in 2008

Steering 344 1.9%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2015

Worst in 2011

Exactly what failed on a Ford Edge

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 660 50.3%
Door 228 17.4%
Latch 133 10.1%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 68 5.2%
Automatic Transmission 63 4.8%
Camera 42 3.2%
Automatic Emergency Braking 34 2.6%
Rearview System Braking 33 2.5%
Lugs/Nuts/Bolts/Studs 27 2.1%
Warnings 25 1.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Ford Edge, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2007 peak 280 Aug 2026

Ford Edge problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Ford Edge

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.