2022 Ford Edge
This year drew an ordinary 126 complaints for a Ford Edge — the model's median is 743. What they were about is the unusual part: 25.4% of them mention transmission, against 5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 2 of the Ford Edge, which began in 2015. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 126 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 743 |
| Involving a crash | 9 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- transmission — 25.4% of this year's complaints, against 5% across the other years of this generation (5.1×).
- shifting — 12.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.5% across the other years of this generation (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: shifting, messages, transmission failure, inspected manufacturer.
- black — 9.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: black, activated, shifted reverse, informed vin.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Torque converter coming apart inside housing. Metal making its way into the transmission at about 87,000 miles. Dealership inspection was concluded and transmission replacement was recommended. No lights or messages due to problem. This issue results in shudde…
upon shifting into park(P), the warning messages "Control System Fault" and "Transmission not in Park" were displayed, and the vehicle started rolling backwards. The vehicle was stopped using the parking brake. The local dealer was contacted; however, the vehi…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V151000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 24V635000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 25V160000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
- 26V124000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Edge was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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