2007 Ford Edge
This year drew an ordinary 989 complaints for a Ford Edge — the model's median is 720. What they were about is the unusual part: 30.5% of them mention takata, against 4% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Ford Edge was redesigned for 2007. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 989 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 720 |
| Involving a crash | 16 |
| Involving a fire | 22 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 18.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 30.5% of this year's complaints, against 4% across the other years of this generation (7.7×). Owners wrote it as: takata, takata recall, bags, air bags.
- amount time — 19.2% of this year's complaints, against 3.9% across the other years of this generation (4.9×). Owners wrote it as: amount time, time recall, bags however, aware issue.
- tank — 20.9% of this year's complaints, against 7.7% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: tank, leaking, fuel tank, leak.
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
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER (LEWIS FORD LINCOLN OF HAYS, 4450 VINE ST, HAYS, KS 67601, [pho…
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE [VIN] EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (CASTLE FORD LINC…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V081000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17E053000 SUSPENSION
- 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V682000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 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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