MODELYEARINDEX

Ford Edge

5,629 complaints across 12 scored model years and 41 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Ford Edge Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2011 vs model median 4.0×
Model median3× median
Electrical 288
Body & Interior 175
Drivetrain 112
Avoid

2011 · 2013

Best

2014 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.61× 115 C
2011
3.95× 969 F
2012
2.85× 783 F
2013
6.29× 1,763 F
2014
0.65× 159 B
2015
1.66× 360 D
2016
1.22× 303 D
2017
1.28× 327 D
2018
0.78× 184 C
2019
0.66× 181 B
2020
0.76× 156 C
2021
0.36× 93 B
2022 P
0.65× 160 B
2023 P
0.11× 26 A
2024 P
0.24× 50 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG23
City / Highway21 / 28
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,650

Recalls

41 campaigns on record, 3 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
22V413000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) 2015–2018 2,925,968
21V158000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 2,602,668
16V384000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 1,892,343
25V572000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2015–2018 1,456,417
25V315000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 1,076,138
26V124000 BACK OVER PREVENTION:SOFTWARE 2021–2024 849,310
19V001000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2010 782,384
20V575000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020 620,246

+ 33 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2011 Edge
Complaints in window
969
Severity-weighted
1,340
Model median (weighted)
339
vs model median
3.95×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
3
Open investigations
0
Score 17.5 F