Is Your Ford Edge Experiencing Coolant Intrusion or Engine Power Loss?

Federal auto-safety regulators are evaluating a defect petition involving approximately 499,603 model-year 2015-2018 Ford Edge vehicles equipped with 2.0-liter EcoBoost engines. The petition alleges that coolant intrusion into the engine may result in a significant loss of engine power.

On September 3, 2026, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened Defect Petition DP26008 to evaluate the issue and determine whether to grant or deny the petition. The opening of the defect petition is not a finding that a safety defect exists and is not a recall.

What NHTSA Is Evaluating

According to NHTSA’s ODI resume, the petition was received on August 5, 2026, and concerns 2015-2018 Ford Edge vehicles equipped with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine.

The petition alleges that coolant intrusion into the engine may result in:

• A significant loss of engine power;
• An “Engine Coolant Over Temperature” warning message;
• Rough engine operation after the vehicle has been allowed to sit and cool down; and
• A check-engine light associated with a cylinder misfire.

The ODI resume identifies an estimated population of 499,603 vehicles and lists 1,563 incidents. It reports no crashes or fires, injury incidents, injuries, fatality incidents, or fatalities in its failure-report summary.

Ford Previously Addressed Coolant Intrusion in a Technical Service Bulletin

Ford previously issued Technical Service Bulletin 19-2346 concerning certain vehicles equipped with the 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine, including 2015-2018 Ford Edge vehicles. The bulletin states that some affected vehicles may exhibit low coolant, white exhaust smoke, rough running, or an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp, and that the condition may be due to coolant intrusion into a cylinder. For vehicles meeting the bulletin’s criteria, Ford’s service procedure called for replacement of the long-block engine assembly.

What Ford Edge Owners Should Know

At this stage, NHTSA is evaluating whether to grant or deny the defect petition. The agency has not, through DP26008, determined that the covered Ford Edge vehicles contain a safety defect or ordered a recall.

Owners of 2015-2018 Ford Edge vehicles with a 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine may want to preserve repair orders, diagnostic records, invoices, warranty communications, and other records concerning coolant loss, overheating warnings, misfires, rough running, engine-power loss, or engine replacement.

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