2013 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1788841
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:AUXILLARY TANK filed January 18, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1788841 (ODI reference 11447858) concerns a 2013 FORD EDGE and was filed on January 18, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 10, 2022. The vehicle had 71,974 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arizona based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same FORD EDGE cohort independently describe similar fuel system, gasoline:storage:auxillary tank failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Edge. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormal fuel odor detected. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed with a cracked fuel tank. The fuel tank was replaced. Prior to the failure, the canister purge valve was replaced twice. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 71,974.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1788841 |
| ODI Number | 11447858 |
| Date Filed | January 18, 2022 |
| Failure Date | January 10, 2022 |
| VIN | 2FMDK3JC5DB |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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