2012 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1852511
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER filed November 8, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1852511 (ODI reference 11492712) concerns a 2012 FORD EDGE and was filed on November 8, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 29, 2022. The vehicle had 106,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Delaware based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder, 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 service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder 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 2012 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contactâs daughter owns a 2012 Ford Edge. The contact stated that his daughter received the Manufacturer's Recall Number CSP-13N02 (Service Brakes). The recall was repaired however, the contact stated that four years later while his daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, she depressed the brake pad however, the vehicle failed to stop. The contactâs daughter had to apply pressure by pumping the brakes several time to stop the vehicle. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the master cylinder leaked into the brake booster and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The dealer was not notified of the failure . The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was provided a case number and advised to call the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1852511 |
| ODI Number | 11492712 |
| Date Filed | November 8, 2022 |
| Failure Date | October 29, 2022 |
| VIN | 2FMDK3GC1CB |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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