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2008 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1915464

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NHTSA Complaint about WHEELS:HUB filed August 2, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1915464 (ODI reference 11536078) concerns a 2008 FORD EDGE and was filed on August 2, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 1, 2023. The vehicle had 229,703 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Iowa based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as wheels:hub, 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 wheels:hub 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 2008 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2008 FORD EDGE
Component
WHEELS:HUB
State
Iowa
Mileage
229,703 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. The contact stated that while his son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the front driver's side wheel hub fractured, and the wheel detached. The driver was able to veer to the side of the road, where the vehicle remained. The contact stated that the failure had previously occurred with the front driver's side wheel hub, and all four of the service wheel hub spindles had been replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 229,703.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1915464
ODI Number 11536078
Date Filed August 2, 2023
Failure Date August 1, 2023
VIN 2FMDK49C38B

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.