2012 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1993248
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER filed May 21, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1993248 (ODI reference 11589953) concerns a 2012 FORD EDGE and was filed on May 21, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on March 10, 2024. The vehicle had 120,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Massachusetts 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 contact owns a 2012 Ford Edge. The contact stated while attempting to stop the vehicle, the brake pedal was extremely firm while depressed, and the vehicle failed to stop immediately, causing the braking distance to be extended. The vehicle was eventually taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the brake booster and master cylinders were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 120,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1993248 |
| ODI Number | 11589953 |
| Date Filed | May 21, 2024 |
| Failure Date | March 10, 2024 |
| VIN | 2FMDK4KCXCB |
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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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