2016 FORD EDGE — Complaint #1998906
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS filed June 12, 2024
NHTSA complaint #1998906 (ODI reference 11593934) concerns a 2016 FORD EDGE and was filed on June 12, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 11, 2024. The vehicle had 169,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Arkansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, 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:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings 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 2016 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2016 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to stop as intended. The contact stated that the brake pedal had to be depressed several times to the floor before the vehicle came to a complete stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with a brake fluid leak on the passenger's side rear wheel. The contact was informed that the rear brake line needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure had occurred several times. Additionally, the vehicle was repaired twice with brake line failure; however, the contact was unable to recall which brake line was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline and report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 169,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1998906 |
| ODI Number | 11593934 |
| Date Filed | June 12, 2024 |
| Failure Date | June 11, 2024 |
| VIN | 2FMPK3K99GB |
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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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