2020 FORD EDGE — Complaint #2134123
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE filed September 26, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2134123 (ODI reference 11689840) concerns a 2020 FORD EDGE and was filed on September 26, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 26, 2025. The vehicle had 80,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Kansas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:software, 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 electrical system:software 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 2020 FORD EDGE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle was jerking erratically. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that it was a safety hazard while taking the kids to school and picking up the kids from school. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The contact referenced a Technical Services Bulletin with a similar failure. The contact was advised to pay for a software update. The contact declined and stated that he should not have to pay to correct the issue. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2134123 |
| ODI Number | 11689840 |
| Date Filed | September 26, 2025 |
| Failure Date | July 26, 2025 |
| VIN | 2FMPK3G98LB |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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