2018 Ford Edge · symptom sheet
Engine overheats or leaks coolant
- 517owner reports
- 73,000median miles
- $8,000median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Sep 29, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
591 of the 832 complaints on this car are about the engine. 517 of those describe overheating, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2018 Edge.
Narrower sheets: Head gasket fails or coolant leaks into the engine (45 reports)
Tick what matches of 517 reports
Overheating on other Edge years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2020, 2021, 2022.
What this problem usually is
Most owners in this group notice the coolant before they notice the heat: a reservoir that keeps dropping, a sweet smell, or a bright puddle under the front of the car. Across the vehicles on this site, about four in five of these complaints mention coolant, a leak or a puddle, and roughly two in five mention the temperature gauge or overheating.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the head gasket (44 reports), the coolant hose or reservoir (36 reports) and the radiator (4 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2018 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the engine on the Edge
Loss of motive power. Open.
Loss of motive power. Closed oct 31, 2024, led to recall 24V-635.
What owners paid
108 of the 517 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $6,178 to $9,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 60,000 and 90,000 miles, from the 315 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 6 service bulletins or notices for the 2018 Ford Edge that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
Some 2015-2018 Edge and 2017-2019 Fusion/MKZ/Escape/MKC vehicles equipped with a 2.0L EcoBoost engine may exhibit a low coolant level, white exhaust smoke and/or a runs rough condition with or without an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL).
Some 2015-2020 F150/Edge/Fusion, 2016-2018 MKX, 2019-2020 Nautilus, and 2017-2020 Continental vehicles equipped with 2.7L EcoBoost engines may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) and/or Engine Coolant Over Temperature warning with ...
Some 2015-2018 Edge and 2015-2019 Fusion/MKZ/Escape/MKC vehicles equipped with a 2.0L EcoBoost engine may exhibit a low coolant level, white exhaust smoke and/or a runs rough condition with or without an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL).
2015-2018 Edge, Fusion, Focus, MKZ, MKC, Escape vehicles equipped with a 2.0L EcoBoost engine may exhibit coolant consumption, white smoke and/or a runs rough condition.
2 more on the 2018 Ford Edge page.
What owners wrote
“Coolant leaking into the cylinders. Repair is a new engine block. Nothing can be done to prevent it. Ford even has a technical service bulletin about the problem but have not recalled the vehicle for the issue. Car has only 82000 miles and is a 2018 and now having to pay for a new engine.”
Filed Jan 9, 2024 · 82,000 miles
“Ford Dealership did an inspection due to check engine light being on and found Ford Edge 2018 needs a new engine due to coolant leaking into cylinders and pistons failing. The 2018 Ford Edge has 83,000 miles on it and is 5 years old and no longer under warranty.”
Filed Nov 3, 2023 · 83,000 miles
“The check engine light came on. The warning was a cylinder 2 misfire. The fix is an engine replacement. I called Ford. They acknowledged a coolant leakage problem. They said there was no recall but would offer "assistance". I was told to limit driving until repair as the engine will stall at any time. This problem happened shy of 68,000 miles (shortly after warranty expiration).”
Filed Sep 22, 2023 · 68,000 miles
“Engine coolant leak 3 months after 5-year warranty expired. 53,000 miles on the car. Apparently this is a known issue with the 2.0L EcoBoost engine. Ford has issues a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB 22-2229 ) on this know manufacturing defect, but customer who is out of warranty is still with $7000-8,000 repair bill.”
Filed Aug 30, 2023 · 53,000 miles
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 517 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.
File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation. How reports land on this sheet.
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- Check engine light or misfire 488 reports
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- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 70 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 32 reports