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Would you consider a 2018 Ford Edge a reliable SUV? A family member of mine test drove one and liked the ride and look of it. Would it last at least 150,000 miles without any major problems? The Edge has around 36000 miles on it and is the 6 cylinder. If I recall I heard the 2.0L EcoBoost has a history of problems.


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Try doing a search for "Edge" in this forum, but no I don't think so.


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https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/qa/ford-edge-2014-present/#post-87976

This has been asked, many, many, many, times. So please read through the previous responses:

https://carkiller.com/scottykilmer/?wpfs=Edge+opinions

 

In short, the 4 cylinder EcoBoosts are bad engines, but the V6 engines are downright horrible. Not exaggerating. The stupid water pump is driven by a timing chain?? You would be taking the whole engine out so labor also gets expensive. When it goes out, thats a multi thousand dollar job, at 8 10 years of age people have to junk their cars because of the water pump.


As for your main question, would it last 150k trouble free miles? Depends, I doubt you would get that far without having the water pump go out, which would realistically make you get rid of it.

Besides Fords questionable engine designs, they also aren't a very quality vehicle. They have been described on reliability sites and by members on the forum as "electrical nightmares" because of all the warning lights and haywire electronic systems that seem to be everywhere.


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