The bottom line: When a 2015 to 2018 Edge engine fails, the cause is usually the 2.0-liter EcoBoost letting coolant into its cylinders. Ford’s repair bulletin pays only under a warranty or a Ford extended service plan, and the federal petition over the leak is not a recall.
A dealer engine costs $6,870 to $8,182 by Kelley Blue Book’s estimates, the same for a 2016, 2017 or 2018. Sold privately once fixed, a 2015 to 2017 SE leaves little or nothing after that bill, while a 2018 SEL or Titanium leaves a few thousand dollars.
Every other Edge sits near the line, so your quote and how long you’ll keep the car decide it. Sell Car Advisor’s comparison tool gets you several instant offers at once, and the highest shows what the Edge brings with the engine as it is.
What would buyers pay for your Edge with a failing engine?Fill in one form, answering whether your Edge still drives, and compare real offers with what a long block would cost you.
Key Takeaways
- Of the 2,109 engine complaints owners filed with NHTSA for these Edges, 1,941 came from 2.0-liter cars, and 82% of those mention coolant.
- Where owners of 2.0-liter Edges losing coolant gave the mileage, three in four engines failed after 60,000 miles, the point where Ford’s powertrain warranty ends.
- Half of the 265 owners who put a price on the repair in their complaints were quoted between $7,000 and $9,325.
- Ford’s bulletin books 15.0 hours of dealer labor to swap the long block in an all-wheel-drive Edge, and 13.3 in a front-wheel-drive one.
Automated assistant: general info, not legal advice
Answers come from our state paperwork data and published guides. Confirm anything binding with your state DMV.
Compare Instant Offers
Will Ford Pay to Replace a 2.0-Liter Edge Engine?
By right, only while a warranty or a Ford extended service plan covers the car. Ford’s bulletin 19-2346, repeated in bulletin 22-2229, tells dealers to replace the long block, the engine block and cylinder head together, once coolant has got into a cylinder.
Ford wrote it for its technicians, not as a promise to pay. It pays for the work under Ford’s new-vehicle warranty or a Ford extended service plan, within that cover’s own limits.
Ford’s powertrain warranty on these Edges lasted 5 years or 60,000 miles, whichever came first, and even the newest 2018 is past 5 years. The engines tend to fail after it: in the complaints to NHTSA that give a mileage, half came between 60,000 and 92,000 miles.
Owners who asked Ford for help outside the warranty mostly say it refused, and a few say it paid part of the bill. That help is Ford’s choice, so ask the dealer and Ford’s customer line, 1-866-436-7332, but price the job as if you’ll pay all of it.
Could the Federal Petition Get Your Engine Replaced Free?
Not yet, and perhaps never. An Edge owner asked NHTSA to investigate the 2.0-liter in 2015 to 2018 Edges, an estimated 499,603 of them, and the agency opened petition DP26-008 to decide whether it will.
The petition says the leak cuts engine power, with an “Engine Coolant Over Temperature” message, and that once cooled the engine runs rough with a misfire light. NHTSA counted 1,563 complaints behind it, with no crash, fire or injury among them.
Under its rules, NHTSA grants or denies a petition within 120 days of receiving it. A grant opens an investigation, which can end in a recall that Ford must fix free, or end with none.
Before you pay for an engine, look up DP26-008 on NHTSA’s site for the decision and run your VIN on NHTSA’s recall lookup. NHTSA received the petition on August 5, 2026, so its decision is due by December 3. If you can do without the car until then, waiting costs far less than an engine a recall might pay for.
If a recall does come, NHTSA’s rules make the carmaker repay owners who paid for the fix before it, within a window that usually opens a year before the recall. So keep every invoice, but don’t count on one that old being repaid.
A class action, Miller v. Ford, names the 2015 to 2018 Edge among the EcoBoost models it says leak coolant into their cylinders, CarComplaints reported. It has paid owners nothing so far.
A case like it can run for years, so unlike the petition, it is no reason to put off your decision.
Which Edges Have the Engine That Leaks?
Every 2015 to 2018 Edge came with one of three engines, by the EPA’s listings: the 2.0-liter EcoBoost four-cylinder, a 3.5-liter V6, or a 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6. The bulletin, the petition and the lawsuit concern only the 2.0-liter.
The eighth character of the VIN tells you which yours has. It is on the dashboard by the windshield and on your registration: a 9 means the 2.0-liter, an 8 the 3.5-liter and a P the 2.7-liter, as NHTSA’s VIN decoder reads these Edges.
The complaints follow the engine. Of the 2,109 filed under engine, 1,941 came from 2.0-liter Edges, 94 from the 3.5 and 36 from the 2.7, and 38 gave no VIN to read. Most of the 1,563 that NHTSA listed behind the petition are among them.
On the 3.5-liter V6, nine of those 94 describe a leaking water pump, a different fault with a different repair. The figures on this page are for the 2.0-liter, so get a V6 its own quote.
Is It Coolant in the Cylinders, or Something Else?
These are the symptoms in the 1,941 engine complaints that owners of 2.0-liter Edges filed with NHTSA. Most describe the coolant going down with no leak in sight, then a warning light and a misfire.
| What owners described | Share of 2.0-liter complaints |
|---|---|
| Coolant going down or leaking | 82% |
| A check engine or other warning light | 65% |
| A shop found coolant in a cylinder | 63% |
| Told it needs a new engine, or had one fitted | 53% |
| Misfiring, shaking or running rough | 36% |
| Overheating, or a temperature warning | 16% |
| Smoke or steam from the exhaust | 14% |
| Lost power, went into limp mode or stalled | 10% |
One recall can also leave a 2017 or 2018 2.0-liter Edge unable to move. Under recall 17S16, weld studs on the torque converter can break, and the car loses drive while the engine keeps running, with no coolant lost. A Ford dealer fixes it free.
Coolant can also leave through a hose, the radiator or the water pump, and those leaks leave a drip or a dried crust outside the engine. Coolant burning in a cylinder leaves nothing to see, except white smoke from the tailpipe.
Ford’s own test, in the bulletin, holds the warm engine’s cooling system at 20 psi for five hours. If the pressure falls by more than 4 psi, the technician takes out the spark plugs and looks into each cylinder with a camera.
In this order:
- Run your VIN on NHTSA’s recall lookup, and have any open recall done. It costs nothing.
- Ask a Ford dealer whether a warranty or an extended service plan still covers the car.
- If nothing does, pay for the pressure test and camera check. Kelley Blue Book puts a dealer’s engine diagnosis for a 2017 at $219 to $260 across Miami, Chicago and Denver, not counting the five-hour test, so ask its price first.
- If a dealer has already quoted you a long block under the bulletin, the test has been done. Ask for its result in writing rather than paying for it twice.
- If you’ll sell it whatever the cause, skip the tests, since the instant-offer buyers we quoted make offers on cars whose engines have failed.
What Does a 2.0-Liter Long Block Cost?
More in Chicago than in Miami, and the same for a 2016, 2017 or 2018. Kelley Blue Book’s dealer estimates for an engine replacement don’t change across those three years, and it shows no engine price for a 2015.
| City | Dealer estimate, 2016 to 2018 | Of which labor |
|---|---|---|
| Miami, FL 33130 | $6,870 to $7,398 | $2,740 to $2,968 |
| Chicago, IL 60601 | $7,628 to $8,182 | $3,051 to $3,273 |
| Denver, CO 80202 | $7,172 to $7,722 | $2,860 to $3,098 |
Owners were quoted more. Of the 265 who put a price on a new engine in their NHTSA complaints, half were quoted $7,000 to $9,325, and as many asked more than $8,036 as less.
Ask what the quote includes. A long block is the block and cylinder head assembled, the part Ford’s bulletin calls for, and a complete engine with everything bolted on costs more.
Price it for your own ZIP code. The 2016 to 2018 pages on Kelley Blue Book price the engine where you live, and every year’s page values your Edge at its trim and mileage: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Independent shops usually bill fewer dollars an hour than dealers, and every estimate on this page is a dealer’s. One owner told NHTSA an independent shop fitted a remanufactured engine for $8,368.
A used 2.0-liter costs less again, but it is the same design, so ask how far it has run and what warranty comes with it. Some shops won’t fit an engine you bought yourself, so ask before you buy one.
Ford’s bulletin doesn’t say whether the replacement long block is a revised design, and a few owners told NHTSA theirs began taking in coolant too. Whoever fits yours, get its warranty in writing.
Does a New Engine Pay for Your Trim and Year?
Since the engine costs the same across the years, what your Edge sells for settles it. A 2017 SE in good condition sells privately for $8,025 by Kelley Blue Book’s figures, against $4,000 traded in at a dealer, and the SEL and Titanium sell for about $1,100 more.
Those values assume typical mileage for the year, which Kelley Blue Book doesn’t print, so enter your own mileage on its year’s page for a closer figure.
Each cell is the private-sale value, then what is left after paying a dealer $6,870 to $8,182 for the engine. The Sport is left out: NHTSA’s decoder gives it the 2.7-liter V6.
| Year, good condition | SE | SEL | Titanium |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $7,625 sale: between $755 left and $557 short | $7,950 sale: between $1,080 left and $232 short | $8,250 sale: $68 to $1,380 left |
| 2016 | $7,350 sale: between $480 left and $832 short | $9,075 sale: $893 to $2,205 left | $9,175 sale: $993 to $2,305 left |
| 2017 | $8,025 sale: between $1,155 left and $157 short | $9,100 sale: $918 to $2,230 left | $9,175 sale: $993 to $2,305 left |
| 2018 | $9,025 sale: $843 to $2,155 left | $10,700 sale: $2,518 to $3,830 left | $11,450 sale: $3,268 to $4,580 left |
Every 2015 to 2017 SE, and the 2015 SEL, can come out short, and at best keeps about $1,150. The other rows keep something in every city, though only the 2018 SEL and Titanium keep more than $2,500 at every city’s price.
Kelley Blue Book has no engine price for a 2015, so its row uses the 2016 to 2018 one.
| Route, 2017 SE | What it costs you | After an $8,025 sale |
|---|---|---|
| Long block under a Ford extended service plan | Nothing, or the plan’s deductible | $8,025, less any deductible |
| Dealer engine, Miami to Chicago | $6,870 to $8,182 | Between $1,155 left and $157 short |
| Owners’ quotes, middle half | $7,000 to $9,325 | Between $1,025 left and $1,300 short |
| Sell it as it is | None | Your best offer |
For a 2017 SE, the dealer route keeps $1,155 at best, and only if a private buyer pays full value for an older SUV with a new engine.
If an instant buyer offers more than that for it broken, selling as it is leaves you more, with no bill and no wait.
Put Your Own Edge in the Sum
The example is a 2017 SE at about $8,000, the middle of the quotes owners reported, against its private-sale value. The example’s offer stands in for a broken one: the best offer for the running 2018 we quoted, cut by what our data takes off a car that won’t start.
No offer yet? Sell Car Advisor’s comparison tool gets you several instant offers at once.
When Does Paying for the Engine Make Sense?
A new engine is most likely to pay when:
- You’ll keep the Edge for years, and the quote is well under what another of its year would cost to buy, which Kelley Blue Book’s fair purchase price gives ($8,925 for a 2017 SE)
- It’s a 2018 SEL or Titanium, or a low-mileage 2016 or 2017 one, worth well above the quote
- The quote sits near the bottom of your city’s range and nothing else on the car needs work
Sell it as it is if the quote is more than the Edge would fetch running, if something else on it is failing too, or if you’d sell the fixed car to an instant buyer.
For the 2015 and the 2018 we quoted, which both drove, buyers offered far less than an engine costs.
How Much Do Instant Buyers Pay for an Edge?
My Garage, Sell Car Advisor’s offer comparison form, has quoted no 2015 to 2018 Edge with a failed engine. The nearest four are a 2019 whose engine had failed, and three from the range that drove, each as its owner described it.
| Edge | Miles | As the owner described it | Best offer | Second offer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Ford Edge | 98,000 | Engine not working, starts, warning light on | $3,440 | Only one buyer offered |
| 2018 Ford Edge | 80,000 | Drives, warning light on | $3,511 | $2,425 |
| 2016 Ford Edge SEL | 25,000 | Drives | $2,973 | $2,720 |
| 2015 Ford Edge Titanium | 156,000 | Drives, catalytic converter missing | $1,945 | $1,214 |
Buyers offered about as much for the 2019 with the failed engine as for the running 2018 with its warning light on, though only one buyer made the 2019 an offer. A year newer and broken came out level with a year older that drove.
On each of the three with two offers, the best beat the second, by a few hundred dollars on the 25,000-mile 2016 and by about a thousand on the 2018, so one quote alone would have left money behind. Low mileage didn’t lift the 2016’s offers much: buyers price these Edges as older SUVs.
Our offer data puts the cost of not starting at 46% of the best offer, against a car that drives, for cars of every make. A warning light alone costs less, 18% against a car with none, so sell an Edge that still drives before it stops.
How Do You Sell an Edge Whose Engine Is Taking In Coolant?
On the offer form you pick one of three answers: it drives, it only starts, or it won’t start. A separate question asks about warning lights.
If it stops starting before pickup day, tell the buyer before the truck comes, because an offer made for a car that drives can be lowered at pickup.
A flashing check engine light means a misfire bad enough to damage the catalytic converter, so don’t drive far on it, and pull over if the temperature warning comes on.
Sold to a private buyer, say in the listing that the 2.0-liter is taking in coolant and what a shop found. The buyer takes on the engine bill, so expect well under the $4,000 a dealer gives for a working 2017 SE on trade.
You sign the title over when the car is collected, and the instant-offer buyers we quoted pay then, so find it now and check it’s in your name. Plates are a state matter, so look up your state’s rule before the car leaves.
Price your Edge before you price its engine. Sell Car Advisor’s comparison tool sends one description of your car to several buyers, and you’re free to turn every offer down.
Article Update History
Originally posted and shared with our readers.
Sources
NHTSA defect petition DP26-008: loss of motive power, 2015 to 2018 Ford Edge
ODI resume: petition received August 5, 2026, opened September 3, 2026, to decide whether to grant or deny it; 2.0L EcoBoost; estimated population 499,603; loss of motive power due to coolant intrusion into the engine; 1,563 complaints, no crashes, fires or injuries; petition ODI number 11754989. Accessed October 14, 2026.
49 CFR 552.8: notification of agency action on a petition
NHTSA notifies the petitioner of its decision to grant or deny a defect petition within 120 days of receiving it. Accessed October 14, 2026.
49 CFR 573.13: reimbursement for pre-notification remedies
A recall's plan must reimburse owners who paid for the remedy before notification, within a window that for a defect found without an engineering analysis begins one year before the manufacturer notifies NHTSA. Accessed October 14, 2026.
December 19, 2019, superseding 19-2208, as attached to NHTSA complaint 11526983: 2015 to 2018 Edge 2.0L; symptoms and trouble codes; pressure test at 20 psi for 5 hours, a drop of more than 4 psi, then a borescope; replace the long block; warranty status NVLW, emissions, service part and Extended Service Plan coverage, limits not altered; labor 15.0 hours AWD, 13.3 FWD. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Ford Technical Service Bulletin 22-2229: 2.0L EcoBoost coolant intrusion
NHTSA bulletin 10214126, June 2022: some 2015 to 2018 Edge and 2017 to 2019 Fusion, MKZ, Escape and MKC with the 2.0L may show low coolant, white exhaust smoke or rough running from coolant intrusion into a cylinder; the repair is a long block replacement. Summary as NHTSA lists it. Accessed October 14, 2026.
NHTSA recall 18V-390 (Ford 17S16): torque converter weld studs, 2017 to 2018 Edge 2.0L
An expansion of recall 17V-427: on 2.0L Edges with the six-speed automatic, failed torque converter weld studs disconnect the converter from the flexplate and the vehicle loses the ability to move; dealers replace the torque converter free. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Miller v. Ford Motor Co., No. 2:20-cv-01796 (E.D. Cal.)
The consolidated class action over coolant intrusion in EcoBoost engines; still open, with no settlement. Accessed October 14, 2026.
CarComplaints: Ford EcoBoost class action alleges faulty seals allow coolant to leak into the engine
The consolidated complaint covers the 2015 to 2018 Edge among other models with 1.5L, 1.6L or 2.0L EcoBoost engines. Accessed October 14, 2026.
FuelEconomy.gov: 2015 to 2018 Ford Edge engines
The EPA's listings for every year: 2.0L turbo four-cylinder, 3.5L V6 and 2.7L turbo V6, front and all-wheel drive. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Decodes the engine from a VIN; for 2015 to 2018 Edges an eighth character of 9 decodes as the 2.0L GTDI, 8 as the 3.5L V6 and P as the 2.7L GTDI (the Sport). Accessed October 14, 2026.
NHTSA: vehicle complaints, 2015 to 2018 Ford Edge
The 2,109 complaints filed under engine for the four model years, read from NHTSA's complaints API and split by engine with the VIN; the mileage and the engine prices owners gave in the 2.0L complaints that describe coolant loss. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Kelley Blue Book: Ford Edge engine replacement pricing
Dealer estimates, parts and labor, for a 2016, a 2017 and a 2018 in ZIP 33130, 60601 and 80202: $6,870 to $8,182, of which labor $2,740 to $3,273, the same for all three years; no estimate shown for the 2015 tried. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Kelley Blue Book: 2017 Ford Edge engine diagnostics
Dealer estimate for ZIP 33130, 60601 and 80202: $219 to $260. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Kelley Blue Book: 2015 to 2018 Ford Edge values
Trade-in, private party and fair purchase values by trim, good condition, national averages at typical mileage; the 2015, 2016 and 2018 from their own year pages. Accessed October 14, 2026.
Sell Car Advisor: My Garage instant offers
Instant offers from several buyers on the same car, with the condition the owner gave, quoted March to October 2026. These are the cars in this page's offer tables and the set behind the condition figures (how much less buyers offer for a car that doesn't start or doesn't drive), compared within groups of cars of similar age and mileage. The model-year charts come from a larger set of offers going back to 2021.
Junk Car Value Statistics, Sell Car Advisor
"On this page: 2 figures from same-day quotes by several buyers" Accessed Oct. 19, 2026
Found this useful? Show Sell Car Advisor first when you search on Google.
Add us as a preferred source on Google