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2015-2018 Ford Edge 2.0L EcoBoost Flexplate Lawsuit Dismissed

A lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, which claimed that defective 2015-2018 Ford Edge flexplates resulted in engine stalling issues, has been dismissed, reports CarComplaints. The litigation claimed that the area between the crankshaft circular bolt patterns and the torque converter shatters after a separation event occurs around the bolts, a development that originates as a compromised area around the ring gear. Additionally, the lawsuit alleged that replacement flexplates also failed to fix the issue.

The two Ford Edge crossovers that prompted the suit both hailed from the 2015 model year, with one being a Titanium, and both came equipped with the Ford 2.0L EcoBoost I-4. Ford argued that the owner who leased their Edge new lacked standing in court because they consented to arbitration when taking delivery of their vehicle. Judge Sean F. Cox sided with The Blue Oval and granted the company’s motion to compel arbitration. The judge dismissed the other party’s implied and express warranty claims too, due to their lack of privity with Ford. Since they purchased their Ford Edge as a certified pre-owned vehicle, one would think that they would have standing, but it is possible they purchased the vehicle from a competitor’s dealership as a “certified” product. Additionally, Judge Cox dismissed their claims on the basis that a federal court was the improper venue for such a lawsuit, which needed to go through the respective state court first, as warranty claims are initially settled on that level.

While this particular Edge-related lawsuit failed to gain traction, there is at least one piece of pending litigation that could spell big trouble for The Blue Oval. As Ford Authority report late last year, problems allegedly related to coolant intrusion issues with various Ford EcoBoost engines prompted affected owners to file a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The suit claims the company has known about the problematic engines since their inception.

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Ed owns a 1986 Ford Taurus LX, and he routinely daydreams about buying another one, a fantasy that may someday become a reality.

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Comments

  1. You mean like the GM ignition issue that shut off the engine, thus causing the power steering and power brakes to fail. GM stonewalled for 20 years. Mary Barra even had to testify before Congress.

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    1. Right, NCEcoBoost is always trollin’

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      1. Yep. And it looks like y’all swallowed the bait, hook, line and sinker.

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  2. As a shop owner and mechanic I can tell you all the ecoboost engines are junk, have had to replace many of the v6 for thrown rods and they had low miles, the ecoboost 4cyl is known for head gasket issues, Chevy is not any better with 5.3 and it’s afm system and there 4 cylinder engines that the head mounted vacuum pumps exploding inside the head

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  3. I just traded in my 2018 titanium escape 2.0 with 21k miles. My worries were questionable build quality and the coolant intrusion issue. Though I never had any issues before trading in, just to be fair. We went the opposite direction from Ford. 2022 Lexus RX450H, shouldn’t have any worries about reliability. Exceptional build and ride quality

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  4. Well here I go, Ford spends $ Millions on advertising to attract new customers, why don’t they spend money on keeping the ones they have ????? Big Business amazes me ~! Wishful thinking. We have a 2018 Escape 1.5, its has 53,000 ks on it, bought it new, so far had to replace bushing in the rear Assembly after 33,000 rear rotors an pads, oh yes an Tires at 24,000ks. the tire warranty was a joke, got a better deal elsewhere.
    Just waiting for the Motor to blow……But u must remember FORD HAS A BETTER IDEA as they use to advertise. Damn I feel a lot better~!

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  5. My mother purchased a 2018 Ford Edge with 74,498 in Jan 28, 2022 with an mechanical failure service contract and gap at Rountree Moore Ford in Lake City Fl. The dealership called her to come back out to resign paperwork on Feb.17, 2022. Sam redone he paperwork took off her warranties (Mfs and Gap) replaced it with a car care service plan and a xzillion without explaining she doesn’t have the warranties she asked to be included. He told he she had a warranty not explaining he add a warranty that did not include taking care of the main concern of motor and transmission the most costly of all repairs. Around 77,000 miles the car started overheating in May and she took it to Rountree to get checked out. They told her a diagnostic will cost $250 which she did not have, that’s when she found out she did not have a warranty to take care of the problem. The service guy then told her he has been seeing a lot of those cars come in with those problems and that she will need another motor/engine. They claim they started the diagnostics but the car never moved. And from what I gather they put that the motor was the problem in the report I guess from assumptions instead of a full diagnostic or any diagnostics. We seen the coolant tank was empty and he son added water and antifreeze back into it. I called Fidelty and they said the warranty was cancelled by the dealership on Jan 28th the same day she signed the paperwork for the car. Sam said he must have accidently hit the wrong button and canceled that part of the warranty. So we decided to go to her bank and get the warranties added back to the car. A few weeks later we took the car back to get a full diagnostic and to get whatever was starting to go wrong fixed. They (warranty people) refused to fix the problem because they said the problem happened before the warranty was added. Remind you (assumptions no full diagnostic if any because she didn’t have the money). My mother is an elderly woman with limited income and resources and I feel she is being taken advantage of. The dealership is not taking any responsibility for their mistake. She didn’t read or look over the paperwork or had somebody with her to look it over she just trusted him and went along with whatever he said just like millions of people do all the time expecting her warranties are on her car. I expressed to her always to ask to add extended warranties and gap to any vehicle that she will have to pay for for 5-6 years especially with 74,000 miles anything can happen and you will end up paying thousands of dollars out of pocket for repairs and the lost of a vehicle, money that you don’t have. What gets me is the she drove the vehicle less than 2600 miles and the motor/engine blows it’s not her fault she was taken advantage of and sold a vehicle that the dealership and Ford knows that they are having so many problems with like this and not doing anything to take care of the problem or the customer. Her car has been setting at Rountree Moore Ford going on the 3rd week and she only had the car 6 1/2 months. We need some help with this problem A.S.A.P

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