NHTSA Complaint #11361420 — 2017 FORD EDGE

MY VEHICLE IS A 2017 WITH 87,000 MILES. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CYLINDER #2 MISFIRING, FORD SAID I AM EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR ISSUE THEY ARE HAVING WITH THESE MOTORS WHERE THERE ARE HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE LONG BLOCK LEAKING COOLANT INTO THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND THAT I WILL NEED A NEW ENGINE. FORD IS SAYING IT IS ONLY A BULLETIN AND NOT A RECALL SO I AM HAVING TO PAY FOR A NEW MOTOR OUT OF POCKET FOR A DESIGN FLAW IN THE ENGINE. I AM A RECENT COLLEGE GRAD AND WAS NOT EXPECTING TO PAY $9,000 FOR A NEW MOTOR ON A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE ON TOP OF MY STUDENT DEBT. I EXPECTED A FEW MORE RELIABLE YEARS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND CANNOT RISK HAVING THE ENGINE GO OUT WHILE DRIVING SO I WILL HAVE TO TRY AND GET ANOTHER VEHICLE SINCE THEIR IS NO RECALL FOR THIS KNOWN ISSUE THAT THEY'VE REDESIGNED THE NEWER MOTORS TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.