NHTSA Complaint #11567172 — 2019 FORD EDGE

CEL light came on while at a stop light. Called my Ford dealership while I was at the light and made an appointment to bring my car in. Light went off after a couple of stops but I still took my car in as it had started to idle a little rough like it might want to stall. At first, service thought just new spark plugs were needed, but after installing them they noticed white smoke coming out of the tail pipe. Upon further inspection they saw there was coolant leaking into the engine through the head gasket and I needed either a new head gasket or a new engine. Car had 79724 mile on it, always been service on time at the Ford dealership, had just had it serviced November 8th and had them do the fuel induction service that they recommended. The car could have caught on fire, or stalled out while I was driving it. It is a good thing I took it in even though the CEL had gone off. This appears to be a known problem with the Ford Eco Boost engines and I see numerous complaints for this exact problem. I have had no accidents in this car and always serviced it at Ford.