Four problems related to body have been reported for the 2020 Ford Edge. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2020 Ford Edge based on all problems reported for the 2020 Edge.
Rear hatch closed on my teenage daughters hand and would not open with remote, button on hatch or the button on dash. Her hand was stuck and the only way to get her out was to take a pry bar to open it enough. Thank goodness we were home and I have tools. This could have been much worse.
On multiple occasions over the past year of owning the vehicle the liftgate has not functioned properly. In one instance it failed to open with any attempt (remote, dash button, liftgate button) - we could not get it to open and had to leave it at dealership to be repaired. Since then, there have been 3-4 other times when it won't close and latch properly despite there being nothing in the way. It will lower, start to latch, then release itself and reopen. On those occasions, it can take up to 20 attempts to get it to close, latch, and remain closed. I have taken it twice to be looked at, but the dealership can't get it to replicate the malfunction and therefore have been unable to repair it.
I was driving in stop and go traffic for several minutes. When we would move forward it would only be for 1 car length. I stopped, and when the engine turned back on from the auto start/stop, the car lurched forward and hit the car in front of me. I still had my foot on the break. At first I thought I had been hit from behind, because I had my foot on the break. I have seen 2 other complaints similar to mine, however, they did not result in an accident.
The back hatch door was open to put shopping items away, and my daughter turned around to put a cart away in a parking lot. All of a sudden another vehicle was coming and she backed up with a cart in front of her, and the hatch door hit her between the shoulders. It hit her, it stopped and then moved upwards. Something like this also happened to me with another Ford that I traded in last year for this 2020 Ford. The vehicle was in for a camera repair prior to this, so do not know if a sensor is out or not functioning correctly; and the rear end of the vehicle makes a creaking noise since they replaced the rear view camera. Do not know if this has anything do do with the hatch back open and close function. The vehicle was in park in a spot in a shopping center on a two way parking lot.