2007 Ford Edge complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ABNORMAL FORCE WOULD HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO THE BRAKES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD STOP COMPLETELY. ADDITIONALLY, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD FEEL HARD AND RESISTANT WHEN BEING DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MASTER BOOSTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR FURTHER INSPECTION AND DIAGNOSIS OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT PROVIDED NO REMEDY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EXTREME PRESSURE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN ORDER FOR THE VEHICLE TO RESPOND. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN IN REVERSE OR CHANGING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97000.

STRONG FUEL ODOR PRESENT INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER FUELING NOTICED A STEADY DRIP FROM FUEL TANK. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO PRIVATE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS IT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CORROSION ON THE TOP OF THE TANK. FORD HAS BEEN NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIR NOR WILL THEY ADMIT IT IS A DESIGN DEFECT OR ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR FAULTY FUEL TANKS. IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR A FUEL TANK TO ROT ON A 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE.

I WOKE UP TO MY HOUSE SMELLING OF GAS, AFTER TAKING IT TO A SHOP, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE TOP OF THE TANK. IT TOOK 3 DAYS TO GET IT BACK, WHEN I PICKED IT UP, I WAS TOLD TO FILL IT UP WITH GAS, THEN IT WAS LEAKING GAS REAL BAD, STEADY DRIP. I TOOK IT RIGHT BACK TO THE SHOP WHERE THEY KEPT OVER THE WEEKEND, SAID IT WAS RUSTED VERY BAD, IT HAS A COUPLE RUST SPOTS THAT GAVE WAY WHEN I PUT GAS IN IT. SAID IT NEEDS A NEW TANK, AND FOR SUCH A NEW CAR, IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS BAD. *TR

I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND DAYS LATER STARTED SMELLING GAS AND LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THE GAS TANK SPLIT AND STARTED LEAKING.....CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT OR RECALL IT. I CAN'T AFFORD TO GET A NEW TANK THAT COST $2,300 AND FORD RECALLED THE 2008 MODELS FOR THIS REASON BUT REFUSED TO RECALL THE 2007 MODELS....I AM VERY ANGRY BECAUSE AS IT IS I AM GETTING ABOUT 10 MILE TO THE GALLON ON GAS AND ONLY ABLE TO PUT ABOUT 4 GALLONS IN THE TANK AT A TIME AND DRIVE AROUND EVERY DAY WORRYING IF I WOULD EVER GET INTO AN ACCIDENT GOD FORBID I WOULD MAYBE BLOW UP BECAUSE OF THE LEAKING GAS TANK ON THIS VEHICLE... *TR

2007 FORD EDGE;MILEAGE 63153 LEAKED FLUID/BURNING RUBBER ODOR WAS EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AREA. SERVICE VEHICLE:FIND INTERNAL SEAL LEAKING IN PTU. NOT SERVICEABLE. NEED TO REPLACE PTU. *TR

WE NOTICED AN OIL LIKE SUBSTANCE LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOT ONLY IS IT A $1500 REPAIR BUT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM HAPPENING TO FORD EDGE'S YEARS 2007 - 2011. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A RECALL SHOULD BE MADE ON THIS PART. WE CAUGHT OURS EARLY, SO NOT SURE WHAT COULD'VE HAPPENED IF WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE OURS AROUND. *TR

AFTER PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE ENGINE DIDN'T STOP BUT PRESSING GAS DID NOT HELP. WAS FORCED TO COAST TO SIDE, CAR SHUDDERED, THEN STALLED. AFTER WAITING A FEW, CAR STARTED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT A MILE TO A NEARBY REPAIR SHOP. WE WERE CALLED AND ADVISED IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND DUE TO MILES ON THE CAR, IT SHOULD BE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP (UNDER WARRANTY). FORD SERVICE COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. WE WERE TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG & TO PICK IT UP. PRIOR TO PICKING UP, WE FOUND A TSB THAT DESCRIBED WHAT WE HAD BUT WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. MAY 2013, CAR DID SAME BUT THIS TIME, THE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. TOWED (TO ANOTHER FORD SERVICE DEALER),& ISSUE WAS FOUND. REPAIR MADE. NOT SURPRISINGLY, ISSUE WAS SAME TSB WE PULLED IN 2011. 7 MONTHS LATER, CAR SHUDDERED, & STALLED AGAIN. ONLY DIFFERENCE WITH THIS OCCURRENCE IS NOW THE ENGINE DIED. TOWED BACK TO DEALER. WAS INFORMED IT WAS THE PCM OR MAIN COMPUTER WHICH CAUSED THE IGNITION COILS TO BURN UP. SO, IN SHORT, OWNING THIS CAR FOR 2 YEARS, HAVING TOWED 3 TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, ALL IN 3 EXTREMELY UNSAFE CONDITIONS, HAS LEFT ME WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THIS COMPUTER SOFTWARE ISSUE IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND BASED ON OTHER COMMENTS FOUND ONLINE, FORD IS NOT WILLING TO TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT WHAT COULD BE A SADDENING FATAL SITUATION. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT FORD IS NOT COOPERATIVE IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. I

STRONG GAS SMELL WHEN FUEL TANK IS FILLED ABOVE 3/4 MARK. MECHANIC INVESTIGATION INDICATES THAT THE FUEL TANK HAS HOLES ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE TANK, AND SAYS THAT THE TANK NEEDS TO BE REPLACED BEFORE IT BEGINS TO LEAK. I WAS QUOTED $1540 FOR PARTS, AND $505 LABOR ($2045) TO REPLACE THE TANK. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. WHY DOES THE FUEL TANK ON A 6 YEAR OLD VEHICLE DETERIORATE ON THE TOP? *TR

GAS TANK SEAL CORRODED. MECHANIC WAS INSPECTING CAR WHEN HE FOUND THAT BESIDES THE TRANSMISSION TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, THE GAS TANK WAS LEAKING GAS. IT APPEARS THE SEAL IS CORRODED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE NEW TANK WAS APPROXIMATELY 1500. (JUST THE PART) AND ABOUT 600. IN LABOR. I FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD BE REPAIRED FREE OF CHARGE BY FORD, THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A VEHICLE THAT IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD. I CAN ONLY PUT ABOUT 5 GALLONS OF GAS IN, NOT TO EXCEED JUST UNDER THE HALF TANK MARK. ALSO, CANNOT PARK CAR ON ANYTHING BUT A LEVEL SURFACE. *TR

AFTER 3 DIFFERENT SEAL REPAIRS AND PTU REPLACEMENT(20K) DURING WARRANTY PERIOD, CURRENT PTU IS WHINING / HOWLING BETWEEN 30-50 MPH. DEALER SAY FLUID HAS BEEN LEAKING SLOWLY AND PTU FULL OF SLUDGE. NO EVIDENCE OF LEAKAGE ON GARAGE FLOOR BUT UNDER CARRIAGE IN PTU AREA IS GUMMED UP FROM FLUID MIXING WITH DIRT. BASED ON MILEAGE FROM REPAIR RECEIPTS, TOOK APPROX. 67K MILES FOR THIS PTU TO GO BAD. NO ADJUSTMENT PROGRAMS AT THIS TIME FOR PTU'S AS PER PHONE CALL WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE. *TR

DISCOVERED THAT REAR TAIL LIGHT HOUSING HAS BECOME SO HOT THAT IT HAS MELTED THE BULBS IN THE SOCKET. THE SOCKETS THEMSELVES ARE BLACK IN APPEARANCE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO WARNINGS OR ERROR CODES TO INDICATE THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE MISFIRED INTERMITTENTLY, SHOOK VIOLENTLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PCM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 98,000.

2007 FORD EDGE HAS A GAS TANK LEAK PROBLEM. NOTICE A STRONG GAS SMELL AROUND VEHICLE AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER. MECHANIC FOUNDED GAS LEAKING FROM THE GAS TANK (UNSAFE TO DRIVE, POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD). *TR

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A RED LIGHT. MY BRAKES SUDDENLY BECAME EXTREMELY RESISTANT TO MY FOOT PRESSURE AND A HIGH PITCHED SQUEALING NOISE ACCOMPANIED THE SITUATION. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IMMEDIATELY BUT MANAGED TO ESCAPE A COLLISION WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I DROVE MY VEHICLE, CAUTIOUSLY, TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM (BRAKE BOOSTER) IMMEDIATELY. HE STATED HE HAD TWO 2007 FORD EDGE VEHICLES IN THE SHOP WITH THE SAME PROBLEM (BAD BRAKE BOOSTER). THE INTERNET IS FLOODED WITH THIS ISSUE IN THE FORD EDGE. I AND MANY OTHERS HAVE BEEN EFFECTED FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. A RECALL ON THE BREAK BOOSTER IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT FURTHER INJURY AND FINANCIAL LOSS TO FORD CUSTOMERS. *TR

TAILLIGHT SOCKETS AND BULBS SCORCHED AND BURNT TOGETHER. SIGNS OF HIGH HEAT. *TR

STARTED SMELLING GAS SOMETIME IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER. TOOK IT TO GET INSPECTED RECENTLY AND TECHNICIAN SMELLED GAS AND CHECK IT OUT. FUEL TANK IS LEAKING. SEEMS TO BE SOME TYPE OF CORROSION ON THE TOP. POTENTIALLY VERY DANGEROUS. GOING TO COST NEARLY $2000 TO REPLACE TANK. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE ON THE WEB. SHOULD CONSIDER A RECALL. *TR

THE SMELL OF GASOLINE PROMPTED ME TO BRING MY FORD EDGE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I QUESTIONED THIS AS I HAVE OWNED FORD VEHICLES FOR TEN PLUS YEARS APIECE AND NEVER HAD THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT ABNORMAL. AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE IN THE FORD EDGE VEHICLE. NOW, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS CAR HOME DUE TO A FIRE HAZARD AND HAD TO RENT A VEHICLE RIGHT THEN AND THERE. FROM THE NUMBER OF ONLINE COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ, I BELIEVE THE FORD EDGE NEEDS TO BE DEEMED UNSAFE DUE TO THE FUEL TANK LEAKING PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PUTTING THEIR CUSTOMERS' LIVES IN DANGER BY NOT RECALLING AND CORRECTING THE FUEL TANKS IN THESE VEHICLES WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF LEAKING FUEL IS A DANGER TO EVERYONE. IT IS NECESSARY TO ALSO MENTION THAT MY VEHICLE WAS SOLD TO ME AS CERTIFIED PRE OWNED ONLY 3 YEARS AGO WITH THE MILEAGE AT 32,579. HOW ARE THEY PRECERTIFYING ? WITH COVER UPS???? SO, IN ESSENCE THE FACT THAT THEY PRECERTIFIED 3 YEARS AGO MEANS THIS PROBLEM EITHER OCCURRED WITHIN 3 YEARS OR THE PRECERTIFICATION WAS BOGUS, EITHER OF WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. ALSO, THEIR WARRANTY WHICH COMES WITH THE PRECERT STATES FEB. 2013 OR 100,00 MILES. THEY WILL NOT HONOR THE 100,00 MILES AS THEY SAY IT IS ONLY IF THE 100,00 MILES OCCURS BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. IF THAT WER

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED AND THERE WAS A LOSS OF ACCELERATION POWER. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE 6 IGNITION COILS, SPARK PLUGS AND THE PCM SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 97395. *TR

LEAKED FLUID OVERHEATED TRANSFER CASE. NO WARNING OTHER THAN VERY SMALL DRIP. EXTENDED WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER DAMAGES. *TR

AFTER CONTINUALLY SMELLING GAS WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE I DISCOVERED A GAS LEAK IN THE FUEL TANK. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC AND HE VERIFIED THE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING DUE TO RUSTING OF THE TANK. THE MECHANIC INFORMED ME OF THE PRICE OF A NEW TANK AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. A PERSON AT MY LOCAL FORD DEALER INFORMED ME THAT HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS EDGE. ALSO, I FOUND A USED FUEL TANK IN SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT, AND FOUND IT HAS THE SAME RUSTING PROBLEMS. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN USE THIS VEHICLE EVERY DAY AND I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE SAFTEY PROBLEM. IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE MAKE A COMPLAINT. FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIR OF THIS COSTLY AND DANGEROUS PROBLEM. *TR

THE DRIVER'S SIDE TAIL LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT AND MELTED THE BULB AND THE SOCKET. THIS HAS OCCURRED 4 TIMES IN THE 4 MONTHS WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR. *TR

AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES ONE SATURDAY MORNING, MY WIFE PARKED IN THE GARAGE AS USUAL. I ENTERED THE GARAGE AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND DETECTED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE. PROCEEDED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE SMELL WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I CONTINUED TO INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE AND EVENTUALLY FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE FUEL SEEPING FROM THE FUEL RAIL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FUEL SUPPLY MANIFOLD. I CONCLUDED THAT THE FUEL WAS LEAKING IN THE AREA OF THE TEST PORT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE RAIL. I COULD TELL THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING AT THE POINT WHERE THE TEST PORT IS CONNECTED TO THE RAIL. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALER, AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL RAIL PORT WAS NOT REPAIRABLE AND A NEW FUEL RAIL WAS REQUIRED. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS GASOLINE COULD HAVE LEAKED OUT ONTO VERY HOT ENGINE PARTS AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A FIRE. *TR

ELECTRIC RADIATOR COOLING FAN QUIT. CAR OVERHEATED. HAD TO BE REPLACED. *TR

SECOND TIME A YEAR OR SO LATER ELECTRICAL COOLING RADIATOR FAN GOES OUT. REPLACING AGAIN. *TR

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I NOTICED MY THERMOSTAT CLIMBING ABOUT TO OVER HEAT. I PULL OF AT THE NEAREST EXIT AND STOP AT AN OIL CHANGE SERVICE STATION. THE MECHANIC SAY I HAD NO ANTIFREEZE IN THE CAR. HE REFILLS THE ANTIFREEZE AND I WAS ON MY WAY. 20 MINS INTO MY DRIVE, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AND THE THERMOSTAT LOOKS FINE, BUT THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY AREA OF NYC. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND AFTER THEIR DIAGNOSTIC TEST THEY SAID THE ENGINE HEAD IS CRACKED OR WARPED AND THEY FOUND ANTIFREEZE MIXED IN OIL AND RADIATOR AND WILL COST $2500 TO FIX! WTF!! IS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN?? I TOOK GREAT CARE OF THIS VEHICLE AND I FEEL LIKE A SUCKER! NOW I CAN'T GET TO WORK, CAN'T GET MY KIDS TO OR FROM SCHOOL AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHENEVER HE WAS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, HE WOULD SMELL SOMETHING BURNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

FOR A FEW WEEKS THERE WAS A STRONG GAS SMELL ALL AROUND THE FORD EDGE. BROUGHT IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT. THEY WERE STUMPED, THE GAS TANK WAS NOT LEAKING, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO IT NOR ANY RUST OF ANY KIND YET THEY ALSO COULD SMELL THE GAS. AFTER TIME, THEY FOUND THAT GAS WAS SEEPING THROUGH THE SEAMS OF THE TANK. CALLED MULTIPLE FORD DEALERSHIPS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE BEEN SEEING QUITE A BIT OF THIS ON EDGES AND HAVE REPAIRED 4 WITHIN THE PAST MONTH IN OUR AREA. THEY INFORMED US HOW EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IT WAS TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE CAR, IF WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT OR IF ANYONE THREW A LIT CIGARETTE, THE CAR COULD EXPLODE. VERY UNSAFE. WE CALLED FORD BECAUSE WE SAW MANY RECALLS ON NEWER MODELS FOR THE SAME THING. THEY DENIED THE CLAIM FOR THE 07 MODEL. WE GOT IT REPAIRED FOR $1700 AT A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE NOT OFFERING A REIMBURSEMENT FOR A MALFUNCTIONING PART AND A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *TR

SINCE JANUARY 2010 TRANSMISSION SLIP ONLY HAPPENS PERIODICALLY ABOUT 8 TO 10 TIMES A YEAR ..SINCE 11/2012 TREMBLING/SHUDDER TO THE ENGINE WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES BETWEEN 45-50MPH (TORQUE CONVERTER) OR REPLACE TRANSMISSION RECOMMENDED BY SERVICE CENTER ON 10/16/2013. ON 1/31/2013 RECALL SERVICE COMPLETED ON MY VEHICLE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP (MIL) ON WITH DIAGNOSTIC TROUBLE CODES POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) WITH 1 OR MORE DAMAGED COIL(S) ON PLUGS. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT BULB BLACKENED AND SOCKET PARTIALLY MELTED. REPLACED WITH 4157LL BULB AS RECOMMENDED BUT STILL WON'T WORK. I THINK MAYBE BULB HAS GOTTEN TOO HOT AND NOW SOCKET DEFECTIVE. *TR

JANUARY 18, 2013, IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, DROVE 2007 FORD EDGE, WITH 40,466 MILES, TO AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE THE HEATER & DEFROSTER WERE NOT WORKING. THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP FLUSHED THE COOLANT AND THE HEATER CORE AND INSTALLED NEW COOLANT BECAUSE THE HEATER CORE WAS CLOGGED WITH METAL DEBRIS. EIGHT MONTHS LATER, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013 AND 57,000 MILES, SAME PROBLEM, THE HEATER & DEFROSTER WERE NOT WORKING. FIVE DAYS LATER, RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO AUTO REPAIR SHOP BECAUSE OF STRONG COOLANT SMELL AND THE ENGINE FANS WERE TURNING OFF AND ON. THIS TIME, THE SHOP DETERMINED THE HEATER CORE IS CLOGGED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE AUTO REPAIR SHOP DISCOVERED FORD'S TSB 09M04S1. THIS FORD TSB, ISSUED 3/31/2010, GUARANTEES THE FOLLOWING: "OWNERS OF AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE ENTITLED TO A COOLING SYSTEM FLUSH AND REFILL AND A WARRANTY EXTENSION ON THE HEATER CORE TO SIX YEARS OR 105,000 MILES FROM FOUR YEARS OR 50,000 MILES. AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY HAVE POOR HEATER PERFORMANCE." FORD MOTOR CO ACKNOWLEDGES A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT; HOWEVER, AFTER THREE ESCALATED DEMAND LETTERS AND THREE ESCALATED DEMAND PHONE CALLS, FORD MOTOR CO REFUSES TO HONOR THEIR WARRANTY AND MAKE THE $2600 IN NECESSARY REPAIRS TO GET THE 2007 FORD EDGE WITH 57,000 MILES BACK ON THE ROAD BECAUSE, FORD SAYS, THE WARRANTY EXPIRED ON MAY 1, 2013. *TR

A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE WAS DETECTED AROUND THE VEHICLE. MECHANIC INVESTIGATED. GAS TANK HAD RUSTED THROUGH. GASOLINE WAS LEAKING. ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT BLOGS, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD WITH 2007 FORD EDGE. REPLACEMENT OF TANK IS OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE. FORD DOES NOT HAVE A RECALL NOR A BULLETIN ON THE PROBLEM AND GIVE NOT MORE THAN AN APOLOGY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, SHE COULD SMELL AN INTENSE GASOLINE ODOR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE SHE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD A LEAK AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,468.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING GASOLINE ODOR COMING FROM THE VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 114,000.

WHEN DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT VIOLENTLY FROM 1ST INTO 2ND GEAR AND WHEN I'M DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAVE TO HIT THE BRAKES SUDDENLY THEN SPEED BACK UP THE VIOLENT SHIFTING HAPPENS AGAIN. THERE IS ALSO A SHUTTER IN THE TRANSMISSION WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH UPHILL, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE TO THE VEHICLE DUE TO A FAULTY TRANS-AXLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99843. UPDATED 11/12/13*CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE SHIFTER VIBRATED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS A LEAKING TRANS-AXLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED BECAUSE THE PART NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE WORK WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,847. UPDATED 11/13/13*LJ

WE STARTED UP OUR CAR ON A SUNDAY MORNING, PUT IT IN REVERSE, BACKED OUT OF OUR SPOT, AND THEN PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE. RIGHT AWAY, WE NOTICED THE CAR SHAKING, NOT MUCH POWER, AND IT WAS SPUTTERING ALONG. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS FLASHING AS WELL, INDICATING ENGINE MISFIRE. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE FORD DEALERSHIP RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND DETERMINED THAT THE PCU HAD OVERHEATED AND THE CYLINDER COILS MELTED. THEY ALSO SAID THE PCU IS NO LONGER OPERABLE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH THE COILS AND PLUGS. GENERALLY, ENGINE MISFIRE INDICATES A TUNE-UP IS NEEDED; HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, THE CAR NEEDS A BRAND-NEW COMPUTER. THE DEALERSHIP QUOTED US AT 2,700 TOTAL FOR THE REPAIR. FURTHERMORE, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE CAR, AS DETERMINED BY FORD, AS IT ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN 13-4-7, CITING THIS MODEL AND SEVERAL OTHERS AS PRONE TO THIS MALFUNCTION. FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS MODEL AND HAVE THE ISSUE FIXED. NO RECALLS EVEN THOUGH THIS POSES A FIRE HAZARD? SHOCKING. *JB

AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AT AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 45 MPH I EXITED OFF A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY (EXIT 1, RTE. 93N IN NEW HAMPSHIRE). UPON SLOWING, I FELT A SKIP AND THE CAR BECAME UNRESPONSIVE TO MY ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE TO COMPLETE THE EXIT . AN ODOMETER ERROR APPEARED ON MY DASH ALONG WITH THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT AND THE REPAIR WRENCH SYMBOL. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING ON THE OPEN HIGHWAY IN THE KIND OF TRAFFIC I WAS EXPERIENCING, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A HIGH SPEED ACCIDENT. AFTER SHUTTING DOWN THE ENGINE FOR 30 MINUTES, I RESTARTED MY VEHICLE AND RETURNED HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. TO DATE MY EDGE HAS BEEN VERY RELIABLE. I HAVE ENJOYED THE EDGE'S PERFORMANCE; BUT, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED TO NUMEROUS OTHER EDGE OWNERS. I AM HOPING THIS APPARENT DEFECT IS RESOLVED AND A RECALL IS INITIATED BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

ON SATURDAY AUGUST 17,2013 I WAS GETTING MY BASKETBALL TEAM SUPPLIES FROM THE BACK OF MY CAR, MY DAUGHTER WAS HELPING ME. I WAS NOT LEANING EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE JUST STANDING NORMALLY AND THE EXHAUST PIPE BURNED MY LEG. THE BURN IS EXTREMELY BAD, SHORTLY AFTER MY DAUGHTER WENT TO GRAB THE REST OF THE STUFF FROM THE BACK OF MY CAR AND SHE BURNED HER LEG AS WELL. LAST MONTH MY FRIEND WAS HELPING ME REMOVE GROCERIES FROM THE BACK OF MY CAR AND SHE ALSO GOT HER LEG BURNED ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. MY CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY FOR ALL THREE INCIDENTS. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED FOR MY CHILDREN. I ALSO WILL HAVE AN EXTREMELY BAD SCAR ON MY LEG FOR EVER DUE TO THE BURN. *TR

FIRST OCCURRENCE. TURNED VEHICLE ON, SHIFTED IN DRIVE TO LEAVE PARKING LOT. DID NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY, AND FELT AS IF IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, AND BACK ON. IT SHIFTED FINE. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP, AS WE HAD ONLY OWNED IT S MONTH AND BOUGHT IN APRIL 2012. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. OVER TIME, THIS HAS HAPPENED 10-15 MORE TIMES. THE COMPUTER ALSO SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS AS WELL. TODAY 7/26/2013, I TURNED ON THE VEHICLE, LEFT IT START UP, BEGAN TO GO INTO DRIVE, IT STALLED, AND A POWERTRAIN LIGHT CAME ON. MILEAGE COMPUTER DASH DISAPPEARED. I TURNED THE CAR OFF. TURNED IT BACK ON. WHEN I TRIED TO SHIFT IT, TRANSMISSION WAS VERY VIOLENT. SAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR TWENTY MINUTES. TURNED THE CAR BACK ON, LET IT RUN FOR 2MINUTES, PUT IT IN DRIVE, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY FINE. WHEN I DRIVE UP HILL, IT SEEMS TO BE USING A LOT MORE POWER THAN NECESSARY, AND MY RPMS GO ALL THE WAY UP TO 5-6K. LOOKING FOR A SHOP TO HAVE THE CAR LOOKED AT, OR AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

TIRE THREAD WORE ON INNER WALL AND CAUSED TIRE TO BLOW

2007 FORD EDGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A DEFECTIVE PTU ASSEMBLY IN VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE, FOR AN OIL LEAK AT THE PTU VENT, THE ENTIRE PTU ASSEMBLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. AT THE TIME OF SERVICE, THE VEHICLE HAD 54,708 MILES AND IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. ON MARCH 23, 2013, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSIS REVEALED A DAMAGED PTU ASSEMBLY.

VEHICLE FILLED WITH FUEL AND PARKED IN GARAGE, NOTICED FUEL SMELL, FOUND FUEL LEAKING ON GROUND, INSPECTED BY FORD TECHNICIAN, FOUND FUEL TANK LEAKING AT LEFT REAR CORNER OF FUEL TANK. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE AT A FIXED SPEED OF 70MPH, THE CAR SUDDENLY ACCELERATED TO 80 MPH, THEN SLOWED DOWN, AND REACCELERATED. THE RPM NEEDLE WENT OVER TO 4000. I HAD TO TURN CRUISE CONTROL OFF. IT HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT DURING WINTER MONTHS, IT ISN'T AN ISSUE, BUT WHEN THE WEATHER IS WARM, THE PROBLEM BECOMES PERSISTENT. DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM SO THEY RESET THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM. STILL HAD PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 73 MPH THERE WAS A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AT THE TIME OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE IGNITION COIL ASSEMBLY, HLA ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND PCM WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,334. ...UPDATED 07-24-13 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE DONE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO EXHIBIT ERRATIC IRREGULAR SHIFTING, ALTHOUGH NOT TO THE EXTENT FOR WHICH HE BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECURRING FAILURE WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION HAD BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ALL EACH TIME. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF WHAT CAUSED THE RECURRING FAILURE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY ODD UNEXPLAINABLE EVENTS WITH MY 2007 FORD EDGE SINCE FALL OF 2012 WHICH HAS NOW RESULTED IN FULL FAILURE OF MY TRANSMISSION. BEGINNING IN THE FALL, MY EDGE STARTED TO GIVE ME WARNING MESSAGES ON MY ELECTRONIC DASH PANEL READING "TIRE PRESSURE MONITOR FAULT", ONCE PUT IN REVERSE, THE CAR WOULD MAKE A VIOLENT JERKING MOTION AND LOUD UGLY SOUND. THE MESSAGE ON THE DASH WOULD THEN CHANGE TO READ "ODB DATA ERROR". THE WRENCH AND AIRBAG ICONS WOULD BE LIT. AFTER SHIFTING TO DRIVE, THE CAR SOUNDED AS IF IT WAS IN HIGH GEAR, BUT IT WOULD REFUSE TO ACCELERATE TO A FAST SPEED. ONCE DRIVING, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD NOT REGISTER SPEED, IT WOULD SIT AT 0 MPH. THE DIGITAL ODOMETER FAILED TO DISPLAY ANYTHING. AS I DROVE, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OR IT WOULD SEEM TO TRY TO SHIFT AND THEN THE CAR WOULD MAKE THE SAME VIOLENT JERKING MOTION AS I EXPERIENCED WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE. IF I STOPPED, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO GET THE CAR MOVING, IT WOULDN'T WANT TO MOVE/ACCELERATE. THE CAR WOULD ALSO MAKE UNEXPECTED LUNGING MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING. THE CAR WOULD ALSO ON OCCASION SUDDENLY STOP ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST AS IF IT HAD AUTOMATICALLY SHIFTED INTO LOW GEAR. THIS HAPPENED TO ME SEVERAL TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY. NOT SAFE! ON MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013, MY TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. UNACCEPTABLE FOR A CAR MY AGE! AS I HAVE BEGUN TO INVESTIGATE THIS PROBLEM ON THE WEB, TO MY SURPRISE, THIS PROBLEM IS EXTENSIVE. FORD OWNERS HAVE BEEN CO

LOUD HUMMING SOUND FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR, SOUND STARTED SLIGHTLY THEN BECOMING VERY LOUD, ACCORDING TO DEALER BOTH REAR WHEEL BEARINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO INFORMED THAT FORD HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL BUT HAS PROVIDED DEALER WITH TECHNICAL DATA IN THIS REGARD. NOTE ALSO TOOK EXTENDED CAR WARRANTY TO 60,000 MILES BUT NEVER EXPECTED FAILURE TO WHEEL BEARING TO FAIL AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. NUMEROUS COMMENTS ON THIS HAPPENING WITH 2007 EDGES IN THE ON-LINE DATABASE. FORD QUALITY??? *TR

I HAVE BEEN SMELLING A SLIGHT FUEL ODOR, LOOKED AT VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT TRACE DOWN LOCATION OF SMELL. ODOR WOULD COME AND GO, THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A FEW MONTHS. WIFE LEFT FOR WORK AND THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR OF GAS, WHEN SHE BACKED OUT OF GARAGE THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF GAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF 1 FOOT BY 2 FOOT ON THE FLOOR. WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME THAT NIGHT I NOTICED A STEADY DRIP OF FUEL DRIPPING ON THE GROUND. I LOCATED THE LEAK COMING FROM THE SEAM OF THE FUEL TANK, SHE HAD FILLED UP THE DAY BEFORE, AND NOW THE TANK WAS WET WITH FUEL. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 6 YEARS OLD AND SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS AND NEVER HAVE HAD A FUEL TANK ISSUE LIKE THIS, SO I BELIEVE THIS IS A MAJOR DEFECT OF THE TANK AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. MY EDGE IS PARKED IN A ATTACHED GARAGE WHERE MY ELECTRICAL ROOM, FURNACE, AND WATER HEATER IS LOCATED IN THE SAME LOWER LEVER. OBVIOUSLY I AM PARKING OUTSIDE NOW. MY CONCERN IS THE FIRE HAZARD WITH WATER HEATER IGNITION SOURCE TO MY HOUSE AND VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD, I KNOW THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON HAVING THIS PROBLEM. HOPEFULLY A RECALL CAN BE ISSUED TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. *TR