2008 Ford Edge complaints

I HAVE A 2008 FORD EDGE PURCHASED IN 2011 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE ALL OF THE LIGHTS CAME ON IN VEHICLE AND THE CAR WAS STALLING. IT WOULD REV UP BUT IT WAS UNABLE TO PICK UP SPEED. I TOOK IT CAR DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND PROBLEM. AFTER THE CAR SAT FOR A WHILE IT STARTED WORKING FINE. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER AGAIN THE SAME PROBLEM WE TOWED IT TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING THEY COULD NOT DETECT THE PROBLEM. THIS IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN. AGAIN TODAY DEC 2013 WHILE DRIVING THE CAR STARTED REVVING AND WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AT THIS POINT. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD AGAIN AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT I COULD DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND SEE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

BRAKES SUDDENLY FAILED REQUIRING EXCESSIVE FORCE TO BRING VEHICLE TO A STOP. THIS WAS VERY, VERY, SCARY AND I DROVE DIRECTLY TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE WE HAD PURCHASED THE CAR. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A FAILED BRAKE BOOSTER COSTING ALMOST $700 TO REPLACE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN THIS MODEL. THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED AND THE PART REPLACED AS THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. *TR

DRIVERS REAR TURN SIGNAL MELTED . BULB BURNT. *TR

I DISCOVERED BOTH OF MY REAR BRAKE LIGHT BULBS MELTED IN THEIR SOCKETS. THE SOCKETS THEMSELVES ARE BURNT BLACK AND THE DRIVERS SIDE TAIL LIGHT CASE HAS BEEN HOT ENOUGH TO MELT. BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS KEEP MELTING AND GOING OUT WITH NO KNOWN REASON PRESENTED BY FORD. *TR

WENT THROUGH INTERSECTION STANDING ON BRAKE PEDAL, WOULD NOT STOP, LEFT SIDE WHEELS LOCKED UP. SLID ON BLACKTOP 2+ CAR LENGTHS TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC SHOULDER, 2 MORE CAR LENGTHS ON GRAVEL. TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP ABS UNIT NOT WORKING PROPERLY. COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY POWER WENT TO WHEELS ON THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD. WAS 60,000 AND 4 YEARS OLD. NOW 6 1/2 AND 67,000 MILES, STILL STUCK WITH IT. *TR

THE CAR IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AT THE PTU SEAL. *TR

MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED OUR FORD EDGE USED FROM A DEALER, IT IS THE LIMITED MODEL. DROVE THE CAR FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER OUR PURCHASE AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE. ON THE THIRD DAY I NOTICED MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR INDICATOR LAMP WASN'T WORKING. ON INSPECTION THE BULB AND SOCKET WERE MELTED TOGETHER AND I WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE BULB. BOTH FILAMENTS IN THE BULB WERE IN-TACT. THE FAILURE APPEARED TO BE RELATED TO THE SOCKET GETTING SO HOT THAT IT ACTUALLY MELTED AND FAILED. I HAVE NOT CHECKED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE BUT I'M ASSUMING I WILL FIND A BURNED SOCKET. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN MY RESIDENTIAL STREET MY VEHICLE ACTED LIKE IT WAS SHIFTING GEARS WITH A JERK AND LOUD CLUNK. THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES IN THE PAST AS WELL. TURNED OD OFF AND IT DID NOT DO IT AGAIN UNTIL OD WAS BACK ON AGAIN. *TR

EDGE HAD STARTED TO DRIVE SLUGGISH, COULD NOT GET UP TO SPEED OR GET CAR INTO NEXT GEAR. DRIVING HOME FROM VACATION, CAR WAS VERY SLUGGISH GOING UP HILLS AND RPM NEEDLE WOULD REV HIGH BEFORE ABLE TO SHIFT TO NEXT GEAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH CODE OF P061. FOUND FORD DEALER LOCALLY WHO REPLACED FILTER. CAR DROVE BETTER FOR 1/2 DAY, THEN BACK TO SLUGGISH AND NOT ABLE TO CHANGE GEARS. TOOK BACK TO MY FORD DEALER, REPLACED MAF SENSOR AND THROTTLE BODY ASSEMBLY FOR $645. 10 MONTHS LATER CITY DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, CAR IS STARTING TO SLIP INTO SLUGGISH MODE AND HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING TO NEXT GEAR. RPM NEEDLE REVS HIGH BEFORE SHIFTING GEAR. WILL WATCH CLOSELY BEFORE TAKING BACK TO DEALER AGAIN. NOTICE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR SAME PROBLEM WITH THE FORD EDGE. *TR

ON THE FREEWAY IT FELT LIKE THE CAR HIT A HARD BUMP EXITING THE FREEWAY THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE WOULD REV WAY UP BUT THERE WAS VERY LITTLE FORWARD MOVEMENT. IT SEEMED AS IF THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT SHIFTING INTO THE LOWER GEARS. I WAS VERY LUCKY TO GET THROUGH THE QUICKLY APPROACHING TRAFFIC, WITHOUT GETTING HIT OR SOMEONE ELSE GETTING HIT AS THE CARS WEAVED AROUND ME. AT A STOP, I SHIFTED INTO LOW WITH NO CHANGE. I TURNED THE OVER DRIVE ON AND OFF WITH NO CHANGE. I SHIFTED INTO REVERSE AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIG BANG AND THE WHOLE CAR SHOOK (THIS WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT I FELT ON THE FREEWAY WHEN I THOUGHT I HIT A BUMP). SHIFTING BACK INTO DRIVE, IT WAS THE SAME, LOTS OF RPM AND VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT FORWARD, AS IF I WAS STARTING IN FOURTH GEAR. TURNING OFF THE ENGINE I LOOKED FOR ANY SIGNS OF FLUID LEAKING OR OTHER INDICATIONS OF DAMAGE. NOTHING WAS EVIDENT. AFTER STARTING THE CAR AND SHIFTING IT INTO DRIVE, IT WORKED JUST FINE. AN INTERNET SEARCH REVEALED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF POSTINGS AND EVEN A FEW YOU-TUBE VIDEOS OF THE ACTUAL PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED. FORD EVEN HAS A SERVICE BULLETIN 103100 DATED 4/24/13. POSTINGS REPORT TRANSMISSION REBUILDS (AT OVER $4,000.00) AND THE PROBLEM STILL RECURRED. SUCCESSFUL REPAIRS SEEM TO CENTER AROUND A FIRMWARE, COMPUTER UPGRADE AND REPLACEMENT OF TURBINE SENSORS AND SOLENOIDS. WITH ONLY 70,000 MILES ON THIS CAR I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE FOR

RIGHT TAIL LIGHT WENT OUT. UPON ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE, FOUND BASE OF BULB MELTED BADLY. SOCKET WAS NOT MELTED BUT WAS DISCOLORED (BLACKENED). CHECKED LEFT SIDE, SAME ISSUES. THESE ARE THE BULBS THAT WERE IN THE VEHICLE WHEN WE PURCHASED IT IN 2009 (ASSUMING THEY ARE FROM THE FACTORY). UPON SEARCHING VARIOUS FORUMS, FOUND THIS TO BE A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM. MAJOR CONCERN FOR FIRE. *TR

THE CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR WHEN YOU TRIED TO GO FROM A STOP. YOU WOULD HAVE TO GIVE IT A LOT OF GAS TO MOVE AND THERE WERE ALSO TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE IT WOULD GO BUT WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO 2ND GEAR FOR A LONGER THAN NORMAL TIME. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THEN IT STARTED WORKING. NO WARNING LIGHTS EVER CAME ON UNTIL ON OCT 25TH WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GO FROM A STOP AND THE CAR WAS HARDLY MOVING. WARNING LIGHTS STARTED COMING ON SO I WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER AND KEPT IT RUNNING SO IT WOULD NOT CLEAR ANY CODES. THEY ENDED UP REPLACING THE OSS AND TSS SENSORS IN THE TRANSMISSION. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DOORS UNLOCKED UNEXPECTEDLY AND THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE MECHANIC STATED THE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,400. UPDATED 12/23/13*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE DOORS WOULD NOT STAY LOCKED. HE WOULD LOCK THEM, AND THEY WOULD UNLOCK AGAIN. ALSO, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON. THE CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY. UPDATED 12/24/13

LIGHT TURNED YELLOW & BRAKES WERE APPLIED SLIGHTLY HARDER THAN USUAL RESULTING IN A HIGH PITCHED WHISTLE WHILE STOPPING. IN THE NEXT 20 MILES THE BRAKES BEGAN TO FAIL. THE PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED AS A FAILED BRAKE BOOSTER. REPLACEMENT COST $511.19 AT RAMONA TIRE IN MISSION VIEJO, CA. WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED TO MY FRIEND'S 2008 FORD EDGE. *TR

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE EXPRESSWAY THE CAR BEGAN MAKING A FUNNY NOISE. AFTER THE NOISE STARTED THE WRENCH (WARNING) LIGHT CAME ON, AND THEN THE CARE BEGIN TO DECELERATE AND I WAS STILL PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS ABLE TO EXIT THE EXPRESSWAY. THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AS NORMAL, AND MADE REVVING NOISES WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED, BUT WOULD NOT MOVE INITIALLY. *JB

DRIVING THE INTERSTATE CAR SEEMED TO KICK OUT OF GEAR AND ENGINE REVVED UP..WENT IN AND OUT OF GEAR.ALSO AFTER THAT CAR SHIFTED VERY HARD IN 1ST 3 GEARS..IT WORKED FINE FOR AWHILE AND THEN DID IT AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER..AFTER A FEW MORE EPISODES OVER A YEARS TIME THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY WENT OUT WHILE MY WIFE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION..LUCKILY,IT COASTED ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE ROAD..I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME IN 1ST GEAR,BUT, WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR AFTER A STOP LIGHT..HAD TO PUT IN PARK AND BACK INTO DRIVE..HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND OK SO FAR,BUT,SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS..SHE COULD HAVE BEEN IN A CRASH AS IT WAS A HIGH SPEED INTERSECTION.. *JS

DRIVING THE INTERSTATE,CAR SEEMED TO KICK OUT OF GEAR AN ENGINE REVVED UP.CAR THEN WENT IN AND OUT OF GEAR.ALSO,AFTER THAT CAR SHIFTED VERY HARD IN 1ST 3 GEARS.IT WORKED FINE FOR AWHILE AND THEN DID IT AGAIN A FEW MONTHS LATER..AFTER A FEW MORE EPISODES OVER A YEAR(DID TRY TO GET IT LOOKED AT,BUT, CAR WOULDN'T MESS UP FOR SERVICEMEN)THE TRANNY FINALLY WENT BAD WHILE MY WIFE WAS GOING THRU AN INTERSECTION..LUCKILY IT COASTED ENOUGH TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD(HIGH SPEED INTERSECTION) OR WHO KNOWS WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED..I WAS ABLE TO GET IT HOME IN FIRST GEAR AS IT WOULDN'T SHIFT..IT DID GO OUT OF GEAR AT A STOP LIGHT AND I HAD TO PUT IT INTO PARK AND BACK INTO GEAR...I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED AND SO FAR SO GOOD BUT, THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN WITH LOW MILES AND OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.. *JS

2008 FORD EDGE HAS HARD SHIFTS (ENGINE RACES LIKE IT'S IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR WITH A LOUD BANG) IN TWO SCENARIOS - FROM 1ST TO 2ND, WHILE COASTING IN STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC, AND WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING, AS IN A PASSING MANEUVER, FROM AROUND 35 MPH. THIS RESULTS IN UNPREDICTABLE AUTOMOBILE PERFORMANCE.

WE WERE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AND CAME TO A STOP SIGN. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, WHEN WE HIT THE GAS PEDAL, THE VEHICLE BARELY MOVED AND SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL WE FOUND A PLACE TO PULL OVER. WE PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND IT SHIFTED REALLY HARD. IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY HIT US FROM BEHIND. IT ALSO SHIFTED OUT OF PARK VERY HARD. WE TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE. WE STARTED THE CAR AND IT WORKED NORMAL AND WE DROVE IT RIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT CAN STOP ACCELERATING AT ANY POINT. THE FORD TECHNICIAN COULD NOT ASSURE US THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE TO DRIVE. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY PASSED THE BUCK BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DEALERSHIP CANNOT DO ANYTHING, BUT AFTER READING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME EXACT ISSUE ON FORUMS AND THE NHTSA SITE, I FEEL THAT FORD SHOULD OFFER SOME DIRECTION ON HOW TO FIX THIS ISSUE TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2008 FORD EDGE. *TR

MY 2008 FORD EDGE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER HEARING A "CLUNKING" NOISE AND SMELLING EXHAUST COMING FROM THE UNDER CARRIAGE. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED "...REPLACE PTU ASSY FLUID, HAD BLOWN OUT VENT...". THE ENTIRE POWERTRAIN (583984) WAS REPLACED. THIS WAS THE 2ND INCIDENT IN 2 MONTHS. PRIOR TO THIS EVENT I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AFTER EXPERIENCING "SLIPPING" TRANSMISSION. WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE TRANSMISSION WENT INTO NEUTRAL. I LEFT THE CAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS, THEN RE-STARTED AND IT RAN FINE. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT VERIFY ANY PROBLEMS. *TR

LOSS OF POWER, ENGINE RACING WHEN GAS APPLIED, TACHOMETER NON RESPONSIVE, SUDDEN LUNGING OF POWER. LOUD CLUNKING LIKE BEING REAR ENDED. LIMPED HOME, WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF THEN RESTARTED, PUT IT IN REVERSE AND A LOUD SLAMMING NOISE LIKE THE CLUNKING SOUND EARLIER AND FEELING OF BEING REAR ENDED. TOWED TO DEALERSHIP, OVER 2 WEEKS LATER (LESS THAN 2 MONTHS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY 971 MILES OUT OF THE 60,000 MILE WARRANTY) FORD DEALER TOLD ME THAT FORD WOULD NOT COVER ANY OF THE COST AND THE $4,012.69 TRANSMISSION REPAIR COST WAS ON ME. HUNDREDS OF POSTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS ISSUE, INCLUDING FORD TSB - NHTSA: ACTION NUMBER: 10039053 SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 312104. BUT NO HELP FROM FORD. *TR

DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WAS ACCELERATING ON AN INCLINE AND ENGINE WAS RACING BUT VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, MADE A POPPING NOISE, WHITE SMOKE BEGAN BILLOWING OUT OF HOOD, LOST ALL POWER WAS ROLLING TO THE NEAREST SAFETY LANE WHICH WAS A TURNING LANE JUST BEING OPENED BY CITY WORKERS WHEN THEY SAID FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR THEY SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE. HAD IT TOWED TO FORD DEALER WHERE MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A BLOWN ROD THROUGH THE OIL PAN. THE LAST OIL CHANGE I HAD WAS 2/19/13 AT 58,840 MILES IN CAR. *TR

DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2013, OUR 2008 FORD EDGE WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE CAR HAD BEEN SERVICED BY A FORD DEALERSHIP IN JUNE 2013. PRIOR TO THE SERVICE, MY WIFE HAD BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE NOISE SO I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE REAR BRAKES PADS. THE BRAKE PADS WERE ONLY MAYBE 20 % WORN BUT I WENT AHEAD AND REPLACED THEM ANYWAY. MY WIFE HAD MADE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN THE PAST WHICH PROMPTED ME TO CHECK AND REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES A FEW YEARS AGO. IN JULY 2013 THE NOISE PERSISTED SO WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO CHECK THE PROBLEM. THE FORD MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE FAILING. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A FLAW IN DESIGN OR WORKMANSHIP THAT IS ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE BEARING HOUSING AND TO CORRODE THE BEARING INNER AND OUTER RACE. SO, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN THE POTENTIAL FOR THE BEARINGS TO OVER HEAT AND LOCKUP THE WHEELS. THE FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY GIVEN THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE BEARINGS TO CORRODE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. I REQUESTED THE OLD PARTS AFTER THE REPAIR AND THERE IS OBVIOUS CORROSION ON THE BALL BEARINGS, THE BEARING RACE, AND IN THE GREASE. THERE ARE OTHER FORD CUSTOMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THE NOISE GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME THAT EVENTUALLY YOU CAN HEAR IT OVER THE RADIO AND CONVERSATIONS IN THE CAR. *TR

REAR DRIVERS SIDE TURN SIGNAL LAMP WENT OUT, WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE BULB I NOTICED REAR TAIL LAMP TURN SIGNAL-PARKING LAMP SOCKETS ARE BURNT AND WOULD SEEM TO BE A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT OTHER FORD VEHICLES WITH THE SAME CONDITION. BUT FORD DOESN'T SEEM TO THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

VEHICLE ROLLS WHEN PLACED IN PARK, VEHICLE ROLLS BACKWARDS ON INCLINES WHILE VEHICLE IS IN DRIVE, REAR BULB CONSTANTLY BURNS OUT, STRUT AND SUSPENSION FAILED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TURNING RIGHT AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,000. *TR

I HAVE OWNED MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. I BOUGHT A 2008 FORD EDGE IN NOV 2011. BY JUNE OF 2012, I HAD WATER POURING INTO MY VEHICLE THROUGH THE DASH ONTO MY VEHICLE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CONDENSATION DRAIN WAS CLOGGED WITH LEAVES, WHICH CAUSED THE WATER TO RISE. THE WATER SHORTED OUT THE MOTOR FOR MY FAN, SO MY WHOLE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW OF WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE ARE FORD EDGE OWNERS. DUE TO OWNING VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS OF VEHICLES AND NEVER EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND FROM INTERNET SEARCHING, I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE FORD EDGE. *TR

WHEN USING THE CORRECT BULBS AS LISTED BY FORD, BOTH REAR TAIL LIGHT BULBS CONTINUE TO MELT/BURN IN THEIR SOCKETS CAUSING FREQUENT BULB FAILURE, SMOLDERING OF THE SOCKET, AND SMALL FIRE WITHOUT WARNING! DO A SIMPLE ONLINE SEARCH AND YOU WILL SEE HOW COMMON AN ISSUE IT IS AMONGST 2008 FORD EDGE OWNERS, YET FORD DENIES ALL CLAIMS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL EXHIBITED A LOUD ROARING NOISE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR WHEEL BEARING TWICE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE WHEEL CONTINUED TO MAKE THE LOUD NOISE WHILE THE CONTACT DROVE AT ANY SPEED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 99,374.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL ODOR WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK TOP AND VALVES WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

WHEN REPLACING MY LEFT REAR SIGNAL LIGHT I NOTICED THAT THE BASE OF THE TURN SIGNAL BULB WAS MELTED. I REMOVED THE BULB AND REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE AND THE TURN SIGNAL WORKED FINE. EVEN THOUGH THE RIGHT REAR SIGNAL LIGHT WAS WORKING, I WENT TO REPLACE IT AS WELL AND NOTICED THAT IT TOO HAD A MELTED BULB BASE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, ALL OF SUDDEN THE CAR JUST STOPS WITH THE DASH BOARD DISPLAYING EVERYTHING. WHEN TRY TO RESTART THE CAR, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAR IS TRYING TO START EVEN AFTER RELEASING THE KEY BUT IT DOESN'T START. ALL POWER IS LOST EXCEPT FOR THE LIGHTS AND RADIO. THE CAR WILL EVENTUALLY START AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND YOU START DRIVING AND IT HAPPENS AGAIN. HAD CAR TOWED TO AUTO REPAIR PLACE WHERE DIAGNOSTICS DIDN'T SHOW ANYTHING. THE MECHANIC DID DRIVE THE CAR AND IT STALLED ON HIM. HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE "FUEL KILL SWITCH" BECAUSE IT RESET IT AND THE CAR STARTED. THE SWITCH WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR RAN FINE FOR 2 DAYS THEN WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY STARTED LOOSING SPEED AND WAS UNABLE TO ACCELERATE. THE RPM'S DECREASED THEN JUMPED UP LIKE THE CAR HAD RESTARTED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE THEN I LOST ALL POWER AND HAD TO COAST OVER TO THE SHOULDER. *TR

THIS INCIDENT HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR. AFTER SHOPPING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, I START MY CAR AND IT IMMEDIATELY MAKE A HARSH CLUNKING SOUND WHEN MOVING INTO DRIVE GEAR. THEN I HAVE LITTLE TO NO ACCELERATION AND MY SPEEDOMETER, ETC DOES NOT WORK. THE WRENCH SYMBOL COMES ON. WHEN PUTTING THE CAR INTO PARK, IT MAKES A VIOLENT, HARSH SOUND. THE FIRST 2 INCIDENTS, I LET THE CAR SIT FOR OVER 24 HOURS. WHEN I START AFTER 24 HOURS THE CAR WORKS COMPLETELY FINE AND ALL THE SYMPTOMS GO AWAY. THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP WITHIN 8 HOURS OF INCIDENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE IT WAS THE TURBINE AND SPEED SENSORS, WHICH I HAD REPLACED. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. *TR

BRAKES STARTED TO MAKE A SCRAPING SOUND. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP WITHOUT SLAMMING ON THE BRAKES THROWING PASSENGERS FORWARD. IT APPEARED THAT THE BRAKES WERE NOT DEPRESSING PROPERLY AND WERE PUMPED UP. WE HAPPENED TO HAVE A SCHEDULE ANNUAL INSPECTION WITH OUR MECHANIC AND HE INFORMED US THAT THE BRAKE BOOSTER APPEARED TO BE THE ISSUE. WE TOOK IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY CONFIRMED THE BRAKE BOOSTER NEEDED REPLACEMENT. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS, I NOTICED THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE 2007 FORD EDGE. SHOULDN'T THERE BE A RECALL? I HAVE OWNED FORD VEHICLES FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF A BRAKE BOOSTER ISSUE UNTIL NOW. THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS AND IS QUITE EXPENSE TO REPLACE ($691.00). *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2008 FORD ESCAPE FROM WORK ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A STORE GOT BACK IN STARTED THE CAR SHE NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON SPEEDOMETER HAD LINES GOING THRU IT WHEN SHE PUT IT INTO GEAR IT MADE A REAL LOUD BANGING SOUND AND JERKED AS SHE WAS DRIVING' THE CAR LOST COMPRESSION DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER AT ALL. SHE MADE IT HOME WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OR KILLING SOMEONE I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IT MADE A LOAD BANGING 'WHEN I PUT IT INTO GEAR IT WAS EVEN WORST WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED WHERE WE HAD BOUGHT IT AT ----- ---- ----- -------- IT'S THE ONLY FORD DEALER CLOSE AND THEY HAVE A VERY POOR RECORD FOR BACKING THEIR WARRANTY'S. IT SOUNDS TO ME TO BE THE COMPUTER CHIP I HAVE A WARRANTY ON IT STILL SO THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THEM NOT TO FIX IT BUT I WILL BET THAT THEY SAY THAT THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE POWER TRAIN BUT IT DOES SO IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH YOUR 2008 ESCAPE DO NOT LET THE TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT COVERED IF YOU HAVE A WARRANTY.THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT OPERATES YOUR POWER TRAIN IS PART OF THE POWER TRAIN' IF NOT FOR THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS IT WAS BEING TOWED IF YOU WORK FOR FORD AND SEE ALL OF THESE COMPLAINT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING GOING ON WITH THE 2008 ESCAPE'S WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE FORD STEP'S UP SOMEONE TO GET KILLED. *TR

UPON DRIVING HOME NOTED MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL WAS BLINKING QUICKLY - WHICH I ASSUMED (AND FOUND TO BE CORRECT THAT THE BULB WAS OUT. UPON ARRIVING HOME, I CHECK THE LIGHTS. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE, HOWEVER, I FOUND THE LIGHT BULB FOR REAR/BACKUP, AND TURN SIGNAL WAS OUT, AND THEN NOTED THAT MY LEFT READ LAMP/BULB (LARGER) BULB WAS BLACK, MELTED, AND REQUIRED PLYERS TO REMOVE FROM SOCKET. IT APPEARED TO OVERHEAD/MELT. REPLACEMENT BULB DID WORK, BUT UNCERTAIN AS TO THE USE OF THE BLACKENED SOCKET. REAR BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT SOCKET ON THE LEFT REAR OF VEHICLE HAS OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE PLASTIC AROUND LAMP. LAMP WAS BURNT OUT. NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE HIGH HEAT PROBLEM. NO FUSE WAS BLOWN, NEW BULB WORKED IN SOCKET. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (50 -65MPH), FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND CAR COASTING STARTLING LOUD BANG FROM TRANSMISSION AND ENTIRE CAR JERKS. PUT FOOT BACK ON ACCELERATOR AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE WORKING. DOES NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME BUT AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. THE BANG IS LOUD AND STARTLING ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. COULD NOT REPEAT ISSUES FOR FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DID NOT DETECT ANY PROBLEM IN TRANSMISSION. THE BANG IS SO LOUD MUST DOING DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION. *TR

AS I WAS ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED, JERKED AS THE ENGINE WAS SHIFTING GEARS. IT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES (6) SINCE I FIRST EXPERIENCED THIS. *TR

I AM UNABLE TO "SELECT AFFECTED PARTS" IN THIS FORM: PARTS - POWER TRAIN, TRANSMISSION, BATTERY. OVER THE PAST 6 MONTHS THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE MY VEHICLE, UPON RETURNING TO SPEED OR ENTERING A ROADWAY/HIGHWAY, OR OTHERWISE ENTERING A ROADWAY, IT HAS MADE A NOISE, A SUDDEN JERK, SEEM TO HOLD SPEED (FAIL TO INCREASE SPEED) AND SEEMS TO FEEL LIKE IT IS FAILING TO CHANGED GEARS (APPEARS TO REV IN RPMS SLIGHTLY), THEN JERKS AGAIN, AND COMES BACK INTO ROUTINE SHIFTING. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC. THIS HAPPENS OFTEN. I HAVE HAD THE FLUID CHECK, FLUSHED, REPLACED, ASKED MY MECHANIC AND SHE CAN FIND NO ISSUES. IT SEEMS TO FEEL LIKE IT BOGS DOWN, BUT RPMS APPEAR TO INCREASE (ALMOST AS IF IT IS NOT IN GEAR/NEUTRAL). IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING MORE AND MORE FREQUENTLY. I HAVE ROUTINELY CHECKED MY CAR FOR RECALLS. AND I SHOULD NOTE HAVE HAD THE BALL BEARING GO BAD (AS RECALLED) AND REPLACED, INCLUDING THE ENTIRE ARM ON THE LEFT REAR. ADDITIONALLY, MY BATTERY HAS FAILED AND BEEN REPLACED (APPROXIMATELY 3 YEARS AGO) AND HAS SINCE REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. IT NEEDS TO BE JUMPED STARTED, AND UPON FIRST REPLACEMENT (BY FORD) IT WAS NOTED NOT ALL CYLINDERS OR CELLS WERE CHARGED/CHARGING. *TR

I BOUGHT MY EDGE, USED LAST YEAR AND I LOVE IT. ALTHOUGH, EVERY NOW AND THEN WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A HUGE BANG NOISE. ITS SCARY!!! I HOPE THAT FORD WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS. IT SEEMS THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

REAR BRAKE/TAIL LIGHT SOCKET ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR OF VEHICLE HAVE OVERHEATED AND MELTED THE PLASTIC AROUND LAMP. LAMP WAS BURNT OUT. NOT SURE WHAT CAUSED THE HIGH HEAT PROBLEM. NO FUSE WAS BLOWN, NEW BULB WORKED IN SOCKET. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2008 FORD EDGE, A ROARING TYPE NOISE COMES FROM THE REAR OF THE UNIT. AS YOU ACCELERATE TO NOISE GROWS IN VOLUME. AT FIRST IT APPEARED TO ME AS "ROAD NOISE" I CHANGED PRESSURES IN THE TIRES AND ROTATED THE FRONT TO THE REAR. NOTHING CHANGES. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, IT APPEARS THAT IT IS THE REAR WHEEL BEARINGS. ACCORDING TO FORD THE BEARING HUB AND THE REAR SUSPENSION TRAILING ARM/KNUCKLE ASSEMBLY MUST ALSO BE CHANGED ON THE AFFECTED SIDE. THE TRAILING ARM CAUSES TO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE BEARINGS AND WIPES THEM OUT. ALSO THE WHEELS HAVE TO BE RE-ALIGNED DUE TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW TRAILING ARM. FORD STATES THAT JUST CHANGING ONLY THE BEARING HUB WILL CAUSE THE PROBLEM TO HAPPEN AGAIN. IF THE BEARING FAILS THIS COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH THE POTENTIAL OF SERIOUS INJURY OR WORSE TO THE OCCUPANTS OF THIS VEHICLE AND ANYONE ELSE AS A RESULT OF THIS FAILURE.THIS APPEARS TO BE A POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM AND NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED IN LATE NOVEMBER 2012. AS I DROVE IT LONGER THE NOISE IN THE REAR HAS GOTTEN LOUDER AND LOUDER. *TR

APPROACHED A STOP LIGHT ON A HILL. LIGHT TURNED GREEN. DID NOT HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WHEN I ACCELERATED THE TRANSMISSION JERKED AND MADE A LOUD NOISE. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES IN MY COMMUTES. TRANSMISSION FLUID LEVEL IS WITHIN NORMAL RANGE. *TR

DURING A UTURN THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL FELT LIKE IT WOULD FALL OFF. THE RIGHT REAR TOE LINK BROKE AT THE WELD. *TR

LATELY WHEN DRIVING MY EDGE I NOTICED THAT WHEN I COME TO A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR LIKE JERKS BACK AND MAKES A LOUD BANG SOUND-THEN WHEN I TRY TO DRIVE AFTER STOPPING THE CAR DOESN'T WANT TO GO-IT'S LIKE IT IS JUST STUCK THERE, SO I HAVE TO TAKE MY FOOT ON THE GAS WAIT A FEW SECONDS THAN PUT MY FOOT BACK ON THE GAS AND THAN THE CAR WILL GO BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET SOME SPEED. THE JERKING AND THE CAR NOT WANTING TO ACCELERATE HAS EVEN HAPPEN WHEN I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND 20MPH- I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY THINKING MAYBE IT WAS THE BATTERY AND NOPE THAT DIDN'T WORK. THIS AS A MOTHER OF 3 YOUNG CHILDREN HAS ME VERY CONCERNED-I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME ISSUES I HAVE STATED ABOVE AND FORD HAS YET TO CORRECT THESE DEFECTS. DOES SOMEONE NEED TO LOSE THEIR LIFE BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY A BIG BANG NOISE HAPPENS IN THE CAR, FEELS AND SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE BEEN HIT. THE CAR DOESN'T STOP, KEEPS DRIVING. DEALERS TECHNICIANS SAY THEY CAN'T FIX IT OR DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME. IT IS SUCH A VIOLENT BANG AND JERK. ONLY DOES IT RIGHT NOW ANYWAY, ON A LONG DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY. I AM OVER MY WARRANTY, SO VERY UPSET, AS MY CHILDREN ARE IN THIS CAR EVERYDAY. JUST BOUGHT IT AND TO TRADE IT IN I WOULD LOOSE SO MUCH MONEY. YOU NEED TO BE DOING RECALLS ON THIS CAR WHERE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS POSTING THIS SAME PROBLEM ON THE FORD FORUM. EVERYONE SAYING IT IS TRANSMISSION AND WHEN THEY REPLACE IT, IT STILL DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. THIS IS CRAZY!! FORD DO SOMETHING PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED AND ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE COMPUTER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE RESET. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND A COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 41,800. *TR

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO POWER FORD IN VALENCIA FOR STANDARD SERVICE A WEEK AGO. 41,000 MILES NEW TIRES BOUGHT- WAS TOLD ALL WAS OK. ONE WEEK LATER I AM DRIVING WHEN SUDDENLY SPEEDOMETER STOPS AND MILEAGE IS READING --- GRINDING NOISE THEN A WRENCH ICON APPEARS WHICH MEANS THE POWERTRAIN IS MALFUNCTIONING, THEN THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON AND THEN AN ! ICON WHICH MEANS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH TIRES. TERRIFIED, I CALLED POWER FORD AND TOLD TO BRING IT IN... I WAS LESS THAN A HALF A MILE AWAY, AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND BARELY MADE IT THE FEW CLOCKS TO THE DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A HAUNTING PROBLEM THAT I HAVE READ AT LEAST A DOZEN COMMENTS ABOUT THE POWER TRAIN. HAD I BEEN ION THE FREEWAY I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE ALIVE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE WITH THE FORD EDGE. I DID NOT KNOW THE OUTCOME AT ALL. THANK YOU *TR

DRIVING ON FREEWAY AT 55MPH, STARTED UP HILL,MOTOR HAD DIED. WAS ABLE TO RESTART, BUT HAD LESS POWER. ONCE RPM'S WERE ABOVE 2,000 WOULD DO REG. SPEED. GOT WORSE,LEFT ON ROAD, LATER SAME DAY HUSBAND DROVE HOME, NO PROBLEMS. SAME PROBLEM MORE OFTEN. DEALER CHANGED SENSOR,AS THEY WERE UNSURE OF PROBLEM. OVER $600.00. HAS STARTED DOING SAME THING AGAIN. *TR ## VIN FAILED ##