CarComplaints.com Notes: Say what you will about the styling of the Ford Edge, but the bottom line is owners seem to love this vehicle. That is, of course, except in the case of it's dangerous, worrisome and unexplained issues with random engine stalling.
Our data suggests an early defect trend, as owners of the 2007-2008 models have started posting their accounts of what happens when you're driving down the road and the engine just stops. Some at high speed, some at low speed but always a random shutdown of the engine, electrical and power steering.
Time will tell if this becomes a widespread issue, but there's no drying the seriousness of the problem. With that in mind, we're flagging the Edge with our "Beware of the Clunker" rating until the situation improves.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
6 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
2 / 0
Average Mileage:
95,367 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
When pulling into a parking space at very slow speed and my foot on the brake, the engine will suddenly increase in speed. This is an intermittent problem, it first happened once about 2 years ago and didn't happen again until about 4 weeks ago now it occurs at least once a week. It's not floor mats or anything else on the gas pedal ! so far no damage or injuries because I shut off the engine.when I restart, all seems normal until it happens again later on. Also note that "when did this happen?" answer is the latest date it happened
The truck suddenly stalls out, U press the accelerator and the truck doesn't pick up speed, I turn the ignition on and it doesn't start, it cuts off in the mist of driving and turning...very dangerous there should be a recall and it should not expire I have my children in the car with me!!!!
One week prior to event-the wrench light came on while starting car. I turned ignition off and re-started car ignition-drove fine without further incident until 1 week later: Pulled into a 1 mile driveway to get to my work office suite (flat road) driving about 30 miles, car came to a stop without warning-at that time all the warning lights came on. I put it into park/with emergency brake as it began rolling near an office suite-the steering wheel was frozen. Have had same stalling issues while driving car since purchasing the car at 18,000 miles-each time told different things are causing it by dealer, I.e. tss/oss sensors, ebt, reflash pom which I had fixed. With curren event- are in process of diagnosing it.
Car will jerk, slip, beat and bang. Stopped pulling at a red light. Got towed home. Took off battery cable for 30mins. Started working again for awhile. Does this often, repair shops have no clue except for new tranny.it will also try to pull forward while in park when you have the other problems also. It has done this while sitting still and while running 70 on the interstate.
My SUV had odometer error. The the wrench.came on air bag.came one and would not.shift lost power pulled.over turned.car off then back on lights went off on dash but.it.was making.noise going.into.gear
- Edwards, NY, USA
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Speedometer and tachometer at random speeds quits working, low tire pressure light, wrench light, airbag light, check engine light. Constant loud clunking sound when changing gears. The car kicks back as if transmission is not engaging and has loss of acceleration and wheels roll and when red light turns green, the car takes time to accelerate and wheels start rolling and make a loud sound.I pull over the vehicle on the side of the road every time and turn it off, then turn the vehicle on again so it can go back to normal. Usually happens on both city streets or highway at a random speed between 45 mph and 60 mph. 114,000 miles. I have been having this issue since I bought the vehicle on Feb, 2018 and took it to multiple mechanics and all of them claimed it's either a speed sensor issue/ transmission failure/ electrical system.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving approximately 45 mph, the odo data error message illuminated. Also, the wrench icon and tire pressure module failure indicators illuminated. The dealer was not called. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing and error code: P0720 (speed control sensor) was located. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to NHTSA. The failure was not repaired. The failure mileage was 168,378.
When first started up it some times turns off with no warning. Then a constant ticking sound then intermittently when reversing the car kicks back as if transmission is not engaging and has loss of acceleration when merging onto freeway has hesitation and almost got into a wreck a driving RPM go up and down eraticly and acceleration is slugish. Brakes are constanly quelling and they dont need replaced I just bought this car 2months ago from used car lot bought extended warranty for $1800 but does not take effect for 90 days but might not be able to claim since this is a problem before coverage was in effect havent even made my first paynent I will have them for 2yrs car has 150008 miles.
Takata recall same story as many other posters here, just adding to the list. 2008 Ford Edge w/ 170,000. Speedometer quits working, low tire pressure light, wrench light, airbag light -- initially works as if in low gear (high RPM's and little speed), then quits accelerating all together -- loud thump when change between P / R / D. I was driving down the hwy at 60 mph. Had to stop and pull over and let the car sit before I could go again it took about 15mins before the car would go again.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving 25 mph, the wrench icon and the air bag warning indicator illuminated. The accelerator pedal failed to work and the vehicle gradually came to a complete stop. The speed on the odometer and the tachometer was incorrect. The contact pulled the vehicle over to the side of the road, turned off, and turned on the vehicle. The vehicle was returned to normal. The failure recurred and the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle automatically restarted and the speed automatically increased from 0 to 70 mph. The contact applied the brakes to reduce the speed. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 105,929.
Was on state highway when the odo data error code came on and wrench light lost power, RPM worked semis behind me was scared I couldnt get over withought getting hit. Finally got pulled over went to put car in park got out checked tranny fluid was fine. Got back in shifted in reverse hard shift felt like tranny fell out same in drive no power. Turned car off let set a few min and back on lights went off went to take off shifted a little eaiser littler power taking off and a hard shift as car finally shifted and gained speed. Then car seems fine. Went to drive it a couple hours later seems fine but shifted hard a couple times like it was going to do it again so came back home. I read online alot about this problem I have a toddler and this could of been a bad situation losing power like that in a busy state highway. Had my brother hook car up to computer cant pull any codes as it reseted so I dont know what to look for as to fix this problem.
My car was parked in a parking lot. I got in the car and started it. I pressed the accelerator to go and the car just started to roll, it would not accelerate. All of the sudden my airbag and wrench light came on and I had no speedometer or tachometer reading. Eventually as the car was rolling the accelerator would start to work. I got to a stop light and when the light turned green, again the car would just roll and then after a few feet the accelerator would start to work. I parked the car along a curb and shut the car off and started it again. As I shifted from park to reverse there was loud clunk. There was also a loud clunk when I shifted to neutral and to drive. The lights that had shown up on the dashboard were now gone and my speedometer and tachometer were showing again. I went to accelerate and the car drove fine. I took it to the shop and the mechanic said according to the "code" that showed up when they hooked it up to the machine, the problem appears to be the speed sensor.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving 5 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to accelerate without warning. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer (olathe Ford Lincoln, 1845 E. Santa Fe street, olathe, ks 66062) and the software was updated. The cause of the failure was not determined. The failure recurred and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving 25-30 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact stated that the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the a single ignition coil failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The dealer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 109,235.
Made a turn off interstate into a busy road, my vehicle jerked and lost its ability to accelerate. Leaving me in a very dangerous situation with cars flying around me to avoid hitting me. I managed to make it into a parking lot. I had a friend check the vehicle and with the hood up he had me put in reverse and it looked like the motor was going to jump out of the vehicle, same happened in drive. He put his computer on and a code for the drive speed sensor was present. The code was cleared and then noticed the speed and RPM gauges were inaccurate. This happens on occasion. Upon research I see this sensor has a recall on it but not for my year 08 Edge. Please recall asap. This can cause some seriously bad accident when your vehicle looses its ability to accelerate when in traffic. I fear this will happen and my life is in the line. Ford is aware there is a apparent problem noted by other year make model recalls. Note: This is the original complaint.....................today the same has happened again, I was greeted by horns blowing and aggressive drivers but was unable to do anything but coast to the next intersection to turn off. NHTSA pleasw do something if possible. This output drive speed sensor is going to get someone killed soon. There are numerous complaints throughout this feed under scattered categories mainly because most do not know what the problem is and dealers cant figure out if the vehicle doesn't throw up a code. I had mine checked when the warning light was on so I would know the issue. Unfortunately the dealer couldn't help because we cleared the code. I checked into geeting this fixed but according to the dealer the part is unavailable, and the labor would be absurd if they had to replace. Please help!
Wrench light, dashes on odometer, speedometer on zero, airbag light on. Loses the ability to accelerate properly. It has happened 6 times this month, usually on the highway after I've had to slow down with traffic and try to accelerate again. Get to the side of the road or a parking lot and shut the car off. Restart it all warning lights are gone but still will not accelerate. Shift in and out of reverse and drive with very loud knocking and jerking. Move car back and forth. Restart and repeat multiple times before it resets itself. It never happens by somewhere that can scan it to get a code. As the wrench light goes off and stays off after you restart the car no one can tell me what's wrong. It is extremely frustrating. I am quickly losing faith in Ford and their regards for customers safety. Good thing I don't live where there are mountains because if I did I am sure I would have been in an accident by now. It has happened twice this week. 5 times were highway 1 was on a busy 4 lane road. It has jerked when shifting around 45 mph for about 3 years now.
I can be driving down the highway set on cruise control and my vehicle will come up odometer failure a wrench light, and transmission light and several others come on no speedometer. If I come to a stop taking off the vehicle is stuck in high gear and will barely pick up any speed until it makes a hard loud shift. You can pull over and reset it but when you take off it is the same thing. This is very dangerous you don't know when it will happen and I have been in the middle lane on a highway before when it kicked out. This has been linked back to bad tss and oss sensors in the transmission they need to be recalled before it kills someone.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. The contact stated that various warning indicators randomly flashed on the instrument panel/cluster. When the accelerator pedal was applied, the rpms raced, but the vehicle was slow to gain speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no recommended solution. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.
Driving at I275 to St petersburg, at 60mph the car made a loud noise from the engine and reduced gears abruptly, it felt like a hard braking from the engine, very hard. The RPM went skyrocket, the car lost power and wouldn't go over 45mph or it would do the same again. It looked like it was on a very low gear, as it was at 40mph doing almost 4000rpm... I stopped at a gas station, turned it of and let it sit for about 20 minutes. When I tried to go back rome, after 2 miles it did the same, it lost power. I drove back to the gas station and had it towed home.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The contact mentioned that the accelerator pedal had to be depressed aggressively for the vehicle to move forward. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The technician stated that the throttle body may have failed and may need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,000. The VIN was not available.
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- White Lake, MI, USA