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.
Here we are years later and still the same issues....loss of power without warning, shuts off with no warning. Bangs when shifting, very rough shifting. Feels like its in 1st gear and then shifts roughly into gear, or I have to stop shut it off and start again. I see alot of the same complaint and no recall? its gettin stupid now! this should be recalled, it is a safety issue!
While driving on the highway the speedometer drops to 0, wrench light and airbag light turns on. Car losses power and keeps running. To move at all requires reving the engine to very high rpms
The information panel lit up with the check engine light, the wrench, the airbag light, the tire pressure light and displayed a message: Odo data error. The odometer/speedometer fell to zero. I stopped at a light and the vehicle would not accelerate normally, then a big clunking sound and finally moved forward. After a night in the garage, the vehicle drove normally the next day and all the warning lights were off. Then one day it happened again. Took it to a Ford dealership. They said they could not duplicate the problem and therefore couldn't find anything to fix. Since that time, it has happened several times and each time I pull off the road, turn the engine off, wait a little bit, start the engine again and pull away. There is always the clunking and jerking into gear. After reviewing a few Ford online forms, I see that this is a common problem in the 2008 Edge and may be attributed to two sensors, the speed output and turbine sensors. For safety reasons, I will only drive on surface streets because I never know when it's going to happen. Seems to me, Ford is likely aware of this and would be a shame if someone got hurt. The date below is the most recent occurrence although it has happened several times.
Start engine, move transmission into reverse, transmission clunks loudly. When transmission is moved to drive, engine revs high, barely moves forward, speedometer stuck at zero despite moving up to 20mph. Engine light comes on, airbag light comes on.
- Colorado Springs, CO, USA
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The wrench light will come on when driving the vehicle, and power is lost. My car will slow down to around 10-20 mph no matter where I am or how fast I am going. This is a huge safety issue that needs to be addressed by Ford. I have been on I-10 with my husband and toddler and the vehicle goes into this "limp mode" at 80 mph! I am so terrified to drive a vehicle that I have to pay every month for. Mechanics that have looked at the car have no definitive answer to problem, they suggested that the throttle body be cleaned. We did that and it was no help. The vehicle left me and my son stranded this morning on the side of the highway because I could not get it out of the "safety limp mode". usually, I can pull over, park, and shut the car off for a few minutes, then turn it on and it would work again. This morning, it would not reset itself. I would appreciate any help or advice on this matter.
Driving on the highway suddenly speedometer/odometer stopped working, low tire pressure light came on and car acceleration dropped and it wouldn't respond to increased pressure on gas pedal. Car would not accelerate. Had to get off the highway. Car would only travel at a very low speed. Made my way to a parking lot and shut the car off. Shifting into any gear (reverse, drive etc.) caused the car to jump/shake and make a loud noise. After a while it resolved itself. Took the car to a Ford dealership. They checked it out, could find no issue (incidental finding - car needed battery). Battery was replaced, picked up car and resumed driving the car. Within a week was driving on the highway (second time since picking the car up) and had the same thing happen. Driving on highway and suddenly see the speedometer/odometer stop working, low tire pressure light and lose ability to control acceleration of vehicle. Had to get off the highway, car wouldn't travel at anything other than very low speed, jerked when shifted etc. This has happened twice and when looking it up online I can see it has happened to many with this model/year. It is very dangerous to suddenly lose the ability to control acceleration. Why has this not been addressed with a recall. It seems to occur once the car reaches close to 100K miles. Can't help but wonder why dealership is not aware but I can find reams of documented issues online. Fyi - this car is primarily driven by my 19 year old son and both incidences occurred when he was driving.
Vehicle will act like it ' jumps' and the wrench light will come on. Vehicle will decelerate if I don't pull over immediately causing me to come to a stop. Speedometer doesn't work while this is happening. Cant accelerate once stopped. Has to turn vehicle off to reset the computer and the wrench light will go off for a period of time until it decides to happen again. Very dangerous situation if on the highway and can't get out of the way of other cars to cut the vehicle off. Happens a few times a month.
Vehicle initially would not accelerate beyond 10 mph then completely lost power in the middle of rush hour traffic. Local repair center reported issues with PCM and was unable to fix it. Sent it to a Ford dealer who confirmed issues with PCM that damaged the body throttle, 3 engine coils, and other parts. Had to replace PCM and parts damaged by it resulting in a $2894.10 repair bill. The following day after repair, was again in the middle of rush hour traffic and the vehicle completely loss power again. This is a serious safety concern and based on research, a lot of people are experiencing the same thing. Ford need to recall this issue. I'm so thankful my child was not in the vehicle during these events.
On my drive to work I noticed my tire pressure light was on. On my way home from work something extremely scary happened. Two additional lights appeared, one was the wrench symbol and the other was tire sensor fault which was not the biggest issue. The bigger scarier issue was that while going 65 mph in busy traffic my speed odometer stopped working. I spoke to someone at Ford and expressed my fear of this safety issue. They recommended reporting it. If anyone else has this serious issue please report it.
Driving, going up a hill, the car stopped accelerating and lost power going up. I almost got into an accident. The car doesn't accelerate and it has all the fluids and changed of oils. The car clunks and has a wrench. When I put into reverse it jump a very minimum acceleration. I'm afraid to drive it. I had to tow the car. The mechanic couldn't find the problem. He said he cleared up the computer and it was fine. Then I was driving on the highway and it happened again. No acceleration. Why Ford hasn't made this into a safety recall. I did my investigation and I believe it has to do with the transmission sensors. Please help me.
I own a 2008 Ford Edge limited I am having the same problem as some people on here are with the wrench 🔧 light also a air bag light comes on and I have almost had an accident because the car speedometer stops working and the car shifts super hard it seems to be happening more frequently I did my research on Ford website for finding out the problem and it's a glitch this is a huge safety concern when trying to avoid an accident from occurring also you can't even view the speed I think this should be investigated and recalled because I it can create a unsafe environment to not only my vehicle but others as well.
Will be driving and loud thump then car will not change gears. Have to pull off road turn car off and let sit for awhile. Restart car and wrench goes away and car will go. This is a very dangerous situation as have been on freeway when problem occurs. There should be recall on this ptoblem.
While driving out of a driveway onto a highway, my vehicle went limp and I had to pull over. As I was putting it into park, it gave out a loud noise. I waited for a few minutes and turned the ignition back on and proceeded to drive off and the car stalled again. I turned the car off and now afraid to drive it. I'm having it towed to my house where it will stay parked until I can have it looked at. Hopefully, I won't have to trade it in. With all the complaints about the for vehicles, I will not purchase a Ford ever again.
On 4/26/19 the Ford Edge was setting in park letting my sisters get out the Ford Edge was put in drive it would not move put it in reverse it would not move, turn it off and on again it started to work fine.I do not what is going on
While driving in the city it jump from first to second gear with a hard boom. Driving on the highway while going up a hill jump out of gear and will not pull I pull over to the shoulder. To get the car to function again I have to turn the Ford Edge off turn it back on this is not good. What can be done to fix the problem.
I was driving in a city street and my car suddenly had very decreased power and the wrench light came on. I drove until I found a place to safely pull over to the side of the road. When I turn the car off and back on the light turns off.
The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. While driving 70 mph, the check engine and air bag warning indicators illuminated. Also, the odometer became inoperable and the vehicle failed to maintain forward momentum. The vehicle was safely guided off of the roadway, the ignition was placed in the off position, and the vehicle was restarted; however, it failed to accelerate. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. Krause family Ford of woodstock (located at 195 woodstock pkwy, woodstock, ga 30188, (770) 592-8873) and the manufacturer were contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 159,000. Vehicle was repaired.
Driving and out of no where, receive an error message that says "odo data error", the car holds the current speed but it's very apparent that something is off as the car is now making a humming/air pressure sound (speedometer & tachometer stops working at various speeds) when this happens the wrench, airbag, ABS, stability control indicator and engine light illuminate. Within 5 minutes new error appears (tire pressure monitor fault). Once you have pressed the brakes and come to a complete stop the car is extremely hesitant to accelerate even with the gas pedal pushed completely to the floor it doesn't gain power until it has rolled about 15-20 feet and at that point there is a extremely loud bang which makes you think the entire underbelly of the car has fallen out. At that point it regains speed again, but if you stop it does the same thing all over. Switching gears result in a loud bang and jerking action of the car with little to no acceleration power. Temporary remedy is to pull over turn car off wait a minute or two then restart the car. At that point when switching gears the bang and jerk happen again with the car slow to accelerate for a few seconds then it takes off like a race horse. Sometimes this remedies it while other times the same process is repeated multiple times within one trip. This has occurred on city streets and major expressways at speeds of 35 mph to 60 mph. First started experiencing the issue at about 170K miles and has been going on for over a year with no solutions from mechanics. If a mechanic with equipment/computers can't remedy a repair and seeing how there are numerous complaints of the same issue Ford should issue a recall to repair any components that could trigger the issue. This is pure negligence seeing that there are so many complaints. My opinion is it has something to do with the transmission and computer system.
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- Torrington, CT, USA