2007 Ford Edge: engine failure

Filed Mar 19, 2019 · Engine · 200,000 miles · WA

The water pump on this vehicle is located in a position that requires a full and expensive removal of the engine to even check on it. Manual has no water pump maintenance schedule. The water pump has failed internally and dumps coolant into the engine and oil pan. There is no way to know this is coming or has happened until your engine overheats. By that point the coolant has already run through my engine and caused irreversible damage that requires a complete engine replacement. Ford is and has been aware of this issue and refuses to do anything.

Filed May 10, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 145,000 miles · NC

2007 ford edge. History: regular scheduled maintenance performed always, garage kept, taken well care of. Mileage at this time is 145k. ***driving along (in town) when I noticed the edge was idling really low (note: 2 weeks after scheduled oil change, inspection and new battery)-all of a sudden heard this terrible clanking noise. It sounded like the whole car was falling apart. I pulled over in to a parking lot, shut the car off. Tried to crank it again and it wouldn't crank-finally did after several tries (still making this terrible sound). **no warning lights, no fluctuating in gages---nothing. We had the edge towed to our ford dealership and were told the water pump went bad and the engine was destroyed. Our oil was full of water/coolant--it looked like muddy water. What? How? No warning, no signs? After much research we are finding that the water pump is inside the engine, therefore if the water pump "goes" there are no external signs of leakage---it's kindly leaking in to your engine and destroying it. This literally happened in a matter of minutes. Yes, this is safety issue--it left me stranded and now I'm without a vehicle for another week or so while a new engine is being ordered an installed. I can't believe ford hasn't addressed this "design" issue with all the complaints I've read thus far. This deserves a recall and at the very least it deserves ford's attention to be redesigned. Research also shows this is not just a ford edge problem---it's other ford makes as well. This is now an $8000 "fix". Please have this looked in to on the consumer's behalf.

Filed Aug 27, 2015 · Engine · 113,539 miles · NH

Upon picking my car up from the dealer ship after having a repair done for a recall my car experienced catastrophic engine failure. The dealership will not replace damaged parts. Note that the dealer ship retained my car for about eight months. I have contacted ford directly to see if they can help.

Filed Jul 23, 2014 · Engine · 102,000 miles · TX

Was driving at 45 MPH when the car suddenly overheated and in a matter of seconds it cracked the block. The dealership it was towed to couldn't even tell me how something like that could have happened. This car has been well taken care of. Needless to say...I had to buy a whole new engine for it. I don't think this was anything that I did that made this happen. Honestly I think it is something ford should really look at if the service mechanics at a ford dealership can't even tell me how it happened.

Filed Jan 6, 2014 · Acceleration, Electrical · 53,804 miles · GA

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. It is a known issue yet no recall has been made. So heartbreaking to see so many that have had this same problem as me and know that nothing is being done. I am paying for this repair but will turn around and sell the car. Won't be my death! Never will I purchase a ford vehicle. The safety of my family is my utmost concern and should also be ford's but apparently is not. Thank you.

Filed Jun 5, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 175,000 miles · AL · fire

The 2007 ford edge started to have a problems, shaking, stalling. 6/1/12 took vehicle to pep boys thinking it was a sensor or something similar. The ignition coils were melted from a enclose explosion of the part.. Upon replacing the parts, the car fail to run properly. Pep boys called the local ford dealership to inquire ford dealership knew right away what the problem was. They openly admitted that this was a serious fire danger and the car had to brought to them to fix. Has something to with the engine computer but..... No recall for year 2007 was told how lucky I was that the car did not explode or catch fire. The ford service dept has run into the problem several times and seem to aware of the danger of this problem. I was forced to pay ford dealership prices for 6 ford ignition coils at their price, new engine computer at ford price plus labor at ford labor prices, plus tune up. And no assurance that my car would not catch fire or explode for that fact I would say that this is a consumer safety issue, wouldn't you?