2008 Ford Edge: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Oct 24, 2023 · Transmission · MO

The transmission randomly gets stuck in 1st gear and won’t shift beyond that. The RPMs rev up real high and the only way to fix it is to pull off the road and turn the car off and back on. The transmission also bumps really hard shifting sometimes or revs up real high before shifting with a big thud. The dealership says they can’t diagnose it if it’s not doing it when I bring it in. They said the same thing about my alternator when it kept going out on me driving. They never could get it to mess up when they had it.

Filed Oct 25, 2022 · Transmission · 120,000 miles · VA

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Edge. The contact stated while approaching a stop sign, the vehicle lost motive power and stalled without warning. The contact was able to pull over on the side of the road, but the vehicle would not restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but no failure was found. The contact stated that the failure persisted. On another occasion, while driving, the vehicle experienced hard shifting to 2nd gear and a delay in upshifting to the next gear. The manufacturer was contacted and stated there was no recall on the vehicle for the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the federal safety agency Hotline. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Filed Apr 21, 2022 · Transmission · MS

I own a 2008 Ford edge awd limited and yesterday while getting on the interstate my vehicle made a loud clunking sound I immediately pulled over I had it towed to the house and once it was evaluated we discovered that there was a crack in the transmission housing there was no prior signs of the problem when we started the vehicle and put it in reverse it wouldn't move killed the vehicle started back and put it in reverse and it moved but I will have to change the housing if not the whole transmission

Filed Apr 27, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · 211,000 miles · CT

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!

Filed Mar 27, 2020 · Transmission · 1,030 miles · PA

When driving this the tool light engine light comes on loose the odometer and it doesn't want to move once you stop. Then when you can get it to move the transmission clunks hard . I also lost the mileage on the dash as well. And then when trying to pull into somewhere that has a slight hill the car won't go forward. This has been happening for a couple weeks

Filed Oct 11, 2019 · Acceleration, Transmission · 86,000 miles · OH

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.

Filed Sep 16, 2019 · Acceleration, Transmission · 85,000 miles · CO

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.

Filed Jul 20, 2019 · Transmission · 173,820 miles · ID

2008 ford edge while driving on city streets all of a sudden the wrench light came on, airbag light, the mileage odometer blanked out and the speedometer stopped working there was a loss of power. The transmission makes a huge clunking sound and jerks into gear shifting into drive from park and reverse

Filed Jun 12, 2019 · Acceleration, Engine · 212,000 miles · NJ

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.

Filed Apr 10, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 109,000 miles · AR

While driving down the road, the odometer suddenly drops to zero while still moving at the posted speed limit. The wrench symbol warning light in the dash comes on, as well as the airbag light. The mileage is then cleared, and the dash reads "odo error". Pulled over, turned off the vehicle and removed the key from the ignition. Go to turn the vehicle back on, car starts normally, all the warning lights are cleared. Put the vehicle into reverse, and hear and feel a loud "clunk" as the vehicle shifts, and am able to back up normally. When shifting back into drive, the rpms jump up, the car shifts and makes the loud "clunk", and when pushing the accelerator, the vehicle barely moves. It will occasionally come back and the vehicle will return to it's normal running state, but then it will eventually returned to the defective state. No odometer while driving, no power if you stop leaving you stranded.

Filed Mar 31, 2019 · Transmission · 6,000 miles · TX

As everyone else with 08 edge the transmission loses power. Entering hwy and press on gas, no pickup just stalls out. Reported to energy country ford on 3 different visits, in port arthur, tx and of course they said nothing wrong. Also, loud clunk from park to reverse or drive. Paint also chips/peels on this cream colored vehicle. Have seen other vehicles this color on the road and the paint around door areas peeling. Only 65k miles and well maintained. With so many reports of this issue ford surely would recall the 08 edge transmission like they have on the trucks.

Filed Aug 5, 2018 · Airbags · NC

The federal safety agency says vehicles are being prioritized based on the likelihood of danger. Factors include the age of your car and where you live. This is due to the fact that there's a link between malfunctioning air bags and long-term exposure to heat and high humidity. I am in zone b but I am a 5 minute drive from south carolina. So my question is does that mean because I am 5 miles from south carolina, is my faulty airbag safer than the vehicles with the faulty takata airbags in sc, zone a ? I first received notice july, 2016. Now ford has rented me a vehicle (sardine can) because they don't know when replacement parts will be available. The fact that they knew long before this vehicle was available for sale that the airbags were unsafe, is tantamount to criminal negligence. If they aren't called to task they will continue endangering lives in order to increase the value of their stock. Made in america used to mean something, not anymore. At approximately 20,000 putting the car in drive or reverse it makes some clunking noise and hesitates before it engages. On an incline the car rolls back and you have to work gas and brake together, this is a automatic, not a stick shift. At 71 I do not appreciate that ford has been playing russian roulette with the lives of my mom, daughter, granddaughters & great grandchildren, this vehicle hasn't been safe from the day it rolled off the assembly line.