My edge started slipping when placed in drive so I would turn it off and turn it on until the slipping stopped after I placed it in a gear. After checking for recalls I saw several other owners complain about the same issue. The odometer screed did similar check as others coming up with dashes and cycling and checking through processes. The car was recently driven and the same slipping happened but this time it caused internal damage to the transmission. Most of the complaints I've read are in the same mileage range.
2008 Ford Edge transmission complaints
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The car jerks into gear in drive and reverse. When the car is still and pushing on the gas to begin to drive, the tachometer revs past 3 and the speedometer is baring moving and the car is not accelerating. It hard shifts into gear (drive and reverse) and at times won't shift into gear at all. No acceleration in the car and very difficult to drive as shifting into gears is hard and jerks the car.
In recent weeks, car at times seemed to slip slightly while shifting or there was a hard, lagging shift. While driving on highway, speedometer stopped working, info/trip readout on dash showed dashes instead of numbers. After a few minutes, multiple warning lights showed on dash, including passenger airbag light, a wrench icon, then the low tire pressure warning icon. Readout then changed to a tire pressure fault message. Pulled off the highway and after making a turn, car seemed under-powered/acceleration was compromised. Stopped at a service station, turned off the car, then restarted. After restarting, warning icons on dash disappeared. When car was shifted into reverse, car jerked violently and loud 'clunking' noise occurred. Shifting in and out of reverse, while the car was still stationary, jerking became even more pronounced and clunking noise became louder. Had the car towed to ford dealer - after diagnosis, was told 2 sensors (the tss & oss) in the transmission were faulty and needed to be replaced. Additionally, was told fan module was also faulty, needed replacing. Approximately $1700 in repairs and was without the car for over a week. After researching issue online, came across many people experiencing the same exact problem in ford edges, almost always around the same mileage (approx. 77,800) and for various years. This should be a recall! To be honest, though the car is operating normally at the moment, I have little to no confidence that this sensor repair actually fixes the problem long term as some anecdotal research seems to show that others have experienced a return of the issue even after the sensor replacement. I believe this situation warrants investigation by the federal safety agency as ford will deny/ignore the problem until forced to address it. Too many people have this same issue and not only is it costly, but could be very dangerous as well.
After driving for a while (roughly a few hours) the edge does this hard jerk forward that feels like I'm practically being rear ended. It's like a hard pause, before it jerks forward. Then it gradually accelerates. Also, on a few occasions, while pulling out of a parking lot, the edge did not want to accelerate though I was pressing on the gas. Mind you, I wasn't going fast because I had barely pulled out of the parking stall when this occurred. It barely accelerated then gradually came to a complete stop while in drive. This has also happened while I was exiting the freeway once. I initially thought my battery was the problem, but I had it replaced the following morning. I took it to the dealership and I was told nothing was wrong with it. This was the same response I got when I've taken it to ford during the term of my warranty. I have noticed that if the "check engine light" isn't on, nor if you're not paid out of pocket, ford does not recognize a problem. This problem is quite worrisome considering I'd hate to be stranded with my children in an intersection. I live in a very town (los angeles county) where traffic is steady and aggressive so knowing this problem can happen anytime is unsettling, especially because I have been rear ended once for not being able to proceed with traffic at a green light. 2008 ford edge, purchase in 2012
Turned on car and put it in reverse then drive when pulling out of parking lot,. Transmission made a loud "clunk". Pressed hard on gas but car would barely crawl. Speedometer stopped working rpms would increase dramatically, wrench, check engine, airbag, and tire pressure lights all came on. Continuing on city street problem remained. Car eventually gained enough speed that rpms went down, but the speedometer still did not work. The next day, the problem disappeared except check engine light remains on.
Wrench appeared on dash. Car went into "limp mode" would not accelerate rapidly. Speedometer would not register.
While driving on city street came to stop at stop sign went to proceed vehicle would not move check engine light on air bag light on no odo data where odometer mileage should be rolled car to curb no response from transmission hut off car waited a min or two restarted car back to normal advised dealer took car in a day later after 2 days of test driving car had same issue for them dealer retrieved problem code p0722 found both oss and tss sensors shorted both sensors replaced car ok now cost $835.00 this is a safety issue that should be fixed by recall before someone hurt or killed thank god I was on city street at time of issue not on highway dealer would not test on highway did not want to have to pay for tow truck
Same complaints as plenty of others. Driving on the freeway at 65 MPH and the dashboard lights up with *odo error*, the little screwdriver light came on, shows low tire pressure, the seatbelt/airbag light came on and the odometer stayed at zero. I couldn't accelerate and when I parked it, restarted it and tried to change gears it shook the car so hard and was so loud it could be heard inside the building. Something is terribly wrong with this model / year of vehicle and nothing is being done about it. This is the second time it has happened to my car. The first time it reset itself so the dealership couldn't find anything wrong with it. So now if I pay to have it towed to a shop and it resets itself before they can figure out what the problem is, which is looks as if nobody can figure it out, then its wasted money on a tow and a huge risk that this happening again. This is extremely dangerous and I'm in shock to see how many other people have experienced this and nothing has been done. As soon as I typed in "odo error" in google it auto filled my exact car - I didn't even have to type it, so even google knows this is a major malfunction.
Same complaint as dozens of other 2008 ford edge owners. Odo error comes up, almost all warning lights come on, tach and speedometer go to zero and car is stuck in gear making is almost impossible to accelerate from a stop. This has happened several times but is starting to happen more frequently and usually on the highway. This is clearly a dangerous defect that ford needs to address asap before people are seriously injured.
Bought my 2008 edge in 2012 and experienced issues with odo read error message and loss of power shortly there after. It happens most frequently on the freeway at higher rates of speed (60- 70 MPH). I have had to pull off the freeway multiple times and restart the car. Have heard from a few that the sensors in the transmission are shorting out but have heard other things as well. Dealers refuses to look into problem and states since light is not on that they cannot read the code. This is dangerous as the vehicle is hard to keep speed and gain speed once this light comes on.
Transmission, and transfer-case leaking directly on the exhaust right by the manifold and professional stated it was severe fire hazard and not drive it, and also the rear main engine oil seal is leaking. The dealership was aware of all the issues and manipulated me as a female into purchasing the vehicle. The dealership argued that they were not responsible and that I had a 3 month 3,000 mile warranty when in fact my purchase agreement stated it was as is. Which means they lied to me. The transmission shop who inspected my vehicle stated that the leaks have been ongoing for quite sometime before I even purchased the car. I just purchased this vehicle in october of 2015 and already have made six payments and now I am paying for something that I can not even drive because it was not repaired correctly the first time so it had to be returned again. It is going on the fourth week. I do have a loner but I have already spent over $300.00 in gas. I only have one vehicle at this time and that is the ford edge and it is very upsetting to think that I have made 3 complaints regarding this issues to the ford motor company about the fire hazard issue and have had no satisfaction or results other then they claim it the dealers problem. I have done numerous research about his particular vehicle, and there are thousands of issues regarding the transmission leak on the exhaust as a fire hazard. Is this going to be like general motors, and wait for someones car to actually catch fire??? Or is it going to be like general motors and wait for someone to be killed before they will do anything about it? My vehicle is not the only one. There are thousands of complaints out there regarding the same exact issue. I am basically paying for a car that I cannot drive at all.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford edge. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled independently. The accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to operate. The contact had to jiggle the gear for the vehicle to operate normally. The failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the cause of the failure was undetermined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000. The VIN was not provided.
While driving at 45 MPH, I came to a stop light. When it was time to go, my edge would not move. I had to press the gas pedal to get to move very slowly to the side of the road. This has happen several times. Also, I stopped at my garage door and when it was time to go in, my car would not move. I put it in reverse and got a loud clanking sound. I revved the motor very high to get it to slowly inch into the garage. Thought it might go out the other side since the gas pedal was pressed pretty far down, made it. Took it to the dealer and was told it was a throttle body problem. Paid close to $1000 for repairs. Less than 1200 miles my problems started again, this time I'm told I need to replace my sensors, I did ($900). Now I'm back again. Same problem. This time I'm told I need to have my coil assy and main control checked and repair. Problem starting again. This is a safety hazard and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Could result in a injury when you are pulling into traffic.
I have a 2008 ford edge limited. I noticed that when I would get stuck in stop and go traffic the car would not shift from first to second gear. I would have to pull over put it in park and then try to go. This has happened quite a few times. My most recent incident was pulling into a parking garage and needing to back up. When I put the car in reverse it would not engage. It took several times moving from neutral to reverse for it to finally catch with a hard jerk.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford edge. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle was making an abnormal noise and shaking violently. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the coil and the power train control module needed to be replaced. The vehicle was then towed to a dealer but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximately failure mileage was 87,000.
Car loses all power unexpectedly and randomly, at any and all speeds, anywhere, anytime, displaying odo data error, transmission violently shakes into gears, car revs up but does not accelarate, upon turning car off, removing key, opening door, reinserting and restarting car (if you managed to safely pull on the side of the road), all error displays disappear, transmission clunks in gear and car needs to be forced to rev up to reset, once it resets car drives normally again till next failure. Ford dealers unable to diagnose problem as it leaves no codes. First time charged $800 for "possible" cause that wasn't, now $1700 as PCM melted and took along with it all ignition coils. Guess what, odo data error and transmission trouble still present. Both the ford company and you people at the federal safety agency need to step up to the plate and if ford doesn't voluntarily recall the edge, you ought to force them to recall it before someone gets mauled. This auto defect is an absolute danger to the operator and anyone else on the road.
Same problems as all the other ones. On the expressway and odo light comes on along with a few others and car seems like it stuck in a higher gear and won't excels rate quickly, loud clunk from trans when shifted in and out of gear. Usually have to turn off car and restart a few times to come back to normal. It's obvious that ford has an issue and I'm not taking it to the dealer and spend thousands of dollars for repairs that won't solve the issue. Altimately it sounds like a software issue and ford won't recall till most of the vehicles are out of service as to save money. I have been a loyal ford driver for years but this is definitely turning me to the competition.
12/13/15 the first time the odo error light came on, it triggered other lights such as tire sensor, airbag deployed to come on after the odo error went away. Odometer didn't work. Turned car off,car would clunk heavily when switching gears. Took to dealer they switched out cable harness and battery.problem went away. 1/18/16 odo error light came on along with same o other lights as before, no odometer. Vehicle would not get out of second gear,( turned off when arrived home). Next morning hard clunking into reverse just like previously vehicle in driveway no in motion. Seemed to stay in 2nd gear again. Turned into my husbands shop, garage where the vehicle seemed to be okay. Drove to work no big issues so far. Read up on line that 100's of consumers are having the same issue with the ford edge and the 2008 in particular seems to be the worst.
I have a 2008 ford edge and in the past I have had it at the dealer for the transmission slamming as I slowed and excelerated on state and township roads. Also for the vehicle reving high and moving slow from a stop. Lately I've been having the same issues and on saturday 1/16/2016 I noticed a grease like substance under my car. Upon contacting a mechanic he stated that the leak was from the ptu and that the ford edge is known for this problem and that it would cost between $1700 and $2400 to replace the ptu. I purchased this vehicle new in january 2009 and had the extended warranty until 2015. The excelleration issue is as I travel on highways and the vehicle doesn't excelerate. I have to slow down or stop andturn off the vehicle to correct the problem. I feel these issues may cause an accident while traveling on major highway (I-95, rt 202, rt263) that I travel frequently. I feel that with the complaints in regard to this matter, that it should be checked by ford and repair or replace the defective parts.
Sudden and substantial leak under car. Some irregular gear issues when in motion on highway and then on a subsequent county road. Mechanic said the ptu needed repair, to take to dealer. Fortunately, no major safety issues yet, and I'm not waiting for any. Dealer said to take care of it asap, but can't get me in for a week. Obviously not as serious episode as these others I'm reading, but I'm not driving it for a week to avoid a dangerous situation. I don't understand why there hasn't been a recall to avoid a tragedy and a definite lawsuit! I'm being as proactive as I can to avoid a danger, but the cost at the ford dealer is estimated at about $1700. If there is a recall after my car is fixed, will there be compensation to me? Absolutely absurd situation!
I purchased this vehicle, 2008 ford edge sel awd november 2014 with approximately 82,000 miles on it. Last night when driving home in very slow traffic 5 to 10 MPH due to snow on the highway when traffic picked up speed I couldn't accelerate as the RPM picked up but the transmission wouldn't shift out of low. My ford edge acted like it wouldn't shift up from low so I could keep up with traffic. I had to pull over on the shoulder not knowing what to do next. I turned the engine off and restarted and it accelerated fine so I could keep up with the major traffic flow. And I did notice recently it does make a clunk when I shift into reverse. Major safety issue here as not being able to get out of traffic quickly and safely and having to pull over on the shoulder to turn the engine off and restart if there even is a shoulder to pull over too could be a danger to myself and others.
While driving down the freeway at approx 75 MPH for 1 hour, vehicle suddlenly stopped accelerating, odo went blank, speedo zero, airbag and powertrain lights came on. I cut across 6 lanes of very heavy traffic to exit and struggled to get up the incline. Parked at the nearest lot and shut off the engine. Restarted with a loud clunk and dash was ok except powertrain light was still on. Put in reverse and felt a violent clunk. Drove to a nearby ford dealership where they diagnosed bad turbine shaft speed and output shaft speed sensors. They performed the repairs at my cost of $856.91. I picked up the car and drove it 80 miles back home 2 days later with no problems. Today, 6 days later, I am experiencing extremely rough shifting, especially at around 40 and 60 MPH and very bad hesitation where the entire vehicle vibrates and does not seem to know what gear to be in. Not only is this vehicle dangerous and defective, the expensive repairs are not correcting the problem and have made it worse.
I was driving on highway when car would not go, hit the gas but car did not move. Put into reverse and sounded like the transmission was going to drop, loud clunk. Fortunate to come upon a red light so cars were not moving fast to hit me or kill me! This happened another time in new jersey! Yikes!! And I had to pull over, shut the car off and then restart car. I immediately took car to dealer and they did not know what it was unless message was on control panel, I went on internet to see if I could find out any info for the problem. I did find a great many complaints from other people saying they had the same issues. I need to know who is responsible before I get killed. Is anything being done to resolve this problem and who will correct it? Please advise.
Auto transmission will not shift, engine revs and no power, wrench light airbag warning lights,dead speedo, odometer shows dashes. Had trans fluid changed. No help. I have seen several problems noted on the internet. Dealers are not fixing the problem by rebuilding the trans for several thousand dollars. The trans failing should not affect the various electrical problems associated with this incident. The system will reset if the engine is turned off and then restarted with nothing indicating a problem. There doesnt appear to be any codes set. I urge ford to embrace these problems before someone is hurt because the trans "jumps" out of gear and causes an accident. This reported problem should not be "news" to your complaints department. I have chosen to always prefer a ford products during my 50 years of driving and expect an honest, thorough and concise investigation be given to this problem.
Takata recall - vehicle loses speed control power while driving. Wrench light comes on indicating service needed. When vehicle shuts off, resets itself and able to drive 100-150 miles and then the wrench light comes on again. Called dealership and was told that in order to identify the problem, the wrench light would have to be on for them to diagnose the issue. My sister does not drive much, so when it happened again, she happened to be close to an auto zone store and she stopped to have them to read the code in order to get the error reading. The code was p0715 - referring to turbine input speed shaft sensor. This is a safety issue and ford should recall this as it is a known issue. I purchased this vehicle for my sister 6 months ago. At the the time in which I bought this car for my sister, 2 weeks later she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and cannot drive. She has her son or daughter to drive her to her medical appointments and where ever she needs to go. The last thing I need is for her to be involved in an accident and potentially die from a defect in which the manufacturer could have prevented. Ford needs to issue a recall on this before people are seriously injured or die. Why wait until something bad happens before you fix the issue is beyond anything that I can comprehend.
Clanking between gears at low speeds, on and off. The problem aould stop every time I brought it to ford.. Finally it got so bad one day it was just clanking between all gears, sounded like some one was smasing the under carriage with a sledge hammer. I thought the transmission went. Ford said it would be 1-2 month wait on part. They showed me 3 other ford edges sitting I n the shop with same problem. My extended warranty company found the part ( rebuilt one I believe) about 3 months later them same problem has started but less often. Everytime I bring it to fors the problem stops and I cant get it to do it when I want. So now the warranty is up... Looks like I have to wait for the part to fail again and than im in the whole 1-$2,000 !! How can ford not recall this with so many problems?
Driving down the highway at night at approx. 70 MPH. All the warning lights came on in the dash. The speedo and odometer stopped working. No noise or vibrations noted. Pulled off exit and stopped at stop sign. Car would not move after pressing accelerator. Rpms very high and car began to roll forward. Eventually got up to 20mph. Stopped in parking lot. Shut car off for a few minutes. Restarted car and put into reverse. Loud bang and shudder. Felt like transmission was going to explode. Backed up, put car in drive, same violent reaction from transmission. Drove to destination and parked overnight. Next morning all was fine. Transmission appeared to function normally and all dash instrumentation was working. Occurred in summer of 2014.
Vehicle unexpectedly and randomly displays odo data error on instrument panel, mileage and speedometer don't function, vehicle loses all power and does not accelerate. This resets itself after turning car off, removing key, then restarting car. When are you going to force ford to issue a recall, when someone dies? There are hundreds if not thousands with same complaints. Here's a sample...https://youtu.be/px3sc2ycmeo
Sometimes the transmission will not drive the car after a stop or if changing from drive to reverse or reverse to drive. Rpm will go very high and only move the car very slowly. At other times there will be a bad shift or a strange sound. This can happen any time, when first starting out for the day, after running for a time, after a long drive or after stopping for a turn, red light, stop sign or just slowing down. The dealer says there is nothing wrong. Also noise coming from the rear while in motion. I believe the sensors are intermittent as I had a similar problem with my dodge caravan which went away after I replaced the sensors myself because the repair station told me there was nothing wrong after 3 attempts to have the problem rectified. You are all supposed to be professional experts so fix the problem.
Stopped at red light- whe I tried to accelerate the car would not move- it was terrifying!! Cars had to go around- was able after at least ten attempts to get the car to move to side of road. Waited and called family member for help. Was fortunately about 5 blocks form my home. Car continued to jerk forward and had to stop seevral times. It is now in my garage and awaiting a tow truck, this has been an ongoing issue with the vehicle not specifically not going but troubles with car suring repeatedly for no reason and had to replace battery 4 times and there was nothing I did to create this loss of battery. The dealership where it was fixed previously stated that " the car appears possessed". This is somehting that has apparently been a long term known issue with this vehicle. Why has it not been fully investigated. Please do something before someone is seriously hurt or worse.
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