Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford edge. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact experienced difficulty shifting and the vehicle hesitated to accelerate. The failure happened without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it could not be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000. The VIN was not provided.
2008 Ford Edge transmission complaints
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I bought this 08 ford edge sel awd with 74000 miles . Ive had it less than a year and had the following problems. * stalling. * loud clunking in reverse and jumps into gear. * front driverside and passenger side window pillars are big blind spot. Very dangerous almost hit pedestrians. * vehicle rolls back on small inclines. Almost rolled into vehicle behind me. Very dangerous. * vehicle struggles in reverse up small inclines. * driverside headlight was out for a month cause car needed software update. Truck stalled again today this time I turned off and on wouldn't go in reverse instead drove forward almost hitting parked car... Still have popping noise in front end clunking noise in reverse sometimes again.. Im starting to get nervous cuz my daughter was in the car with me. - emailed to ford service center rep. Oct. 1st. Ford mechanics say there is nothing wrong with vehicle yet it has stalled 4x and has problems in reverse . Car has been in the shop 6x for same issue . Im tired of bringing it back and forth.
I was driving out of town for a work meeting with an employee. Only going approx 45-50 MPH, all the sudden the speedometer drops to 0 along with the mileage on my car(just dashes), then the airbag light came on and a wrench light came on then few minutes later the tire pressure light. We were coming up on a red light so I slowed down and stopped. When the light turned green I pressed my gas pedal and the car went no where. I slowly moved to the side of the road and shut my car off. I was hoping to make it to the gas station 2 miles up the road. I waited a few minutes turned my car back on a very odd noise happened the speedometer was back on and the lights were gone, I went to put the car in d and the odd noise again, pushed the gas to accelerate and nothing. Currently my car is on the side of the road waiting a tow 1 hour away from home. I'm lucky my children were not with me when this occurred, it could have been very dangerous. This was my first experience with this, not only dangerous but very embarrassing with an employee in my car as well.
I have a 2008 ford edge, I have been noticing over the past few months that at random times the car will lurch forward when accelerating as if it suddenly received a burst of speed. One day I was at a stop light and I took my foot off the brake so that I could drive and the car wouldn't move and when I pressed harder on the accelerator there was a loud bang noise that sounded like the car suddenly clicked into drive. It has been happening more and more often where it lags and sticks and lurches forward when it finally wants to go. Today, it had serious issues where I was trying to accelerate and the car was instead slowing down and lurching forward with the sound of the engine straining and making noise. I had to pull over because the cars behind me had to go around me. I was extremely nervous that the car would stall in the middle of the road or cause an accident. When I pulled over and turned the car off and then turned it back on the problem seemed to lessen I only drove at a low speed to avoid an accident. I have two children and this car is unsafe to drive. I will take it to the dealership asap. It also rolls backward on an incline. Ford needs to do a recall on this vehicle because I have done some online research today and see that many many people have experienced the same problems. This is an extremely dangerous issue and needs to be addressed.
Vehicle began leaking lubricant from the power take-off unit onto the exhaust pipe ahead of the catalytic converter creating a potential fire hazard. Dealership required replacing the ptu at a cost of $1845.40.
Most recent 8/14/2015, pulled out into traffic and the car lost power, but the engine was still running. Rpm's will go up, but the car will not move. Reverse works. Took it to auto zone, no codes will come up. When I bought it off the lot (9 months ago) it was working just fine and has been going down ever since. Since last november (11/2014) when I bought the car, when driving the cars speedometer will drop down to zero and a wrench light will come on with a few other lights and act like it is stuck in a high gear. After tuning the car completely off (key out of ignition and door opening and closing) and checking fluids I started the car back up and heard a loud clunk and when I put it into drive there was another clunk and after getting the car up to about 10mph (the car is still acting like its stuck in a high gear) there was another loud clunk and the transmission would catch and act like nothing happened. This process repeats ever single day unless I drive it with the over drive off, then it will still happen but about only twice a month. Ex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk3itic2-rs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px3sc2ycmeo I have called ford corporate after googling the problem and seem there are 1000's of cases explaining the same thing and they will only tell me "that's odd seems like your car is the only one that's doing this". I have taken it to several dealership, none of which will do anything because they cannot find a code. Even when the car has a wrench light on and will barley move. This problem needs to get resolved before a severe accident occurs. Have I mentioned this is my only car? From what I have read it could be a couple different sensors and if this is not resolved this was the only and last ford I will ever own.
Driving and a major road the car suddenly slowed down, it looked like someone put the brakes on, someone almost hit me from the back. After that, the car was jerking and shaking and made load noises. Unable to drive the car in drive I put the car on low gear and drove to the dealer. I was told yesterday that it is a transmission problem the cost 5,200 dollars. In november 2014 the car was leaking transmission fluid and was told it was the ptu the car only had 62,000 miles.I was told that was not covered and cost me 1,800 dollars updated 09/08/15*lj updated 12/05/2017
As I was driving, dash flashed "odo data error", then wrench light came on followed by airbag, tpm, engine light, basically all warning lights, odometer went to zero, loss of accelaration, pulled over and placed in park, car was revving high, turned car off and restarted, same, put on drive, stepped on gas, car revved but no movement. Turned car off and waited couple minutes, restated, warning lights disappeared, odometer back to actual mileage. Put on drive, step on gas, hesitation then loud transmission thump and car started moving again.
Gradual problems with transmission while driving, occurred on freeway, surging, electrical problems with panel, no speedometer, airbag light on, tire pressure monitor inop. Transmission slipping, and had bang in reverse. Parked and turned off. When turned back on, transmission in complete failure. Had transmission rebuilt through firestone, $4300.00.
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 ford edge. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate and felt as if it would stall. The vehicle jerked when attempting to accelerate. The failure recurred several times. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000.
Vehicle transmission failed in highway speed traffic ,starting with large clunks and erratic shifting, total loss of acceleration ,leading to very unsafe travel on freeway. No shoulder on road, stopped with no power to transmission .state police cordoned off the area enough for tow 45 min. Later . Still having problems with erratic stopping and going, sometimes you have to go to 3000 RPM until trans mission catches and causes unsafe acceleration . Only 50k on vehicle and ford does not acknowledge a problem ,many other complaints and video found on the web you-tube and such . How many complaints or injury's before a recall? Please respond. Thank you!
I was driving between 40-45 MPH on a main road just after 12 am when the dashboard lit up. The check engine/wrench & airbag lights came on, the odometer displayed an 'odo data error' message (no mileage), & the speedometer needle dropped to 0 MPH despite still traveling at 40-45 MPH (I relied on my cell phone's GPS for my traveling speed). The vehicle was responsive, braking, accelerating, & decelerating normally, as I looked for somewhere to pull over. I came to a full stop at a red light & when the light turned green, I pushed down on the gas pedal but the vehicle was nearly unresponsive. I fully pushed down on the gas pedal but the car only gained enough speed to crawl through the intersection. I pulled into a parking lot just past the intersection, put the car in park, shut it off, & waited 5 minutes before turning it back on. The warning lights were off & the odometer message was gone but when I shifted into drive, there was a loud, wrenching sound & the entire car jerked...still barely able to accelerate & the speedometer staying at 0, unresponsive to the gas pedal. I shifted into reverse with the same results. After a few unsuccessful attempts with the same results, I called for a ride & left the car in the parking lot, arranging a tow to the ford dealer where it was purchased. The ford service department did a test drive in their lot & the vehicle was operating normally but pulled computer error codes indicating faulty sensors (the output speed sensor & turbine speed sensor, which weren't 'communicating properly'). I took the vehicle to a local shop for repair since it had just run out of warranty. I'm lucky bethis could have been a much more dangerous situation if it had happened on a busy road or a road with a higher speed limit and fewer stops.
Popping noise made from front driver side tires when turning left, at gear change transmission jerks, powertrain awd malfunction light came on , truck would not accelerate into 2nd gear loud grinding noise made, censor had to be replaced, popping noise still exist in left front tire
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This has been an ongoing problem for a while now (years). What is happening is my transmission is struggling to shift into gear, but more often when traveling at approximately 15-25 MPH. At this speed, it will shift but oftentimes when it shifts there is a thud and hard jerk, almost seeming as my transmission is going to drop right out of my car. When I first had this diagnosed, the dealership thought perhaps my PCM needed recalibrated. Shortly after the recalibration, the entire PCM fried and it needed replaced. Luckily, it was covered under an 80,000 mile warranty (my car had about 75,000 miles on it...phew). Needless to say, after the entire PCM replacement, my car still struggles to shift and, unfortunately, it seems like I am not the only one having this problem.
While traveling at a high rate of speed the car dropped into a lower gear. The dashboard displayed several error messages including the check powertrain symbol (lighted wrench) and a odp speed warning. Little to no power being transferred to the wheels.
1st occurrence: the vehicle's speedometer went to 0 and warning lights came on. As the vehicle slowed and I tried to accelerate out of traffic, the vehicle would not move. It seemed to be stuck in a high gear. I sat on the side of the road and was almost robbed while I was waiting on my husband to arrive for help. After my husband arrived and the car had been off for about 30 minutes, he started it and it drove like normal. 2nd occurrence: about 1 month later, the same thing happened with the vehicle, fortunately I was closer to home. My husband ran through the same process of allowing the car to cool off and restarting it. After some investigation online, this issue seems to be a common problem with the ford edge. It appears to be a pair of sensors, called the turbine sensor and transmission speed sensor. It also appears that these sensors cost about $800 to replace. If this is such a common problem, why has there not been a recall from ford?
Was driving on freeway about to exit and transmission sounded as if it got stuck on 2nd gear. Engine sounded loud at high rpms and my speed dropped. I got the vehicle towed to my well trusted mechanic and he concluded that my transmission needs to be replace. Vehicle only has 65,500 miles.
The transmission (automatic) will not go out of the first gears. There was a loud thud noise and then the car wouldn't shift, I had to put it in neutral and then back into drive to get it to work several times.
I bought a certified pre owned 2008 edge in june 2013. I first experienced the hard jerking probably early 2014 or maybe in the winter of 2013. It had trouble shifting up when came to a complete stop. This happened several times and I took the car to the dealership but they couldn't reproduce it. They fixed a transmission leak and updated some software on two separate visits. Both times the problem went away for a few days and then came back again. It was not serious enough then. This year it occurs more often (usually in the stop and go traffic) and there is also abrupt jerk when the car shifts up from 10-20 MPH or from 20-30 MPH. The powertrain malfunction symbol came on today. But after I let the car sit for half an hour and restarted it, the symbol was gone. I'm taking it to the dealership soon and hope they can do something. The problem seems to only occur in cold weather. There are many people complaining about this issue online. It could be dangerous if it happens at an intersection or on a highway. Ford should recall these cars because they are unsafe to drive.
I just been told by koons that I would have to pay 1,300 to fix a throttle issue on my 2008 ford edge, which I purchased as a used vehicle labor day special 2014. The car stalls, stops, acceleration is affected. Ford knows the throttles are faulty and instead of recalling, they did a customer satisfaction and agreed to repair affected edge from 2009-2014. This is bogus I have 2008, which that has this issue. I refuse to pay this and don't have the money to invest in junk. Koons told me because of my hesitation I was investigating in a car that has valued equity & would offer great trade. They knew..they yet put me in another dangerous car. I had accident as well, driving ca lost speed & stalled while crossing over in parking lot.
This has happened twice in the last two weeks. Once at 45 MPH, once at 60 MPH. Speedometer goes to zero despite maintaining speed. Display shows od data error. Airbag, tire pressure, and wrench lights come on. Pull over, turn off engine. Restart. Reset button. Transmission feels like it is in a higher gear, shifts hard little acceleration power.. Once you get it to shift up to a high gear seems to shift/drive normal.
Traveling at highway speed, dashboard lights up with check engine light, airbag light, get odometer failure, speedometer stops working, followed by a tire pressure sensor failure. Transmission stops shifting properly including a loss of power especially when resuming from a stop.
My husband was driving with me and our 2 children on the highway at 70 MPH. All gauges (fuel, speedometer, odometer, etc.) stopped working and the odometer read "odo data error". We had a GPS that we were using and displayed our speed, so we kept going the 5 miles to our planned stop along the way home. When we restarted the car, the gauges were back up but it made a loud thumping sound when changing gears. It reversed fine (but we were on a slope), then thumped again as we switched to drive. The car only revved and did not move. We reversed again to situate ourselves so the slope was in our favor when we switched to drive. It was a tough start, but it did go. I called the dealership to report (this was on a saturday) and was told that I could bring it in, but they wouldn't be able to look at it until tuesday. We made it home (another hour drive), but I'm not using the car again until I drive it to the dealership. The car is not accelerating properly.
Driving along the freeway, when all of a sudden I noticed the dimming of lights in my car, and then the speedometer and engine odometer (revs) all dropped to 0, along with the wrench signal coming on, along with the airbag signal coming on, and then eventually the tire pressure signal coming on. The car lost acceleration and I was able to get off the freeway at the next exit. I tried to put my foot on the accelerator, I could hear the engine revving but the car only moving at 10 miles an hour, wouldn't go any faster, although I could hear it, it wouldn't click over, or accept the change in gear.
I was driving down the highway when my speedometer and odometer stopped working. Then it told me I had a error and a fault in my tire pressure system. My airbag light came on, indicating that it was off. I pulled over and turned off the vehicle. When I started it back up all the error messages cleared, but when I went to put my car into drive it sounded as if the transmission had dropped. I tried driving only to rev the engine up to 3000 RPM with barely any movement. When ever shifting from drive or reverse it made that loud popping noise. I took it to a dealership to be told it stopped doing it but they didn't fix it. They made no repairs. They are letting me pick the car up and drive it again with out any actual resolution, but they did charge me money to "look at the car". Do people actually have to die for someone to issue a recall? I am reading thousands of reviews about the edge that experiences the same problems. Lets issue a recall and develop some accountability!
While at a stop sign on a small sloped road, my vehicle rolled backwards when I let go of the brake to accelerate from a stopped position. There were children walking behind me and I almost rolled into them. In addition, while parked in a forward position on a small sloped driveway, I was unable to drive out of the driveway without applying my foot to the brake and the gas at the same time. I almost hit the car in front of me. I brought it to the ford dealership and was told this is how the ford edge is designed and this is normal. Essentially, I need to hit the brake and gas when on a slight slope. This is very disturbing and dangerous.
While preparing to stop at a light, seemed to have lost all power. Speedometer dropped to zero, airbag light came on and odometer was blank with a readout in its place that said something like odo failure also the wrench icon lit up. Shifted to park and the car jumped and jerked and loud grinding noises came from transmission. Was able to creep to a side street. Turned off engine . Waited several minutes , restarted car and the instrument panel returned to normal. Drove home about 3 miles. Took it to shop and they said it was a shaft seal. They replaced it for $182.00 the part was $12. Got home and it leaks very badly it has leaked about a cup of fluid in 4 hours.(this was parked / not running) I am taking it back to the shop and hoping they can fix it right. I have been driving for over 30 years and never had this kind of problem.
When driving at low speeds and the transmission shifts from 1st to 2nd gear there is a very hard jerk when the shift is made. Also have had issues with the transmission going into a fail safe mode which puts it into 5th gear when you are trying to take off and the acceleration is very slow. Could lead to an accident while trying to cross traffic and you expect to be able to take off in first gear and have proper acceleration.
In may, I was traveling at 55 miles an hours, when my car lurched forward and all the dashboard lights came on. The speedometer stopped showing my speed, the RPM's maxed out, lost all low gears, and the accelerator was not responding properly. I went and had the transmission looked at and the oil changed, engine flushed, etc. Several weeks later I had the same problem. After a short time the car started responding properly again. On 11/14/2014, I was traveling at 60 MPH and experienced the same thing for the 3rd time. Once I got to a safe location I pulled over. When I put the car in park it made a terrible noise. I called roadside assistance to tow the car to the dealership. The dealership has said it is the transmission but have yet to determine the exact problem. I do not feel the power train of this vehicle is safe! Other problems that have occurred since owning the vehicle: lunging at red lights when brakes are engaged (sometimes feels like I have been rear ended), electrical running to rear lights is melted, excessive amount of corrosion on the battery cables, rear wheels/brakes growling causing excessive wear on brakes (brakes went out coming to a stop sign one day), radiator fan problems, failure of the coolant fan 2 times and was replaced, tubing for windshield spray eroded.
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