I was driving 65 down the road and there was a thump, the car lost all speed control and cost to the edge of the road. The motor continued to run but made a sputtering sound while running. The display showed a yellow wrench and the display said to press ok. I had control of everything except for acceleration that I was aware of. I turned the car off and back on and it drove normally. I carried the car to the ford dealership and it took a week for this to happen to them. It came up as a throttle body fault and that is what has to be replaced. I google these symptoms on the intranet and these same issues popped up all over the place. This is a factory defect and I am glad I wasn't in busy traffic and didn't get hit by a transfer truck!!
2012 Ford Edge acceleration complaints
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When attempting to accelerate after turning onto a state highway, the vehicle would not accelerate. It took 1-2 minutes to accelerate to 30 MPH and the vehicle would not reach speeds above 30 MPH. This was extremely dangerous as I was in traffic going 60-70 MPH. The dealership replaced the high pressure fuel pump and the problem was repaired until the condition reappeared in august of 2014. The conditions were similar circumstances as the first failure. As I was pulling into traffic, the vehicle would not accelerate and took several minutes to get to 30-35 MPH. The vehicle would not reach speeds above 30-35 MPH and several cars had to swerve into the other lanes to avoid my vehicle. I took the vehicle to the dealership and once again the high pressure fuel pump had failed. With this being the second failure of the same part in a 30 month period of time creating a very dangerous driving situation, I felt I should report the incident.
This has recurred 3 times in the last 3 weeks. The last time it happened, I was backing out of my driveway and the car started jerking, wouldn't accelerate and the wrench light came on. I turned the vehicle off, waited a couple of seconds, restarted it and it worked great. The time before I was going about 55 MPH and the car did the same thing. I pulled over to the side of the road, turned it off and restarted and it worked great. I'm afraid to travel in the vehicle. The ford dealership said it's the electronic throttle body and will cost $400+/- to fix.
Car stalled while driving no signs of failure or lights or codes.
Driver: 83 year old woman... New auto: ford edge 2012, no injuries, vehicle damage approx $2000.00 no property damage..... Problem: lady stepped on accelerator rather than brake.... Reason: the brake pedal at rest is higher than the accelerator pedal at rest. The driver is used to an older (chrysler 2009) vehicle which there was not an appreciable difference in pedal height, stepped on the accelerator pedal, thinking she was stepping on the brake.... Resolution: discussing the incident, the woman was seated in the ford edge and asked to see if she felt a difference in height of the brake vs accelerator pedals. She did, and has since practiced going between pedals, lifting her foot to access the brake, rather than merely sliding her foot to the left........ It is this writers opinion that many of the unexplained accidents where a person, especially when an elderly person is driving, has mistook the accelerator for the brake is due to the height of pedal difference. ................ It might be wise to make aware this problem to manufacturers and the public. ........ Thanks
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