2012 Ford Edge: sudden loss of power

Filed Jul 7, 2021 · CA

As I was driving, all of a sudden the car would not pick up speed. I gently put additional pressure on the gas, but nothing happened. I was lucky as I was going out to my mom's. As I pulled into the drive way I heard thumping noises (that is the best way I can explain the sound). Turned car off, visited with my mom, hours later drove home not issues / no light indicators. About a month later I was approaching a stop sign. As I proceeded after the red light turned green, the car again would not increase in speed. I gently applied more pressure to the gas pedal but it would not pick up speed. I had my foot on the gas almost to the floor. I was approaching an overpass but was skeptical about the car gaining speed enough to go over it. I thought best to pull over and seek other options. I called a tow truck and had it towed to my home. The following Monday I had taken it to a repair shop. The garage had it for two days and was unable to detect any thing wrong. This is a serious issue, if this would of happened on a busy freeway, this could result in serious accident in which fatalities could have happened. Losing power on a busy freeway is a disaster waiting to happen. I know my car, this has happened to me two times within 3 months. I am afraid to drive it and have take steps to correct this, but garages "cannot fix what they cannot find". So tell me FORD corporation what advice are giving to you consumers? Or are you going to wait until someone gets killed ?

Filed Apr 18, 2021 · 74,000 miles · CA

I was driving my car with my 6 year old in it and it suddenly lost power on the freeway. There was a yellow wrench that appeared on the dashboard I was able to veer over to safety. Ford said it was the maf airflow sensor. We replaced it. Today, 4 days later it happened again with my daughter in the car. I bought this car 2 months ago from albany subaru and they claimed it passed a 19 point inspection. I have a loan out on it and it's a completely unsafe vehicle

Filed Sep 14, 2020 · Engine, Transmission · 86,000 miles · PA

I was driving home from work when my car suddenly lost power and started to shake. I was driving on a suberban street and was literally at a active railroad crossing when it happened. So I stopped the car. I was able to drive it slowly to a safe place to pullover. The car was spitting out fire chunks out of the exhaust. I had no idea what was happening. I had it towed to the dealership who explained the power train control module malfunctioned wich cause it to melt/seize the coils in 3 if the cylinders. I have a power train warranty but was told none of it would be covered? When researching this issue it seems to be a very common issue with this model of vehicle. Its not only a safety issue, but it's a known defect with ford vehicles, not just my make and model. I am extremely upset bcz I can not afford the costs it will take to repair. I owned this car for less than 2 years. I take it it and have it routinely serviced. There was nothing I could have done to prevent this. It's a defect and it is a unsafe defect. I was in the middle of driving and it just happened out of nowhere.

Filed Feb 27, 2020 · Engine · SC

Power loss driving down road . Almost caused a bad accident, stalled in middle of road had to turn car off and back on . This has happened 3 times no error code is coming on . A tool symbol flashes until you restart car .

Filed Jul 23, 2018 · Fuel system · 35,000 miles · MI

Retention circlip causing loss of power 2.0l ecoboost engine

Filed Jul 10, 2018 · Transmission · 87,500 miles · MS

While driving I lose power and can no longer accelerate. The problem is that the halfshaft retention circlip may not have been properly installed. As a result the halfshaft may move outward and disengage from the linkshaft while driving and without warning. If this occurs, power will no longer be transmitted to the wheels, increasing the risk of a crash.

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Electrical, Engine · 78,000 miles · FL

After researching ford edge research there were so many complaints of people having the same thing occur to them. My car will start and be driving then all of a sudden the car literally looses all power and the car shuts down. This has happened to me twice and it appears that ford doesn't want to issue a recall on this. People's lives are in danger, there is no warning of when this will happen and then you stuck sitting on the road while in drive as your car lost power.

Filed Jan 17, 2018 · Engine, Transmission · 26,000 miles · CA

After pulling out in traffic on 1/15/18, going about 50 MPH, my 2012 ford edge suddenly lost power and the wrench warning light appeared. I had to shut the car down and restart it several times to slowly get it out of traffic - each time the wrench warning light appeared and the vehicle lost power. Finally, after getting out of traffic I shut it down and let it sit for a few minutes, restarted it and this time the awd warning light appeared but my car is not an awd vehicle. Then the wrench light appeared again. Had it towed to the local dealer. They couldn't find any computer memory record of what happened and had their technician drive it home to see if the problem duplicated itself. It did not. After 3 days at the dealership they could not find anything wrong with the vehicle and I picked it up and drove it home. I should add that my vehicle has only 26,000 miles on it. In reading these complaints mine is not the only complaint about this issue and ford needs to figure out and repair those vehicles affected by this problem. This is definitely a safety issue!

Filed Nov 3, 2017 · Acceleration · 54,959 miles · NC

Throttle body assembly failed. The 2012 ford edge uses the exact same defective throttle body assembly as used in the escape and fusion which were both included in the extended warranty program. Ford should include all models that used this part in its extended warranty program or better yet issue a recall. In my opinion it's dangerous pulling out into highway traffic only to lose power. Many other dangerous scenarios could be expected.

Filed Oct 10, 2017 · Engine · 54,000 miles · CA

I was driving on a busy, city street at approximately 30mph when my 2012 ford edge sport lost power and the "wrench" warning light came on. I had to carefully move towards the right lane and was able to coast into the parking lot of a convenience store. I turned it off, waited 10 minutes, and it started up again. I drove home the 3 miles without incident. The same afternoon, I drove it to the nearest ford dealer to have it checked out. Their report showed no codes and told us there was nothing they could do. I drove it that night about 30 miles without any problems. The next morning, I exited my neighborhood tract into a busy intersection where the car died again. I barely coasted once again to safety after trying to make it through the intersection with the threat of oncoming traffic. This was terrifying. I called a tow truck and the car was towed to the same dealer where they continue to say there is no code and they cannot duplicate the problem after driving it. They did replace the battery, saying that it was low, even though the battery is less than one year old. I am not confident that replacing the battery will fix the problem and they don't seem confident either. They have had the car for 5 days now and want us to pick up the car up tomorrow. How can I feel secure driving my family in a car that has put me in this dangerous predicament? I have spoken to the service manager, ford regional managers, and none of them are empathetic to this situation and they offer no solution.

Filed Sep 25, 2017 · Engine · 56,520 miles · TX

While driving, the check engine light illuminates along with a sudden loss of power indicating "limp" mode has been entered. Power off the car followed by restart seems to clear the code and allow normal operation with good engine power. Electronic throttle body seems to be the culprit. This is a rather dangerous occurrence when driving on busy, crowded streets and freeways. This has happened multiple times. Most recent is 24 september 2017.

Filed Sep 9, 2016 · Fuel system · 50,000 miles · VA

Today our 2012 edge lost all power as we accelerated from a stop sign onto a main road feeding our neighborhood. The speed limit was 25 miles /hour so we weren't accelerating quickly. We hadn't even completed the turn when all power was lost and we coasted to a stop at the side of the road. Having heard of other failings like this we shut off the car and after a couple seconds restarted the car. The car ran the rest of planned trip around town with no further troubles. If we had been on a busy highway with limited safe areas to pull over, or in the fast lane on the freeway we could have been in serious trouble.