In stop and go traffic at low speeds, the vehicle has stalled multiple times (11 times in the last year and a half). The most recent time in heavy, slow-moving construction traffic. Car loses all power without warning. Loss of power steering, very tight brakes, no acceleration possible and a low oil warning. I have to turn the car off and restart, this sometimes works, other times I have needed the car towed because it did not restart. This is a company car and it has been to the dealership multiple times, and only this last week was anything ever found to be wrong. All previous times the stalling could not be duplicated, and I was told either nothing was wrong with the car, they fixed a part they thought might be the problem, or I must have put in bad gas. After stalling a month ago, this past week a data recorder was attached and a defective oxygen sensor was found in the emissions system when the car stalled for the dealership. The oxygen sensor was replaced and they test drove the car. The stalling did not occur during their final test drives. I received the car back a week ago, only to have it stall three times within 10 miles two days ago. Almost was re-ended by a semi-trailer truck this last time as I was in the middle of six lanes of traffic, and with no steering, was helpless to move. Have stalled out in a gas station, rounding corners in intersections, at stop signs, driving down my street, and now four times on the highway during low speed traffic congestion. Having the car towed to the dealership as I am too afraid to drive it. There are at least four other complaints about this issue on the federal safety agency website, and it sounds like very similar to symptoms seen in the gm recalls. Car stalls without warning in more and more dangerous situations. This issue needs to be addressed by the manufacturer because of its dangerously serious nature.
2012 Ford Edge transmission complaints
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On multiple occasions starting in the beginning of the year my car started stalling and would just cut off in the middle of the street. It happened many times after that so I took it to my local firestone because my car was out of warranty. They suggested it may be bad gas and they did a throttle body flush. So between the flush and using mid grade gas from a different station it worked for about 1,000 miles then the problem started again. My car would shake and rev and on many times cut off in the middle of an intersection, thank god it never caused an accident especially with my 2yr old daughter being with me most of the time. I took it to ford dealer and after the $100 diagnostic they told me the throttle body was defective and ford had recalled many throttle bodies recently just not for my car yet and the throttle body is not part of the drive train so it's not covered. So I had to pay $600 that I really didn't have to get this issue corrected after paying over $500 late last year to fix the brake booster on a 2012 vehicle. I have had so many problems with this vehicle and this new throttle body issue is the last straw. I will never buy another ford product again.
While driving the vehicle losses all power and a power train failure error message is displayed. The throttle becomes unresponsive and you cannot accelerate. When the car stops moving, the engine begins to shake violently and shuts itself off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated that that the vehicle failed to recognized that it was in the park position and as a result, it prevented the seats from reclining. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the shift assembly casing was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure . The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 40,000.
After seeing the recent issues w/ the ford v6 ecoboost engine, I thought it wise to tell about the 2.0l ecoboost engine in my edge. After owning the vehicle less than a year, I was driving thru a neighborhood at a very slow pace, I started to make a right turn & the car simply died. No shaking, no warning. Lost all power steering & engine compression. Turned off, restarted & all was well. Took to dealership the next week, if we cant replicate it we cant fix it. Last month, my wife was turning right slowly into a parking lot & it happened again. This time ford kept the car for over a week trying to duplicate the issue, no luck. If we cant find it, we cant fix it. I was told it could be numerous things & no bulletins or fixes at this time. So my pregnant wife now drives a brand new vehicle that decides to die in traffic while turning, maybe in front of oncoming traffic,. I have read numerous complaints online about this same thing happening to other edge ecoboost vehicles, but alas no fix. In the recent articles I have been reading it says the 2.0l ecoboost engine has not been affected, I feel that is incorrect. I think ford needs to look into all ecoboost engines & find a fix now or replace the vehicle.
Vehicle experiences extremely hard transmission shifts. When slowing down and going to speed back up, transmission appears to shift into wrong gear causing vehicle to bang hard then shift into correct gear to the point the entire vehicle shakes/feels like you were hit. Vehicle also engages hard into 1st/2nd gear when coasting and reapplying gas. I have experienced the hard shift into gear issue multiple times (at least 10-15) and 1st/2nd gear engage bump everyday. This is a problem that continues to get worse and will probably lead to transmission failure.
Purchased this car brand new. The transmission has been a problem from the start. Driving under normal, dry conditions when throttle is decelerated and then a slight pause before acceleration the car slams hard into gear when you begin to throttle again. The first event the dealership "flashed the computer" and said that would fix it. The second incident has netted no results. The dealer had my car for 10 days without even looking at it claiming a lack of certified technician. They set an appointment for me on 7/30/2012 and by 8/9/12 had still not looked at my car.
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