2013 Ford Edge: steering wheel locks up

Filed Sep 20, 2025 · Engine, Steering · NC

Since the day I bought my 2013 Edge I have had nothing but problems ranging from Backup Camera always has a distorted image, appears upside down or it will just be blank. For the last year I have had my car looked at, changed everything that could possibly be changed to now my car can be going down the road running 55-60 MPH and the car will just shut down and flash random warnings on the dash but the scariest & most unsafe part is how the steering wheel locks up or I lose power steering making it hard to move or coast off the road to safety. At this point I don't know what else to do. Questions below are asking for dates but unfortunately there are so many dates that my car does this as it happens almost daily so I will put date for the last day I drove it. Right now it has been sitting at a mechanic's place for the last 3.5 weeks.

Filed Jun 28, 2020 · Steering · 106,000 miles · NC

I was driving the car on the highway. Suddenly, the oil pressure low warning message came on, and the steering wheel locked up. I shut the car off and started it back on, and the message went away and the steering functioned like it was supposed to. I pulled to the nearest gas station and checked the engine oil level. It was right where it was the supposed to be. I continued driving the car with no issues, but I am still very concerned

Filed Sep 16, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · OK

While driving the car 40 miles it completely died and the steering wheel locked up. I took the car in for diagnostic test and it came back nothing. The car was giving back to me and it had the warning flashing on the dash with the wrench . I took several pictures. Driving west on I-40 during rush hour traffic. I paid for this repair and see this exact same thing has happened. Several month later the brakes felt like I was pushing on a brick. I was unable to stop,. The ford company has a recal on the brake boaster and I was told to pay 900.00 and maybe some time they will include my 2013 ford edge. Sept 16 2019 , the check engine light is on. There is a recallfor the ford edge 2013 but again not mine I have a faulty purge valve . Ford is charging 349.00 to put on a part that is again on recall. This part is also on the outside of the car.

Filed Jul 4, 2018 · Driver assistance, Engine · 79,000 miles · OK

Why driving 40 MPH the car engine light flashed on oil pressure low. The engine shut off and the steering locked up making it in possible to get the car off the road. This is extremely dangerous. I had just driven on 4 hwys to get home 50 minutes. What if this happens why someone is on the highway.

Filed Jul 18, 2017 · Acceleration, Brakes · 50,000 miles · FL

I was slowly turning right into a gas station when my vehicle died. The steering froze and nothing worked. Thankfully I was able to coast into the gas station where I put the car in park, turned it off, and then back on. It started fine. If I had been on the highway, I would be dead!!!! This is incredibly dangerous!!!!

Filed Jul 13, 2017 · Driver assistance, Electrical · 78,806 miles · NC

On 6-22-17 I purchased the ford edge from town and country toyota. Less than a week later the car computer indicator consistently began to denote door ajar. The car was taken back to the dealership where it remained for 4 days. On 7-13-2017 while driving on busy street in charlotte nc around 4:30 pm in the afternoon the ford edge computer system flashes that the oil pressure is low. Immediately after this information was placed on the car computer screen the breaks locked, the steering lock and the car stops while in transition with no warning and I am sitting underneath the green light in the middle of an intersection on the street.

Filed Dec 1, 2014 · Electrical, Engine · NY

Submission from constituent re 2013 ford edge engine stall. *smd the consumer stated the steering wheel locked, the vehicle shook, and the check engine light illuminated, all within seconds of the vehicle stalling. The dealer was unable to find a problem.