2010 Ford Edge

WE PURCHASED A 2010 FORD EDGE BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY TESTS OF THESE VEHICLES. IT HAS SINCE DEVELOPED A DELAY IN TAKE OFF ABOUT TWICE PER MONTH. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT ENGAGED, THEN VIOLENTLY ENGAGES AND LURCHES THE VEHICLE FORWARD. LAST MONTH A CAR HAD TO SLAM IT'S BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING MY WIFE AND CHILDREN AS THE CAR DELAYED, AND BEFORE MY WIFE COULD GET ON THE BRAKE, IT ENGAGED AND LURCHED THE CAR INTO TRAFFIC. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN, ONE THAT I WOULD FIGURE FORD WOULD TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY SINCE IT IS DOCUMENTED, HOWEVER THEY REFUSE TO ADMIT SOMETHING IS WRONG. OF COURSE IT HAS NOT BEEN DUPLICATED AFTER MANY DAYS IN THE SHOP, BUT IT JUST HAPPENED AGAIN 2 HOURS AGO. THE DEALERSHIP OF BOTH PURCHASE AND REFUSAL TO FIX THE PROBLEM IS MCLARTY AUTO MALL IN TEXARKANA TEXAS. *KB

I PURCHASED MY 2010 FORD EDGE THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY 2011. WITHIN THREE DAYS I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE SUDDENLY, AND THE RPM WOULD JUMP FROM 1500 TO 3500, THEN BACK AGAIN. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND THEY STATED I COULD TAKE IT TO ANY FORD SERVICE DEPT. I DID JUST THAT AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WENT TO RETRIEVE MY NEWLY PURCHASED FORD EDGE, THERE WAS A FOUR INCH GASH IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HOOD. THEY DENIED THAT THE GASH HAPPENED AT THEIR SERVICE DEPT. WHEN I PULLED AWAY FROM THE SERVICE DEPT. THE VEHICLE DID THE SAME SURGING FORWARD AND THE RPM'S JUMPED AGAIN. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPT. ASAP! THEY HAD ME RETURN IMMEDIATELY, AND I WENT THROUGH HELL TO GET A LOANER CAR WHILE MY VEHICLE SAT IN THE SERVICE DEPT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ON MONDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE SERVICE DEPT MGR CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WHEN I PICKED UP THE EDGE THAT EVENING, I HAD THE SERVICEMAN RIDE WITH ME. MY EDGE DID IT AGAIN, AND I DEMONSTRATED HOW IT ALSO DID IT WHILE SET ON CRUISE. THIS WAS NOT A SLIP OF MY FOOT AS ASSUMED BY THE SERVICE MGR. THEY DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE, BUT ONLY STATED THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT NORMAL WHEN I'M SUBJECTED TO AN ACCIDENT DUE TO A SURGING VEHICLE. I WAS ALMOST HIT WHILE MERGING AS MY EDGE WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY ACCELERATE, THEN BOOM IT SHOT FORWARD WHERE I NEEDED TO APPLY MY BRAKES OR HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I STILL EXPERIENCE THIS SURGING AT LEAST THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK. I'M WAITING FOR MY ACCIDENT!!!!! *KB

I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY ENGAGE WHILE ON HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH AT 7400 MILES ABOUT 5 MOS AGO. CAR SUDDENLY DECELERATED AND WENT INTO L GEAR AND SLOWED DOWN LIKE OUT OF GAS. I HAD TO PUT IT BACK INTO DRIVE. THEN WHEN PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY UPON ACCELERATION AT 11000 MILES. AGAIN SAME THING. 2 WEEKS LATER PUTTING INTO REVERSE WHEN STARTING CAR MADE AWFUL CRUNCHING AND POPPING SOUND LIKE RAN OVER SOMETHING. THEN 15 MIN LATER SLOWING DOWN AT STOPLIGHT AROUND 25-30 MILES AGAIN JERKED INTO LOW DRIVE DURING TRAFFIC. VERY SCARY ESPECIALLY WHEN WAS ON HIGHWAY WITH LITTLE KIDS IN THE CAR. FOUND SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS ON FORD EDGE FROM OTHERS. WHEN I WENT FOR 7500 MILE OIL CHANGE NOTIFIED THEM OF THIS PROBLEM BUT COULD NOT FIND A FORD REPORT IN SYSTEM. SINCE THEN HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. BRINGING CAR IN THIS MONDAY TO FORD. *TR

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT A 2010 FORD EDGE LIMITED IN MARCH OF 2010. SINCE THAT TIME WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF THE TRANSMISSION NOT GOING INTO GEAR WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR FROM A DEAD STOP OR THE TRANSMISSION GOING IN AND OUT OF GEAR VERY ROUGH (SLAMMING IN OR OUT) DURING DIFFERENT SPEEDS. HAVE TAKEN IT INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAY THEY CAN'T FIND OR REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM, YET IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN WHEN WE DRIVE THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT WAS ACCELERATING 30 MPH FROM A COMPLETE STOP WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE RANGE SENSOR AND VALVE BODY WERE REPLACED WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 800.

2010 FORD EDGE, PASSENGER SIDE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE, CHROME PLASTIC PAINT COMES OFF..WHEN IT COMES OFF IT LEAVES A SHARP EDGE, THUS RESULTING IN THREE HAND CUTS IN MY FAMILY BEFORE DISCOVERING WHAT CAUSED IT...ONE RESULTING IN AN 83 YEAR OLD WITH FINGER WOUND. TOOK FORD EDGE TO DEALER, WHO SAYS THIS IS HAPPENING TO EDGES AND FUSIONS, AND NEW INSIDE DOOR HANDLE WAS ORDERED, IN MEAN TIME DUCT TAPE COVERS THE HANDLE IN A NEW CARE WITH LESS THAT 4,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2010 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT WAS STOPPED FOR A TRAFFIC STOP WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF HER VEHICLE. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS UNINJURED HOWEVER, TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE SHOULDER AND NECK AND WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL VIA AMBULANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO ADVISED THAT HE WOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AND A REPRESENTATIVE WOULD CONTACT HER. THE CONTACT WAS AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM THE MANUFACTURER IN REGARDS TO THE AIR BAG FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2010 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH SHE TOOK HER FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELATOR PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE BUT WHEN THE ACCELATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE STALLED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 5,800.

2010 FORD EDGE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHEN HE PRESSED THE GAS TO MOVE FROM A STOPPED POSITION. HE STATES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED NO DASH BOARD LIGHTS ILLUMINATED, SO HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. HE RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL. TWO DAYS LATER, AFTER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES THE ENGINE AGAIN SHUT DOWN. IT OCCURRED WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS MERGING INTO A GAP IN 40 MPH TRAFFIC. A RED WRENCH ICON ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH BOARD. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE INVOICE, THE POWER TRAIN ICON ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER FOUND THE THROTTLE STUCK CLOSED. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE FRONT HEAD RESTS. THE TOP OF THE HEAD RESTS WERE HIGHER THAN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER HEADS AND AT A SHARP ANGLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RAISE OR LOWER THE HEAD REST TO THE HEIGHT OF DRIVER AND PASSENGER EARS. *JB

SUDDEN, UNINTENDED ACCELERATION OF MY 2010 FORD EDGE VEHICLE: I TURNED INTO MY HOUSE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 MILES/HOUR SPEED. AS SOON AS I TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, THE CAR SUDDENLY AND UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR. I SWERVED TO AVOID MY GARAGE, BUT ENDED UP DAMAGING BADLY ONE GARAGE DOOR AND THE OUTER CORNER OF MY GARAGE WALL. THE CAR THEN CRASHED AGAINST A TREE IN MY LAWN AND CAME TO A STOP. THERE WAS BAD DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE CAR. I WAS NOT HURT. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO ANYONE ELSE. I CALLED IN THE POLICE. WHEN THE OFFICER ASKED ME WHAT HAPPENED, I TOLD HIM THAT I MIGHT HAVE ACCELERATED THE CAR IN ERROR, BUT I WAS NOT SURE IF THERE WAS AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. IN THE MONTH PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT, ON 2 OR 3 OCCASIONS, THE RPM GAUGE IN THE CAR WILL SUDDENLY JUMP FROM APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM TO APPROXIMATELY 3500 RPM FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON, THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT JERK IN THE CAR BUT NO ACCELERATION OF THE CAR. WITHIN A FEW SECONDS, THE RPM WILL GO BACK DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 1500 RPM BY ITSELF. I DID NOT REMEMBER THESE INCIDENTS WHEN I SPOKE TO THE INVESTIGATING POLICE OFFICER. THESE 2 TO 3 EPISODES IN THE MONTH PRECEDING THE ACCIDENT MAKES ME SUSPECT THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT DUE TO HUMAN ERROR, BUT DUE TO AN ELECTRONIC PROBLEM WITH THE CAR. MY INSURANCE COMPANY HAS EVALUATED THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR AND MY HOME AND IS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTLING THE CLAIMS. THE CAR IS IN THE COLLISION SHOP RECOMMENDED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND IS CONSIDERED REPAIRABLE. HOWEVER, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS CAR AGAIN UNTIL A PROBLEM IN THE CAR IS RULED OUT. I E-MAILED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONS. THEY PROMISED TO RESPOND WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS, BUT HAVE NOT DONE SO. HENCE, I AM CONTACTING NHTSA. *TR