Upon occasion brakes go all the way to the floor and require pumping to get them to work. This does not happen on a regular basis but if the car is not driven eg overnight brake failure will happen 50% of the time. Once pumped up then everything will be ok. Except if we are are on a long trip with few stops or need to break, …
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Upon occasion brakes go all the way to the floor and require pumping to get them to work. This does not happen on a regular basis but if the car is not driven eg overnight brake failure will happen 50% of the time. Once pumped up then everything will be ok. Except if we are are on a long trip with few stops or need to break, then the problem will re-occur. No leakage that we could find. The Ford dealer that we bought the EDGE, - new and always had it serviced could find no fault. A week or so ago I took it to another dealer. The Ford service manager, drove it around for 30-40 minutes, I was with him. A minor failure did occur. They kept it for additional days and determined front calibers was most likely the problem. I believe that our EDGE VIN number should be included with the rest of t;he 2013 Edge break problems and that Ford should pay for the repair.0
NHTSA ODI #11513510
Mileage unknown · Mar 6, 2023
Service Brakes
Brake pedal was slow to engage, had to push almost to the floor board. Car only has 60,000 miles. Repair shop stated it needed a new master cylinder. After replacing, still no good brake pressure due to inability to properly bleed the brake lines. After the 2nd master cylinder was installed, we were told the pressure regulator …
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Brake pedal was slow to engage, had to push almost to the floor board. Car only has 60,000 miles. Repair shop stated it needed a new master cylinder. After replacing, still no good brake pressure due to inability to properly bleed the brake lines. After the 2nd master cylinder was installed, we were told the pressure regulator for the hydraulic brake lines was also bad. The repair shop stated through research, they have found that the Ford Edge has chronic problems with this issue. This is a costly repair, well over $2,000. Not to mention extremely dangerous to have almost zero brake pedal response.
NHTSA ODI #11510432
211,500 miles · Mar 1, 2023
Service Brakes
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the pedal became "spongy" and made an abnormal sound. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the mechanic related the failure to Technical Service Bulletin: 13N02 (Brake Booster). …
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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the pedal became "spongy" and made an abnormal sound. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the mechanic related the failure to Technical Service Bulletin: 13N02 (Brake Booster). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 211,500.
NHTSA ODI #11509733
Mileage unknown · Mar 1, 2023
Service Brakes
- Component/system malfunctioning: Brake system (Master Cylinder) randomly loses pressure from the master cylinder causing the brake pedal to collapse to the floor causing severe safety concerns with little to no brakes without warning. Yes, vehicle is available for inspection. - Our Safety and the safety of others is at risk …
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- Component/system malfunctioning: Brake system (Master Cylinder) randomly loses pressure from the master cylinder causing the brake pedal to collapse to the floor causing severe safety concerns with little to no brakes without warning. Yes, vehicle is available for inspection. - Our Safety and the safety of others is at risk due to brakes not working properly at all times due to a known issue with this vehicle models master cylinder. - The problem has been addressed and confirmed by service tech. No external brake system leakage and the TSB is to replace the master cylinder at owners cost. No warranty or recall!!! - There have been NO warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the intermittent failure.
NHTSA ODI #11509659
Mileage unknown · Feb 27, 2023
Service Brakes
Total brake failure, no warning lights, no messages. No issues the day before, then total brake failure the next day. Fluid levels were within margin and no leaks. We replaced the master cylinder, this did not fix the problem. Then we replaced the ABS pump module and it helped but the mechanic shop could not bleed the brake syst…
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Total brake failure, no warning lights, no messages. No issues the day before, then total brake failure the next day. Fluid levels were within margin and no leaks. We replaced the master cylinder, this did not fix the problem. Then we replaced the ABS pump module and it helped but the mechanic shop could not bleed the brake system correctly so we took it to a Ford Dealership and they were able to bleed the brake system correctly and now we have brakes. We have a total of $2300.00 into this fix which was excessive. No recalls for brakes issues for this vehicle from Ford.
NHTSA ODI #11509408
Mileage unknown · Feb 24, 2023
Service Brakes
The contact owns a 2013 Ford Edge. The contact stated while attempting to depress the brake pedal, the brake pedal made a hissing sound and went to the floorboard and then became firm. The braking distance was extended. The contact had to pump the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The conta…
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The contact owns a 2013 Ford Edge. The contact stated while attempting to depress the brake pedal, the brake pedal made a hissing sound and went to the floorboard and then became firm. The braking distance was extended. The contact had to pump the brake pedal to stop the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer who diagnosed that the brake booster failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the failure was related to NHTSA ID Number: 10054925000 (Service Brakes). The failure mileage was unknown.
NHTSA ODI #11508895
Mileage unknown · Feb 23, 2023
Service Brakes
Brakes go all the way to the floor with zero resistance. Very scary. Hard to stop. Like hydraulic system is gone
NHTSA ODI #11508799
Mileage unknown · Feb 17, 2023
Service Brakes
Brakes make a weird sound, did not need pads rotors or brake booster replaced, (although I replaced them anyway) When hitting the brake, I hear and feel a loose, disjointed sound, similar to ball joints. Check engine comes on sometimes, worse in the heat
NHTSA ODI #11507835
Mileage unknown · Feb 6, 2023
Service Brakes
BRAKE PEDAL GO TO THE FLOOR BAD ABS ASSEMBLY
NHTSA ODI #11505931
Mileage unknown · Jan 27, 2023
Service Brakes
My 2013 ford edge (SE, 3.5L) the brake suddenly went down with absolutely no warning or lights indicating a problem. Press very hard and almost down to the floor to stop my car. Very dangerous! I thus sent the car to ford dealership (Dean Seller Ford, Troy MI), was told the brake booster is down and have to fix it immediately be…
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My 2013 ford edge (SE, 3.5L) the brake suddenly went down with absolutely no warning or lights indicating a problem. Press very hard and almost down to the floor to stop my car. Very dangerous! I thus sent the car to ford dealership (Dean Seller Ford, Troy MI), was told the brake booster is down and have to fix it immediately because I cannot drive without the trustable brake. Finally cost me $904 out of door. I then found there is a recall (Bulletin 13N02) that recalls exactly the same issue of brake booster on ford edge cars from 2007 to 2015, it also extends the warranty of booster to 10 years and 150k miles. My 2013 ford edge only have 79000 miles why my car is not covered under that? This could be a very serious safety issue due to the problem of the brake!!
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2012-2014 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX vehicles manufactured September 2, 2010, to November 30, 2013; 2013-2014 Ford Taurus and Lincoln MKS vehicles manufactured August 25, 2011, to November 30, 2013; and 2013-2014 Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT vehicles manufactured September 12, 2011, to November 30, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the halfshaft retention circlip may not have been properly installed, and as a result, the halfshaft may move outward and disengage from the linkshaft while driving and without prior warning.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: If the halfshaft and linkshaft become disengaged while driving, power will no longer be transmitted to the wheels, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash. Additionally, if the parking brake is not applied before exiting the vehicle, the vehicle may roll away despite the transmission being placed in 'Park', increasing the risk of injury to exiting occupants and bystanders.
Remedy: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the vehicles to make sure that the halfshaft is properly retained. If it is not, dealers will replace the linkshaft and also replace the halfshaft if it shows evidence of spline damage, free of charge. The recall began on August 4, 2014. Owners may contact Ford customer service at 1-800-392-3673. Ford's number for this recall is 14S10.
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2012-2013 Edge vehicles manufactured from September 2, 2010, through April 25, 2013, and equipped with 2.0L engines. The fuel line pulse damper metal housing may crack as a result of an improper manufacturing process. A cracked fuel line pulse damper housing may result in a combination of fuel odor, weepage, or a continuous leak while the fuel system is pressurized.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source may result in a fire.
Remedy: Ford will notify owners, and dealers will replace the fuel line with one that does not have a damper, free of charge. The safety recall began on February 25, 2014. Owners may contact Ford at 1-866-436-7332. Ford's number for this recall is 13S13. IMPORTANT: This recall supersedes recall 12V-438. All vehicles that have been remedied under the previous recall need to have the current remedy applied.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on September 28, 2016 based on allegations that the door ajar light located on the instrument cluster stays on all of the time even when all doors are closed and fully latched on 2011-2013 model year Ford Edge vehicles.When the light is illuminated continuously, vehicle occupants cannot be certain if any of the doors are properly latched.Reported safety consequences as a result of this issue include doors opening while driving (because doors were initially not latched properly), doors cannot be locked while driving, and the interior dome lights staying on continuously. Ford data received from the Information Request letter corresponding to this investigation indicates the failures were caused by contamination of the electrical contacts on the switch located within each door latch that tells the vehicle if the door is open or closed.All four doors contain the same latch design and switch.According to Ford, the Body Control Module (BCM) monitors the position of the switch and continuously samples it to detect a state of change.After a closed door state is detected, a continuous wetting current designed to keep the electrical contacts clean is sent from the BCM to the switches as long as the BCM is active.Beginning with the 2011 model year Edge vehicles, a change in BCM strategy resulted in a reduction of the wetting current sent out to clean the switch contacts by more than 75%.Over time, this low level of current is not sufficient to keep the switch contacts clean and contamination build up causes them to fail as described above.During the course of this investigation, ODI has identified a total of 1,983 complaints related to the door ajar light.Of these complaints, 14 indicated that a door opened while driving.Twelve of the 14 door opening events were situations where an occupant of the vehicle (often a child) opened a passenger door because the doors were not locked.The remaining two complaints involved a door opening on its own because the driver was unaware that the door was unlatched.There were no accidents but one complainant reported that a shoulder injury was caused by the driver having to repeatedly slam the door in an effort to get the door ajar light to turn off.After reviewing all available data, an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety has not been identified.The door latches themselves continue to function properly, remaining securely latched until acted upon by a driver or passenger.Child safety locks on the rear doors continue to function properly and can be used to prevent the rear doors from opening via the inside door handles.Vehicle crashworthiness is not affected by the lock condition of the doors and all active safety systems continue to function normally even if the vehicle BCM believes one or more doors is open.In addition, no accidents or accident related injuries have been reported.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, the investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.ODI numbers for the reports cited above are shown in the attached document.
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Interior Lighting
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on September 28, 2016 based on allegations that the door ajar light located on the instrument cluster stays on all of the time even when all doors are closed and fully latched on 2011-2013 model year Ford Edge vehicles.When the light is illuminated continuously, vehicle occupants cannot be certain if any of the doors are properly latched.Reported safety consequences as a result of this issue include doors opening while driving (because doors were initially not latched properly), doors cannot be locked while driving, and the interior dome lights staying on continuously. Ford data received from the Information Request letter corresponding to this investigation indicates the failures were caused by contamination of the electrical contacts on the switch located within each door latch that tells the vehicle if the door is open or closed.All four doors contain the same latch design and switch.According to Ford, the Body Control Module (BCM) monitors the position of the switch and continuously samples it to detect a state of change.After a closed door state is detected, a continuous wetting current designed to keep the electrical contacts clean is sent from the BCM to the switches as long as the BCM is active.Beginning with the 2011 model year Edge vehicles, a change in BCM strategy resulted in a reduction of the wetting current sent out to clean the switch contacts by more than 75%.Over time, this low level of current is not sufficient to keep the switch contacts clean and contamination build up causes them to fail as described above.During the course of this investigation, ODI has identified a total of 1,983 complaints related to the door ajar light.Of these complaints, 14 indicated that a door opened while driving.Twelve of the 14 door opening events were situations where an occupant of the vehicle (often a child) opened a passenger door because the doors were not locked.The remaining two complaints involved a door opening on its own because the driver was unaware that the door was unlatched.There were no accidents but one complainant reported that a shoulder injury was caused by the driver having to repeatedly slam the door in an effort to get the door ajar light to turn off.After reviewing all available data, an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety has not been identified.The door latches themselves continue to function properly, remaining securely latched until acted upon by a driver or passenger.Child safety locks on the rear doors continue to function properly and can be used to prevent the rear doors from opening via the inside door handles.Vehicle crashworthiness is not affected by the lock condition of the doors and all active safety systems continue to function normally even if the vehicle BCM believes one or more doors is open.In addition, no accidents or accident related injuries have been reported.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, the investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.ODI numbers for the reports cited above are shown in the attached document.
Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on September 28, 2016 based on allegations that the door ajar light located on the instrument cluster stays on all of the time even when all doors are closed and fully latched on 2011-2013 model year Ford Edge vehicles.When the light is illuminated continuously, vehicle occupants cannot be certain if any of the doors are properly latched.Reported safety consequences as a result of this issue include doors opening while driving (because doors were initially not latched properly), doors cannot be locked while driving, and the interior dome lights staying on continuously. Ford data received from the Information Request letter corresponding to this investigation indicates the failures were caused by contamination of the electrical contacts on the switch located within each door latch that tells the vehicle if the door is open or closed.All four doors contain the same latch design and switch.According to Ford, the Body Control Module (BCM) monitors the position of the switch and continuously samples it to detect a state of change.After a closed door state is detected, a continuous wetting current designed to keep the electrical contacts clean is sent from the BCM to the switches as long as the BCM is active.Beginning with the 2011 model year Edge vehicles, a change in BCM strategy resulted in a reduction of the wetting current sent out to clean the switch contacts by more than 75%.Over time, this low level of current is not sufficient to keep the switch contacts clean and contamination build up causes them to fail as described above.During the course of this investigation, ODI has identified a total of 1,983 complaints related to the door ajar light.Of these complaints, 14 indicated that a door opened while driving.Twelve of the 14 door opening events were situations where an occupant of the vehicle (often a child) opened a passenger door because the doors were not locked.The remaining two complaints involved a door opening on its own because the driver was unaware that the door was unlatched.There were no accidents but one complainant reported that a shoulder injury was caused by the driver having to repeatedly slam the door in an effort to get the door ajar light to turn off.After reviewing all available data, an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety has not been identified.The door latches themselves continue to function properly, remaining securely latched until acted upon by a driver or passenger.Child safety locks on the rear doors continue to function properly and can be used to prevent the rear doors from opening via the inside door handles.Vehicle crashworthiness is not affected by the lock condition of the doors and all active safety systems continue to function normally even if the vehicle BCM believes one or more doors is open.In addition, no accidents or accident related injuries have been reported.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, the investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.ODI numbers for the reports cited above are shown in the attached document.
Latches/locks/linkages
The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened this investigation on September 28, 2016 based on allegations that the door ajar light located on the instrument cluster stays on all of the time even when all doors are closed and fully latched on 2011-2013 model year Ford Edge vehicles.When the light is illuminated continuously, vehicle occupants cannot be certain if any of the doors are properly latched.Reported safety consequences as a result of this issue include doors opening while driving (because doors were initially not latched properly), doors cannot be locked while driving, and the interior dome lights staying on continuously. Ford data received from the Information Request letter corresponding to this investigation indicates the failures were caused by contamination of the electrical contacts on the switch located within each door latch that tells the vehicle if the door is open or closed.All four doors contain the same latch design and switch.According to Ford, the Body Control Module (BCM) monitors the position of the switch and continuously samples it to detect a state of change.After a closed door state is detected, a continuous wetting current designed to keep the electrical contacts clean is sent from the BCM to the switches as long as the BCM is active.Beginning with the 2011 model year Edge vehicles, a change in BCM strategy resulted in a reduction of the wetting current sent out to clean the switch contacts by more than 75%.Over time, this low level of current is not sufficient to keep the switch contacts clean and contamination build up causes them to fail as described above.During the course of this investigation, ODI has identified a total of 1,983 complaints related to the door ajar light.Of these complaints, 14 indicated that a door opened while driving.Twelve of the 14 door opening events were situations where an occupant of the vehicle (often a child) opened a passenger door because the doors were not locked.The remaining two complaints involved a door opening on its own because the driver was unaware that the door was unlatched.There were no accidents but one complainant reported that a shoulder injury was caused by the driver having to repeatedly slam the door in an effort to get the door ajar light to turn off.After reviewing all available data, an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety has not been identified.The door latches themselves continue to function properly, remaining securely latched until acted upon by a driver or passenger.Child safety locks on the rear doors continue to function properly and can be used to prevent the rear doors from opening via the inside door handles.Vehicle crashworthiness is not affected by the lock condition of the doors and all active safety systems continue to function normally even if the vehicle BCM believes one or more doors is open.In addition, no accidents or accident related injuries have been reported.A safety-related defect trend has not been identified at this time and further use of agency resources does not appear to be warranted.Accordingly, the investigation is closed.The closing of this investigation does not constitute a finding by NHTSA that a safety-related defect does not exist.The agency will monitor the issue and reserves the right to take future action if warranted by the circumstances.ODI numbers for the reports cited above are shown in the attached document.
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