2019 Ford Edge

2019 Ford Edge Titanium AWD, 91k miles. 8F35 Transmission is severely jerking and shuddering at lower speeds around 20-35 MPH. This causes erratic driving and lack of control when accelerating up to speed, especially on the highway. Has caused near-accidents for my family and I due to the car's erratic behavior. Ford has issued TSB 21-2389 to reprogram the PCM, but that does not resolve the issue. Ford dealership has told me the rear differential and torque converter need to be replaced to the cost of $9200.

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact noticed a burning odor inside the vehicle. In addition, the contact noticed an abnormal whining sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed with transfer case failure. The contact was informed that the transfer case needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired; however, the parts were ordered to repair the vehicle. The dealer was made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and a case was filed. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA Hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 56,500.

We purchased this vehicle in the summer of 2019. We’ve had it barely six years. For one year, it was barely driven as my husband was deployed. It doesn’t even have 100k miles. We were informed by ford that the transmission needs to be completely replaced as the torque converter is slipping. It’s absolutely insane that a $60k car can’t be depended on to last 100k miles. After doing some research, it seems like this is a very well known problem within the ford edge community. And the fact that ford has no responsibility to fix this is an abomination. Look on Facebook and there’s countless stories of the same issue. This is absolutely not acceptable. We had zero intention of purchasing another vehicle. We had planned on driving this ford edge for many more years as that’s what’s to be expected with a car that’s really only been driven for 5 years. We are out of thousands of dollars. Will never purchase a ford vehicle again. Which sorta breaks my heart because within my family, we’ve only ever purchased ford. Never even considered a different model. Our next purchase was going to be a ford truck. Very disappointed that ford seems well aware of complaints and deficiencies and aren’t doing anything to rectify it.

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Edge. The contact stated while driving approximately 30-35 MPH, the vehicle hesitated while attempting to accelerate, and briefly lost automotive power before slamming into gear. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be diagnosed, and the contact was informed that the transmission was faulty, and the torque converter had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, a case was opened, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The contact stated that the failure persisted. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.

2019 Ford Edge ran out of coolant without any indication of low coolant level or check engine light, resulting in loss of heat and poor engine performance due to coolant combustion. According to Ford service (who confirmed the root cause), this was due to the known issue of a faulty EGR cooler [XXX] ) leaking internally, but repairs had to be paid out of pocket. Loss of heat in winter could be dangerous, and in prolonged error state, catastrophic engine failure could occur. Failure occurred at ~55,000 miles. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Edge. The contact stated that while opening the liftgate to place groceries inside the vehicle, the liftgate attempted to close, and in the process,s the liftgate quickly closed, knocking the contact to the ground. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact was not injured, and no medical attention was needed. The local dealer was not contacted, and the vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 55,124.

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Edge. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while attempting to accelerate, and lost automotive power. During the failure, the “Powertrain Malfunction" message was displayed. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer to be diagnosed and the contact was informed that the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was provided. The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced several power train failures over the years. The failure mileage was 300.

The transaxle, torque converter, and/or PCM/TCM have suddenly, and rapidly started wearing and degrading to the point of requiring replacement. Available for inspection upon request. The vehicle had troubles shifting, finding/selecting gears, and as a result, would lurch or come to abrupt stops at low speeds, have difficulty accelerating which made it difficult to enter or exit intersections where there is great risk of collision. I had to very carefully choose and wait for the opportune time to enter/exit roadways where no other vehicles were coming in case the vehicle would not accelerate for 3-5 seconds when using the accelerator pedal. Problem has been reproduced since first occurrence and a dealer has inspected the components indicating that replacement is needed. There were no indications, warnings, alerts, or messages to suggest that an issue was occurring until AFTER the first several instances of failure to shift. I tried to use a scanner to find OBD2 codes, but there were none. A generic alert via the driver display was given, but it took 500+ miles for a more specific warning and OBD2 codes to be generated. From my understanding, there have been hundreds of drivers that have experienced the same issues with the same/similar models of Ford Edge vehicles that use the same transmission. NOTE: I had experienced shifting difficulty/roughness, RPM variation, slow gear changes, delayed acceleration at ~60k miles. I had brought the vehicle in for service where transmission fluid was flushed. Approximately another 55k miles later is when my vehicle experienced the severe failures described above. This is similar to many other vehicle owners experiencing these issues at ~60k miles.

Since purchasing the vehicle in April 2020 with 19,195 mile on it, the transmission would always hunt to shift gears around 40 to 43 mph. When I asked the dealers about it they said it was at a shift point and with the eight speed transmission that was normal. Going faster of accelerating or going slower was always pretty good. Around the first of November 2024 it changed to all shifting below 40 mph and progressively got so bad that in traffic it was totally unpredictable, At times in heavy traffic we were nearly rear ended because of the up and down shifting. At that time there was about 91,000 miles on it. I went to my service garage and they check all the codes and did not find anything. They thought it was a torque converter issue and recommended having a transmission shop check it out. I took it to a local shop that we have used for over 35 years and they confirmed the converter was the issue and driving in town was ok but don't go on long trips away from home. The transmission shop ordered a new torque converter and did further research with suppliers and other shops. They received input that if the torque converter fails, shortly after the planetary gear will also fail. Since the transmission would be out, it was recommended to inspect the gears. It was discovered that two were very loose and one was extremely loose sideways and up and down. They said it was on it's last leg and they showed me the gear and what was wrong. With that, they replaced both the converter and planetary gear. If the planetary gear would have failed it is hard to tell what would have happened, especially on a highway or in heavy traffic. I feel this is a major safety concern of items that should have a life expectancy of 200,000 miles or more, not 91,000. I am not the only one with this problem either. There are many others dealing with the same issues and the repairs can cost more the the value of the car, not to mention the possible cause of an accident.

The power train fail on the expressway left lane just shut down it was very dangerous. A Ford dealer service department concluded that the true temperature of transmission fluid was not reading over heating but the fluid it’s self read overheated… also the reported that the transmission fluid was spewing out and had pieces of metal in it. As well as the internal computer not running as it should.