2011 FORD EDGE Complaints

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS MY FORD EDGE LOST POWER TO ACCELERATION AND STALLED OUT. THE FIRST TIME I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. THE CAR WENT LIMP AND A WRENCH WARNING APPEARED. WHEN I CHECKED THE INFORMATION SYSTEM IT HAD THE 'NO KEY DETECTED' WARNING. I RESTARTED AND CAR SEEMED FINE. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS PULLING ONTO A BUSY STREET AND THE SAME THING OCCURRED ONLY THIS TIME NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED AND THERE WERE NO WARNINGS IN THE INFORMATION SETTING. ON THE SAME DAY, WHILE TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. THIS TIME IT WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND THERE WAS NOT A SHOULDER AVAILABLE TO PULL OVER. I HAD TO TURN ON HAZARD LIGHTS AND HOPE THE MOMENTUM OF THE CAR WOULD ALLOW ME TO GET TO A SAFE STOPPING PLACE. UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOT AND I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE, PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND RESTART. I WAS LUCKY I WASN'T REARENDED. IT DID RESTART BUT THIS TIME THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND REMAINED ON. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAD THE CAR TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. THEY HAVE DETERMINED IT TO BE THE THROTTLE BODY. PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND NO IDEA WHEN CAR WILL BE FIXED. AFTER THE THIRD INCIDENT I BEGAN RESEARCHING AND HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. FORD NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AS SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAVE EVEN REPLACED THE MANUFACTURER WHO PROVIDED THE THROTTLE BODY PART DUE TO NUMEROUS PROBLEMS. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY IF NOT, AT THE VERY LEAST OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE INFORMED OF THE ISSUE AND IF THEY EXPERIENCE SIMILAR PROBLEMS SHOULD BE TOLD TO IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THEIR DEALER. I HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO FORD AND THEY HAVE OPENED A CASE. I RECOMMEND THAT ALL WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS DO THE SAME. THE MORE COMPLAINTS, THE HARDER IT IS TO IGNORE! *TR

DRIVER DOOR AJAR LIGHT CAME ON WHEN DOOR WAS CLOSED SECURELY. OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST, BUT THEN HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. AROUND MAY OF 2013 (OUT OF WARRANTY BY A FEW MONTHS) THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WILL COST $300-400 TO FIX. IN THE MEANTIME, MY DOORS WILL NOT REMAIN LOCKED WHILE DRIVING AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE GOING OFF, USING BATTERY POWER. IN RESEARCHING THIS, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH FORD CARS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HAVING TO REPLACE THIS SENSOR TWICE IN THREE YEARS IS UNACCEPTABLE! *TR

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS ON AND DOES NOT GO OUT EVEN WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. THIS CAUSES THE DOORS NOT TO LOCK CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. WHEN PARKED THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN LIT WHICH CAUSES THE BATTERY TO BE DRAINED AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. I HAD IT FIXED AT THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY JUST AFTER 1 YEAR OF BUYING THE VEHICLE NEW, THEN THE 2ND TIME WAS 1 YEAR AFTER THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH NOW NOT UNDER WARRANTY AT THIS RATE I WILL NEED TO BUY ONE DRIVERS DOOR SWITCH EVERY YEAR AT $400 A POP. I ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY TOO. REALLY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT A HISSING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE VACUUM FOR THE BRAKES HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,847.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE WARNING ICON INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE REAR HATCH WERE OPENED WHEN THEY WERE NOT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES AND THE DEALER REPLACED THE DOOR HOUSING ASSEMBLY HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE REAR HATCH HOUSING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR WAS ALSO REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER CLOSING THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE DOORS ALSO FAILED TO LOCK DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS ON AND DOES NOT GO OUT EVEN WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. THIS CAUSES THE DOORS NOT TO LOCK CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. WHEN PARKED THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN LIT WHICH CAUSES THE BATTERY TO BE DRAINED AND THE CAR WILL NOT START. *TR

TRAVEL ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY IN MIDDLE OF THREE LANES AT 75MPH. POWER TO ENGINE CEASED. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATOR. COASTED ACROSS RIGHT LANE OF HEAVY TRAFFIC TO GET TO RIGHT SHOULDER. COASTED TO STOP. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS TWICE, AND 45 MPH ONCE, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY STALLED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE WARNING "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH EACH OCCURRENCE. CAR HAD TO BE COASTED TO A COMPLETE STOP, TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP ON EACH OCCURRENCE AND I WAS TOLD WITHOUT A "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT OR WITH THE "WRENCH" LIGHT ILLUMINATED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN ONCE IT STALLS SO THERE IS NO WAY IT CAN BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH THIS ERROR DISPLAYED AND ONCE IT IS TURNED OFF THIS WARNING WILL NOT DISPLAY ONCE RESTARTED. OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS EXACTLY THAT THIS IS A THROTTLE BODY PROBLEM BUT THEY ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO REPLACE IT WITHOUT THIS ERROR DOCUMENTED THROUGH THE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS. MY DESCRIPTION IS NOT ENOUGH. SENT AWAY WITH A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS AND MALFUNCTIONING VEHICLE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IN CONTACT WITH REGIONAL MANAGER WHO SHOULD GET BACK TO ME WITHIN 48 HOURS. *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT COMES ON DISABLING THE LOCKING AND LIGHTING SYSTEM. *TR