2008 EDGE PURCHASED NEW IN 2009. IMMEDIATELY NOTED STRANGE SURGING WHEN ACCELERATING AND BRAKING. CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSMISSION. NOTIFIED FORD COOPERATE WHEN DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS PERFORMING 'NORMALLY" SO CONCERNED CEASED DRIVING ON FREEWAY. IN SEPT OF 2011, TOOK VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED. THEY ASKED THAT I WAIT EVEN THOUGH I SHARED ONGOING CONCERNS. VEHICLE WAS GIVEN TO ME AND TOLD THAT ALL WAS WELL. AT 32000, IN DEC. OF 2011 ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON...TOOK TO DEALER WHO ADVISED ME THEY WOULD NEED TO KEEP IT FOR SOME TIME AND ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. 6 DAYS LATER, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAM PHASER AND ALSO SOMETHING WITH COOLING SYSTEM. OTHER ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE NOTED IS THAT THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE CAR FOR NO REASON HAS ALARM GO OFF. VERY MUCH CONCERNED THAT INFORMATION IS BEING WITHHELD AND THAT THIS MAY BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH EDGE AND PERHAPS THERE IS A NEED FOR A RECALL. I KNOW NOTHING MORE AT THIS POINT, BUT WILL BE CONTACTING ALL SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS FOR MORE INFORMATION. *TR
2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON LAKE SHORE DRIVE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS WAS ACCELERATING ON AN INCLINE AND ENGINE WAS RACING BUT VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, MADE A POPPING NOISE, WHITE SMOKE BEGAN BILLOWING OUT OF HOOD, LOST ALL POWER WAS ROLLING TO THE NEAREST SAFETY LANE WHICH WAS A TURNING LANE JUST BEING OPENED BY CITY WORKERS WHEN THEY SAID FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR THEY SAW FLAMES COMING OUT OF THE LOWER PART OF THE ENGINE. HAD IT TOWED TO FORD DEALER WHERE MECHANIC STATED THERE WAS A BLOWN ROD THROUGH THE OIL PAN. THE LAST OIL CHANGE I HAD WAS 2/19/13 AT 58,840 MILES IN CAR. *TR
