TODAY, MY WIFE BROUGHT HER 2010 FORD EDGE IN FOR THE 3RD TIME IN A MATTER OF 3 WEEKS, TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM IS WHILE SHE IS DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND THE ENGINE WILL STALL LEAVING HER STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, AFTER A MINUTE SHE CAN RESTART IT BUT IT HAPPENS SHORTLY AFTER THAT. THEY HAD REPLACED A SENSOR ON THE LAST VISIT BUT YET AGAIN TODAY THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND IT STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE SHE COULD GET IT HOME. THIS PLACES MY WIFE AND OTHERS IN TRAFFIC WITH HER IN DANGER AS WHEN THE CAR STALLS THERE IS NO WAY TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE DEALERSHIP HAS ANY CLUE AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE USING GOOGLE AND HAVE FOUND THERE ARE MANY OTHERS OUT THERE WHO SEEM TO HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND NO ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A DEFINITE REASON AS TO WHY. *TR
2012
SERVICE BRAKES
CAR WAS IN REVERSE, BACKING OUT OF A GARAGE. THE POWER BRAKES FAILED ALTHOUGH I WAS STILL ABLE TO STOP THE CAR BY PRESSING HARD ON THE PEDAL. IT WAS AS IF THE POWER-ASSIST WENT OUT & PEDAL TRAVELED ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. PROBLEM REPEATED, AGAIN WHEN IN REVERSE AND PARALLEL PARKING, ON 7/31. HAD THE CAR CHECKED AT THE FORD DEALER ON 8/4 BUT THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY A PROBLEM. SYMPTOMS REPEATED ON 8/10 WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND ON 8/19, ALSO WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. SO FAR THIS HAS ONLY HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED WHILE THE CAR IS IN REVERSE, BUT I FEAR IT WILL HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED. THIS CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. *TR UPDATED 3/5/14*CN