2008 Ford Edge Speed Control & Cruise Problems

When I accelerate, my car jerks or the shifting is not smooth anymore. Others have been quoted over $9k to fix this issue.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY SUDDENLY SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER STOPPED WORKING, LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT CAME ON AND CAR ACCELERATION DROPPED AND IT WOULDN'T RESPOND TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON GAS PEDAL. CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY. CAR WOULD ONLY TRAVEL AT A VERY LOW SPEED. MADE MY WAY TO A PARKING LOT AND SHUT THE CAR OFF. SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR (REVERSE, DRIVE ETC.) CAUSED THE CAR TO JUMP/SHAKE AND MAKE A LOUD NOISE. AFTER A WHILE IT RESOLVED ITSELF. TOOK THE CAR TO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THEY CHECKED IT OUT, COULD FIND NO ISSUE (INCIDENTAL FINDING - CAR NEEDED BATTERY). BATTERY WAS REPLACED, PICKED UP CAR AND RESUMED DRIVING THE CAR. WITHIN A WEEK WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (SECOND TIME SINCE PICKING THE CAR UP) AND HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND SUDDENLY SEE THE SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER STOP WORKING, LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT AND LOSE ABILITY TO CONTROL ACCELERATION OF VEHICLE. HAD TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY, CAR WOULDN'T TRAVEL AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN VERY LOW SPEED, JERKED WHEN SHIFTED ETC. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE AND WHEN LOOKING IT UP ONLINE I CAN SEE IT HAS HAPPENED TO MANY WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO SUDDENLY LOSE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL ACCELERATION. WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR ONCE THE CAR REACHES CLOSE TO 100K MILES. CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHY DEALERSHIP IS NOT AWARE BUT I CAN FIND REAMS OF DOCUMENTED ISSUES ONLINE. FYI - THIS CAR IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY MY 19 YEAR OLD SON AND BOTH INCIDENCES OCCURRED WHEN HE WAS DRIVING.

ON MY DRIVE TO WORK I NOTICED MY TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT WAS ON. ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK SOMETHING EXTREMELY SCARY HAPPENED. TWO ADDITIONAL LIGHTS APPEARED, ONE WAS THE WRENCH SYMBOL AND THE OTHER WAS TIRE SENSOR FAULT WHICH WAS NOT THE BIGGEST ISSUE. THE BIGGER SCARIER ISSUE WAS THAT WHILE GOING 65 MPH IN BUSY TRAFFIC MY SPEED ODOMETER STOPPED WORKING. I SPOKE TO SOMEONE AT FORD AND EXPRESSED MY FEAR OF THIS SAFETY ISSUE. THEY RECOMMENDED REPORTING IT. IF ANYONE ELSE HAS THIS SERIOUS ISSUE PLEASE REPORT IT.

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ONTO A HIGHWAY, MY VEHICLE WENT LIMP AND I HAD TO PULL OVER. AS I WAS PUTTING IT INTO PARK, IT GAVE OUT A LOUD NOISE. I WAITED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND TURNED THE IGNITION BACK ON AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE OFF AND THE CAR STALLED AGAIN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT. I'M HAVING IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHERE IT WILL STAY PARKED UNTIL I CAN HAVE IT LOOKED AT. HOPEFULLY, I WON'T HAVE TO TRADE IT IN. WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FOR VEHICLES, I WILL NOT PURCHASE A FORD EVER AGAIN.

WILL BE DRIVING AND LOUD THUMP THEN CAR WILL NOT CHANGE GEARS. HAVE TO PULL OFF ROAD TURN CAR OFF AND LET SIT FOR AWHILE. RESTART CAR AND WRENCH GOES AWAY AND CAR WILL GO. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS HAVE BEEN ON FREEWAY WHEN PROBLEM OCCURS. THERE SHOULD BE RECALL ON THIS PTOBLEM.

VEHICLE WILL ACT LIKE IT ' JUMPS' AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL COME ON. VEHICLE WILL DECELERATE IF I DON'T PULL OVER IMMEDIATELY CAUSING ME TO COME TO A STOP. SPEEDOMETER DOESN'T WORK WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING. CANT ACCELERATE ONCE STOPPED. HAS TO TURN VEHICLE OFF TO RESET THE COMPUTER AND THE WRENCH LIGHT WILL GO OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL IT DECIDES TO HAPPEN AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF ON THE HIGHWAY AND CAN'T GET OUT OF THE WAY OF OTHER CARS TO CUT THE VEHICLE OFF. HAPPENS A FEW TIMES A MONTH.

WHEN DRIVING MY CAR LOSES POWER AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. BOUGHT IT TO FORD DEALER WAS TOLD IT'S MY THROTTLE BODY. I SEE THIS IS NOT A ISOLATED CASE.

WHEN PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AT VERY SLOW SPEED AND MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE WILL SUDDENLY INCREASE IN SPEED. THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, IT FIRST HAPPENED ONCE ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO AND DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL ABOUT 4 WEEKS AGO NOW IT OCCURS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. IT'S NOT FLOOR MATS OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE GAS PEDAL ! SO FAR NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES BECAUSE I SHUT OFF THE ENGINE.WHEN I RESTART, ALL SEEMS NORMAL UNTIL IT HAPPENS AGAIN LATER ON. ALSO NOTE THAT "WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?" ANSWER IS THE LATEST DATE IT HAPPENED

MY SUV HAD ODOMETER ERROR. THE THE WRENCH.CAME ON AIR BAG.CAME ONE AND WOULD NOT.SHIFT LOST POWER PULLED.OVER TURNED.CAR OFF THEN BACK ON LIGHTS WENT OFF ON DASH BUT.IT.WAS MAKING.NOISE GOING.INTO.GEAR

TAKATA RECALL SAME STORY AS MANY OTHER POSTERS HERE, JUST ADDING TO THE LIST. 2008 FORD EDGE W/ 170,000. SPEEDOMETER QUITS WORKING, LOW TIRE PRESSURE LIGHT, WRENCH LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHT -- INITIALLY WORKS AS IF IN LOW GEAR (HIGH RPM'S AND LITTLE SPEED), THEN QUITS ACCELERATING ALL TOGETHER -- LOUD THUMP WHEN CHANGE BETWEEN P / R / D. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HWY AT 60 MPH. HAD TO STOP AND PULL OVER AND LET THE CAR SIT BEFORE I COULD GO AGAIN IT TOOK ABOUT 15MINS BEFORE THE CAR WOULD GO AGAIN.

WAS ON STATE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ODO DATA ERROR CODE CAME ON AND WRENCH LIGHT LOST POWER, RPM WORKED SEMIS BEHIND ME WAS SCARED I COULDNT GET OVER WITHOUGHT GETTING HIT. FINALLY GOT PULLED OVER WENT TO PUT CAR IN PARK GOT OUT CHECKED TRANNY FLUID WAS FINE. GOT BACK IN SHIFTED IN REVERSE HARD SHIFT FELT LIKE TRANNY FELL OUT SAME IN DRIVE NO POWER. TURNED CAR OFF LET SET A FEW MIN AND BACK ON LIGHTS WENT OFF WENT TO TAKE OFF SHIFTED A LITTLE EAISER LITTLER POWER TAKING OFF AND A HARD SHIFT AS CAR FINALLY SHIFTED AND GAINED SPEED. THEN CAR SEEMS FINE. WENT TO DRIVE IT A COUPLE HOURS LATER SEEMS FINE BUT SHIFTED HARD A COUPLE TIMES LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DO IT AGAIN SO CAME BACK HOME. I READ ONLINE ALOT ABOUT THIS PROBLEM I HAVE A TODDLER AND THIS COULD OF BEEN A BAD SITUATION LOSING POWER LIKE THAT IN A BUSY STATE HIGHWAY. HAD MY BROTHER HOOK CAR UP TO COMPUTER CANT PULL ANY CODES AS IT RESETED SO I DONT KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR AS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.

THE TRUCK SUDDENLY STALLS OUT, U PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE TRUCK DOESN'T PICK UP SPEED, I TURN THE IGNITION ON AND IT DOESN'T START, IT CUTS OFF IN THE MIST OF DRIVING AND TURNING...VERY DANGEROUS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL AND IT SHOULD NOT EXPIRE I HAVE MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR WITH ME!!!!

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. I GOT IN THE CAR AND STARTED IT. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO GO AND THE CAR JUST STARTED TO ROLL, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY AIRBAG AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO SPEEDOMETER OR TACHOMETER READING. EVENTUALLY AS THE CAR WAS ROLLING THE ACCELERATOR WOULD START TO WORK. I GOT TO A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, AGAIN THE CAR WOULD JUST ROLL AND THEN AFTER A FEW FEET THE ACCELERATOR WOULD START TO WORK. I PARKED THE CAR ALONG A CURB AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. AS I SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE THERE WAS LOUD CLUNK. THERE WAS ALSO A LOUD CLUNK WHEN I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND TO DRIVE. THE LIGHTS THAT HAD SHOWN UP ON THE DASHBOARD WERE NOW GONE AND MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WERE SHOWING AGAIN. I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DROVE FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID ACCORDING TO THE "CODE" THAT SHOWED UP WHEN THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE, THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE SPEED SENSOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL HAD TO BE DEPRESSED AGGRESSIVELY FOR THE VEHICLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY MAY HAVE FAILED AND MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

PULLED IN PARKING LOT,PUT TRANSMISSION IN PARK,AND ENGINE BEGAN TO INCREASE IN RPM TO 2500-2600,I NOTICED DRIVING HOME IT SEEMED AS IF THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED (IT WAS NOT). APPLYING THE BRAKE GENTLY (WOULD NOT CORRECT)IF BRAKE WAS APPLIED VERY FIRMLY,IT WOULD FINALLY LET THE RPM DROP BACK TO NORMAL,

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL DISPLAYED ALL WARNING LIGHTS AS THE VEHICLE POWER WAS REDUCED. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED TO SIDE OF THE ROAD TO A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 91,000.

MY TRANSMISSION IS BEING REPLACED AT 96,400 MILES. I'VE BEEN HAVING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WHERE IT WOULD CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING TO THE NEXT GEAR. I'VE PAID HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS BETWEEN 2 FORD DEALERSHIPS AND 2 AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS JUST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ISSUE IS. BUT LAST WEEK AS I STARTED MY 30 MILE DRIVE HOME, MY CAR STOPPED SHIFTING. NOW I'M PAYING ROUGHLY $5,000 TO GET A TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR. ON TOP OF PAYING $200 FOR A RENTAL CAR DURING ALL OF THIS. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND THE ODOMETER WENT BLANK AS THERE WAS A SUDDEN INCREASE OF ENGINE RPMS. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE WRENCH LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT TURNING RIGHT TRIED TO ACCELERATE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC BEHIND ME AFTER TURNING AND I COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE. PULLED INTO THE NEAREST PARKING LOT APPROX. 50 FEET OR MORE PILED INTO PARKIN SPOT. THEN SAT FOR A COUPLE INURED WRENCH ILLUMINATED ON DASH BOARD. TRIED TO BACK UP TO STRAIGHTEN VEHICLE AND IT MADE A LOUD CLUNK NOISE WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE. AFTER TURNING OFF CAR WENT TO RESTART AFTER 30 MINUTES CAR MADE LOUD CLUNK AGAIN WITHOUT BEING IN GEAR. AT THIS TIME IT ISN'T A RECALLED ITEM JUST. TSB AND NOT GETTING ANY RESOLUTION AS TO WHY THIS ISNT A RECALL ITEM. APPROX. 45 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE FAILURE OCCURRED AT THIS POINT. THANK GOD IT DIDN'T AS I WOULDN'T BE WRITING THIS LETTER. FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS THIS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A RECALL ITEM.

ON 07-23-2015 AT 10:30 AM EST I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AT THE RATE OF 50 MPH ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE STOPPED. THE ODOMETER/SPEED GAUGE STOPPED AND THE ENGINE STALLED. AFTER CONSULTING WITH FORD AND ANOTHER MECHANIC SHOP THEY INDICATED THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR. HOWEVER THERE ARE NO RECALLS FOR THIS DEFECT. THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE AS THE SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER AND STOPPAGE OF THE VEHICLE COULD HAVE INJURED ME OR KILLED ME OR POSSIBLE INJURED OR KILLED OTHER PEOPLE. IT APPEARS THIS IS A KNOW SAFETY ISSUE THAT FORD HAS NO PLANS TO REMEDY EVEN THOUGH IT COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF LIFE. RESPECTFULLY, [XXX] VIN UNAVAILABLE INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB