CarComplaints.com Notes: Say what you will about the styling of the Ford Edge, but the bottom line is owners seem to love this vehicle. That is, of course, except in the case of it's dangerous, worrisome and unexplained issues with random engine stalling.
Our data suggests an early defect trend, as owners of the 2007-2008 models have started posting their accounts of what happens when you're driving down the road and the engine just stops. Some at high speed, some at low speed but always a random shutdown of the engine, electrical and power steering.
Time will tell if this becomes a widespread issue, but there's no drying the seriousness of the problem. With that in mind, we're flagging the Edge with our "Beware of the Clunker" rating until the situation improves.
Repair For Less Than $200 - I bought the hub assembly from O'Reilly's for about $90 and had Express Oil change and tire put it on for me for $95. I saved myself over $150. The mechanic shops in town all wanted to charge out the nose to repair the hub assembly.
It's been MONTHS since I've noticed a noise coming from the rear wheels of my 2008 Ford Edge... Originally thinking I needed new tires (and it turned out that I did) I got 2 brand new tires for the front and rotated the 'above average' tires that were on the front to the rear wheels. This did not fix the loud hummmm that I was getting. Over several months the noise has been getting worse, and I'm certain that it's my rear wheel bearings going out. After researching online about similar complaints I now know that apparently Ford knows of an issue with the rear wheel bearing hub assembly and trailing arms, but they're not issuing any kind of recall that I could find. :-(
My gripe is not only that I'm going to have to replace both rear wheel bearings now, but that I'm destined to have to do this every 40-50K miles from what I can tell from others who are having the same problems. To make matters even more frustrating... I work a full time job (50+ hours a week) and now I'm going to have to find time to do tear my Edge apart to fix it. Doing the work itself does not trouble me, as I grew up a mechanic, but it's more of a principal and annoyance factor tugging at me. At least I'll save the cost of labor that a dealership would charge me. I guess my next question will be when I can find the time, and whether or not I will trade in my 2008 Ford Edge for a newer model year to avoid having to deal with this every few years. Ugh. What a headache!
I'm seeing this problem with 2007 on your complaint board - but my vehicle is a 2008. The lease is up with this vehicle very soon, but I want to alert other 2008 Edge owners that this is an issue that Ford needs to work on...
- Lesley D.,
Livonia, MI, US
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They should be a recall due to the number of vehicles with this problem
- John M., Stasnley, NC, US