Two weeks ago my ford edge limited (2011), which i had for less than 2 years and it had ~21000mi, started to have serious problems. while driving on one of the busiest highways in houston, the acceleration suddenly disappeared (gas pedal went limp) when i was going 65-70mph. the car still had power and i was able to break and steer to the emergency lane. while doing that, almost got hit from the back twice. after complete stop at emergency lane, i restarted the car. it started fine, and i was able to get home, though i was afraid to take a highway. next day, same problem happened twice, and both times at about the same speed. these times, however, i felt strong vibrations when restarting the engine. all of the times, an orange wrench appeared on the dashboard indicating power train problems. after the second time, a light indicating that engine needs to be serviced soon also appeared. this light turned off on its own couple days later. i had plenty of problems with this car before. this was the last point when my patience with this car had ended. besides, i could get into a serious accident. luckily, all of the times i was driving after the rush hour and traffic was not too bad. otherwise, i would be definitely be hit by someone. in any case, i brought the car to the dealership and traded it in. no wonder, i was told in the dealership that they are not aware of any problems like this and offered servicing the car. i refused it, because of multiple problems i had with this car before and just didn't want to keep it anymore. ford definitely needs to recall 2011 ford edge with such problems. i will call them and complaint to them as well. for now, i would recommend people not to buy 2011 ford edge as it has so many issues, especially with electrical wiring/components and sync. this was the most expensive and most unreliable car i've ever had. *tr
I was driving with my two children on the highway going 65 miles per hour/average speed limit when all of a sudden my car acceleration went limp and the car engine stalled. the accelerator pedal no longer worked and a little orange wrench flashed in the digital dash. there was no warning. i put on my hazards. shut off the ar, then restarted and it was fine. this happened two more times. ford dealership can't find anything wrong with the vehicle and can't "recreate" the problem. i looked online and there are consumer complaints all over user group websites complaining of this problem but when i call ford customer care they say that "no one has ever filed this complaint with them". call ford. blow up their hotlines and if you are having this problem get the word out to them and everyone else including consumer affairs, bbb and more. someone is going to get killed. it's so dangerous and clearly a manufacture defect that they will not acknowledge because they don't' know what it is. *tr
I attempted to park behind a parked vehicle. i backed out of a driveway approx 60' from the parked car and when i put the car in drive the engine started to race & rev very quickly (6 - 7 rpm) like the accelerator was stuck. the car raced forward and would not stop until it hit the parked vehicle. i tried to brake immediately but the car continued to move forward. i applied both feet with more pressure on the brake and the car would not stop. the only thing that finally stopped the car was the parked car in front of me. my husband was the passenger and can verify the facts. another person (female) who lives at the house next to the parked vehicle also came out to verify that she heard a car's engine racing/revving up before the actual impact. there were others in the yard (graduation party) across the street that also heard the revving/racing engine before they heard the impact/crash. there was no fault of mine that this car had a mind of it's own and proceeded to accelerate forward and the brakes could not stop it from hitting a parked car. i am just glad that we were not injured and that no one else was hurt or killed. *tr
This is the 3rd time in the past 3 months that my ford edge has stalled. the first two times were on the highway going 55mph. this time was in my neighborhood going 35mph. car just sporadically goes "limp" and loses all acceleration, with wrench light coming on. have been able to coast to side of road each time. ford refuses to fix. they keep saying they can't duplicate the problem. i'm going to get killed in this car if something isn't done about it. apparently i'm not the only consumer with this issue. *tr
Was at a light making a left hand turn when all of a sudden seemed to have lost power. engine was on but stepped on gas and vehicle would not go. almost got hit by on coming car. this happened a couple of times but has not done it in a while. very dangerous! *tr
My wife was driving home from work on the freeway when all of a sudden her vehicle went "limp". while the vehicle was in "limp' mode there was no acceleration and you can feel huge vibrations as if the engine was about to die. she was forced to maneuver her way through three lanes of traffic with her hazards on in order to get to a "safe" spot. the only way she was able to get out of the situation was to turn off the vehicle and restart it. the on board computer had a wrench light up and a message asking to look in our manual. per our manual this is a powertrain issue. this has happened two more times in less than four days and twice our three month old son was with us/her. my wife is currently taking the vehicle to a ford dealership and she just called to inform me that it had happened the third time. this is a dangerous thing and has disaster written all over it! *jb
Was driving in morning rush hour traffic going about 50mph on a highway. car lost all acceleration and went "limp" without any notice. wrench light came on. was able to get car to side of road before it completely stopped. it was very frightening as cars were close behind me and could have easily rear-ended me. husband came to the scene and attempted to restart car and drive it. same thing happened again. had car towed to local shop owned by ford dealer. they concluded that we had carbon build up in the fuel system that was causing the problem. they cleaned out the "gunk" and charged us $350. four days later the same thing happened again. this time i had both of my children in the car and my dog. car lost all acceleration in the middle of 5pm traffic! wrench light came on again. was able to pull over in shopping center before it completely died. towed it back to dealer. this time they said they could not duplicate problem, but recalibrated it (whatever "it" is). i'm terrified to drive this car again for fear that it will happen when i'm going 65mph on a major highway! it's only a matter of time before it happens again. ford needs to take responsibility and deal with this problem. from what i read, it has happened to many of their models and has typically involved the throttle body. *tr