2007 Ford Edge Electrical Problems

My 2007 Ford Edge lost the use of my accelerometer pedal without any warning, while driving. The pedal collapsed to the floor. The engine continued to run. A wrench image appeared on the dashboard. After towing to service station the gas pedal worked again. No codes could be determined during TWO diagnostic procedures. After the first mechanics could not determine or diagnose a problem, nor replicate the problem, I had it towed to my local Ford Dealership. Their diagnosis claimed no indication of an issue on their diagnostic computer either. I’m afraid to drive my car. [XXX] , Sacramento, California [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

NHTSA ID

11553893

Incident

Oct 30, 2023

Cruise control stops working and starts working again at varies times. Thermostat sticks to cause the the temp to go from normal to hot quick. Fuel gage/floater is never accurate with how much gas is in gas tank

NHTSA ID

11520676

Incident

May 4, 2023

I was driving then just outta no where my vehicle wouldn't accelerate or respond to me pressing on the gas pedal

NHTSA ID

11519549

Incident

Apr 6, 2023

On 11/7-22, I stopped at a major traffic light on my way to work and when the traffic light turned green and I motioned to drive forward, I noticed my car had stalled and proceeded to roll backwards in traffic. I quickly placed my foot on the gas pedal to move forward, however my car continued to roll backwards, almost hitting the vehicle behind me. So I immediately put on my emergency lights and pressed the brakes repeatedly, however my brakes were frozen (hard) and did not stop my car from rolling backwards. After several minutes, my car stopped rolling backwards and I was able to restart it and slowly drive off the major highway to get assistance. When driving off the highway my car was moving extremely slow and rough. Since the incident, my car have not been inspected or repaired by a mechanic. Prior to this incident, my car have stalled out at stops and while driving but never rolled backwards or lost brake control.

NHTSA ID

11493101

Incident

Nov 7, 2022

I AM FRUSTRATED WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE HAD IT FOR A YEAR AND NOTHING BUT ISSUES, I WAS EXPERENCING WHERE I WOULD GO TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OVER I COULD SIT AND TRY FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AND IT WOULD TURN OVER. I LEARNED IF I POUNDED ON THE DASH IT STARTED. ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING AT ANY ALL THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD LIGHT UP AND THE SPEDOMETER AND RPMS STOP WORKING AND THE COMPUTER PART STATES NO DATA. SOME TIMES IT STAYS ON FOR A WHILE SOME TIMES IT GOES OFF IMMEDIATELY, ANOTHER REMEMDY IS I WILL LIGHTLY TAB THE DASH AND THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE A TRANSMISSION WAS JUST PUT IN AND NOW NOT EVEN A YEAR LATER IT IS SHIFTING HARD AND DRIVING VERY BAD. FROM LOOKING OVER THE INTERNET THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. wHY ARE THEY NOT PUTTING OUT AN RECALL. SHAME ON FORD FOR THIS ISSUE

NHTSA ID

11458201

Incident

Mar 24, 2022

While driving my 2007 Ford Edge on the interstate highway, going around 70 MPH, I noticed a wrench appear on my dash. My speedometer also had stopped working and I got the error code “ODO DATA ERROR”. I eventually pulled over and turned the vehicle off and on, afterwards the vehicle did not accelerate when the gas pedal was pressed.

NHTSA ID

11437041

Incident

Oct 16, 2021

The contact owns a 2007 Ford Edge. The contact stated that their vehicle's passenger rear sliding door failed to close. The contact noticed that the wires had been burnt which later caused malfunctions with the passenger headlamp and brake lamp to fail. The contact stated that while pulling into a stop at a stoplight they noticed smoke coming from under the hood of the vehicle. The contact drove about a mile and a half at a slow speed to the nearest certified mechanic who stated that the wire harness for the sliding door needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and confirmed their vehicle's VIN was not included. The approximate failure mileage was 93,000

NHTSA ID

11432772

Incident

Sep 6, 2021

Mileage

93,000 mi

While driving on very hot days car would sputter and brakes would suddenly give out causing a burn smell under the hood and would cause my brake light bulb burn to the plastic pulled over got out to check the vehicle call explosed

NHTSA ID

11420325

Incident

Jun 8, 2021

THE VEHICLE THE 2007 FORD EDGE SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING AFTER I TURN IT BACK ON THE GAS SEEMED LIKE IT WAS IN PASSING CUZ THE CAR STARTED SPUTTERING LIKE HESITATING AND THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN.WHEN I KEPT TRYING TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON UNSUCCESSFULLY IT WOULD CRANK BUT NOT TURN OVER AND THEN I SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING LIKE WIRES RUBBER WIRES SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT AND IT SOUND LIKE IT WAS IT SMELL LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD... ABOUT THREE DAYS LATER MY BRAKE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND BURNED STRAIGHT TO THE PLASTIC AROUND THE BULB

NHTSA ID

11406374

Incident

Apr 4, 2021

Mileage

146,000 mi

MAKES NOSIES WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS AND ABS AND SUSPENSION LIGHTS COME ON WHEN THIS HAPPEN.

NHTSA ID

11342611

Incident

Jul 24, 2020

Mileage

90,000 mi

TAILLIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE, PASSENGER SIDE, ALONG WITH DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL. THINKING IT WAS A BURNED OUT BULB, I REMOVED THE TAIL LIGHT CONNECTOR FROM THE PLASTIC HOUSING. I NOTICED THAT THE BULB HAD TOTALLY FUZED ITSELF TO THE CONNECTOR. WHILE THE BULB FILAMENTS APPEAR INTACT, THE BULB AND CONNECTOR HAD GENERATED ENOUGH HEAT TO ESSENTIALLY MELT THE BASE OF THE BULB TO THE CONNECTOR INTO ONE UNIT. ODDLY ENOUGH, WHEN LOOKING FOR THE CAUSE OF WHY SO MUCH HEAT WOULD BE GENERATED, I GOOGLED "CAR TAIL LIGHT CONNECTOR AND BULB MELTED". SURPRISE SURPRISE, I WAS DIRECTED TO THE FORD EDGE FORUM WHERE THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON COMPLAINT. NATURALLY, I NEEDED TO GET THIS FIXED QUICKLY AND MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO THE SALVAGE YARD FOR UNRELATED PARTS, SO I ASKED HIM TO SEE IF HE COULD FIND A CONNECTOR, SINCE THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS COMMON TO MANY, MANY FORD AND MERCURY VEHICLES. HE FOUND T FORD FOCUS' THAT USED THIS CONNECTOR, AND BOUGHT THEM. OF NOTE, THE TWO CONNECTORS (1 WAS A "SPARE") HE BROUGHT HOME WERE BOTH SHOWING SIGNS OF DISCOLORATION OF THE PLASTIC ON THE CONNECTOR. THE FORUMS SAY FORD HAS NEGATIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS, BUT YOU GOTTA WONDER. DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE POOR QUALITY OF THE CHEAP PLASTIC RETAINER CLIP USED TO KEEP THE WIRING HARNESS CONNECTED TO THE CONNECTOR. I REMOVED FOUR UNITS. ALL FOUR RETAINER CLIPS BROKE OR DISINTEGRATED. MY FEAR IT THE POTENTIAL OF A FIRE HAZARD AND SIGNIFICANT ELECTRICAL FAILURE AS THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE BULB REPLACEMENT. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. I DO HAVE THE BULB IN QUESTION IF YOU NEED ME TO SEND IT IN.

NHTSA ID

11291772

Incident

Dec 25, 2019

Mileage

158,637 mi

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 60MPH AND SUDDENLY MY SPEEDOMETER AND GAUGES ALL SHUT DOWN. JUST AS FAST AS IT WENT OFF IT CAME BACK ON AGAIN. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE FORD EDGE. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A SEVERE ISSUE WITH THE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SOMETHING NEEDS FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED!

NHTSA ID

11243781

Incident

Aug 13, 2019

Mileage

211,590 mi

WHEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY FOR THE 3RD TIME THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR JUST STARTED SLOWING DOWN. WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON IT GOES OFF, SO FAR IT HAS NOT COME BACK ON OR HAPPENED HAPPENED AGAIN. WHEN THE HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME I GOT HOME TURNED THE CAR OFF AND THE WIPERS CAME ON. NOT SURE IF THAT IS RELATED BUT IT IS UNUSUAL.

NHTSA ID

11229450

Incident

Jul 2, 2019

Mileage

127,000 mi

TAIL LIGHT SOCKETS ARE BURNT.

NHTSA ID

11156055

Incident

Mar 7, 2018

Mileage

140,000 mi

WE HAVE HAD 2 FORD EDGES IN 3 YEARS BOTH HAVING THE SAME ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. OUR FIRST EDGE WAS A 2008, WE HAD IT LESS THAN A YEAR WHEN EVERYTHING WENT WRONG. WHEN IT WOULD RAIN ALL THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WOULD STOP WORKING, THE SPEEDOMETER WOULDN'T WORK, WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 80MPH IT WOULD JUST SUDDENLY QUIT WITHOUT WARNING, IT STARTED HESITATING, DRIVING ROUGH & LOSS ACCELERATION. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN TO GET IT REPAIRED WE WERE TOLD IT WAS IN THE ELECTRICAL/COMPUTER SYSTEM AND WOULD COST AT LEAST $2,000.00 TO FIX AND THEY SAID EVEN ONCE THAT WAS FIXED THEY COULDN'T GUARANTEE THERE WOULDN'T BE MORE WRONG WITH IT SO WE'D BE BETTER OFF TO GET RID OF IT. THEN WE BOUGHT OUR 2007 EDGE THAT WE'VE HAD JUST 2 YEARS AND THE #5 COIL HAD MELTED NEEDED REPLACE BUT AFTER REPLACED IT STILL WAS RUNNING ROUGH, HESITATING NOT ANY BETTER. WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER. WE WERE THEN TOLD IT WAS IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM & WOULD COST AT LEAST $2,000.00 IF WE GOT LUCKY AND THE PROBLEM WOULD BE ACTUALLY FIXED. WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE MONEY TO GET IT FIXED, WE SPENT ALL OUR MONEY BUYING OUR SECOND EDGE AFTER OUR FIRST ONE WENT TO HELL. THERE REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL! SOMETHING IS REALLY SCREWED UP WHEN YOU BUY 2 FORD EDGES WITHIN 3 YEARS AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME THING WRONG WITH THEM! IT'S RIDICULOUS AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE NOW!!

NHTSA ID

11152310

Incident

Nov 5, 2018

Mileage

120,000 mi

THE VEHICLE WAS ALWAYS RUNNING KIND OF ROUGH AND SHIFTING KIND OF HARD REVERSE WOULD NOT WITH BANG AND IN GEARS ON THE FREEWAY BUT THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I TOOK IT AND HAD IT PUT ON AN ODB READER IT SAID P0353 IGNITION COIL C SO I HAD THAT REPLACED ALONG WITH THE SPARK PLUGS ALL SIX OF THEM AND IT DID NOT CLEAR THE CODE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR JUST DIED I HAD IT BROUGHT TO REPAIR SHOP THEY PUT IT ON THE SCANNER IT READ IGNITION COIL A B C D E F. SO I GOT AN IGNITION COIL PACK WHICH CONSISTED OF 6 IGNITION COILS AND 6 MORE SPARK PLUGS BRAND NEW AND HAD THOSE INSTALLED AND NOW THE CAR WON'T START AND I CHECKED THE FUSES SEVERAL RELAYS ARE BLOWN AND IT KEEPS POPPING FUSES AND THERE'S A DRAW ON THE BATTERY WHICH I HAD TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND BUY A NEW ONE BECAUSE MY REVERSE LIGHTS JUST JUST THE REVERSE LIGHTS WERE ON WHEN MY CAR WASN'T EVEN ON OR HE WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION AND IT WAS NOT IN ANY POWER FOR ANY LIGHT SOURCE POSITION

NHTSA ID

11145130

Incident

Oct 15, 2018

Mileage

100,000 mi

I BOUGHT A 2007 FORD EDGE IN JULY OF 2018. LESS THEN 2 MONTHS LATER MY PCM HAS GONE BAD BURNING UP ALL 6 COIL PACKS IN MY EDGE. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD AND THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLENTIN ON THE PCM AND COIL PACKS, BUT WAS TOLD NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THE ISSUE TO PUT OUT A RECALL. I CAN NOT AFFORD OVER $2000.00 TO HAVE THIS FIXED. FORD IS AWARE THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL ON IT. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR AND THE SUV JUST LOST POWER. I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED. I HAD NO WARNING OR ANYTHING THE SUV JUST SLOWLY STARTED LOSING POWER AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DIDNT EVEN CUT ON UNTIL AFTER I TURNED EDGE OFF AND RESTARTED. THIS IS AN ISSUE IN NEED OF A RECALL ASAP! I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH AND HAVE FOUND THAT THE FAULTY PCM BURNS UP THE COIL PACKS AND EVERYONE WHO IS JUST REPLACING COILS IS GOING TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN SINCE IT IS THE FAULTY PCM BURNING THE COILS AND UNTIL THE PCM ($835) IS REPLACED THEY WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP REPLACING THE COILS ($80 X 6 =$480.00) NONE OF THESE PRICES INCLUDE LABOR! ALSO DOESNT INCLUDE THE COST TO REPROGRAM THE NEW PCM TO MY KEYS SINCE IF YOU DONT FLASH THE NEW PCM THE EDGE WONT START DUE TO THE KEYS OUR PROGRAMMED SPECIFICALLY TO THE PCM INSTALLED TO THE EDGE. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THESE ISSUE FIXED PLEASE STILL CALL FORD WHEN AND IF THEY ISSUE A RECALL (WHICH THEY NEED TO!) YOU CAN SUBMIT YOUR RECEIPT AND BE REIMBURSED FOR COST TO HAVE IT FIXED! THE PCM PUSHES TO MUCH ELECTRICITY TO THE SPARK PLUGS IN TURN BURNING THE COILS AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE THE SUV TO CATCH FIRE!!!!! I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE MY EDGE IN 3 WEEKS AND STILL OWE MONEY ON IT!

NHTSA ID

11131588

Incident

Sep 10, 2018

Mileage

165,000 mi

WE HAVE A 2007 FORD EDGE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, SHE WAS APPROACHING HER EXIT WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. THANK GOD SHE COULD PULL OVER AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR AGAIN, SHE SUCCEEDED. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS LATER, SHE WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT OF A STORE WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF AGAIN WITHOUT A WARNING. SHE GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE BLOCKING ALL TRAFFIC. A FEW MINUTES LATER IT STARTED AGAIN SEEMINGLY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM. UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND THE CAR SHUT OFF FOR THE THIRD TIME. AND FOR THE LAST WEEK, THE CAR HAS PROBLEMS STARTING. IT CRANKS FOR A FEW SECONDS LIKE IT HAS NO FUEL THEN STARTS. TODAY'S DATE 9/3/2018

NHTSA ID

11124164

Incident

Mar 20, 2018

Mileage

130,000 mi

WHILE MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH CAR STARTED SHAKING AND LOSING ACCELERATION. LIMPED ALONG TO NEXT EXIT IN FEAR OF BEING FLATTENED BY INTERSTATE TRAFFIC. WAS FOUND TO HAVE A MELTED #5 COIL. REPLACED COIL AND STILL SHUDDERING AND SHAKING. #5 MELTED AGAIN, PCM PROBLEMS. SEEMS TO HAVE HAPPENED TO MANY OTHERS. VERY DANGEROUS. HAPPENED WITH NO WARNING AT 162000 MILES. NEEDS A RECALL

NHTSA ID

11105089

Incident

Jun 30, 2018

Mileage

162,000 mi

2007 FORD EDGE ISSUES WITH ENGINE MISFIRING. I TOOK IT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND I WAS TOLD AT LEAST ONE COIL PACK BURNT OUT ALONG WITH THE PCM (POWER CONTROL MODULE) WHEN THE MISFIRING OCCURRED IT CAUSED MASSIVE SHAKING TO THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS A HUGE DISTRACTION. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD, IN 2016, THERE WERE OVER 3,000 VEHICULAR FATALITIES RELATED TO DISTRACTIONS WHILE DRIVING. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC RECOMMENDED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER FOR PCM REPLACEMENT AND RE-PROGRAMING. DEALER SAID VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. VEHICLE HAS JUST OVER 71,000 MILES.

NHTSA ID

11090184

Incident

Apr 21, 2018

Mileage

71,300 mi

TAIL LIGHT SOCKETS BURNT. MELTING LIGHT BULBS.

NHTSA ID

11088787

Incident

Apr 18, 2018

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED MORE THAN ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS RECENTLY TOWED TO SUNTRUP FORD KIRKWOOD (10340 MANCHESTER RD, KIRKWOOD, MO 63122, (314) 822-9300), BUT THE FAILURE WAS UNABLE TO BE REPLICATED AND DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

11088469

Incident

Sep 1, 2017

MY BLINKER LIGHT STARTED BLINKING REALLY FAST AND I KNEW THAT THAT INDICTATED THAT I HAD A BULB OUT. I SAW THAT IT WAS THE REAR LEFT AND PURCHASED A NEW BULB FOR IT. I SEARCHED ONLINE FOR HOW TO CHANGE THE BULB PROPERLY AND FOUND SEVERAL VIDEOS FOR HOW TO DO IT BUT THEY ALL SHOWED THAT THE BULB SOCKET HAD OVERHEATED AND WAS BURNT. SURE ENOUGH, WHEN I OPENED UP MINE TO CHANGE THE BULB, THE SOCKET THAT HOLDS THE BULB IS BURNT AND THE THE BULB WAS PARTIALLY MELTED INTO THE SOCKET. I CHECKED OTHER SIDE AND IT IS THE SAME THING. THE SOCKET IS BURNT AND CHARRED AND THE BULB IS STUCK IN IT. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY AN OVERHEATING ISSUE AND I'M CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID

11081738

Incident

Mar 27, 2018

Mileage

115,000 mi

HAD ENGINE COIL FAILURE AND PCM BURNT UP CAUSING $1650 IN DAMAGE REPAIRS. THIS WAS UNSAFE SINCE IT HAPPENED WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THROUGH OUR TOWN AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

NHTSA ID

11080638

Incident

Mar 18, 2018

Mileage

123,000 mi

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HARD SHIFTED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD WHILE STATIONARY AND SUFFERED A LOSS OF POWER OR ENGINE STALLING ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER CONTROL MODULE AND THE IGNITION COILS FAILED AND CAUSED A CYLINDER MISFIRE. IN ADDITION, THE IGNITION COILS MELTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 135,000.

NHTSA ID

11078778

Incident

Mar 11, 2018

Mileage

135,000 mi