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Ford Edge Acceleration problems by year

430 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Ford Edge's acceleration & cruise control. Unintended acceleration, surging, throttle problems and cruise or adaptive cruise faults.

Acceleration complaints by model year

YearAcceleration complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
20232110
20224000
20215000
202012210
201920000
20183000
201713230
201620100
201530100
201415100
201357450
201215200
201188320
201022510
20095000
200891620
200728130

Latest Edge acceleration complaints

2019 Ford EdgeTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise control

My 2019-2021 Ford Edge, equipped with the 8F35 8-speed automatic transmission, is experiencing severe transmission shuddering, harsh shifting, and jerking symptoms consistent with premature torque converter and internal mechanical failure. I had to pay 800 out-of-pocket for dealership diagnostics and a transmission fluid flush to address these severe driveability issues. Despite the flush, the vehicle continues to shift poorly, presenting an unpredictable driving hazard during acceleration and highway merging. ...

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Ford corporate has acknowledged the systemic nature of this transmission defect by negotiating a potential 100,000-mile extended warranty with me. However, a software update or a fluid flush does not remedy the underlying hardware failure of the torque converter. I am filing this complaint to urge the NHTSA to open a formal safety investigation into the 8F35 transmission defect, as it poses a sudden loss of acceleration risk on public roadways.

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11762254
2015 Ford EdgeElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise controlDriver assistance

During operation of my 2015 Ford Edge Titanium, the vehicle experienced intermittent loss of acceleration and multiple electronic warning messages. While driving, pressing the accelerator pedal would sometimes result in little or no vehicle acceleration. The RPMs fluctuated abnormally and the vehicle appeared to enter a reduced-power condition. Warning messages included "Hill Start Assist Unavailable" and traction/anti-skid related warnings. Cruise control also became inoperable. The issue created a safety risk...

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because the vehicle would not reliably accelerate during normal driving conditions, including while attempting to maintain speed in traffic. This created concern about merging, crossing intersections, or safely responding to traffic conditions. Additional symptoms included rear lights remaining illuminated unexpectedly and electronic brake-related behavior that appeared abnormal. An independent auto parts diagnostic scan identified low-voltage history codes and a brake switch/brake signal issue. The vehicle battery tested good at the time of inspection. The transmission reportedly showed no faults during the initial scan. The brake switch issue was temporarily adjusted to allow the vehicle to be driven to a repair facility, but the underlying issue has not yet been permanently repaired. The problem has been reproduced during multiple driving events and was observed by an independent service provider. The dealership later advised that no recall currently applies to the vehicle VIN for this condition. The vehicle is available for inspection upon request. Prior to the failure, warning lamps and messages appeared intermittently, including traction control, anti-skid, and "Hill Start Assist Unavailable" notifications. These symptoms began before the major acceleration issue occurred and became more frequent over time.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed control · Forward collision avoidanceNHTSA 11739445
2019 Ford EdgeTransmission & drivetrainElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control

Bought a used 2019 Ford Edge, and transmission had issues within 2weeks of minimal operation!! Transmission slippage, does not go into gear or has a long pause going into gear (even right from park). VERY HARD shifts in lower gears upon upshift AND downshift. Also, gets worse the longer you drive it. It jerks, bucks, lurches, snaps your neck forward or backward, or does not go at all!! After this happens for a few minutes, it wouldn't even go into reverse!! That's just TRYING to drive it. As you might imagine, it's...

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quite difficult to concentrate on road signs, hazards, pedestrians, and other cars whilst you're trying to drive this thing!! How could FORD possibly even think this is a safe vehicle!!

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11738932
2022 Ford EdgeTransmission & drivetrainElectrical systemAcceleration & cruise control

On Wednesday May 13th the car started acting a little jerky whence putting car in reverse like normal. There was a thunk sound. But it still shifted. We then drove the car about 10 miles. Then later in the day attempted to drive home. It's was over-roving while driving. Acting erratic. We pulled into a tire place to see if something was stuck underneath. The check engine light was on and there was an error message saying broken parking brake? They said to have it towed to a Transmission Specilist. To...

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our horror. They are saying it needs a new transmission! A 4 yr old car? This is not normal. It worked fine until now. It would not move out of second or third gear. It nearly crashed.

Filed Incident Power train · Electrical system · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11738624
2019 Ford EdgeTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise control

while traveling the car begins lurching and jerking until it reaches 40 MPH, At that seed it resumes traveling smoothly. As soon as it slows down the lurching and jerking resume. We have taken it to a dealership, and they claim it is the transmission. The problem started approximately 2 months ago at 74,000 miles.

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11737921
2020 Ford EdgeAcceleration & cruise control

The contact owns a 2020 Ford Edge. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the cruise control system unexpectedly disengaged. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, and a sensor failure was diagnosed. The sensor was replaced; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact that a temporary fix was to turn the cruise control system off and then back on. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11733277
2020 Ford EdgeTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise control

8F35 Transmission - Shudder/Buck/Jerk While Driving Up To 35 MPH (57 Km/H [[redacted]] dealership tells me I need new transmission ... and that ford won't help at all online bulletin says a software update can solve this - why has the dealership not done this? no warning lights ever INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Filed Incident Power train · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11713679
2020 Ford EdgeSuspensionTransmission & drivetrainAcceleration & cruise control

I bought this car on 12/15 with 97k miles on it, and the second day it started jilting very badly when SLIGHTLY acceleration. Now, I have noticed when I am at a stop light, it takes an additional 2-5 seconds to "Jult" back up to speed while everyone else that was at the light is very much so ahead of me. There were a few times the car didn't accelerate, and the person behind me almost hit me.

Filed Incident Suspension · Power train · Vehicle speed controlNHTSA 11712770
2021 Ford EdgeAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

Transmission causing jerking, shuddering and take off issues. It was diagnosed as the torque converter messed up in the transmission. My safety is at risk of being reared in as the car hesitates to go in gear and to shift properly.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11707001
2019 Ford EdgeAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

The torque is shuttering like crazy. I took it into Ford months ago multiple times and they said they had no idea because nothing was coming up, no codes or anything. I have been religious with maintenance checks and whatever they recommend at the dealership. Today my check engine light went on and the cores that came up were about my torque shuttering. Ford released a TSB about the shuttering on my make and model and saying the course of action is to replace the torque converter. I called Ford and told them all...

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this and they quoted me thousands and said they aren't liable for the repairs. How are they not responsible when this is a manufacturing issue? The car is unsafe to drive and Ford even released a TSB but they refuse to fix it.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11701353
2019 Ford EdgeAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

My Ford jerks and shutters as I accelerate from 0 to 40 per hour. I took it in to Capitol Ford in Carson Ctiy, NV. They told me the transmission computer software need to be upgraded. I'm afraid the transmission is going to go out and cause a accident. No accident has happen yet.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11699681

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