2008 Ford Edge Body & Structure Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLATTERING NOISE EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO NOTICED HOT WATER COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT LIFTED THE HOOD AND OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE'S WATER PUMP HAD BURST, WHICH CAUSED WATER TO LEAK INTO THE ENGINE. A CERTIFIED MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO FAIL AS WELL. THE WATER PUMP, TIMING CHAIN, TENSIONERS, PHASERS, AND SEVERAL OTHER UNIDENTIFIED PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED WHITE FORD LINCOLN (LOCATED AT 4120 FRONT ST, WINNSBORO, LA 71295; 888-303-4692) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE WATER PUMP ENTERED THE ENGINE, WHICH CAUSED FAILURES TO OCCUR, AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THE CORPORATE OFFICE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: CAS13013218. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

HOOD CORROSION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR DOORS AND HOOD WERE CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE HOOD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V682000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

PAINT ON BODY OF CAR BUBBLES THEN PEELS LEADING TO RUST ON THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF HOOD. FORD ALLUDES THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH VARIOUS MODELS BUT STATES THAT THEY ARE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO OFFER UNLESS A RECALL IS ISSUED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ACTUATOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED FOR THE EXACT SAME FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS ALERTED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

I HAVE OWNED MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM LIKE THIS. I BOUGHT A 2008 FORD EDGE IN NOV 2011. BY JUNE OF 2012, I HAD WATER POURING INTO MY VEHICLE THROUGH THE DASH ONTO MY VEHICLE FLOOR. MY MECHANIC SAID THAT THE CONDENSATION DRAIN WAS CLOGGED WITH LEAVES, WHICH CAUSED THE WATER TO RISE. THE WATER SHORTED OUT THE MOTOR FOR MY FAN, SO MY WHOLE MOTOR HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW I AM HAVING THIS PROBLEM AGAIN. THE ONLY PEOPLE I KNOW OF WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE ARE FORD EDGE OWNERS. DUE TO OWNING VARIOUS MAKES AND MODELS OF VEHICLES AND NEVER EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND FROM INTERNET SEARCHING, I BELIEVE THIS IS A DEFECT WITH THE FORD EDGE. *TR