NHTSA Complaint #10449176 — 2008 FORD EDGE

THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SINCE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF OWNING IT. AT TIMES WHILE DRIVING AT ALL SPEEDS THE CAR'S POWER GOES AWAY IN THE SENSE YOU MIGHT BE DRIVING 68 THEN THE CAR STARTS TO SLOW DOWN, THEN SLAM, THERE IS A LOUD MECHANICAL SLAM, AND THE CAR FEELS LIKE YOU RAN IT TO SOMETHING METAL OR SOLID. IT LITERALLY SHAKES THE WHOLE CAR SCARES THE !@#$ OUT OF YOU. IT?S USUALLY ON THE EXPRESS WAY AND MORE WHEN IT?S COLD. IT SEEMS WHEN I?M BARELY INCREASING THE GAS, THEN LETTING OFF A BIT, THEN BACK ON THE GAS AGAIN. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER FOUND A BULLETIN FROM FORD STATING THAT REPLACING THE TRANSMISSION DOESN'T FIX THIS PROBLEM TO WAIT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE 2008. THE CAR RUNS GREAT OTHER THEN THIS PROBLEM. THIS MIGHT NOT HAPPEN FOR WEEKS THEN IT WILL HAPPEN AS MANY OF 3 TIMES IN A 5 MILE DRIVE. I WENT ON A 2 HOUR TRIP THIS WEEK. IT HAPPENED TWICE ON THE WAY UP AND ONCE ON THE WAY BACK. AS SOON AS WE TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. I'VE ASKED THEM TO KEEP THE CAR FOR A WEEK AND DRIVE IT. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED. THEY KEEP THROWING THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR. I WISH IT WOULD JUST LOCK UP SO THEY CAN FIND SOMETHING. I HAVE SEEN OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS BUT YET FORD HASN'T FIXED IT. *TR