NHTSA Complaint #10456203 — 2008 FORD EDGE

THE TRANSMISSION WILL OCCASIONALLY FAIL TO ENGAGE PROPERLY WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE WILL INITIALLY MOVE FORWARD BUT THEN WILL FAIL TO ACCELERATE AS THE ENGINE CONTINUES TO INCREASE RPM. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE FIRST MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AT FORD WAS TO REBUILD THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER THE REPAIR THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS FOR ALMOST 4 MONTHS AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM RECURRED. THIS LAST TIME IT OCCURRED ALMOST CAUSED AN HORRIFIC ACCIDENT. AS THE AUTO ACCELERATED FROM A SIDE STREET TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO A FOUR LANE HIGHWAY, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO ACCELERATE AFTER ITS INITIAL ACCELERATION AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A T-BONE ACCIDENT WAS BARELY AVOIDED. THE SECOND FORD REPAIR WAS TO REPLACE A 'SENSOR' AND WAS JUST PICKED UP TODAY FROM FORD. *TR