NHTSA Complaint #10459766 — 2010 FORD EDGE

STARTED NOTICING A VIBRATION IN STEERING AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN PULLING INTO OR OUT OF PARKING SPACES. TOOK TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR AT 34,000 MILES A FEW WEEKS LATER AND DEALER AT FIRST COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE, THEN WITH MY HELP IDENTIFIED IT AS A POWER STEERING PUMP AND REPLACED. THE NEXT DAY, SAY ISSUE AND THEY THEN STATED IT WAS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF CAR MODEL. WARRANTY HAS SINCE EXPIRED AND HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE AND MILEAGE IS CURRENTLY 49K AS I AM A SALES REP AND LOG A LOT OF MILES. I ALSO BEGAN GETTING A LOUD POPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT FROM BOTH SIDES AT ABOUT 38K MILES, PREDOMINANTLY LEFT SIDE, ESPECIALLY WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS AND/OR GOING OVER SMALL BUMPS, LIKE WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING A PARKING LOT. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION BUT HAVE HAD A LOCAL MIDAS CHECK FOR AN ISSUE TWICE WITH NOTHING FOUND, BUT ISSUE IS ALSO GETTING MUCH WORSE. *TR