NHTSA Complaint #10513087 — 2008 FORD EDGE

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2008 FORD ESCAPE FROM WORK ON A VERY BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN SHE STOPPED AT A STORE GOT BACK IN STARTED THE CAR SHE NOTICED THAT THE AIRBAG LIGHT WAS ON SPEEDOMETER HAD LINES GOING THRU IT WHEN SHE PUT IT INTO GEAR IT MADE A REAL LOUD BANGING SOUND AND JERKED AS SHE WAS DRIVING' THE CAR LOST COMPRESSION DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER AT ALL. SHE MADE IT HOME WITHOUT GETTING KILLED OR KILLING SOMEONE I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND WHEN I STARTED THE CAR IT MADE A LOAD BANGING 'WHEN I PUT IT INTO GEAR IT WAS EVEN WORST WE CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED WHERE WE HAD BOUGHT IT AT ----- ---- ----- -------- IT'S THE ONLY FORD DEALER CLOSE AND THEY HAVE A VERY POOR RECORD FOR BACKING THEIR WARRANTY'S. IT SOUNDS TO ME TO BE THE COMPUTER CHIP I HAVE A WARRANTY ON IT STILL SO THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR THEM NOT TO FIX IT BUT I WILL BET THAT THEY SAY THAT THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE POWER TRAIN BUT IT DOES SO IF YOU ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH YOUR 2008 ESCAPE DO NOT LET THE TELL YOU THAT IT IS NOT COVERED IF YOU HAVE A WARRANTY.THE COMPUTER CHIP THAT OPERATES YOUR POWER TRAIN IS PART OF THE POWER TRAIN' IF NOT FOR THAT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE UNLESS IT WAS BEING TOWED IF YOU WORK FOR FORD AND SEE ALL OF THESE COMPLAINT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING GOING ON WITH THE 2008 ESCAPE'S WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE BEFORE FORD STEP'S UP SOMEONE TO GET KILLED. *TR