NHTSA Complaint #10668578 — 2008 FORD EDGE

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH ME AND OUR 2 CHILDREN ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. ALL GAUGES (FUEL, SPEEDOMETER, ODOMETER, ETC.) STOPPED WORKING AND THE ODOMETER READ "ODO DATA ERROR". WE HAD A GPS THAT WE WERE USING AND DISPLAYED OUR SPEED, SO WE KEPT GOING THE 5 MILES TO OUR PLANNED STOP ALONG THE WAY HOME. WHEN WE RESTARTED THE CAR, THE GAUGES WERE BACK UP BUT IT MADE A LOUD THUMPING SOUND WHEN CHANGING GEARS. IT REVERSED FINE (BUT WE WERE ON A SLOPE), THEN THUMPED AGAIN AS WE SWITCHED TO DRIVE. THE CAR ONLY REVVED AND DID NOT MOVE. WE REVERSED AGAIN TO SITUATE OURSELVES SO THE SLOPE WAS IN OUR FAVOR WHEN WE SWITCHED TO DRIVE. IT WAS A TOUGH START, BUT IT DID GO. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT (THIS WAS ON A SATURDAY) AND WAS TOLD THAT I COULD BRING IT IN, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT IT UNTIL TUESDAY. WE MADE IT HOME (ANOTHER HOUR DRIVE), BUT I'M NOT USING THE CAR AGAIN UNTIL I DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR IS NOT ACCELERATING PROPERLY. *TR