NHTSA Complaint #10679732 — 2011 FORD EDGE

NEED SOMEONE TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CRAZINESS. DAYS AFTER A FULL DETAILING AND REPLACED BATTERY THAT THE DEALER SAID NEEDED REPLACING, GOT THE BLIND SPOT AND CROSS TRAFFIC WARNING FAULTS, AT FIRST OCCASIONALLY, THEN WITHIN A WEEK EVERY TIME THE CAR WAS DRIVEN. SOON THE NAVIGATION INDICATED A FAULT AS WELL. A FEW DAYS LATER, IN THE MORNING FOR SCHOOL DROP OFF, EACH OF THESE FAULTS ALERTED, THEN THE HEAT STARTED BLASTING. TURNED THE CLIMATE CONTROL TO OFF AND STILL BLASTING - HOT. GOT TO THE SCHOOL TO LET THE CHILD OUT AND THE POWERED DOOR LOCKS WEREN'T WORKING. THANKFULLY THERE WAS A KNOB TO MANUALLY PULL UP BECAUSE I COULDN'T LET HIM OUT OF THE CAR. WENT STRAIGHT TO DEALER WITH HEAT STILL BLASTING, THEY "RESET" SOMETHING AND IT SEEMED BETTER. THEN IT ALL STARTED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. SOMETIMES DOOR LOCKS WORKED, SOMETIMES NOT. SOMETIMES HEAT WOULD BLAST, SOMETIMES COOL WOULD BLAST, ALL WITH CLIMATE CONTROL OFF. ADDITIONAL FAULT STARTED FOR FRONT COLLISION WARNING. DEALER AGAIN, COULDN'T REALLY FIGURE IT OUT (NEVER CONNECTED IT TO NEW BATTERY, INCORRECT INSTALLATION, OR SOMETHING IN DETAILING), BUT THEN NEEDED TO ORDER A PART. BACK WHEN PART CAME IN, TOOK TWO DAYS (HAD TO GET RENTAL CAR - FORTUNATELY COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY) BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. REPORTED FINDING SOME "SINGED WIRES" UNDER THE DASH. VERY SCARY EXPERIENCE - LIKE THE CAR WAS POSSESSED. NEED TO KNOW I CAN TRUST MY CAR TO DO WHAT I EXPECT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CAR WAS FAR FROM CHEAP AND HAD ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. SO FAR SO GOOD WITH FIX, EXCEPT DRIVERS DOOR DINGS WHEN OPENED WITH THE CAR OFF (DIDN'T USED TO) AS IF THEY KEY IS IN THE IGNITION, BUT THERE IS NO KEY - INTELLIGENT ACCESS FOB AND PUSH BUTTON START. HAVE THE FANCY FEATURES ON CARS BEEN RUSHED TO MARKET WITHOUT MAKING SURE THEY OPERATE DEPENDABLY FIRST AND WITHOUT TECHNICIANS TRAINED TO UNDERSTAND THEM AND FIX THEM? *TR