NHTSA Complaint #10794985 — 2008 FORD EDGE

TAKATA RECALL - VEHICLE LOSES SPEED CONTROL POWER WHILE DRIVING. WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON INDICATING SERVICE NEEDED. WHEN VEHICLE SHUTS OFF, RESETS ITSELF AND ABLE TO DRIVE 100-150 MILES AND THEN THE WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN. CALLED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM, THE WRENCH LIGHT WOULD HAVE TO BE ON FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE. MY SISTER DOES NOT DRIVE MUCH, SO WHEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN, SHE HAPPENED TO BE CLOSE TO AN AUTO ZONE STORE AND SHE STOPPED TO HAVE THEM TO READ THE CODE IN ORDER TO GET THE ERROR READING. THE CODE WAS P0715 - REFERRING TO TURBINE INPUT SPEED SHAFT SENSOR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND FORD SHOULD RECALL THIS AS IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FOR MY SISTER 6 MONTHS AGO. AT THE THE TIME IN WHICH I BOUGHT THIS CAR FOR MY SISTER, 2 WEEKS LATER SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BRAIN TUMOR AND CANNOT DRIVE. SHE HAS HER SON OR DAUGHTER TO DRIVE HER TO HER MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND WHERE EVER SHE NEEDS TO GO. THE LAST THING I NEED IS FOR HER TO BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND POTENTIALLY DIE FROM A DEFECT IN WHICH THE MANUFACTURER COULD HAVE PREVENTED. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS BEFORE PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED OR DIE. WHY WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS BEFORE YOU FIX THE ISSUE IS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I CAN COMPREHEND.