NHTSA Complaint #10818558 — 2008 FORD EDGE

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT APPROX 75 MPH FOR 1 HOUR, VEHICLE SUDDLENLY STOPPED ACCELERATING, ODO WENT BLANK, SPEEDO ZERO, AIRBAG AND POWERTRAIN LIGHTS CAME ON. I CUT ACROSS 6 LANES OF VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC TO EXIT AND STRUGGLED TO GET UP THE INCLINE. PARKED AT THE NEAREST LOT AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. RESTARTED WITH A LOUD CLUNK AND DASH WAS OK EXCEPT POWERTRAIN LIGHT WAS STILL ON. PUT IN REVERSE AND FELT A VIOLENT CLUNK. DROVE TO A NEARBY FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED BAD TURBINE SHAFT SPEED AND OUTPUT SHAFT SPEED SENSORS. THEY PERFORMED THE REPAIRS AT MY COST OF $856.91. I PICKED UP THE CAR AND DROVE IT 80 MILES BACK HOME 2 DAYS LATER WITH NO PROBLEMS. TODAY, 6 DAYS LATER, I AM EXPERIENCING EXTREMELY ROUGH SHIFTING, ESPECIALLY AT AROUND 40 AND 60 MPH AND VERY BAD HESITATION WHERE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE VIBRATES AND DOES NOT SEEM TO KNOW WHAT GEAR TO BE IN. NOT ONLY IS THIS VEHICLE DANGEROUS AND DEFECTIVE, THE EXPENSIVE REPAIRS ARE NOT CORRECTING THE PROBLEM AND HAVE MADE IT WORSE.