NHTSA Complaint #11041541 — 2008 FORD EDGE

MY CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT. I GOT IN THE CAR AND STARTED IT. I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO GO AND THE CAR JUST STARTED TO ROLL, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ALL OF THE SUDDEN MY AIRBAG AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD NO SPEEDOMETER OR TACHOMETER READING. EVENTUALLY AS THE CAR WAS ROLLING THE ACCELERATOR WOULD START TO WORK. I GOT TO A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, AGAIN THE CAR WOULD JUST ROLL AND THEN AFTER A FEW FEET THE ACCELERATOR WOULD START TO WORK. I PARKED THE CAR ALONG A CURB AND SHUT THE CAR OFF AND STARTED IT AGAIN. AS I SHIFTED FROM PARK TO REVERSE THERE WAS LOUD CLUNK. THERE WAS ALSO A LOUD CLUNK WHEN I SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL AND TO DRIVE. THE LIGHTS THAT HAD SHOWN UP ON THE DASHBOARD WERE NOW GONE AND MY SPEEDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WERE SHOWING AGAIN. I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND THE CAR DROVE FINE. I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP AND THE MECHANIC SAID ACCORDING TO THE "CODE" THAT SHOWED UP WHEN THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THE MACHINE, THE PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE THE SPEED SENSOR.