NHTSA Complaint #11100608 — 2010 FORD EDGE

FORD EDGE IS HAVING A MULTI YEAR PROBLEM WITH THE AWD PTU (POWER TRANSFER UNIT)...FORD SAYS THAT THE FLUID IN THE PTU IS A LIFETIME FLUID, MEANING IT DOESN'T EVER HAVE TO BE CHANGED...IT DOES NOT EVEN HAVE A DRAIN PLUG...BUT IT IS INSTALLED VERY CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH OVERHEATS THE FLUID EVERY TIME IT IS DRIVEN...EVENTUALLY THE FLUID TURNS TO A SOLID GREASE LIKE GUNK THAT WEARS DOWN THE GEARS AND BEARINGS AND MECHANICS SAY CAN EVEN LOCK UP THE DRIVE SYSTEM, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. INSTEAD OF A $75 LUBE JOB TO REPLACE THE GEAR FLUID, REPLACING THE PTU COSTS ANYWHERE FROM $1500 TO SEVERAL THOUSAND DOLLARS. MY FORD EDGE PTU JUST WENT BAD AND I'M NOW FINDING OUT THAT THOUSANDS OF EDGE OWNERS ARE BEING FACED WITH THIS DILEMMA ALSO...I STARTED TO HEAR THE GEARS GRINDING WHEN GOING INTO A TURN AND EVENTUALLY THERE WAS A CONSTANT GRINDING NOISE EVEN WHILE GOING FORWARD