2020 Ford Edge

ENGINE CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED IN HEAVY DALLAS TRAFFIC. REQUIRED COMING TO COMPLETE STOP TO RESTART VEHICLE AFTER CROSSING THREE LANES TO REACH SHOULDER OF INTERSTATE. DANGEROUS. DAYLIGHT, MID DAY, CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS, HAD BEEN DRIVING 1.5 HOURS; MILEAGE ONLY 1,600. DEALER SERVICE DEPT RAN COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS AND NO CODES SHOWED THE PROBLEM. (NUMEROUS ONLINE FORUMS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE BACK IN 2005....VERY DANGEROUS)

RECENTLY, MY 2020 FORD EDGE, WITH 1,800 MILES, DISPLAYED A WARNING THAT THE PRE-COLLISION ASSIST WAS NOT AVAILABLE. AFTER COMPLETING THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS INDICATED BY THE OWNER'S MANUAL WITHOUT SUCCESS, I TOOK THE EDGE INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP. THE SERVICE TECH'S ATTEMPT TO REPROGRAM THE UNIT REVEALED THE FRONT CENTER CAMERA WAS OFFLINE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRACKET THAT HELD THE CAMERA AND RADAR COMPONENTS OF THE 2020 EDGE WERE DAMAGED REQUIRING REPLACEMENT. THE FORD TEAM THEORIZED A STONE HIT A 2 MM PLASTIC GRILL TRIM BREAKING IT, THEN THE SAME STONE RICOCHETED AND DAMAGED THE PLASTIC BRACKET HOLDING THE CAMERA AND RADAR COMPONENTS OF THE PRE-COLLISION ASSIST RENDERING IT USELESS. NO SIGN OF ANY IMPACT. TO REPLACE THE BRACKET HOLDING THE PRE-COLLISION HARDWARE COSTS $80. HOWEVER, LABOR WAS $600. NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY DETERMINED, USING AN UNKNOWN METRIC, THAT THE REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED BY THE THREE-YEAR BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY. THE FINAL COST TO ME OF THE REPAIRS: $671. DURING THE REPAIR, I LEARNED THAT THE EDGE MODEL YEARS PRIOR TO 2020 HAD A METAL BRACKET TO PROTECT THE PRE-COLLISION CAMERA AND RADAR COMPONENTS. HOWEVER, FOR THE 2020 EDGE MODEL YEAR AND BEYOND, FORD REPLACED THE METAL BRACKET WITH A PLASTIC BRACKET. IN SHORT, THE BRACKET WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED IF HIT BY A STONE IF THE METAL BRACKET HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED BY FORD WITH A PLASTIC BRACKET. I BELIEVE THAT THIS PLASTIC BRACKET IS NOT ONLY A THREAT TO ME AND MY PASSENGERS SAFETY, THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF THE PRE-COLLISION ASSIST, BUT ALSO AN OUTRAGEOUS EXPENSE FOR FORD CUSTOMERS WHO MAY NOT AFFORD TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. THUS, EXPOSING CUSTOMERS TO UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE METAL BRACKET SHOULD REPLACE THE PLASTIC BRACKET. INCLUDED IS A PICTURE OF THE FRONT GRILL AREA CRACKED BY A STONE.

THE BACK HATCH DOOR WAS OPEN TO PUT SHOPPING ITEMS AWAY, AND MY DAUGHTER TURNED AROUND TO PUT A CART AWAY IN A PARKING LOT. ALL OF A SUDDEN ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS COMING AND SHE BACKED UP WITH A CART IN FRONT OF HER, AND THE HATCH DOOR HIT HER BETWEEN THE SHOULDERS. IT HIT HER, IT STOPPED AND THEN MOVED UPWARDS. SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO ME WITH ANOTHER FORD THAT I TRADED IN LAST YEAR FOR THIS 2020 FORD. THE VEHICLE WAS IN FOR A CAMERA REPAIR PRIOR TO THIS, SO DO NOT KNOW IF A SENSOR IS OUT OR NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY; AND THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE MAKES A CREAKING NOISE SINCE THEY REPLACED THE REAR VIEW CAMERA. DO NOT KNOW IF THIS HAS ANYTHING DO DO WITH THE HATCH BACK OPEN AND CLOSE FUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK IN A SPOT IN A SHOPPING CENTER ON A TWO WAY PARKING LOT.

I NOTICED A KNOCKING IN THE LEFT FRONT END. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO STEER, VERY LOUD RUMBLING NOISE LIKE GEARS CLASHING. LUCKILY I WAS ONLY GOING 25 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED AND A MILE AWAY FROM HOME. WHEN I ALMOST STOPPED COULDN'T STEER AT ALL. PURCHASED OCTOBER 27, 2020, IT IS CURRENTLY JANUARY 13, 2021 AND HAS 601 MILES ON IT. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 3 DAYS. FORD DEALERSHIP VERIFIED THAT IS WAS A FACTORY WELD FAILURE. THE PIECE THAT BROKE OFF MADE A NOTCH IN THE TIRE WHICH WILL BE SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH A MAJOR WELD FAILURE HAPPENING AT ONLY 601 MILES AND NOW I WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER WELDS ON THE FRAME.

REAR VIEW CAMERA FAILED ON MANY OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE IN SHOPPING STORE PARKING LOTS AND WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE OUT OF DRIVEWAYS INTO PUBLIC STREETS. ON A FEW OCCASIONS REAR VIEW CAMERA FAILED TO DISPLAY MOTOR VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS. REPORTED ISSUE TO FORD DEALER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE WHO STATED THERE WEREN'T RECALLS ON VEHICLE. HOWEVER, RECALL NOTICE WAS FOUND AS FOLLOWS: VEHICLE.HTTPS://WWW.NHTSA.GOV/VEHICLE/2020/FORD/EDGE/SUV/FWD#RECALLS400