# 2008 FORD EDGE — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
> NHTSA complaint `1288776` · 2016-06-10 · Ford Motor Company
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** FORD
- **Model:** EDGE
- **Year:** 2008
- **Manufacturer:** Ford Motor Company
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- **Miles at failure:** 130,100
## Narrative
AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE (ROUGHLY A FEW HOURS) THE EDGE DOES THIS HARD JERK FORWARD THAT FEELS LIKE I'M PRACTICALLY BEING REAR ENDED. IT'S LIKE A HARD PAUSE, BEFORE IT JERKS FORWARD. THEN IT GRADUALLY ACCELERATES. ALSO, ON A FEW OCCASIONS, WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT, THE EDGE DID NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE THOUGH I WAS PRESSING ON THE GAS. MIND YOU, I WASN'T GOING FAST BECAUSE I HAD BARELY PULLED OUT OF THE PARKING STALL WHEN THIS OCCURRED. IT BARELY ACCELERATED THEN GRADUALLY CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP WHILE IN DRIVE. THIS HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHILE I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY ONCE. I INITIALLY THOUGHT MY BATTERY WAS THE PROBLEM, BUT I HAD IT REPLACED THE FOLLOWING MORNING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT. THIS WAS THE SAME RESPONSE I GOT WHEN I'VE TAKEN IT TO FORD DURING THE TERM OF MY WARRANTY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT IF THE "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT" ISN'T ON, NOR IF YOU'RE NOT PAID OUT OF POCKET, FORD DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS QUITE WORRISOME CONSIDERING I'D HATE TO BE STRANDED WITH MY CHILDREN IN AN INTERSECTION. I LIVE IN A VERY TOWN (LOS ANGELES COUNTY) WHERE TRAFFIC IS STEADY AND AGGRESSIVE SO KNOWING THIS PROBLEM CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME IS UNSETTLING, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED ONCE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO PROCEED WITH TRAFFIC AT A GREEN LIGHT.  2008 FORD EDGE, PURCHASE IN 2012
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