2013 Ford Edge Vehicle Speed Control Problems
- 48
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 48 stored complaint records:
- 4 indicate a crash
- 4 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
What owners report
- throttle body · 13 records
- lost power · 8 records
- warning indicator · 7 records
- indicator illuminated · 6 records
- engine light · 5 records
- check engine · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 23 |
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 60–100k mi | 11 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Engine · Power Train · Vehicle Speed Control
Car will stall and go into limp mode, yellow wrench appears on left hand display. This has happened twice within the last 3 months, once in the middle lane of a rush hour freeway travelling at 40mph. I was lucky to get across to the shoulder before i lost all momentum. No response when pushing the accelerator, engine shakes badly. Have to restart the car in order to continue travel. All research points to faulty…
ODI 10915309
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. It was diagnosed that the vehicle needed a new throttle body. The vehicle was taken to be repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was 52,400.
ODI 10893179
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving various speeds and attempting to accelerate quickly, the vehicle stalled. The service engine soon warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer; however, the failure was unable to be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000.
ODI 10913746
Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
While the vehicle was in motion, driving down a state highway, it stopped responding to pressure on the accelerator.a light on the dash advised me to check the manual. I had to pull off the road, turn off the engine, then restart it, which reset the throttle an allowed me to continue home. This process was repeated three times on the interstate on my way to work. I had the same problem in january, when the…
ODI 10874023
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Purchased this vehicle march 29, 2016. Less than 2 months later the vehicle started randomly stalling and going into limp mode and i had to pull over on the busy dc highway with 2 small children in the back which was extremely dangerous. The check engine light and a wrench light came on but it cut off after a restart. Auto zone couldnt read the codes unless the car was malfunctioning at the time which happens…
ODI 10881470
Steering · Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
When turning into a drive way at low speeds the power steering gave out and the breaks and gas pedal were not responding and the low oil pressure to engine message came on the dash. I turned the car off and gave it a few minutes, and when i turned it back on and had it towed to a dealer they couldn't find any code nor could they replicate the problem after having for 3 days. I am worried if this happens again and at…
ODI 10853803
Fuel/Propulsion System · Vehicle Speed Control
When driving my car the engine will go to idle with no warning. I can be making a turn, accelerating, or just cruising at speed. This has been recalled on most all other ford vehicles. I could just get it replaced, but the issues is not only the throttle body, its the programming. If it finds an issue with the throttle body it gives up, and stalls. In the recalled fords with this they have changed the programming so…
ODI 10789777
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving to walmart when the vehicle suddenly dropped from 45mph to less than 3mph and no matter what input was given to the gas pedal the vehicle would not react. The tack was under 900 and on the left side of the dash a warning came up looking like a wrench. Once i pulled over tried to do a vehicle report and the vehicle was unable to do a maintenance check. Shut off engine and restarted the vehicle; no…
ODI 10767268
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
Driving ford edge 2013 approx. 40 mph on highway when the vehicle came to almost a dead stop. It seemed as if the brakes became fully engaged or the transmission seized. A truck behind us swerved and braked and almost crashed into us. My 2 children and i would have been killed. The vehicle shook violently as it moved about 2 mph. I barely was able to get it over to the right, off the highway. It would not go any…
ODI 10775456
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle decelerated without the brake pedal being depressed. The failure occurred on three other occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000.
ODI 10778188
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
While coming off an on ramp from one highway to another doing approximately 60 mph my 2013 ford edge jerked, a wrench popped up on my dash, and it lost power. The accelerator did not work but the car was still idling. Luckily i was in the far left lane and there was an emergency lane on the left so i was able to coast to a stop. When i put my car in park, turned it off and turned it back on it was like nothing was…
ODI 10743394
Engine · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
This incident has happened 4 times in the past month and a half. My car completely shuts off and i have no control over the steering or speed. When i restart my car, it turns on. There haven't been any check engine lights or other notifications until today when it happened for the fourth time and the low oil pressure indicator came on and in the indicator box a wrench is now displayed. The first incident i was…
ODI 10747800
Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving my 2013 ford edge when i went to stop at a stop sign and the brake pedal was extremely hard to push. The car did not want to stop, it slowed but kept rolling forward while i was stomping on the brakes. It did it again when i was trying to park at a restaurant, the brake pedal was stuck and i kept rolling forward till the pedal gave and sunk to the floor board and the car finally jerked to a stop. After…
ODI 10734840
Vehicle Speed Control
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving at 3 mph, the brake pedal was depressed and the vehicle accelerated independently. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of a vehicle and into the passenger side of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained minor bruises that did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an auto body…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 10712304
Engine · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
While driving my 2013 ford edge lost all power in a turn. The engine shut down, the low oil light came on and i had a hard time steering the car due to the lost of power and the car still in drive. Fortunately no one was behind me or in front of me at the time. Upon reading several forums on this problem i find that i'm not the only one who has experienced this problem as it appears this problem has been happening…
ODI 10691035
Engine · Service Brakes · Vehicle Speed Control
We're keeping smell burning "rubber burning" smell like a fire burn. Transmission fluid was empty and no fluid there with no leaking, i had to pour fluid. Took this to dealership, they seems do not want to help or something like that. They were told me it was fine, didn't see anything wrong which this is not first time that i complain about that. I have decided to read another people who complain about smell issues…
ODI 10640329
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
My wife was driving the 2013 edge when she stop in a left turn lane. She found the road was clear and stepped on the gas but the car did not go forward. Instead a warning message popped out saying the engine level is too low. Then she turned off the engine and restarted the car. Same thing happened and the car just didn't accelerate. At last she managed to coast the car to the roadside and called me for help. I…
ODI 10605790
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
At least five separate times, while driving at high rates of speed, my 2013 ford edge will begin to hesitate and shudder. The check engine light begins to flash and then the vehicle suddenly loses power. I can barely keep the vehicle going at about 20 miles an hour. I can generally coast to the side of the road or freeway. I have to turn off the vehicle and let it sit for several minutes before i can turn it back on…
ODI 10671202
Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I was driving to work 6:30 am small incline and vehicle jerked and stopped ,i put it into park pushed the red ok button restarted the vehicle and drove straight to dealer. They said it was the throttle body and fixed it and changed the codes the throttle was out of range. *tr
ODI 10561068
Vehicle Speed Control
Vehicle was being driven and approached a stop sign. When driver attempted to apply the brakes, the accelerator was stuck and did not slow down. The vehicle ran through the stop sign, struck a fence and then 2 other vehicles before coming to a stop. *tr
Crash reported
ODI 10563742
Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control
We were returning home via i55 and i turned on the adaptive cruise control and the pre-collision system. Three times in the space of an hour, without any vehicle in front of us, the vehicle brake itself. There was a tractor and trailer next to us and cars behind us on the two lane highway. After the third incident i turned off the pre-collision system but left the adaptive cruise control on. Some time later with…
ODI 10562400
Unknown Or Other · Vehicle Speed Control
Federal should start investigate on the edge issues, i have researched on people who own ford edge, they have the same problem that i am having now. My 2013 edge is having a smell rubber or burning when you hard on the gas pedal and will smell burning, that will cause my wife and i have a headache really bad from this smell. I keep took my suv to the ford, but they keep telling me they don't see any problem but over…
2 injuries
ODI 10655235
Service Brakes · Steering · Vehicle Speed Control
Ford customer service reference # [xxx] 2013 ford edge vin [xxx] on the morning of april 9, 2013 my wife ([xxx]) was driving to work at an elementary school. She was approaching the school at about 20 mph on level street when she noticed that the vehicle was difficult to control. She soon realized that the engine had stalled. Luckily there were no children present and she was able to bring the vehicle to a stop…
ODI 10506033