jumpsteady Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Hi, I need help in identifying what the following problem may be. I have 2012 Edge Limited with 95,000 miles. Brakes were checked about 3 weeks ago and I was told they are all good. What is happening is when the vehicle is being driven after several miles (more than 20 say), every once in a while I will feel/hear a grinding in the brake pedal when braking at very low speeds (5-15 mph). It originally started to happen when turning left at 5-15 mph such as turning in to a driveway or parking lot, etc. It does seem to happen now when slowing down at say a stop sign when not turning at 5-20 mph, but it still happens when turning also. It doesn't happen very often and it is definitly after driving the vehicle for a while (it doesn't happen from a cold start, say when leaving for work in the morning and making a 15 mile commute). A good example is this last extended weekend (4 day trip), I put about 1,000 miles on the vehicle mostly highway driving and it happened a handful (5-6) of times when stopping at very low speed (5-15mph). Never on the highway. I'm not mechanically inclined and have been reading many of the threads and searched online to see if I can determine where to start to diagnose the problem. Any thoughts or suggestions would greatly be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evh Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Possibly the anti-lock brakes kicking on and feeling like grinding? If that is what is happening you could have a bad toner ring or sensor on one of the front wheels. Just a thought. Wait and see what others post. The delay in it occurring could be because things need to heat up a bit before the issue occurs. Disc brake shield on the front rubbing under certain condition? Take a look at them and bend them out a little and see if that helps (our Edges have these shields right guys??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Yup, still have the shields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpsteady Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 (edited) Possibly the anti-lock brakes kicking on and feeling like grinding? If that is what is happening you could have a bad toner ring or sensor on one of the front wheels. Just a thought. Wait and see what others post. The delay in it occurring could be because things need to heat up a bit before the issue occurs. Disc brake shield on the front rubbing under certain condition? Take a look at them and bend them out a little and see if that helps (our Edges have these shields right guys??) Your first scenario seems more like what may be going on. If this is the case, is this a major fix/cost? Can this be determined by a tech running a diagnostic and checking the codes? Thanks for your input and I'll see what others have to say. Edited June 19, 2018 by jumpsteady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigma-2 Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Possibly one of the pads warn past min. Even though they were checked, pads can break and you may be metal-to-metal. I would have it checked at local dealer asap. Ford website should have coupon for free brake inspection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishx65 Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Possibly one of the pads warn past min. Even though they were checked, pads can break and you may be metal-to-metal. I would have it checked at local dealer asap. Ford website should have coupon for free brake inspection. That's a good point. The first time I did the brakes on my 2011 one of the outside pads was like brand new and the inside pad was almost gone. I remember posting about it on here. Maybe the person that inspected it didn't look at all the pads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumpsteady Posted June 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Just a follow up. Took the Edge to the dealer and it was a cracked toner ring. So a new axle and toner ring was installed over the weekend and it seems to have solved the problem. Thanks for all of your help! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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