GHope Posted November 28, 2011 Report Share Posted November 28, 2011 I bought my 2008 Ford Edge approximately 1 year ago (used) with 18,000 miles on it - since then first Ford had to replace the Sensors in the transmission, then 2 weeks later it stopped in the middle of the road and would not move and had to have it towed in - they replaced the computer and had to rebuild the entire transmission (took 2 weeks) and now 3 months later my check engine light came on and the dealer is now telling me that they have to replace the cam phasers (?) and it will be an "extensive" repair job. My Edge only has 38,000 miles on it. I am a Ford person always will be - I have a Ford Expedition with 180,000 miles on it with NO issues and I don't know what to do.I have owned Mustangs and a Thunderbird and never had any type of issues like I have with my Ford Edge. I am the second owner so I do not believe that I can "Lemon Law" it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete K Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 I bought my 2008 Ford Edge approximately 1 year ago (used) with 18,000 miles on it - since then first Ford had to replace the Sensors in the transmission, then 2 weeks later it stopped in the middle of the road and would not move and had to have it towed in - they replaced the computer and had to rebuild the entire transmission (took 2 weeks) and now 3 months later my check engine light came on and the dealer is now telling me that they have to replace the cam phasers (?) and it will be an "extensive" repair job. My Edge only has 38,000 miles on it. I am a Ford person always will be - I have a Ford Expedition with 180,000 miles on it with NO issues and I don't know what to do.I have owned Mustangs and a Thunderbird and never had any type of issues like I have with my Ford Edge. I am the second owner so I do not believe that I can "Lemon Law" it?? Sorry for the misfortune. I am pretty sure lemon laws protect you against having to deal with the same exact problem, over and over again. Not sure if it helps if the vehicle is a turd. Perhaps a call to the state attorney general can provide you with facts that you may be able to use for discussion with the dealer? I wish you luck. Although my Edge has been pretty reliable, I just got hit with a major problem/expense that I understand is a warranty item. However, Ford and my local dealer told me to pound sand. I was pretty loyal to Ford, but hard to ignore some of the other quality cars and trucks out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlong Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 Can you get the diagnostic codes and post them? I had the cam phaser solenoid go bad on my previous vehicle and I pulled it out and cleaned the screens because they were clogged. Put it back on in and that fixed the problem. I've also heard the screens can fall off them and cause problems. If the actual cam phaser went bad they will likely have to pull the front and top end of the engine apart, very involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awtg Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 I have 08 Lincoln MKX. Check engine light has come on 4times now. 1st time it came on car was still in waranty at about 55k miles. Light stayed on fr 2days. Called dealer made appoinment to come in. The next day when driving to dealer light went off. When I got to dealer they said there is nothing they would be able to tell me if light went off. Fast forward to today light back on pd $100 for diagnostic to find out the cam phasers are bad. Not my MKX is out of warranty at 77k miles and ford wants me to pay $2300+ to repair this. Looking online I have found numerous posts with customers having the same exact problem. Is there anyway I can get the manufactor to pay for this? Shouldn't there be a recall if so many are expexperiencing the same problem? Any advice is helpful because I don't have anywhere near 2k to get this fixed. Thank You! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabang Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I have an '08, with 74k on it. No problems since I bought it, 5k ago... No repairs reported with the exception of a reallignment after it got hit before I owned it. Sorry, man. Maybe call everyone and blame everyone until someone decides to pay for it. Sounds extremely unlucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJG Posted December 3, 2012 Report Share Posted December 3, 2012 (edited) I bought my 2008 Ford Edge approximately 1 year ago (used) with 18,000 miles on it - since then first Ford had to replace the Sensors in the transmission, then 2 weeks later it stopped in the middle of the road and would not move and had to have it towed in - they replaced the computer and had to rebuild the entire transmission (took 2 weeks) and now 3 months later my check engine light came on and the dealer is now telling me that they have to replace the cam phasers (?) and it will be an "extensive" repair job. My Edge only has 38,000 miles on it. I am a Ford person always will be - I have a Ford Expedition with 180,000 miles on it with NO issues and I don't know what to do.I have owned Mustangs and a Thunderbird and never had any type of issues like I have with my Ford Edge. I am the second owner so I do not believe that I can "Lemon Law" it?? Are you sure it didn't have 118,000 or 218,000 miles on it when you bought it? Those all sound like high mileage worn out problems. Edited December 3, 2012 by RJG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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