I have a 2007 Edge SE with AWD. I've been driving the car for over 40k miles, and while there are certainly some aspects of it that are nice, there are other aspects of it that really bother me. I would like to ask the forum commununity if their Edge behaves in similar fashion.

RPM jump when transmission shifts: While shifting from a lower gear to a higher gear during acceleration, it sounds like the transmission goes into neutral for a brief moment. During this time, the engine rpms make a sudden jump by anywhere from 200-500 rpm. I can see the jump in rpms by watching the tachometer, and I can also hear the engine speed increase. This always happens during the shift from 4th to 5th gear, and once in awhile, it happens in other gears as well. At first, I thought that the transmission was slipping. But I have had two different dealers look at it, and both have said that there is no slippage, and the behavior is by design. While this rpm jump does not seem to be detrimental to the performance, I just can't imagine why such behavior would be designed into the car. Is this how the transmission in every Ford Edge behaves?

Engine Ping: The engine is generally smooth running at idle, however, under moderate to hard acceleration, there is a definite engine ping, even when running 93 octane gas. Not sure if this means that the engine is not putting out as much power as it should, but I've always understood pinging to be extremely bad for the engine. The dealer said that this is normal, and is because of the emission standards that the car must meet. I find it hard to believe that in the age of microprocessor controlled fuel injection, pinging is something that can't be eliminated completely. Is the dealer pulling my leg on this one?

Popping suspension: When driving over anything more than the smallest bump in the road, something in the suspension "pops". I can't think of any better way to describe it. Once again, dealer says this is normal for the car. Anyone remotely experience something similar?

I am currently having the same problems with the shifting of the Edge.Mine has 37K miles. It seems to go into neutral or something since it goes up to like 4000 rpms then drops suddenly. It is very weird. Does anyone know how to fix it? It seems like a major problem to me since it feels like the transmission is not going into the correct gear. Is it a sensor or something? Please let me know if anyone can shed any light on this subject. Thanks.

That front-end "pop". I've had it my '07 FWD almost since new; now over 44,000 km. Dealer's '07's and '08's had it; don't know about '09's and '010's. A number of Forum members have had it. Left front strut, mount, stabilizer bar links and steering rack replaced. Still there, getting worse. Feel it in floor board, sometimes rattles on and feels as though front end were going to fall off. No effect on steering. Ford rep said, "normal". Going to a different Ford dealer next Friday to try to fix it before warranty runs out. I think "normal" is crap. If it were "normal" it would have a high incidence of occurence and would have justified a tech service bulletin at the least.

mine is a 2009 Edge Sport with 7500 miles,, yes the tranny sounds like slipping, dealers are a waste of time, there job is to cover up shortcomings for factorys.

My next stop is a transmission shop to see if its slipping.

As for that pop sound in suspension, you want to hear it in sport model with 22 inch wheels, sounds like a bad shock, most of time its on passenger side, could just be cheap shocks, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE A WHEEL IS GOING TO FALL OFF AT ANY TIME.

Could also be something banging on frame or suspension.

More on front-end pops: Now over 48,000 km on my '07 Edge. I've endured front-end pops/clunks since the end of '07. Left front strut replaced at least twice, steering rack replaced, links replaced, strut mounts replace, strut bushings replaced, right strut replaced...and it's still there from the right front wheel. Will discuss with Ford Canada Customer Service.

@ cubbm2 - Did you have all those parts in the front end replaced by the dealer? Was it all done under warranty? That's a lot of work and parts that you had replaced twice, an expensive proposition for the dealers if they were the ones paying for it. They must have agreed with you that the pop in the suspension meant there was something wrong. Did they provide any explanation on what they thought was wrong, or did they simply replace the parts at your insistence? Could you post the results of your discussion with Customer Service?

Also, the other issue I mentioned - do you notice any jump in RPM when the transmission is shifting on your Edge?

There are definitely people at this website and fordedgeforums.com who are experiencing these problems that I mentioned in the original post, but the number is small. The problems are the kind of thing that would be noticed immediately, and drive a person crazy, so it is amazing to me that more people haven't complained loudly about it. It makes me wonder if the first batch of Edges' off the production line are riddled with these problems and that the problems were fixed sometime after production began. So while most people don't have them, there's a small number of people out there who have edges that do, and the dealers' strategy for dealing with it is to just explain away the problem as being normal, and once the car gets out of warranty, they will offer to start investigating and replacing parts at my expense. Sort of makes me feel like a chump.

Ford Customer Relations is useless. Their response to everything seems to be "it's normal". I found three dictionary definitions of "normal". Simply, the median. Thus, of the 330,00 +- Edges produced, more or less 160,000 should experience the front-end pops or clunks. That would have resulted in a hell of a hue and cry.

The second dealer is working diligently to solve the problem. Most recently, the right front strut was replaced. The service manager declared it "normal" to Customer Relations, but when I returned the car for the alignment the dealer did to be corrected, the service manager experienced the noise on his own lot as the car eased over a recessed manhole with the service manager driving. He re and re'd the strut, having done some fiddling, and returned the vehicle with the comment, "It's better. Not as quiet as the left side." He further commented that chassis ears could pick up the noise in the four mounting bolts, but much more directly from the "strut rod". Indeed it was quieter. But the noise was still there, albeit relatively faint, under fewer circumstances. The car returns to the dealer Tuesday for the replacement strut to be installed.

The vehicle is close to the end of the basic warranty, so my concern is that the noise would have increased over time and I would have been hung out to dry.

I don't who is paying for all this. Not me.

The Edge is also a rattle can. The doors move all over the place and there;s a rattle in the right front dash.

It's my fourth Ford in succession. The other three were Windstars. They were supposed to have been crap according to every rating I've seen. Not half the problem of the Edge. One had an alternator replaced under warranty, another had the driver-side B pillar separate from the platform and the third had an AC compressor die - all under warranty. Considering that the Edge was supposed to have marked the beginning of a new era of quality at Ford, it has left a bad taste in my mouth.

Overall, it's a really good vehicle. But it will be hard to buy another Ford product should I want to replace it. It's the seats, that are superb for my body and my wife's, the overall performance and the reasonable fuel economy that could keep me a Ford customer.

Further to my front-end clunks: The second dealer to work on the car has replaced struts, the right side twice; bushings and mounts. The left-side clunk is gone. The right-side clunk is almost gone. It reveals itself rarely and about as quietly as when the problem began a couple of years ago. The Service Manager says he can't think of how to get rid of it. I have decided to try to live with it, with the proviso that the present state is in the records so that I can continue to make warranty claims if it gets worse again over time. If I had this to over again, I would go for the Canadian arbitration process and try to have Ford replace the car after three attempts to solve the problem failed. I waited too long. The value the system would place on my car is too low for me to buy another Edge with the money - or to buy any reasonable alternative for that matter.

Back again with my '07 FWD Edge's front-end clunks or pops. The warranty repairs to the left side are holding up; it's as quiet as it should be. The repairs to the right side - including two new struts - resulted in a barely discernible clunk that now, a couple of thousand or so kilometres later, is becoming louder. It also produces clunks and strong vibration in the floorboard, shockingly noticeible when I rolled over a series of 30 kph speed bumps at 30 kph. It's going back to the dealer April 21st. Wish me luck.