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Battery appears to be past its useful life.   Charge it and then take it to a place like Autozone for them to do a health check on it, free of charge.   .

Looks like maybe the BRSD pads are no longer available. Can't seem to find any. I agree 100% on the Michelins. They are great for 20k miles and then they are hard. Especially mine, they are almost 10 years old. I have gotten 80,000 miles out of them two different times. This set only 42,000 so far, but father time has caught up to them. Yes, I am getting a brake fluid flush. Last one was at 201,000 miles, its due! I appreciate all the advice!

Post reminded me of a song from Little Anthony and the Imperials. "Shimmy, Shimmy, Koko Bop."    (Before your time, don't worry about it, mind wondering.) (Again.) (grunt)

I believe that the Motorcraft Super Duty BRSD pads are semi-metallic pads. They are intended for Edges & MKXs with the factory tow pkg. (More fade resistant and better stopping power under heavier loads.) It's what i have on my 2009 MKX; and I'm satisfied.   Have the Pirelli Scorpion's as well. Very satisfied. Years ago ran Michelins. Good tires for the first 20k or so, then got through the great soft rubber in the tread and into the rubber that gives it the extra long milage and couldn't stand the roughness and loudness.    You're going to find the Pirelli's are really good tires and stay consistent throughout their life.    A recommendation if I may. Have the break fluid changed  when you so the brake job.   People don't realize that brake fluid gets scalding hot in use, and it's hygroscopic, meaning it naturally acts like a sponge and absorbs moisture from the surrounding air.   As moisture accumulates in the brake fluid, and gets heated over and over, it starts to break down. This drastically lowers the fluid's boiling point and cause the brake fluid to boil under hard use.   Boiling turns the liquid into gas bubbles and because gas compresses easily, your brakes will begin to feel soft.   This is another important factor which can (significantly) increase your stopping distance.

Just to close this topic.   Replacing the alternator seems to have fix all the problems.  This car seems to have quirky electrical problems anyways.  Thanks all

The other thing they discontinued with the ST was the hood insulator blanket. You can order one and install it yourself. 

My neighbor has a 2012 Edge that kills the battery pretty quickly, I think it goes from fully charged to unable to crank the engine in one or two days. (there is a bit of a language barrier but we usually manage). He replaced the battery 3 weeks ago but no change. He took it to a shop that tested the alternator and they said it was good.    Electrical problem history:  First he said the interior light would not always go off when the driver side door was closed.  Then he said an engine compartment fuse blew, I looked it up and it appears to be the #18 40A HVAC blower motor, it looks melted and fused.  Then he mentioned that he heard a buzzing or clicking sound from the engine compartment fuse box and indicated where he thought the noise was coming from but I didn't find any bad fuses in the immediate area, also pulled several, including a black box that might be a relay, that didn't prevent the next symptom from happening.    This is the interesting part:  I got a voltmeter and without the + cable attached the battery measures 11.4V. With the + cable attached it oscillates between roughly 5.3V and 4.1V about once per second.  Does these symptoms make any sense to anyone? While to me, on the surface they appear unrelated (door interior light, HVAC fuse, oscillating battery drain) maybe this all makes sense to someone.  He said there were zero problems that he was aware of when he purchased the vehicle.    Note: The owners are low income and said if I can simply disconnect problematic circuits but the car will still run normally ans safely and pass smog, they'd be happy with that, if the repair would be costly (more than say $200).    Thanks in Advance, MIke

They stopped using the cover early in the 2019 model year.  My ST was produced in late 2018 and it included the cover from the factory.

Thanks for all the information.  My Edge is FWD and has a towing package. We do not tow anything.  I drive it a little aggressively. My wife does not (lol). We have owned the 08 since day 1, we ordered it, and it still looks new. I've always felt the brakes were inadequate. They just never "grabbed" well, if that makes sense. Maybe that's just how they are??? The stopping always seemed to take longer than it should. I had a 14 Edge, and it always stopped much better.  I can't seem to find a semi metallic Ford motorcraft pad and the regular pads I believe are organic material? I had the rear wheel bearing done a few months back and the brakes needed to be changed, so we put the Element 3 pads from Raybestos on the rear. Now I see Raybestos filed for Bankruptcy.  I was going to get the Centric semi metallic for the front, but that is part of Raybestos! Ugh.  Now we need front wheel bearings and an outer tie rod end (doing both) and the brakes have about 50% pad left, but I figured I would replace them since everything comes off anyways and there would be no labor charge. At this point with 242,000 miles I figured it would be the last brake job.  Also getting new Pirelli Scorpion AS+3 tires, my Michelins are almost 10 years old! So, Im getting ready to drop about $1600 on everything. Fingers crossed she lasts a few more years!

I am it was the rear diff, it was cracked and 2 days ago it fully split apart. Ill add pics of when I got it back from the shop and now