My wife and I are considering a 2007 Ford Edge AWD SEL. We test drove it tonight. My wife drove for 3-5 miles with no issues. When back in rainy parking lot, we noticed a noise/feel from the rear tire area. Sounded almost like something shifting, or a "thud", not a terribly loud noise, but noticable none-the-less.
Anyways, we re-created the sound for the dealer (Ford dealership) and he took it for a ride and then told us that feeling or noise was the AWD kicking in when the wheels were "slipping". We weren't going very fast when we noticed the shift/noise.
Can anyone please let me know if this explanation is accurate, and if it is an issue, or is it just normal? Obviously we do not want to be buying a faulty vehicle, but we also don't want to be over-reacting. We plan on calling around to some other dealers tomorrow and asking if this phenomenon is common with the AWD. It has 30k miles on. Thanks for any help in advance!
