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I have had my 2008 Edge for 6 months and it currently has 85K miles on it. The brakes pedal has been soft since I got it. If you pump it once they work quite well and the pedal is firm, but the first press every time is soft and has a lot of travel. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

So, I tackled the terminals again last night. I picked up a can of "battery terminal cleaner" from the local auto parts store that sprays on as a yellow foam and turns red when it contacts battery acid. As was suggested, the battery was leaking acid. This is a non-sealed maintenance-type battery with vent caps on the top. The battery was leaking acid out of the vent caps (don't know why - overfilled maybe?). I sprayed the battery and terminals multiple times and scrubbed the terminals with a wire brush and rinsed with water. The terminal clear is supposed to nuetralize acid, so I'm hoping it did the trick. After the multiple cleanings and rinse, I put those terminal donuts under the terminals and sprayed the top and bottom of the terminals with the red spray protective stuff. Hopefully that should take care of the problem. If not the battery will get replaced with a maintenance-free battery like I usually run.

I did use a wire brush to throughly clean the terminals. The corrosion was so bad at the beginning that the clamps were completely frozen. I had to clean them just to get the bolts and clamps to work. I tried the spray stuff from the auto parts store first and the corrosion came back. The second time I did it I coated the posts and terminals in grease and then sprayed the stuff on them, it still corroded. I take care of the car, but I've only owned it for 6 months. The battery said it was replaced in March of 2013. Every time I pop the hood to wash the motor (once a month or so), there is new corrosion. I will also mention that the car seems to have been well cared for prior to me buying it. It was in very good shape, considering it is a 5 year old car with 80k on it.

I have a 2008 Edge that I purchased about 6 months ago. The battery terminals were very corroded when I bought it, which I cleaned immdiately and treated. Since then I have had to clean and treat them 2 more times, approximately every 2 months. I even doused the terminals in Coke to neutralize the acidity the last time I cleaned them but the corrosion continues to come back. Is there any long term solution to keep the corrosion from coming back?