I have a 2009 Ford Edge with the 20" wheels. Had a flat tire due to a cracked rim. Spare was installed @ tire shop,and I was directed to a place to have my wheel repaired. I made it about a quarter of a mile down the road when my car began to violently pull, jerk, grind, and clunk. I pulled over quickly wondering if my wheel had come off the car or something.(??) At this point car was un drivable in drive or reverse without doing the same. Long story short,wheel was repaired,reinstalled on the vehicle,and it was back to normal. Although I wondered ever since how much damage was done before I was able to stop the car. I have since had some intermittent clunks, until this week all of a sudden I'm getting a whining,grinding sound coming from the all wheel drive unit (verified by a very reputable auto repair facility in my area).. the spare is about 7 inches smaller in diameter as was pointed out earlier in the comments. I checked with the dealer to make sure this was the original spare size that Ford Motor Co. provided with this vehicle since I bought it used (and It is). Bottum line, I need some expensive repairs on this vehicle because of this issue. If there is supposed to be some sort of override to disengage the AWD while using the (obviously dangerously undersized) spare tire, IT DIDN'T WORK! Who do I even begin to complain to?
