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Going to be replacing cv axles on my 2008 FWD Edge. First time in 242,000 miles! I keep hearing that I will lose transmission fluid when I remove the drivers side axle. Does anyone know how much I will lose? Is it just a few ounces or is it quarts?

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!

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 have a 2008 Edge with 242,000 miles! I need to replace the front brake pads (ceramic now). I have Raybestos Element 3 pads in the rear (have about 2000miles on them). I was going to use the same on the front, but I've seen some bad reviews about them, so now I am not so sure. The brakes on this Edge have never been great in my opinion. Had the brake booster replaced (it went bad) about 7 years ago and it didn't make any difference. Looking for some more stopping power if possible. Any thoughts on Raybestos? or something else?? Maybe semi metallic? Thanks

Ok. I’ll have to look into that. I did check all the sensors (back up) and they all work. Just the BLIS and cross traffic on the pass side. Probably that module behind the bumper on the pass side. I was rear ended a few years ago and it started acting up a few months after the wreck. Probably related. The modules say “set aside if dropped “. Sounds fragile.

No codes

My 2014 Edge has a blindspot system fault AND cross traffic system fault. The alerts show up every time I turn on the car (tried to upload pics but wont work). Is this something that has to be fixed by the dealer? Is there a way to fix myself? Unfortunately both dealers near me have bad reputations. i know they would probably charge me something outrageous. ALSO, is there a module on the left side and right? Or just one.

Replaced with a new one for $28. Took 20 minutes. Filled up twice already with no issues. Thanks again!

Awesome info. Just watched a video. Looks super simple. Thanks!!!!

My 2014 Edge (90,000 miles) runs great, but right after I fill up the gas tank it idles rough. The idle goes up and then down to about 500-600 rpms. Sometimes it almost feels like its gonna stall. It will be rough going up and down until I start to drive. Its not horrible, but just enough to feel it. After I drive it for a couple miles its fine. Idles perfectly. No other issues at all. Had the fuel pump replaced at 56K due to CEL. But it had the issue before that. Thought that may fix it, but it didn't have any effect. Had the fuel injection cleaned at 40k and I use fuel system cleaner at every oil change (5K).

So....I went to the dealer this morning and met with the service mgr. They brought my Edge back to the shop and the service mgr. said he would be back in 10 minutes after a test ride with another customer. When he returned about 20 minutes later we went to the shop. Approached my car and the tech was already under it!! And he was frantically rushing. I was pissed. He had already removed the old fluid before we arrived and was starting to pump the new fluid in. As he pumps it in he shows me that its full because the fluid is OVERFLOWING FROM THE FILL PLUG. All down the side of the PTU like it should have been before! I could tell he was mad or embarrassed , and was trying to cover his tracks, he never mad eye contact. He was so frazzled to get the PTU full he knocked over the quart of fluid onto the floor. The service mgr. and I walked back into the service advisor area and I lit him up. I told him its obvious he didn't do it the first time. He couldn't wait to fill it up so oil could spill all down the side of the PTU. But I had pictures of it before. When I showed the pictures to him he didn't respond. I told him I wanted to see the dirty fluid and the fill plug and the tech purposely started before we got back there. The service mgr. said that he showed me the fill plug, and I told him I wanted to see it when it first came off and if it had any metal shaving on it. He proceeded to tell me he picked up the drain plug and "he personally cleaned off all the metal shavings with his fingers" and showed me his greasy hands. I told him thank you for proving my point. There shouldn't have been any shaving on the plug if the fluid was changed yesterday, and it was obvious from my pictures that no fluid had ever touched the outside of my PTU. He then told me he would give me a full refund for the job. Just shameful. 99.99% of people would never know that they got ripped off. Unfortunately for him, I was the .01%

Yeah. I'm going in the morning and I'm gonna watch them do it. What a pain! I just watched a you tube video of a mechanic doing the PTU fluid on a Mazda CX9. He was able to remove the old fluid without making any mess really, BUT when he had to fill it there was gear oil dripping all down the casing and even some on the exhaust. I will let you all know what happens tomorrow!!! I will be shocked if the fluid is clean...

I agree. Not happy. Maybe it was done, but highly unlikely. I called the service manager and told him what happened and that I believe that the fluid was not changed. He said the mechanic had been there for a year and a half and has done a very good job. He said he may be promoting him to shop foreman. Not sure how a fluid changer gets to be a foreman, but whatever....The service manager (who was VERY nice) said I could come back tomorrow and they would do the fluid change and I could watch it being done. Just seems very AWKWARD to be standing there watching after I accuse the mechanic of lying to me.....but at the same time I want the fluid changed.....I was very polite the whole time, and told him I didn't want anyone to get fired, but I feel I got ripped off.

The mechanic knew for sure it was the PTU. I saw the mechanic in the bay after the car was on the ground and he was putting the injection cleaner in the tank. I confronted him about the fluid change (after knowing it was only up on the lift for 20 minutes). I honestly figured he was going to do the injection cleaning first. I never saw anyone or any machine under the car when I saw it on the lift. So, I asked him WHEN he changed the PTU fluid to let me know how it looks. He said he already did and it looked fine. We had a small discussion about PTU's and I let him get back to work. I really found it hard to believe that it was changed that quick, but I didn't want to call him a liar to his face. I figured I would just check when I got home.

Here you go. I also attached a picture of my fill plug Ford reciept.pdf