Boxingtodd

Thank you for the information. we are already on changing all the fluids including brakes. he has over a month until he is legal, so we have some time to work on it.

Just recently aquired this vehicle; it has 150k miles. there were 2 factory keyfobs. One was completely beatup. I ordered an aftermarket smart key and programmed using the pocket in the center console. I then tested all keys for function and everything seemed to work okay. I was with my son yesterday and he went to the car without me and the vehicle started. I had the keyfob in my pocket, asked him if he had to enter code to unlock and he confirmed. I thought that was weird. 

this morning I was running late jumped in the car and left for work. When I arrived at work I reached into center console where my son usually leaves the keyfob and realized that it was left at home. I had stopped the vehicle and pressed brake and pushed start button and it started right up. I have another ford with the smart key and usually it will go into accessory mode, and give notification that there is no key detected. 

I noticed that the remote start was not working last week; but was not too worried since it is usually garaged.

Has anyone ever had a similar problem with this system? Any place to start would be great.

Just purchased a previously owned Ford Edge for my son's first car. We have owned a few Fords over the years, but this is my first Edge. There are a few things that seem to need attention, so hopefully the forum will be a big help. Thank you,