Dnickerson

52 minutes ago, WWWPerfA_ZN0W said:

much could be said about older vehicles. never had batteries die in our pre2000 Taurus-es either.  the demand on them is just so much more now.

 

there are many reasons to buy newer vehicles, but DIYability and battery reliability are definitely not two of them lol. 

I agree 100%
 

Its funny, the car can park itself, drive itself, stop itself and even update software/systems by itself.  You’d figure by now it would be able to tell that the battery is getting low and it would just start itself up to charge it… or at least give you the option lol 

14 hours ago, JoeVic said:

I had a similar problem with my 2019 ST.  Battery only died completely once.  But I got the 'going to sleep' warning about 5 times. Dealer checked it and said everything shows fine.  Hasn't occurred in a while, but I hate feeling like it may happen randomly again. 

This is my biggest fear.  My daughter drives a 1999 Honda Accord that we bought her 7 years ago for $3K that has proven more reliable then our 2020 Edge.  We bought a new car to not have to worry about these kinds of things!! ?

18 hours ago, WWWPerfA_ZN0W said:

idk if the pcm retrains itself whenever a new battery is installed on gen 2+ but if it thinks it is charging an old battery, this can happen.

 

also pretty easy to check for parasitic draws. normally takes 40+ minutes after engine shutoff for all modules to go to sleep, but plug in additions can be responsible too.

The dealership kept ours overnight hooked up to their diagnostic equipment to check for parasitic draws and found nothing.  I’m not completely sold that there wasn’t something going on at home where it connects to our WiFi and typically does system updates and whatever else.  We also have absolutely no accessories in the car such as a phone charger or anything as this model has the charger pad built in.  

10 hours ago, Xtra said:

New cars like the Edge have lots of  energy vampires. Systems that run even when the car is turned off.  These parasitic vampires take a toll on damaged and marginalized batteries that have just enough CCA  and reserve  to do the job. 

You are absolutely right, which is scary.  The systems do updates and software downloads and all kinds of weird stuff when it’s parked.  You would think that since it must monitor the battery voltage (enough so to let me know that remote features are being disabled to conserve) it would shut whatever other built in features off also.  

20 hours ago, ebank said:

I was experiencing the same issues in my '19 ST at about 21K, I wasn't going to take a trip to the dealer for them to tell me it was fine, I waited until it would not start one morning.
Jump started and drove to the dealer.

I saw the tech come and put paperwork on my service writers desk after parking my car in the service lane, the service writer wasn't at his desk so I went over and read the diagnosis:

Battery cracked and leaking, replaced.

 

Online service history says:
 

SERVICES PERFORMED

Electrical

TOTAL COST

$0

I hear you, the service guy called me several times over the 2 days our car was at the dealership garage to tell me that they found no unusual errors on the car, no unusual power draws unexpectedly and finally after the battery being on a load tester literally the entire day that it passed.  I told him this was basically unacceptable and there must be some explanation.  But of course their hands are tied to do anything under warranty unless they can prove it.  I would 95% put my money on a flakey battery but I’m not gonna pay for it! 

19 hours ago, EdgeST2020 said:

I was able to make the click by pushing on the glass too.  I think it just tugs at the frame around the sunroof such that that clip comes loose and clicks.  The dealership i initially brought it to actually resealed the rear of the vista roof thinking that was the issue, but the click/creak continued.  Then velcro!

 

i am probably going to replace the velcro with tightly wound quiet tape but bottom line that clip is likely the issue.

I did listen a little closer to the sound today and it could very well be a continuous fast clicking.  Definitely going to try putting something under the clip.  Is there one on each side or just a single clip? 

I’m a little late to the party but decided to look and see if I’m the only one experiencing this dead battery syndrome.  Our 2020 Edge ST (purchased new in 2021) currently has 11k miles on it and is on the second time around of having the battery go mysteriously dead.  A couple days before it happening we did receive messages on our ford pass saying remote features disabled to conserve battery life. Then as usual every day it was driven to work, shopping, etc and suddenly just flat dead the next morning.  First time I was extremely mad after trying to jump and charge it with no luck.  Had it towed to the dealership under warranty and had it looked at.  Service department said they had to run a battery load test and diagnostic on it and it took longer to get a result then they’ve ever seen but it came back as passing so they could not change the battery under warranty.  The service guy was questioning if we left anything on in the car or something plugged in.  NOPE, nothing, we don’t even have a phone charging cord in it.  And quite frankly on this vehicle it’s almost impossible to have an interior light on or anything else without it shutting off automatically, the car is pretty intelligent.  But we did check and nothing was left on.  So we wrote this experience off as just weird and a one time thing.  Well this morning, 2 months later, here we are again with a completely dead battery.  As usual for the last 2 mornings we got the messsges on the Ford pass saying the remote features are disabled but every day the car started up just fine and functioned normally.  Beyond upset again…. 

I have a 2020 Edge ST and previously had a 2018 Edge sport, both with the exact same problem.  I wouldn’t call the noise a click but more of a creaking/squeaking noise that is only amplified when the sun shines in it, drives me absolutely crazy!!!  I’m going to look into the Velcro wrap trick as I’ve been considering bringing it to the dealership but figured they would probably be unhelpful.  I found that I can recreate the noise by sitting in the back seat and lightly pushing up on the glass.