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I did! Thanks again!

@1004ron & @bofus You were both correct, it was the battery. Got a new one installed and it started right up. Thank you for your help!

Cool, thanks. I'm going to take the battery out in the morning and take it to get tested and replaced. I did try to jump start it but it didn't work at all.

I don't know if it is the original battery. I bought it as a Ford CPO last spring, about 10K miles ago. However, I've never heard of a battery causing flickering when the car is turned off. Is that a thing?

I went to start my 2016 Edge Sport, got distracted by an incoming call and hit start without pushing down brake. While on the call, the Sync display showed a message to start engine or turn off, and below had a time bar that was running out. It ran out and the power shut off. I went to start and things started freaking out. The car would start, only making electrical clicking sounds (not the sounds of a started failing to turn over). No matter what, the car wouldn't start, but I also could turn off the car. The dash was dark like the car was off but the clicking sounds kept going on. I got out of the car and noticed my fog lights were flickering as were the headlights and marker lights. The only way I could stop it was to disconnect the battery. Here is a video https://photos.app.goo.gl/nHfdFFtdNeYyw36S9 I left the battery disconnected for about 10 minutes, reconnected the battery and got inside to try to start it again. The normal courtesy lights didn't come on, the dash didn't light up and it would start once I hit the start button. However, after hitting the start button, the click and lights flickering started again. Once again, I had to disconnect the battery, which is how it currently sits. I'm completely lost on what to do. Any advice at all? Hoping to avoid towing it to a dealer. Thanks in advance!