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My fuel tank was inspected last month and the dealer confirmed that it was rusty and advised that it should be replaced.

He was then informed by Ford that they would not authorize replacement as it was not actually leaking!

I contacted them and asked how they justify this idiotic response and to ask for confirmation.

Now saying that "Tanks are to be available later this year, a supplement will be published. At that time, the vehicle can be repaired.

They confirmed that as it was reported that the tank was not leaking at present, I can continue to use the vehicle until the part will be available to order. Or I guess the tank starts leaking...........

I guess I need to attach some no smoking signs on my vehicle!

To cut a very long story a little shorter, I purchased a 2008 Edge new in Quebec and in 2011, I moved to Finland and brought the Edge with me. I noticed the recall notice on this forum in January and contacted Ford USA. They informed me that my car was affected and that I should contact Ford Finland to have the recall action.

First Ford Finland told me my car was not affected and I had no worries but after I asked for written confirmation to this and in the event of something related to the fuel tank causing injury, they turned around and told me to take it to my local dealer for inspection.

The inspection showed that the tank was rusting but not leaking at this time. They informed me that they would request to order and replace the fuel tank from Ford Finland and also ask if I could continue to use the vehicle or be put in a hire car at no cost to me.

One week later the dealer contacted me to inform me that Ford Finland are refusing to change the tank as "its not leaking at present". That's like saying you have your brake system that could be faulty but as it stops OK at the moment, we wont do anything.

I contacted Ford Finland and asked them to explain their idiotic response and that if I did not get an answer within the week, I would contact Customer care center in USA.

One week went and just before contacting USA, i asked once again for an answer from Ford Finland. Now, they responded straight away and replied that they had contacted Ford USA to ask what to do.

That was 7 days ago and now response????

I'm running on these http://www.nokiantyres.com/winter-tyres/nokian-hakkapeliitta-7-suv/ during the winter and it completely changed the vehicle handling from the non studded Toyo winter tires I ran before.

My Edge which has been in Finland for the past 3 years is booked into local dealer here for inspection today. I'm really hoping that the past 3 years away from the salt of Quebec have helped look after the fuel tank and nothing is needed. Really don't want to have to park it up for who knows how long.

Fingers crossed

Rather than wait until I smell gas, I took a quick look under and this is what I see.

Its all in the tyres!

I have a 2008 AWD Edge and now have it running inside the Arctic Circle of Finland where we have snow about 6 months of the year. When I got here, I was using the winter spec tyres that I got with the vehicle and it was OK but I had to be real careful as it would under steer if I had too much speed in turning. But last winter, I changed to a set of Nokia Hakkapeliitta studded SUV tyres and the car handling changed completely. It became so confident that I could use more speed and power, even into the corner and the under steer was gone and I actually had a feeling of over steer, which is better and actually makes the vehicle fun to drive as you can actually get the back end hanging out and drift!

I purchased my 2008 Edge new in Quebec and in 2011, I moved to Finland a took the Edge with me. I noticed this info of the forum last week and contacted Ford CRC in the US to ask if my Edge is one of the effected and was informed that it was and that I should contact Ford in Finland to have the recall action taken care of which, was great.

On contacting Ford Finland and giving my VIN number, I was in formed that my vehicle had no recall notices and was therefor not effected. I asked that they recheck and confirm and the replied that I did not need to worry.

I recontacted FORD USA to reconfirm but no answer as yet.

Should I have the lawyer warmed up and waiting as I have it in writing from a Ford representative that my car is not effected but how could this be, its a 2008 Ford Edge limited AWD which lived its first three year in Quebec with a shed load of salt on the road.

i guess I have to trust the word of a representative of Ford Motor Company until the shit hits the fan!

I own a 2008 Edge Limited AWD since new and I don't have a leak at present (I think) but found out yesterday, that my car is included in the safety recall but my issue is made more difficult by the fact that I moved the vehicle from Canada to Finland in 2011.

 

I contacted the customer relationship center in the US yesterday and they confirmed that my car is included and they told me to contact the local center here to arrange an inspection at my local dealer. Especially as local dealer tends to create more problems than they fix.

 

I'm really hoping that the past 3 years in Finland, where we have 6 months of winter BUT NO SALT! have been kind on my fuel tank.

 

Everything is far more expensive here and cheapest city car hire is about $70 per day

 

Ford Edge is not sold in Europe and getting parts will be more difficult.

Had contact with Ford Finland yesterday and eventhough I gave them a copy of the email from Ford USA, which said that my car was effected, Ford Finland informed me that there was no recalls for my car.

Not sure they know what they are talking about.

Decided to take a look myself and yes! there is rust

If you want the best winter tyre for the Edge, you cant get better than these http://www.nokiantyres.com/tyre?id=16898448&group=2.01&name=nokian

I just finally traded in my Toyo Observe G-02 Plus for the Nokians and it has totally changed the handling of the Edge for the better, much more fun the drive on ice and snow.

Vapour Grey Limited 2008 with black and red leather interior

I found it is difficult to plug power on my 2011 limited. the cord is too short to connect go undernease. If go hood cover, it can not be closed.

It should be possible to feed the cable past the radiator an to the front grille, that what I did but look at what is norm here in Scandinavia

http://www.defa.com/da/fp/

Same felling up here in Finland, just inside the Arctic Circle, brought my Edge back with me from Canada after a 3 year working trip. Having been looking around for a replacement but none of the European options interest me at all....

Unfortunately, buying from America and shipping over is not an option in Finland because the tax man here will tax me about 35% to 45% of what he believes the value of the vehicle is. Based on two years ago when I brought back my three year old Edge Limited, he valued it at 45,000€ and tax would have been 14,000€ but as it was part of my household moving goods, I was exempt the first 14,500€ so nothing to pay that time.

The reality is that if I purchase a new Edge in US and ship it here, the vehicle will end up costing me about $80,000!!!!!!!!!

How about this?

Its going great (touch wood) and its the only one up here and even though it nearly six years old, it still turns heads as most people have never seen one before.

I was looking to change it but a new edge import from the US would cost me the cost of the vehicle plus the import tax, which here in Finland will be 35% to 45% of the value of the vehicle. That's not the actual value but what they think it value in Finland would be and based on that they valued my Edge when I return in 2011 (3 year old Edge then) at 45,000€ ($58,000), I would be paying for the vehicle twice.

Alternative is a Ford Escape (called Kuga here) but only auto gas version is the 1.6, alternative is the diesel but neither compare to my Edge so I will just keep it. 1.70€ per litre of gas hurts a little, YES! that $8 per gallon

If you are after the best winter tyre for your Edge, here it is Nokian Hakkapeliitta 7 SUV if available in Canada.

http://www.nokiantyres.com/tyre?id=16898448&group=2.01&name=Nokian+Hakkapeliitta+7+SUV

I had Toyo winter tyres on my edge from new in Quebec for 3 winters and two winters now in Finland. They were OK but just changed to the Nokian's and what a difference. Vehicle went from big understeer in the corners which, would eventually be corrected by the stability control (but not before a brown trouser job!) and now with the Nokian's, its like its on rails with a light oversteer feel which, is much more fun!

Down side is that I am using more fuel as I am feeling confident to use power peddle a lot more!

By the way, we are on snow and ice up here from October to May and no salt.......

I have been using 5W 30 since 2011, when I brought my Edge back to Finland from Canada as the 5W 20 is not available here.

I would never normally recommend going from a 5W to a 10W (if 5W is stated) as it could be hard on the cold start up but I noticed your location is Qatar so I am guessing that you never get a cold start like I have to experience in the winter -30°C or even -40°C.

But still add 5W if you can.

Hi,

I have a 2008 Limited wit 97K now and have own since new, 3 years in Canada before returning with the Edge to Finland.

I first had the same issue after about 2 years of owning and the vehicle goes into limp home mode which the reason for lose of power. I tried to key off and on again but no joy so I disconnected the connectors to the ECU (left side of firewall) and reconnected which is the same as disconnecting the battery but much quicker. This continued to happen maybe once every 3 or 4 months and just before leaving Canada for Finland, I changed the battery and it still continued.

When I moved, I purchased a calibration programmer from Hypertech and used their power improvement programme and deselected the speed limiter and since then I have not had any issues.

I believe a sensor is giving fault but as a reboot resets and fault does not come back, I think its software related and not hardware.

Hi guys,

 

I'm a new owner of a 2008 Ford Edge with 180KM on it. I decided to get the fluids changes so I went to Jiffy Lube because I wouldn't have a time to drop car off at dealership for a another few weeks.

 

I got Mobil 1 Full Synthetic Oil and

a Drain/Fill of the tranny fluid (Did ot want to do a flush) So they ended up draining and adding about 5 litres of Valvoline Maxlife.

 

Now, I'm a little worried because my friend told me I should only be using ATF+4, will I be ok with the Valvoline or should I go to a dealer to have them replace it?

 

Thanks for your help!

Sonia

Its clear, you need an oil that meets the Mercon V spec and the Mobil 1 Fully Synthetic ATF and Valvoline Maxlife both say they do but I believe the Mobil 1 is closer to the full spec.

But you said that the did one drain and added about 5 litres, if this is the case you need to repeat the process 2 more times and the system hold about 10 litres. If you don't carry out a pump out and fill, you need to drain the 5 litres from the sump, refill and run for 3 minutes, then repeat twice more to ensure most of the old fluid is removed (this is the workshop manual procedure).

That's correct, same fluid for trans and power steering.

Its the lower of the two you have circled, its a small hole and it takes a some time to drain out.

Recently changed my trans oil for the first time in 92,000 km

I had no issues with the trans but thought it was time but here in Finland the only oil of the correct spec I could get was Mobil 1 ATF fully synthetic at 16€ a litre (about $21) and I changed to the spec of 5 litre out, 5 litre in, run 3 minutes and repeat process 2 more times so it was not cheap for total of 15 litres!

But the result was that right away, trans felt like new and shifting was smoother.

Is this any help, it's from the 2008 service manual

Right hand fender splash shield seems to be the key!

Cars are cheaper across the boarder in Sweden and we can purchase them. But when we bring them to Finland, the tax man attacks!

Normally the tax added, brings the total price of the car just below the price of buying locally. I have heard that the EU has informed Finland that this practice is not correct in the EU but they continue to do it anyway.

The % depends on size and power and I see that someone imported a Bentley Continental and vehicle was valued at 200,000€ and tax man taxed it at 50% so an extra 100,000€ in tax...

Frozennuts!

Check out the webbsite AutoScout 24 for Edges in Europe, there are some Edges (42) for sale around here..both older and newer..

Just a friendly tip!

But I do agree with you regarding the taxes, living in Sweden where we love high taxes...

Yes, I have seen this option but Finnish Tax Man still wants his pound of flesh (35% to 50%) on a used car that's imported into Finland, even though Germany and Finland are in the EU!

Yep! pay lots of income tax, pay lots of car tax and at 1.70€ per litre of gasoline ($2.20), we pay plenty of tax here also but our medical care is FREE! So no need of medical insurance unless you want the five star treatment.

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