TerryTwoUtes

Yes, the filter is at the lower front of the engine and has easy access. Drain plug on pan is easy too. Get the front up a bit on some ramps and it is very easy vehicle to change oil on. Wal-mart sells the Motorcraft 5W-20 semi-synthetic oil cheap. It is in 5 qt jugs and you need about 5.5 qts with a filter change. WM also sells the Motorcraft filters for good price.

I just drained what came out the plug on the bottom and refilled back to full with new fluid using Mercon 5. Same process as what Depiry described. There is no pan to remove like on older auto trans. The filter is inside and is intended for lifetime, so you do not change it. Yes, only draining out some of the fluid is not a full swap of old fluid with new. But approx 5 qts of new is a lot better than none. If your trans is good shape, the partial fluid change is just good preventative maintenance. 5 qts ATF is cheap enough.

Just my opinion, but one has the perception of a granola eating vegetarian Obama voter car; and the other is a Ford Edge. The Subaru's are popular here in the mountains where I live with the AWD, but my wife's AWD Edge continues to impress me in the snow and ice. It does better than my Expedition, at least until the really deep snow and limited ground clearance of the Edge becomes a plow. I would put the Edge up against any Subaru for bad weather driving. The turbo Subaru engine might be better for performance, but I have real hot rods for peformance. The Edge is for driving to work and getting through the bad weather safely.

I know they are sensitive to oil viscosity, to work correctly you need to run the 5w-20 oil. Such as the Motorcraft oil you can get at Wal Mart. Also know that it is a failry big job to replace them, if not under warranty it could be a big repair expense.

Just wanted to add additional thanks to igcitng for the tip on getting the Scion XB bumper protector. Got one for my wife's 2008 Edge, from Spark's, and it fits and looks great. Covers up all the scratches in the rear bumper. Biggest factor was just getting around to actually ordering it, installation is easy and peel and stick. Thanks for the tip, and recommended for anyone else.

That piece is plastic. At least on my 2008 it is. No powder coating unless you want a melted mess. I would just paint it a flat black or something similar if it that much of an issue.

Needed a new car for my wife that was AWD or 4WD. She like SUV style vehicles. Her old Expedition became my bad weather driver.

If you have the factory hitch, that would work good for the rear. For the front, I would find solid point on the front subframe to hook onto.

I live up in the moluntains, get several snows around 6-10 inches. The AWD Edge (with 20 inch wheels and OE Pirelli tires) does great, no chains needed. Yes I have hills and ice. Yes it is my wife that drives it and she does fine. The few times I have driven it in the snow it does better than my 4x4 Expedition I drive when the weather is bad. The AWD Edge kicks butt in the snow and ice compared to any other vehicle i have driven in similar conditions. To make it even better when these OE tires wear out I am planning to get a set of winter specific tires and have a second set of summer tires. It will do even better with real winter tires. I just can not see where you would need chains with an AWD Edge. Unless you are out when you shoud not be on the road. Or when you need a real big high clearance 4x4 truck. Use your sense and drive reasonable, the Edge will work great.

Look in the maintenance section, there is a many page discussion on this. The problem seal is on the passenger side axle, it is a double seal. Both axle and PTU, that is why the red vs brown described above. You need to get under the car and look at the passenger side axle where it exits. It is right above the exhaust pipe, that is why the burning smell, it drips onto the hot exhaust and smells bad. It will not get better if yours is leaking. It is worse in cold temps and after longer high speed drives and coming to a stop. Look in the maintenance section discussion and you will learn all about it in detail. Here, I looked it up for you, click on this thread, 36 pages of information: http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/1654-burning-smell/page__st__700

On my wife's 2008 AWD Limited, up here at 5200-7200 ft elevations, probably 75% highway getting 22 mpg according to the car's computer. That is also with the winter blend gas that usually knocks off 1-2 mpg in most vehicles. Hope to see it warm up soon and also get back to real gas instead of this watered down ethanol blend for winter.

Do you live where it gets very cold? Could be that you have grease that is almost solid and causing the jerking. Of course when the dealer compared in the service bay it is working fine, as it is not very cold temps. That is my $.02 as to your problem.

The rear wheel bearings is a fairly common problem, search the fourm and you can find it many times. There were some mismachined housings that caused the bearings to fail from what I understand. You are certainly not the only one with this problem, the good news is that once fixed it does not seem to be a repetitive problem.

Hi Marc, good to have you here. Are there any big differences between your German version and the typical US version? Do you have the same 3.5L V-6 gas engine? You said it is not a very common vehicle, is it sold as a regular vehicle or as special order?

I am not exactly familiar with the Edge design for HVAC, but it does sound like your flaps and/or actuators are not working right.