chrisg Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 We bought our Edge from a friend. It's pretty basic (FWD) but I kinda like it! Our friend took good care of it so all I really have to do is normal maintenance things. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjunior Posted July 8, 2023 Report Share Posted July 8, 2023 Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on the find. It sounds like you found a winner there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLARD000 Posted July 13, 2023 Report Share Posted July 13, 2023 On 7/7/2023 at 8:51 PM, chrisg said: ...bought our Edge from a friend ...basic (FWD) ...all I really have to do is normal maintenance Welcome to the Herd! Lots of friendly knowledgable folk in these forums. Consider yourself lucky that you do NOT have AWD; the AWD PowerTransferUnit\PTU is a NotoriousFailureItem, difficult to maintain & expensive to replace. FrontWheelDriveOnly on these vehicles is very stable+strong, works fine in rain+mud+snow with the right tires; should get you anywhere you want\need to go, excepting the most difficult offroad trails. Watch out for another NotoriousFailureItem on this V6~3.5L~DOHC Engin, which is the InternalChainDriven WaterPump; if WaterPump CenterBearing or InnerSeal fails; you get Coolant dumped into the OilPan, that in turn gets mixed with Oil & destroys the Engin. It helps to renew ThermoStat+PressureCap+Coolant routinely every 4yrs\32kMiles with Zerex#G05 or Peak#10X or MotorCraft#Gold, but Pump can still fail at any time. Crazy big pain to change pump, must remove Engin & ValveCovers & TimingCover+Chains+Guides. Also watch for yet another NotoriousFailureItem, the RadiatorFanControlModule\FCM; commonly fails & causes engine overheating. Replace with only FordMotorCraft OEM part; aftermarket\offbrand replacements are known to fail often & are NOT fully compatible with Computer\PCM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisg Posted July 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 Yikes! That water pump sounds like a doozy. I was planning on driving to Colorado (from Kansas) next week with it but may consider another vehicle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLARD000 Posted July 14, 2023 Report Share Posted July 14, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, chrisg said: ...pump sounds like a doozy ...was planning on driving to Colorado (from Kansas) next week...may consider another vehicle. I'd hold on any cross country road trips, especially during the heat of midsummer in Kansas+Colorado, until you've done a full round of maintenance: Coolant, TStat, PressureCap, Oil+Filter, ATF, Brakes... and driven it a few hundred miles locally & have more confidence that its road ready. See these threads for more on my adventures in replacing a failed WaterPump in a V6~3.5L~DOHC: https://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/31495-help-with-leak-diagnosis-update/?do=findComment&comment=230561 https://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/31379-water-pump-early-leak-detection/?do=findComment&comment=229914 Edited July 14, 2023 by DILLARD000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackedge2013 Posted July 20, 2023 Report Share Posted July 20, 2023 Blackedge2013 HI there friendly people have owned and own 2013 Edge since brand new... No major problems so far fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted July 23, 2023 Report Share Posted July 23, 2023 a lot of useful information on the MACTFORDEDGE channel https://www.youtube.com/@MACTFordEdge/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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