1/10/2024 0 Comments 13 ford edge![]() ![]() Here's my thing.if you are recalling or covering certain vehicles based on VIN numbers, what is the criteria to be eligible? When I cause an accident for a known safety issue? Get it together Ford! I've been a loyal customer for 20 years and wouldn't think of buying another brand.maybe it's time for something else though. I'm still waiting to hear how much this is going to cost me. So, as we speak my local mechanic is looking for the part for me and he's going to fix it as it's been deemed "unsafe to drive". WHY THE HELL NOT? So I contacted Ford directly at 88 and was told again that they would not cover my car as I was not listed as an "approved VIN" under the extended warranty. I called the dealership and they said my VIN # wasn't covered under the recall list or the 13N02 list. However, they informed me that there was an extended warranty 13N02 on my Edge and if I called the Ford dealership I could get it fixed for no charge. They told me it was a bad booster and needed to be replaced. I almost sh!t myself! I called our local auto body repair shop to get it looked at the next day. It finally softened and I was able to stop. I put my Edge in neutral and slowly started pumping the brakes. Got to the stop and go lights further down the road and almost rear-ended someone because again my brake would not depress immediately. When I got to the stop sign, I was able to press down on my brake pedal but it had a "spongy" feel to it and I could hear a loud air leak or "hissing noise" from the brake pedal. Noticed my brake pedal was hard to push in and my 2013 Ford Edge wouldn't come to a complete stop in the parking lot of my work. No noise, no previous issues, and out of nowhere I could not get my car to stop! I am worried my brakes may fail me with no warning as they did this time. ![]() So should this happen again, I have documentation of it being an intermittent issue. I will inform Ford directly of the issue as well. I had the shop document the issue even if they could not duplicate it. I think Ford needs to expand that one to include any of the models. I did research and found the issue mentioned in 13n02, but my car is not included. I drove the car very carefully and slowly to the shop, about 10 minutes away and on the way the brakes gradually improved and are now working fine. Called the dealership we bought it from, and they referred us to a brake place. I asked my husband to test out the brakes immediately to see if he had the same issue and sure enough, yes he did. Thankfully no one was in front of me and I was able to stop completely, it just took a much longer space to stop. Driving along doing my errands on my day off and as I'm turning into a shopping center, suddenly my brakes had to be pressed all the way to the floor before responding. ![]()
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