2008 Ford Edge electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 158 complaints for the 2008 Ford Edge, 11% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 158 11% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 85,000 miles 138 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 3 and 7
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Based on 138 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	7
20k to 40k miles	6
40k to 60k miles	21
60k to 80k miles	24
80k to 100k miles	22
100k to 120k miles	23
120k to 140k miles	16
140k to 160k miles	12
160k to 180k miles	6
180k to 200k miles	1
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 138 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 85,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 7 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Here is the link to an exact detailed explanation. When I lost power my car rolled into the middle of the intersection and was hit. [link removed]

Reported at 140,000 miles, February 2014 CrashInjury

My husband was driving with me and our 2 children on the highway at 70 MPH. All gauges (fuel, speedometer, odometer, etc.) stopped working and the odometer read "odo data error". We had a GPS that we were using and displayed our speed, so we kept going the 5 miles to our planned stop along the way home. When we restarted the car, the gauges were back up but it made a loud thumping sound when changing gears. It reversed fine (but we were on a slope), then thumped again as we switched to drive.

Reported at 83,277 miles, December 2014

Electrical system problems in other years

Electrical system problems across all Ford models