Hi All

I have to admit that I don't get on here as often as I had planned to, but thought I would post an update on my views of my Edge, so here it is

 

9 Years on, 66,000 miles, still have my car.

I think that as I bought my Edge, not long after the Uk launch, thereby making it an early model could be one of the reasons for the catalogue of problems that I encountered.

And credit where credit is due to Ford Customer Care with all their help in getting all my problems sorted out, even if one or two of them took some time to rectify

I have really enjoyed my Edge, and still am enjoying it.

Am getting 37-38mpg fuel economy, with mostly round town driving.

On way home from work there is a short stretch of road that I can open it up on, I do this about twice a week, depending on conditions.

Yes, it is a slightly larger car than most around making parking a problem sometimes, I am still to try the auto park systems on my one.

(Still have not tried this yet, I don't really see the point now, as if I can't park my car by now, I should'nt have a car of this size)

Even though my dealer's still say they sold many of these, I still don't see that many around.

Though Fmc stopped selling these from new or so I have been told.

I was given a free health check, with all the benefits from my dealer, so saved a bit of money there.

Front tyre wear has been a problem, my car had softer compound Continentals all round fitted as factory standard.

As my local (trusted) tyre fitter explained to me. He was seeing more in the way of tyre wear due to the growing popularity of Suv's.

I had two Bridgestone tyres fitted on the front, being a slightly harder compound tyre. Will see how long these last.

Bridgestone tyres did last longer than continental's.

As to the interior, I have the Lux pack option with leather, full length sun roof, etc.

The front seats are climate controlled, as in are heated and have air con built into them, the rear seats are heated.

The front seats are fully electrically adjustable, with 3 memory positions for the drivers seat. The rear seats can be reclined.

On long journeys, my kids make use of the 240v socket in the rear of the centre console, as well as using the 12v socket.

My wife makes use of the illuminated vanity mirror in the sun visor, have yet to use my one (no I am not vain).

The interior heating does get too hot for me, so the dual zone front climate controls comes into use and is quite effective.

Onto ride comfort, part of my work commute takes me over some fairly "bumpy" road conditions.

In my previous car these could be felt through the car, but the Edge seems to glide over these bumps like a hovercraft.

I have not experienced any wind noises whilst driving, to date.

Being in a slightly higher seated position, lets you see over some hedges down country lanes, in my opinion.

My wife finds it easier to get into/out of my car (she is currently on the waiting lists for knee replacement surgery).

It has given a few drivers a bit of a shock as to being nimble/quick from a red traffic light for my cars size.

When you see them pull into the outside lane, and you feel like having a laugh (I always take road/other conditions into account).

I have noticed that having a Ruby Red coloured car seems to make it invisible to some other drivers. Still applies to this day.

My standard headlights were ok.

I did convert all front lights to Led, my car has been this way now for approx. 3 to 4 years now, no mention of wrong lights at each Mot.

The Led lights in my opinion are a lot better/brighter, than the factory units, even the Puddle lights on mirrors were a vast improvement.

The auto main beam works ok. I even had someone flash me when I was driving on dipped beam one night.

Have tried cruise control on a quite a few long runs now, the most difficult thing I find with this is getting a happy speed to suit other vehicles on the same road as myself, apart from that no problems encountered to date.

All in all I still think my Edge is a good car, and have no plans to change it.

Even though I have had a few problems with my one (see other posts I have made).

If for whatever reason I had to replace my car on a like for like basis, going by todays specs, I would have to get a Top End model, but still drop a fair few extra's as they would not be included in the build spec, though it would cost me a lot more (obviously).

Happy motoring

Dave

 

 

I've only had mine since August, so it's good for me to hear someone has kept one for so long.

I also have heated/cooled seats, they work fine, but was surprised/disappointed with how noisy they are with heating on because of the fan assistance!? Having had previous Fords and Kia's with element heating in the seats

Thanks for taking the time to do a write up 🙂

On 2/15/2025 at 5:14 PM, DavesEdge said:

Hi All

I have to admit that I don't get on here as often as I had planned to, but thought I would post an update on my views of my Edge, so here it is

 

9 Years on, 66,000 miles, still have my car.

I think that as I bought my Edge, not long after the Uk launch, thereby making it an early model could be one of the reasons for the catalogue of problems that I encountered.

And credit where credit is due to Ford Customer Care with all their help in getting all my problems sorted out, even if one or two of them took some time to rectify

I have really enjoyed my Edge, and still am enjoying it.

Am getting 37-38mpg fuel economy, with mostly round town driving.

On way home from work there is a short stretch of road that I can open it up on, I do this about twice a week, depending on conditions.

Yes, it is a slightly larger car than most around making parking a problem sometimes, I am still to try the auto park systems on my one.

(Still have not tried this yet, I don't really see the point now, as if I can't park my car by now, I should'nt have a car of this size)

Even though my dealer's still say they sold many of these, I still don't see that many around.

Though Fmc stopped selling these from new or so I have been told.

I was given a free health check, with all the benefits from my dealer, so saved a bit of money there.

Front tyre wear has been a problem, my car had softer compound Continentals all round fitted as factory standard.

As my local (trusted) tyre fitter explained to me. He was seeing more in the way of tyre wear due to the growing popularity of Suv's.

I had two Bridgestone tyres fitted on the front, being a slightly harder compound tyre. Will see how long these last.

Bridgestone tyres did last longer than continental's.

As to the interior, I have the Lux pack option with leather, full length sun roof, etc.

The front seats are climate controlled, as in are heated and have air con built into them, the rear seats are heated.

The front seats are fully electrically adjustable, with 3 memory positions for the drivers seat. The rear seats can be reclined.

On long journeys, my kids make use of the 240v socket in the rear of the centre console, as well as using the 12v socket.

My wife makes use of the illuminated vanity mirror in the sun visor, have yet to use my one (no I am not vain).

The interior heating does get too hot for me, so the dual zone front climate controls comes into use and is quite effective.

Onto ride comfort, part of my work commute takes me over some fairly "bumpy" road conditions.

In my previous car these could be felt through the car, but the Edge seems to glide over these bumps like a hovercraft.

I have not experienced any wind noises whilst driving, to date.

Being in a slightly higher seated position, lets you see over some hedges down country lanes, in my opinion.

My wife finds it easier to get into/out of my car (she is currently on the waiting lists for knee replacement surgery).

It has given a few drivers a bit of a shock as to being nimble/quick from a red traffic light for my cars size.

When you see them pull into the outside lane, and you feel like having a laugh (I always take road/other conditions into account).

I have noticed that having a Ruby Red coloured car seems to make it invisible to some other drivers. Still applies to this day.

My standard headlights were ok.

I did convert all front lights to Led, my car has been this way now for approx. 3 to 4 years now, no mention of wrong lights at each Mot.

The Led lights in my opinion are a lot better/brighter, than the factory units, even the Puddle lights on mirrors were a vast improvement.

The auto main beam works ok. I even had someone flash me when I was driving on dipped beam one night.

Have tried cruise control on a quite a few long runs now, the most difficult thing I find with this is getting a happy speed to suit other vehicles on the same road as myself, apart from that no problems encountered to date.

All in all I still think my Edge is a good car, and have no plans to change it.

Even though I have had a few problems with my one (see other posts I have made).

If for whatever reason I had to replace my car on a like for like basis, going by todays specs, I would have to get a Top End model, but still drop a fair few extra's as they would not be included in the build spec, though it would cost me a lot more (obviously).

Happy motoring

Dave

 

 

 

had mine 7 months worst car ever had 

17 plate edge sport

been back to used car dealer twice in 3 months 

rear diif and housing thermostat replaced

now horn buggered got take off bumper to replace mot due in 2 weeks so got get it done

now got horrendous noise when i drive it 2 garages cant find where it coming from

going in to 3rd garage today hopefully find fault

its having full service horn replaced and mot 

hopefully it aint front diff that gone

bought it for mrs to get in out off easily due to hip problems

cant wait to get rid of it 

"Even though my dealer's still say they sold many of these, I still don't see that many around."

Same here. I rarely ever see another Edge. About one a month at most.