Strut Tower Problems of Ford Edge

While driving on a city street at approximately 30mph, we drove over a standard manhole cover and there was an immediate banging noise above the front driver's side wheel and the section of the hood closest to the windshield was pushed up about 6 inches. We pulled over and could see the strut pressing up against the hood. The vehicle was towed to a mechanic shop where we learned that the entire strut tower had broken through the strut support due to a catastrophic failure of the spot welds that were connecting the upper strut mount cap to the vehicle body. The tow truck driver nor the mechanic had ever seen this kind of structural failure. We are grateful that we were not on the highway when this incident occurred, and we are eager for the issue to be looked into further to determine if this is a structural defect of the 2008 Ford Edge that could further affect our or other families' vehicle safety.

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March19, 2017 while driving 20 mph from our neighborhood to church with my wife, there was a loud clunking from front passenger side. We turned onto the main road and as speed increased to 55 mph, the windshield cracked and I noticed the hood of car was raised up about an inch above the fender. We immediately turned around and drove slowly back to the house. The attached photos show what had happened. There is considerable damage to the sheet metal body components, windshield, plastic parts. There are many similar examples of the strut tower spot weld failure reported on the internet. All seem to be on the passenger side.

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On Saturday, November 16th. Between the hours of 5pm and 7pm, while driving, we were heard a "popping" noise from the front of the car. We also noticed the windshield cracking and thought the noise was from the window cracking. When we arrived home, the car was in the garage sitting and we heard the car "pop" again. The same thing happened Sunday while going to church and home. Monday morning on the 19th, my wife parked in the school parking lot to attend a school meeting and when she came out, the hood was up and the front was popped up. We took it to the local Ford dealer and they indicated that the strut tower failed. The mechanic indicated I would not be able to drive it because it was a safety risk. They were surprised that my wife was able to drive and glad that it did not totally fail. It was indicated that the metal on the frame of the strut tower fatigued and it caused the strut tower to pop up. I have pictures if anyone would like it. The vehicle mileage at the time of incident is an estimate. It may be a little less.