TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND PREVENTED THE DOORS FROM LOCKING. THE DOME LIGHT ABOVE THE PASSENGER REMAINED ILLUMINATED, WHICH INDICATED THAT THE DOORS WERE OPEN. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR AJAR SWITCH ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.
2013 Ford Edge complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2013 record →
WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO A LIMP-TYPE MODE. THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WHICH I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT IS A VERY WIDESPREAD PROBLEM IN FORD VEHICLES AND THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM BUT HAS REFUSED TO ISSUE A RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE AND FORD IS PUTTING ITS CUSTOMERS AT RISK FOR ACCIDENTS.
MY DRIVER "DOOR AJAR" SENSOR WILL NOT GO OFF, CAUSING INTERIOR LIGHTS TO STAY ON FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, BEEPING WHEN COMING TO A STOP, INABILITY TO LOCK THE DOORS INSIDE WHEN DRIVING AND IGNITION DINGING CONSTANTLY WHEN KEYS ARE IN. THIS OCCURS BOTH WHEN VEHICLE IS STATIONARY AS WELL AS MOVING AND IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW HARD OR LIGHT THE DOOR IS SHUT. IN LOOKING ONLINE, IT APPEARS THIS HAS BEEN A COMMON PROBLEM FOR PEOPLE, HOWEVER HAS YET TO BE RECALLED.
ON 9/19/2016, REPORTED PROBLEM OF UNABLE TO STOP WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. FIRST TIME HAPPENED WHEN EXITING PARKING LOT AND RAN STOP SIGN. SECOND TIME HAPPENED AS APPROACHED STOPLIGHT. LATER ON WIFE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS STOPPING FROM 35MPH AT STOP SIGN AND OTHER STOPLIGHTS. PROBLEM WAS LEAKING BRAKE BOOSTER COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY RECALL #13N02. THIS RECALL WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY NOTED ON FORD.COM, BUT IT SHOWED UP TODAY, 9/20/2016.
DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON AND WON'T REGISTER WHEN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS SHUT. LIGHTS WILL NOT DIM WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED, LOCKS WILL NOT WORK PROPERLY EITHER. BATTERY IS BEING DRAINED BECAUSE OF THE FAULTY SENSOR. FORD WILL NOT COVER REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
THREE OCCURRENCES: DRIVING 30 MPH, ALL FORWARD MOVEMENT STOPPED. ENGINE WRENCH CAME ON, NO POWER, NO RPM, NO RESPONSE. HAD TO CROSS 3 LANES OF TRAFFIC (COASTING) TO PREVENT US BEING T-BONED IN THE INTERSECTION. NEXT : DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. SAME THING HAPPENED, ALL POWER STOPPED, NEARLY RUN OVER BY AN 18 WHEELER. HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE. THIRD : THE VERY NEXT DAY, SAME THING HAPPENED ON A COUNTRY ROAD. NO TRAFFIC. NO NEAR MISS THIS TIME. HAD IT FIXED AT FORD THE FOLLOWING DAY. COST NEARLY $250. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT FORD HAS REPLACED 1.6 MILLION ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODIES. THIS NEEDS RECALLED. I'M FIGHTING FORD FOR A REFUND THAT I PAID FOR. I HAD TO HAVE MY FAMILY SAFE. PLEASE HIT FORD HARD. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I THINK THEY'VE HAD A RECALL ON FUSION / ESCAPE. WHY NOT EDGE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY EDGE VEHICLES HAVE HAD ETB REPLACED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. UPDATED 12/01/16*LJ THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE WARNING BUZZER WOULD NOT GO OUT WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THE DEALER CLEANED THE DOOR SWITCH . UPDATED 12/15/16.*JB
THE SENSOR FOR THE DRIVER DOOR AJAR KEEPS POPPING UP. I HAVE TO CLOSE THE DOOR NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE IT WILL ALLOW ME TO LOCK THE CAR. IF I DON'T THEN THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON. THIS HAPPENS WHILE DRIVING OR WHEN PARKED. IF I AM DRIVING THEN THE DOME LIGHT REMAINS ON UNTIL I CAN GET THE SENSOR TO TURN OFF.
"DOOR AJAR" LIGHT KEPT COMING ON, STARTED EARLY 2015 WHILE IN WARRANTY. IT WAS REPAIRED BUT IS NOW DOING IT AGAIN AS OF AUG., 2016 AND OUT OF WARRANTY. ALSO, DOME LIGHTS WILL NOT TURN OFF SOMETIMES.
APPROACHED STOP SIGN, FROM PARKING LOT AT APPROX 8-10 MPH. APPLIED BRAKES, BUT THEY WENT SOFT AND ENTERED TWO LANE HIGHWAY APPROX. 2 FEET. DUMP TRUCK SWERVED TO MISS ME. CAUTIOUSLY DROVE HOME BUT AT FIRST STOPLIGHT I ENCOUNTERED, SAME THING HAPPENED, NEARLY RUNNING INTO CAR IN FRONT OF ME. WIFE LEFT THAT EVENING TO DELIVER MEAL TO MY ELDERLY MOTHER. SHE SAID THAT SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER AT ONE STOP SIGN AND TWO STOPLIGHTS. (CAR WAS IN MOTION DURING ALL INCIDENTS. MINE HAPPENED WHILE LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND ENTERING A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY. HERS HAPPENED ON TWO LANE ROAD NEAR HOME AND FOUR-LANE INTERSECTION ACROSS TOWN. THIS IS REALLY A SCARY SCENARIO. MADE APPOINTMENT TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER ON MONDAY SEPT. 19. 2016.
WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR THE DOOR AJAR MESSAGE COMES UP ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH NIGHT DRIVING. DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WHEN TURNING VEHICLE OFF THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON AND IN TURN PUTS A DRAIN ON THE BATTERY. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS AS IT HAS BECOME AN UNSAFE PROBLEM FOR NIGHT DRIVING. THIS STARTED FEB. 2016 AND HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM SINCE THEN. SPEED MAKES NO DIFFERENCE FOR THIS PROBLEM.
LEFT DOOR SENSOR/LATCH IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AFTER 65,000 MILES. AFFECTS DOOR LOCKS WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED. THE DOOR LOCKS GO UP AND DOWN INTERMITTENTLY AND UNEXPECTANTLY. AFFECTS OVERHEAD LIGHTING AND THE REMOTE START. DANGEROUS TO HAVE THE DOORS NOT LOCKED ESPECIALLY IF YOUNG KIDS ARE IN BACK SEAT.
DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH IS FAULTY. CLAIMS THE DOOR IS OPEN, EVEN WHEN IT'S NOT. UNABLE TO LOCK DOORS, AND NOW JUST GOT A DEAD BATTERY BECAUSE THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON.
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON 9/8/16 ON A MAIL THOROUGHFARE, I HAD TO HIT THE BRAKES HARD BECAUSE A VEHICLE PULLED OUT IT FRONT OF ME. SINCE THAT TIME THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT (FIRM/SOFT) AND WHEN IT GOES SOFT IT REQUIRES MORE STOPPING DISTANCE. IN ADDITION WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND PRESSING DOWN ON THE BRAKE PEDAL THERE IS A SQUEALING SOUND COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH/FIREWALL AREA. AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO LOCAL MECHANIC IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BRAKE BOOSTER/VACUUM PUMP ATTACHED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER THAT HAS FAILED.
THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND THE DOOR IS NOT OPEN. THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON AT LEAST 5 MINUTES AFTER TURNING THE CAR OFF, THEREFORE RUNNING DOWN THE BATTERY. WE JUST HAD TO PUT IN A NEW BATTERY. THE DOORS WON'T AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE IT THINKS THE REAR DOOR IS OPEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU SHUT THE DOOR, THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON. VERY FRUSTRATING!! SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM, IT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!!
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR RANDOMLY FLASHED AND ALL FOUR DOORS FAILED TO LOCK APPROPRIATELY WHEN NECESSARY. IN ADDITION, UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE, THE DOME LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO CLOSE THE DOORS SEVERAL TIMES TO GET THE LIGHT TO DIM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
DOOR LATCH DOES NOT FULLY SHUT DRIVERS SIDE. LIGHTS AND DOOR AJAR REMAIN ON. EVEN IF OFF DURING DRIVING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT MAY COME ON SUDDENLY AFTER TURNING CORNERS. ONLINE COMMENTS SUGGEST LATCH SENSOR ARM CONTINUES TO TOUCH DOOR LATCH WHEN CLOSED OR DOOR LATCH DOES NOT FULLY ENGAGE.
DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK, CAN POP OPEN WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION.
THE DRIVER'S DOOR WARNING DRIVERS DOOR IS AJAR WILL NOT GO OFF. EVEN WHEN CAR IS OFF, LIGHTS REMAIN ON INSIDE THE CAR. WHILE DRIVING, LIGHT AND WARNING CONTINUALLY STAY ON, DOORS WILL NOT LOCK BECAUSE SENSOR FOR DOOR REMAINS ON. WHEN I COME TO A STOP WHILE CAR IS RUNNING, WARNING TO SHIFT CAR TO PARK WILL COME ON..THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM WITH LITTLE CHILDREN IN CAR.. DOORS WILL NOT STAY LOCKED..
ABOUT A YEAR AGO HAD ISSUE WITH CAR BATTERY AND CAR NOT STARTING. TOLD DEALERSHIP OF ISSUE WITH DOME LIGHT COMING ON AND THE DOOR AJAR ALARM NOISE BUT NOT THE AJAR LIGHT. THEY SAID THIS SOMETIMES HAPPENS WITH BAD BATTERY. NOW THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT COMES ON, THE INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON, THE DOOR AJAR ALARM SOUNDS, MY DOORS WILL NOT LOCK, AND AN ALARM ON MY DASH TELLS ME TO STOP AND PUT MY CAR INTO PARK. THIS STARTED OVER A YEAR AGO WITH THE BATTERY AND NOW A YEAR LATER WE HAVE HAD CONSTANT ISSUES WITH THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT THAT IS NOW PROGRESSING. LIGHT AND ALARMS OUT OF NOWHERE, DOORS NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCK, AND THE PROBABILITY OF CAR BATTERIES GOING DEAD BECAUSE INTERIOR LIGHTS WON'T STAY OFF IS A HAZARD NOT TO MENTION TRYING TO SEE AT NIGHT WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS UNABLE TO GO OFF. SOMETHING NEEDS DONE. ALL OF THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN IN MOTION OR AT A STAND STILL. IT STARTED OFF BEING JUST WHEN YOU FIRST GOT IN TO START THE CAR, NOW IT CAN BE WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING.
THERE IS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE IDLES ROUGHLY, AND THE ACCELERATOR STOPS WORKING - THIS IS ALL WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF DRIVING THE CAR. THERE WERE COMPLAINTS FILED BACK IN 2013 AND A LAWSUIT RELATED TO OTHER FORD VEHICLES REGARDING THIS ISSUE (DEFECTIVE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL). THIS MODEL AND YEAR, HOWEVER, IS NOT PART OF THE GROUP FORD AGREED TO FIX AND THERE WAS NEVER A FORMAL RECALL. THIS PUTS DRIVERS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION...LOSING POWER WHILE DRIVING.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING SENSOR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. UPDATED 11/01/16*LJ *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR FOR THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR ILLUMINATED AND A CHIME SOUNDED EVEN THOUGH ALL THE DOORS WERE CLOSED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
I HAVE A 2013 FORD EDGE AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE TURBO CHARGER FAILED, AND NO PART IS AVAILABLE FOR 3 MONTHS. THE CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED MANY TIMES PRIOR TO 60,000 MILES BUT NOW SUDDENLY I AM BEING TOLD THE PART JUST FAILED. MY COMPLAINT IS A MAJOR ENGINE PART FAILING AT UNDER 60,000 MILES AND NO PART AVAILABLE FOR 3 MONTHS.
MY 2013 FORD EDGE KEEPS SAYING THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR IS AJAR, CHIMES KEEP GOING OFF, THE DOME LIGHT KEEPS GOING OFF & ON & I AM UNABLE TO LOCK MY DOORS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN ESPECIALLY WITH MY 4 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR WITH ME. AND NOW THEY RECALL 1.5 MILLION VEHICLES BECAUSE THE DOORS CAN FLY OPEN!?!?! WHERE IS THE RECALL ON MY VEHICLE???????? ARE YOU ALL WAITING ON FATALITIES?!?!?! COME ON FORD!!
THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AJAR SENSOR FAILS TO DETECT THAT THE DOOR IS CLOSED AND LATCHED. THIS CAUSES THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS TO UNLOCK THE DOORS EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS CAN BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION.
THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WAS CONTINUING TO TURN ON, EVEN WHILE DRIVING, CREATING AN UNSAFE DRIVING SITUATION AS ALL THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF UNTIL YOU PULL OVER, PUT THE CAR IN PARK, OPEN THE DOOR, PUSH IN THE DOOR LATCH, AND THEN SHUT IT AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL THE DOOR AJAR COMES OFF. I HAD THIS FIXED AT WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. IT STARTED DOING THIS AGAIN LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER. I WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR LATCH IS FAULTY AND THE SWITCH INSIDE IS CAUSING THE LIGHT TO STAY ON. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REPLACE THE LF DOOR LATCH AT $445. IT WAS "CLEANED" ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE GENTLEMEN, BUT NOT REPLACED IN JANUARY WHEN IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. HE SAID IT WILL DO THE SAME THING IT CURRENTLY IS IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS IF THEY JUST CLEAN IT AGAIN AND NOT REPLACE IT. IT IS A HAZARD WHILE DRIVING AND A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN. I AM UNSURE WHY IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REPLACED ORIGINALLY. I ASSUMED WHEN I TOOK IT IN IT HAD BEEN FIXED AND REPLACED, NOT JUST CLEANED.
DOOR AJAR WARNING BACK PASSENGER DOOR IS CONSTANTLY ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. DOORS WILL NOT LOCK, DOME LIGHT STAYS ON. THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN AND MAJOR PROBLEM. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. FIRST TIME WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALL ISSUE AND FIXED IMMEDIATELY.
DRIVER DOOR AJAR WARNING. CANNOT LOCK DOORS, INTERIOR LIGHTS GO ON, WARNING CHIME SOUNDS. VERY DANGEROUS ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON WITH DOORS UNLOCKED. DEALER SAID NO RECALL. HAD TO PAY $366.10 FOR A "POSSIBLE" FIX BY CLEANING CONTACT LATCH WITH TOOL AND RECYCLED PER TSB 15-0013.
THE CAR CANNOT RECOGNIZE WHEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR IS CLOSED. THE LIGHT PANEL WILL SHOW DOOR OPEN, A LIGHT WILL COME ON TELLING ME THE DOOR IS OPEN, SHIFT INTO PARK, AND IF I AM DRIVING, SOUNDS WILL CHIME UNTIL I PARK. THE DOOR OCCASIONALLY WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS CLOSED, BUT 80% OF THE TIME, IT WILL NOT. I,WAS TOLD AT THE DEALER THAT THE PROBLEM IS COMMON IN FORDS AND THEY NEED TO REPLACE THE LATCH MECHANISM IN THE DOOR.
DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN WHEN DOOR IS COMPLETELY CLOSED.
THE REAR DOOR IS CONTINUALLY STATING THAT IT IS AJAR AND ALL DOORS REFUSE TO LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WHEN PUT IN "DRIVE".
DOOR AJAR LIGHT ON LEAVING DOME LIGHTS ON CAUSING BATTERY TO DIE AND EVERYTIME STOP AT RED LIGHT-CHIMES
WAS DRIVING APPROX. 45 MPH COMING THRU A 5 CORNERS MAJOR INTERSECTION AT PEAK TRAFFIC TIME OF 5:15PM. DRIVING ON STATE FARM TO MARKET ROAD IN TOWN OF 100K RESIDENTS. HAD BEEN DRIVING APPROX. 3 MILES. TEMP IN 80'S, ROADS DRY. COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER, NEARLY REAR ENDED. CAR CREPT A LITTLE, MOVED TO MIDDLE TURN LANE, STRONG FORWARD LURCH/JERK, YELLOW WRENCH LIGHT ON. PUT CAR IN PARK, TURNED IT OFF. TRIED TO START, NOTHING. SAT ABOUT A MINUTE, TRIED, STARTED. LIMPED TO PARKING LOT. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, SAT FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN TOOK ROUTE HOME GOING THRU SUBDIVISIONS WHERE STALL WOULD NOT JEAPORDIZE LIFE. COULD NOT DRIVE TO DEALER AS THAT WOULD INVOLVE HIGHWAY, AND RISK OF FATAL ACCIDENT. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TODAY, HAVE NEVER BEEN THAT SCARED DRIVING A VEHICLE IN 40 YRS OF DRIVING.
A FAULTY SWITCH IN DRIVER DOOR CAUSING A CONSTANT FAULTY DRIVER DOOR AJAR ALARM IN CAR...DOME LIGHT STAYS ON AT NIGHT WHILE CAR IS IN REVERSE...DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE THE SENSOR IS SAYING THAT THE DOOR IS OPEN...AFTER PARKING/SHUTDOWN LIGHTS REMAIN ON ADDITIONAL MINUTES, AGAIN SENSING THAT THE DOOR IS OPEN CAUSING UN-NEEDED BATTERY DRAIN...NO RECALL...$400 REPAIR TO REPLACE A CHEAP FAULTY DOOR SWITCH...MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ON INTERNET ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM...
DOOR LATCH SENSOR SAYS THE DOORS ARE OPEN. EVEN AFTER REPEATED SHUTTING/SLAMMING OF DOOR. FIRST IT STARTED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. RECENTLY IT IS ALSO HAPPENING WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR. WITH BOTH DOORS THE DASH BOARD SENSOR 'DOOR AJAR' COMES ON, SOME LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A FEW MINUTES(WHICH AT NIGHT IS A HUGE PROBLEM). WHEN THE DRIVER DOOR SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS THE AUTO LOCKS ASLO WON'T ENGAGE, WHICH IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING OR PARKED AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS. THE DRIVER DOOR SENSOR WILL ALSO ISSUE A WARNING TO 'SHIRT IN PARK'. REPEATED SLAMMING OF DOORS DOES NOT FIX THIS ISSUE. REAR DOOR ISSUE OCCURRED FALL/WINTER 2015 DRIVER DOOR ISSUE OCCURRED 8/30/16
DRIVER'S DOOR SENSOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY MAKING IT SEEM THE DOOR IS OPEN WHEN IT IS NOT. DOORS CANNOT BE LOCKED MAKING FOR UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR PASSENGERS. CARJACKING VERY POSSIBLE!
FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH WARNING LIGHT AND INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON WHILE DRIVING, DOOR NEEDS TO BE SLAMMED SHUT A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR WARNING LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. WARNING LIGHT APPEARS MORE FREQUENTLY AND NOW APPEARING WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY. DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AND INTERIOR LIGHTS ARE ON, UNTIL DOOR IS SLAMMED SHUT.
FOR WELL OVER A MONTH, THE DRIVER'S DOOR WARNING WILL NOT GO OFF. EVEN WHEN CAR IS OFF, LIGHTS REMAIN ON INSIDE THE CAR. WHILE DRIVING, LIGHT AND WARNING CONTINUALLY STAY ON, DOORS WILL NOT LOCK BECAUSE SENSOR FOR DOOR REMAINS ON. WHEN I COME TO A STOP WHILE CAR IS RUNNING, WARNING TO SHIFT CAR TO PARK WILL COME ON.
DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYING ON EVEN AFTER DOOR HAS BEEN COMPLETELY SHUT.
THE DOOR OPEN WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON EVEN WHEN ITS CLOSED, THIS IS NOT ALLOWING THE DOORS TO CLOSE PROPERLY , THIS ALSO CAUSES THE PANIC ALARM TO GO OFF AND IT KEEPS THE DOME LIGHT ON WHILE DRIVING CAUSING GLARE AT NIGHT DUE TO THE BRIGHT DOME LIGHT STAYING ON. THIS ALSO DRAINS THE BATTER DUE TO THE CONSTANT INTIRIOR LIGHTS STAYING ON WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND CLOSED
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD EDGE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REFUELED, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FUEL FILLER PIPE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND CAUSED THE BATTERY TO BECOME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR AJAR SWITCH NEEDED TO BE CLEANED AND REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE HEATING SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,338.
DRIVER DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON, DOORS WILL NOT LOCK
THE PASSENGER LEFT REAR DOOR AJAR SENSOR STAYS ON EVEN WHEN THE DOOR IS COMPLETELY CLOSED. THE SENSOR IS LOCATED ON THE DASHBOARD SCREEN.THE DOORS CANNOT BE LOCKED WHILE DRIVING EVEN THOU THEY LOCK YOU CAN STILL OPEN THE LOCKED DOOR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS I HAVE A CHILD WHO CAN OPEN THE DOOR AT ANY TIME SINCE THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK! ANOTHER HUGE ISSUE IS BECAUSE THE DOOR SENSOR IS SAYING THE DOOR IS OPEN IT DRAINS THE BATTERY BECAUSE THE LIGHTS STAY ON LONGER. I HAVE ALREADY HAVE TO BEEN JUMPED ONCE AND GET THE BATTERY SAVER IS OFF POP UP ON MY SCREEN WHEN TURNING OFF MY CAR. THE SENSOR LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS NOW. MY CAR IS ONLY A 2013 WITH 39000 MILES.
THE DOOR SENSOR IS FAULTY SAYING THE DOOR IS AJAR AND KEEPING THE DOME LIGHTS ON. I HAVE ALREADY PUT IN A NEW BATTERY BECAUSE OF THIS THE LIGHTS STAY ON ALL NIGHT AND DAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE CAR IS STATIONARY OR MOVING THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME
DOOR AJAR LIGHT
THE DOOR AJAR SENSING MECHANISM FAILS CHRONICALLY, RESULTING IN ONGOING ALARMS, WHICH IS DISTRACTING THE DRIVER, AND AN A LEARNED DISREGARD TO THE DOOR POSITION.
DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT LOCK WHILE CAR IS RUNNING. I GET DOOR AJAR MESSAGE EVEN THOUGH DOOR IS SECURELY CLOSED. WHEN I STOP I GET SHIFT VEHICLE TO PARK MESSAGE. IN ADDITION,THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. THIS IS A BIG DISTRACTION AT NIGHT TIME.
AFTER STARTING VEHICLE, THE DRIVER DOOR AJAR LIGHT WILL COME ON. THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS WILL STAY ON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT STARTED THE FIRST TIME, APRIL OF 2015, 42,799 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND SAID IT WAS FIXED. APRIL 2016, 54,629 MILES DID SAME THING. RETURNED TO DEALER, SAID IT WAS FIXED. TODAY AT 58,770 MILES IT IS DOING SAME THING AGAIN. VEHICLE IS PRESENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS REPAIR AGAIN. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE FORD RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND GET IT FIXED. DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE TO BE DRIVING AND THIS HAPPENS, NO LOCKED DOORS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS CAN COME ON. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU CAN HIT THE OK SWITCH ON THE STEERING WHEEL TO STOP THE WARNING BUZZER FROM CONSTANTLY RINGING TO THE OCCASIONAL REMINDER, BUT THE DOORS STILL DO NOT LOCK. THIS HAPPENS RIGHT AFTER YOU GET IN THE VEHICLE, SHUT THE DOOR AND START THE ENGINE. IT HAS ALSO HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING AND IT WILL COME ON.
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