Door ajar light keep being on and I cannot find the problem. The door is shut but light stays on. It keeps running my battery down and has been a problem for 6 months.
2011 Ford Edge electrical complaints
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Door ajar switch not working properly
Door ajar warning front driver passenger doors remain on with doors closed. Doors will not lock and interior lights remain on while car is stopped and in motion.
Door ajar light keeps coming on. Drains battery, can't lock door in fear of alarm going off. First time at 4:30 am! Can be stationary or moving
I now have had 2 door sensors go bad. I know of many people with faulty sensors. This not only is a safety hazard because the dome lights never go out, but you never know the true position of the doors. The cars dome lights stay on after you get out and lock it causing dead batteries! I've had to replace two batteries and a door sensor already. This is ridiculous. Not to mention very expensive. I just bought a house and had a baby.
Faulty door latch on driver side. Dash display indicates door ajar when it is closed. Because of this problem the dome light stays on and runs down the battery. Dangerous to drive with dome light on. This happens intermittently and it is my understanding this is a ongoing problem with this and other model ford vehicles.
Both when the car is stationary and moving the driver's side door will be closed but the dashboard indicator will say the driver's side door is ajar despite the door being securely closed. This results in the interior overhead lights staying on for up to five minutes. Additionally, the doors will not lock despite trying to lock them using the locking button located on the door or the key fob. This began happening about a year ago in march 2016. I know many other 2011 ford edge drivers suffer from this same problem. This is a safety hazard because the lights remain on making it dangerous to drive at night and drains the battery leaving the driver stranded due to a dead battery. The unlocked doors could result in someone opening the door in a dangerous neighborhood and forcing the driver or passenger form the vehicle. This needs to be fixed immediately or ford will no longer receive my business.
Driver door ajar. Interior light stays on. Cannot lock door. Battery drains. Have been to service once already, cost $250.00 and issue is not resolved.
The rear passenger door on the driver side of my 2011 ford edge continuously shows on the dash that the door is ajar even when it is not. I have to stop, get out of the car, open and close it (sometimes multiple times) to get it to shut off. Despite being very annoying, it is also causing my battery to work extra hard because if you don't get the warning indicator to shut off when you park the car, the several of the car lights will stay on. It is also distracting to see this warning light on the dash while driving the car.
The door ajar light stays on even when the doors are closed. This then drains battery and leaves driver stranded. It also keeps the interior lights from shutting down because the system thinks the door is ajar. It doesn't matter if the car is running or not this happens.
The door ajar light stays on when the front passenger door is closed. It is very intermittent. The door is closed, but the door ajar warning light remains on. This is a problem when getting out of the vehicle because the dome lights and the lights under the outside of the mirrors remain on. The second issue is when you use the key fob to lock the car, it beeps twice saying the door is still open and will not lock. It is a safety issue because of the false sense that you have secured your vehicle, but cant because of a sensor problem. It come on as soon as you open the door to get in the vehicle to go somewhere. The problem is the door ajar sensor is built into the door latch itself and have read that the cost to replace with labor is just over $400 dollars. If this happens in the remaining 3 doors or the hatch that would end up costing over $2,000 dollars over the life of the vehicle. I have never paid that price for normal wear and tear on a vehicle.
The "my ford touch" system completely shut down, starting in nov. 2015. The system controls rear view camera and hands free cell calls among other things. The system came back on and again failed at various times through 2016. I had to remove the battery connection and reconnect , as directed in ford website ( key reset). It again failed in jan 2017 and finally it failed completely march 2017. I never received any communication regarding updates to the system. When you get used to the rear view camera system and hands free calls , it is a major safety concern when it is not available.
Really two complaints: 1) dash/center console lights not shutting down properly and repeatedly turn on/off when car is turned off. Results in battery draw and frequent dead batteries and 2) door latch warning light will not turn off and doors do not lock properly when being driven.
The driver's side door sensor is broken, causing the car to keep interior lights on for extended periods of time even when the car is on and driving. This causes difficulty driving in the dark as vision is hindered. The lights also stay on for 10-15 minutes after the car is turned off and locked, and will also come on at intermittent periods of time while the car is off. This problem causes the car battery to drain, resulting in a dead car battery. The car doors do not lock once the car is on and the "door ajar" light is indicated. The "door ajar" light may come on every time the car is driven in a day or may only come on periodically over several days. When on, the light indicator will stay on when the car is stationary and in motion.
Although the driver side front door is closed, "door ajar" warning is still illuminated, car does not allow locking of doors while this warning appears. Also, dome light remains on for several minutes, which is a hazard for night-time driving. This warning appears whether or not the vehicle is in motion.
The drivers side door latch does not catch. This causes the "drivers door ajar" warning. This also causes the lights to no turn off when the car is parked and turned off. This resulting the battery being drained. When battery is drained the car won't start and can leave the driver stranded.
I have a 2011 ford edge 2nd yr the door ajar light stays on which keeps all the interior lights on and draining the battery. I've had the sensor replaced once but it started again 6 months later. The dealer aside I need to replace them all at 400 dollars a door I've replaced the battery twice at 230 dollars each because the speedometer reads 60mph when the car is sitting still has to be fixed and the my key needs to be reprogrammed. It's a hazard at night because the dome lights stay on while trying to drive. And the dead battery has left me and my family stranded twice. .
Door ajar lights stays on , draining the battery and it is also a safety issue
I bought the 2001 edge used. After two days I noticed the passenger door open alarm came on and I could not remove it. Bad sensors. Now, both the passenger and driver door alarms stay on. And, it will not allow me to lock my doors, so when I drive the doors are unlocked. My grand daughter opened a back door at a stop light. In addition, due to the sensors, the dome light stays on and drains my battery. Looking this up there are a lot of complaints about this issue. To test the issue while driving, my brother opened the door on the interstate doing 70 MPH. When I try to lock the doors they reopen immediately. This is a dangerous situation. It happened 2/6/2017 and has remained this way.
The rear driver-side door indicator switch has become unreliable. It now indicates the rear driver-side door is open a majority of the time. Because the car thinks the door is not closed, interior lights do not dim reliably and the doors no longer lock reliably. I don't get the option to do so until the car is well under way.
1. October 3, 2016 ' ford edge "door ajar" light problems are under investigation by the federal safety agency after safety regulators received 1,560 complaints about 2011-2013 ford edge door ajar lights that stay on and cost a small fortune to repair. 2, ford edge the door ajar lights located on the instrument clusters stay on all the time even when all doors are closed and fully latched, leaving owners questioning if the doors are really closed. 3, other problems associated with the door ajar lights staying on, such as drained batteries from both the door ajar lights and the dome lights staying on. 4. The doors won't lock with the door ajar lights constantly illuminated and other owners say the doors open while driving. The federal safety agency says it doesn't know of any related crashes, but one person reported they suffered injuries due to the problem. 5. In addition to the safety hazards caused by the lights, owners say they have been forced to pay hundreds of dollars to fix problems those owners believe should be fixed under a ford recall. However, one edge owner said she was told by ford the vehicles hadn't been recalled because there hadn't been enough complaints. Please note we were given a very high discount on the repair we were originally quoted $550.00!! 6. My driver door ajar light kept coming on. I didn't pay much attention to it; honestly just thought it was a sensor and I would take it in to get looked at. Eventually the light stayed on all the time, and even made my interior light stay on as well. I took it to my local ford dealership this week, and it is not the door sensor, but the door latch. This is not covered under my warranty.
Rear driver side door ajar light staying on. Uncertain if door is shut or not. Was first able to open and shut door several times and get it to turn off but now it is staying on causing my dome lights to stay on.
Door ajar not sensing door closed on front right door. The lights stay on while all doors are closed and the doors will not lock while in motion.
Door ajar light; doors unlock in drive; doors unlock in park after pressing lock; safety issue with this vehicle because passengers may open door while in motion; people could enter from outside while car is parked or stopped while in transit. Problem has been ongoing since at least january 2014
Door ajar light stays on even when door is closed. You are left unsure if the door is closed properly. It drains the battery over time as it leaves the lights on inside. My 16 year old will be driving soon and this is a safety issue that needs to be fixed by ford. This is not an issue that is caused due to wear and tear.
My passenger door ajar light/alarm comes on randomly while driving down the road, and sometimes it happens after someone gets in and shuts the door. This weekend it happened while I was driving at night during terrible rain...causing the interior lights to come on and nearly blind the driver(me). It doesn't seem to know when the door is open/closed. This also keeps the car from locking correctly...it automatically unlocks because it thinks the door is open. Last- the light will remain on when you exit the vehicle which ends up killing the battery. You might think it is ok- but it just decides to trigger the door ajar sensor and lights are on. This has happened in middle of the night, after I thought it was locked up and secure for the night. It also makes me wonder if the door latch is not working and the passenger may be at risk of falling out of the car. Ford wants 450.00 to fix a safety problem that is widely complained about and should be remedied without cost to consumer.
Door ajar light stays on when the door is completely closed/latched. That does not allow to lock the doors automatically (after the speed is more than 5 MPH) or even manually since they unlock immediately. That is a safety concern. Also, the interior lights stay on until you drive, blinding you and this can be a safety issue at night.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford edge. The contact stated that the instrument panel lighting remained illuminated and the "door ajar" message was displayed. In addition, the dome light remained illuminated. The failure recurred numerous times. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 132,000.
The door ajar light comes on even though all doors or closed. The problem is that interior lights stay on and doors will not lock even when the car is off. This drains and kills the battery. Ford states no recalls. After researching on internet, this has been happening with ford models for years with no fixes.
The drivers door ajar warning was activated on the instrument panel. The door was actually closed. The safety issue was the interior lights were on while driving, the doors could not be locked when driving and the battery was drained when the car was turned off for the night. There is a safety bulletin issued on the door latch and assembly. The dealer charged $468.00 to replace the door latch assembly. The documentation is the dealership paperwork given when I paid the bill.
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