[xxx] without injury or change by us to the car, the "door ajar" warning began showing up in the instrument panel. The door is securely closed. The warning is on the panel, the warning beep is sounding, and the interior light remains on until you drive forward about 30 feet. This makes backing out of parking spaces, driveways, etc difficult because there is no way to see where you are going because of the bright light. Lubricating the door latch assembly does nothing to help. Updated 10/9/15 *ln.......updated 10/19/15 *bf updated 12/21/15 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).' *bf
2012 Ford Edge electrical complaints
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Door latch sensor driver side front
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. While the vehicle was parked, the door warning light illuminated when the door was closed securely. The failure recurred intermittently. 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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. While the vehicle was parked, the front driver side door warning light illuminated, indicating the door was open when it was securely closed. The failure recurred constantly. The dealer diagnosed that the door latch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was serviced, but the remedy failed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 33,000.
Intermittent, the door ajar light comes on-when the door is really closed-it makes the dome lights stay on and the doors will not lock. This is referring the passenger door behind the driver. No matter how many times I open and shut-it still shows that it is open. ..updated 10/06/15 *bf updated 11/08/2017
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated that the front driver side door ajar warning light continuously illuminated when the door was completely closed. The failure caused the internal dome lights to remain illuminated and caused the battery to drain. Also, the contact noticed that the doors failed to stay locked while driving. The failure recurred multiple times. The dealer stated that the sensor inside the door might need to be replaced; however, the vehicle had not been taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
The door ajar light continually comes on in my 2012 ford edge. We have shut the door repeatedly several times and it will not shut. It is unsafe because the interior light stay on.
After closing the driver's door, I get a door ajar message in the dashboard screen. When parked, interior dome lights remain on and doors will not lock since the vehicle thinks the door is still open. While driving, doors do not lock and notifications repeat after each stop as I release the brake to start accelerating. Repeated door closings may cause the computer to realize that the door is closed and the message may go away, but that solution works less and less often. My edge is now 5 months out of warranty, but first occurrence was 2 months out of warranty. Ford hq tells me there is no recall on this issue and my dealership wants to charge me $400 to replace the door switch or $500+ if I want a diagnostic to determine if that solution will work, or if there is a larger problem. Online research reveals this problem is rampant across many ford models and years. They know it's a flaw and refuse to make it right.
The door latch light stays on durning drive time, it prevents locked doors and light on mirrors and interior light stay on. I have read there is multiple ford edge drivers with same saftety issue. This needs to be resolved its very dangerouse driving hazard it prevents door from locking during high speeds. ...updated 08-06/15 *bf updated 9/29/2015
The door ajar warning stays on. Unable to lock door while driving. Vehicle constantly says to shift into park and the close the door. A huge problem while driving, distraction and may cause crashes.
Door ajar light stays illuminated when door is closed. This causes a distraction to the drive because the interior lights stay illumined when driving. Very serious and the dealer wants over 650 to fix the issue.
The door ajar message shows on the dash when door is closed. After many attempts the sensor does not read the door being closed. This seems to be a very big issue that requires a recall due to safety since it is part of the electrical system.
Door sensor malfunctioning. Door alarm and lights continue to stay on after door is closed.
Door ajar signal stay on when door is closed. Interior light stays on. Inability to lock doors while in vehicle. Faulty latch. Continuous door ajar chime sound on.
"driver's door ajar" indicator is on all the time even though door is closed completely. Then the doors will not lock from inside the vehicle and the interior lights stay on (this is a safety hazard at night as the drivers vision is impaired by the interior lights). Also related to this problem: the "shift to park" audible and visual indicator operates at random while driving which is a significant distraction to the driver.
Door ajar signal stays on when door is shut. Interior light stays on. Doors cannot be locked when inside.
The door ajar signal stays on when door is shut. Interior light stays on. Door cannot be locked when inside.
The driver door latch is defective thus failing to notify the sensor that the door is actually closed. The door, although closed, registers open. The door ajar warning sounds on the dash board, dome lights stay on and doors do not lock. I am concerned that the defective latch may affect airbag deployment because the doors intermittently fail to lock. I began searching ford forums only to find that this is an issue for many ford owners. I contacted ford motor corporation only to be informed that they knew nothing of this issue. It would be appropriate for ford to acknowledge this issue, repair the faulty part at their expense, and continue to follow industry standards best practices.
My driver side door does not register as closed. The cabin lights stay on and the doors don't always lock because the car thinks the door is ajar when it is not. When driving the car I get an alarm in the dashboard that continually states the driver side door is ajar.
Doors will not register closed even if you slam the door will not close have to run car with alarms going off ford will replace at an larg cost
Door ajar light stays on so the doors cant lock the dome light stays on and ford will not recall this unsafe problem there seems to be an existing problem with this model that the driver's door will not close properly and won't lock just went it gets out of warranty. The dome light stays on and the dashboard alerts keep going off. Called ford and they won't fix the problem. This is unsafe to drive and this model should be recalled. 600.00 for repair
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated that the front driver side door would not close properly and would set off the alarm. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who stated that the sensor in the door that confirms the door is closed and locked needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000. The VIN was not available.
Driver door shows not closed, lights are on, display shows door ajar and the bell is ringing.very difficult to drive night time with the interior lights on shinning in your face. Also the display is shows request to acknowledge and to validate information regarding the door being open. The symptom is increasing every day going to 90%+ now when get in the car we start being afraid to use the car now
When driver's door is closed, the "door ajar" light is still on the display. You can slam the door hard several times before it will go off. Many times, it reappears after you begin driving. This causes a safety hazard to my family because my wife is not able to lock the doors when inside the car. (the "door ajar" will not allow it to be locked).
Drive door ajar on panel, doors won't lock, interior light stays on initially, while driving it will say to shift to park due to the door ajar...when you accelerate, the doors do not lock like normal. After turning car off sometimes can't lock to vehicle and the interior light stays on for about 5 minutes.
Door ajar signal will intermittently activate even though drivers door is closed. This also means that dome lights will not go off and that the doors will not lock. This is apparently a very common issue with the ford edge and it needs to be escalated to a recall for fix.
Driver's side door ajar sensor always reads the door as open. This causes the car to chime every time you accelerate from a complete stop, the interior lights stay illuminated, and prevents the doors from automatically locking when the vehicle is in motion. The chime is a distraction and also causes the driver to ignore the alarm which means you could not notice some other, more serious malfunction in a timely manner. The interior lights make parking at night very dangerous as it's hard to see outside of the vehicle. And the doors not locking automatically is obviously dangerous. On top of all this, you cannot unlock the door from the outside if the proximity key is inside the vehicle when it thinks the door is open. If someone is used to being able to do this, it's very easy to lock yourself out of your car. It happened to me yesterday. Glad I didn't have a baby stuck in there. Instead I just had to pay $60 for a locksmith. Attempting to clean the area where the sensor is located does not fix the issue. And the process to replace the sensor is either very expensive or far beyond most people's ability (it requires complete disassembly of the door). This means a lot of people won't bother to repair it and there will be a lot of ford vehicles on the road with this problem. Watch out for them in a parking lot.
A fault in the door latch on the drivers side is malfunctioning and sends a signal that the door is open when it is not. Besides being annoying, I fear the fact that the doors do not lock while the vehicle is in motion. They could be locked manually, but I have two small children that can not lock them on their own. I fear that if we were in an accident, they could be thrown from the car due to not having the doors locked. At this point I do not even want to drive my children anywhere in this vehicle. It is a safety issue!
A few months ago, the driver side door ajar light began staying on when the door was closed properly. This causes the lights to stay on inside the car along with the annoying beeping sound. What really concerns me is that I have my daughter in the vehicle with me and being that the doors won't lock as the light is now on continuously, she would be able to open the door at any time. Just wait until there is a major injury from this before being recalled, isn't that how it usually works?
Driver's side door ajar light is illuminated and will not go off even though door is closed . Light is distracting when driving. Door open warning relay part # misw6169 is bad and needs replacing.
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