While driving. the all wheel drive off and wrench lights up on the car dash screen. The car stalls and comes to stop. If I wait a minute it starts up. It repeatedly does this, then it will be okay for some time before it does again. I’ve. Had it at Ford garage, they say can’t duplicate or find anything on the scanner. It’s dangerous to drive this way. I would appreciate any help you can give me.
2012 Ford Edge electrical complaints
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The door ajar sensor is faulty. The lights stay on in the car even after the door is closed. This is a safety risk when driving at night. While driving the audible ding will go off while driving causing a distraction from driving. There was a recall issued but it has expired even though the issue is still existent. Ford says they will not cover the cost of the repair because it is expired even though we received no notification of the recall.
Driver side door ajar warning light is lit up on dash even though door is closed and latched.
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the throttle body has failed, suspected by me doing research going back 11 years of the Ford Edge almost killing people while driving it. confirmed by my local ford dealership that i do infact need a new throttle body and gaskets. it goes into limp mode, the car loses power and stops working in the middle of driving 50 mph. No check engine light remains on, only a wrench icon appears until you restart the car, then the car works again for another 30 miles or until it wants to cause a major accident again. This is a HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. My car will jolt down to 10 mph, as if I slammed the brakes, while driving, not even having my foot on the gas, down the HIGHWAY where the speed limit it 55. THIS IS A KILLING MACHINE. I only have moments to pull over to the median or somewhere before I cause a major accident. They have recalled the 2009 through 2013 ford fusion and escape, as well as the milan and mariner because of the same issue. I have read hundreds of accounts online of the same thing happening in Edges... how can you allow this to go unchecked.
I was driving the car approximately 35 MPH the car completely shut down. A couple of days later while accelerating from a stop sign it completely shut off again.
This is my 20 year old daughter's car. She attends college in another state. Recently, the door ajar light comes on and will not go off. This prevents her from locking her doors, all of them! Not while driving, and not when parked. The closes all doors and tries to lock the car, and the passenger side "door ajar" light remains on, even though the door is closed and shut tight. The repair to this issue is replacing the entire door latch mechanism and costs over $500 at the dealer. I would do it myself, but the Ford door assembly is very complicated and must be done in a precise manner. Right now, the car is parked as my daughter is on a summer trip. The interior lights are always on, so the battery has been drained and is now dead. It will not take a charge. So, I need a new battery before I can even work on the door. I believe this is a safety issue because the doors cannot be locked. The security alarm cannot be activated, and most importantly, my daughter cannot lock herself safely inside if she was being pursued by an attacker. Criminals could also ransack her belongings from the unlocked vehicle and homeless vagrants could sneak inside as well. Ford needs to recall all these Ford Edge's with this problem. I'm told it's the 3rd most popular complaint on the forums.
My door ajar message stays on,door is not ajar while driving but dome lites stay on after the car is off for a while before the lites finally shut off, bad switch or sensor, if so how can this be fixed, before my battery wears down? This only happens when I use the drivers side passenger door! This has been going on now for about 2 months!
My vehicle exhibits illuminated dome lights and door ajar messages when doors are fully closed. I get error messages intermittently while driving of door ajar notification and the interior lights will come on unexpectedly while driving. The interior dome lights also stay illuminated even when I have turned the car off and locked the doors, draining battery. I have received notification of ford's voluntary extension of door latch warranty through july 2020. This is a known defect. My car began exhibiting the defect in november 2020. It is a safety issue as I am alarmed and cannot see when driving at night and the interior lights suddenly pop on. I also fear my child will open the door while driving as the "lock" feature is unreliable due to the defect. In addition, it is unsafe for me to park my vehicle at night not knowing if I will have a drained battery later because there is no way to shut off the interior lights.
Headlights have burned out 3 times in the past 2 years. Both headlights burn out. Both high and low beams burn out at the same time. Both headlights were replaced within 3 months and 1 has already burned out. The dealer is recommending replacement of both assemblies at acost of 1400+. The vehicle has not been involved in any accident involving this area.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the exterior and interior lights ceased to operate, without warning. The vehicle was restarted and parked at a local gas station. The contact had the vehicle towed to evergreen ford lincoln (1500 18th ave nw, issaquah, wa 98027) where they discovered that the vehicle had a defective wiring harness that needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer offered to replace the wiring harness with a used one however, the contact declined the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 115,000. *bf
Safety issue door ajar light not turning off when door is closed. Doors will not lock when car is in motion posing a safety threat to family. Battery has died multiple days times and replacement was necessary.
My driver side rear door sensor keeps saying it is open when it isn't. This causes me to drive with the light on until it eventually turns off. When I park and lock the car the dome light stays on for a long while. And the alarm even beeps twice telling me the light is on/it thinks the door is still open when it's not.
Driver door sensor keeps showing door ajar when door is closed
My car is a 2012 ford edge and has had problem with the door latches and the lights, and the shifter I have had this car in the shop for this problem and it doing again. The car when started it say to put in park and shift to drive and doors does not lock and all the lights stay on in the car
Brake pedal sometimes goes soft, sometimes have to pump brakes to stop. Brake pedal is sometimes not working when car sits for longer than 24hrs. Had complained to ford, unable to duplicate issue. Problem 2. Sometimes alarm goes off randomly while parked. Door sensor will sometimes say door open when it is closed and locked. Problem 3 touch screen sometimes slow, unresponsive or does not come on at all.
Driver door ajar warning light stays on even when the door is closed. It drains the battery.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated that the backup camera did not work when activated. Legacy ford (27225 southwest fwy, rosenberg, tx 77471, (800) 373-4156) stated that the interface module was not working and the contact had missed a recall. The dealer stated that the recall was extended; however, the contact missed that too. The manufacturer stated that the federal safety agency could extend a recall for the contact and transferred her to the federal safety agency. The failure mileage was 109,000.
This is now my second door to have this issue. The "door ajar" message/alert comes on when the door is closed. The first time was driver side passenger door. This time is the driver door. This message does not go away when I drive. It tells me to shift to park. It chimes at me every time I come to a stop. It makes my dome lights stay on. Most importantly, my doors do not lock while driving. I have two children in the vehicle with me. When I run into a store and my daughter stays in the car, she is not able to lock the doors while I am out. This is very unsafe! From what I see online this is a very common issue. I am distracted by driving with all of these things going on all the time. I was just quoted $450 to fix this problem. Fixing this issue for the 2nd time. Different door, so, two more to go! This needs to be fixed and recalled.
Ford edge 'door ajar' indicator stays on despite door being closed. This has the effect of being unable to lock doors even when driving. This has been constant and unrelenting problem for approx 1 year.
Door ajar light stays on even after the door is tightly shut causing the dome light to stay on and causing the door to be unable to be locked,
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 ford edge. The contact stated that the brakes were malfunctioning. The contact noticed a crack on the driver's side rotor that pulsated when driving down a hill. The contact suspected the dealer switched the VIN with another vehicle when she took it to jeff wyler nissan of cincinnati (8680 colerain ave, cincinnati, oh 45251, (513) 385-1400) earlier for air conditioning repairs. The repairs had not yet been completed. The dealer denied the VIN accusation and the contact was seeking legal assistance. The manufacturer stated that since the dealer was not authorized by them, they could not assist. The failure mileage was unknown.
My ford edge shut down while driving down the road. It just shut off. You have to put it back in park in order to start it again. This happened while going to the in our town store. I am so relieved it was not while on the freeway. Had I been on the freeway, going at fast speeds, if the cars behind me were not paying attention I could have been hit, or worse killed. When I took it to the shop I found out that it is a known problem. It's technical service bulletin 15-0178, issued on nov 2015. What I don't understand is why there's not a recall? Is someone going to have do die first? Attached is the service recall. I've contacted ford, spoken with evergreen ford in issaquah (where my car currently is) and filed a complaint with the attorney general here in washington state.
The door ajar sensor is sending false signals that the drivers door is open when they are in fact it is closed. The faulty sensor triggers an audible warning, activates a warning light and causes a "shift to park" message because the computer mistakenly believes the vehicle has stopped (this has happened twice recently while at a stop light; very scary). Dome lights stay on, battery is drained and at time doors unlock and cannot be manually re-locked. Three years ago I took my vehicle into the dealership to be fixed ($380). Three years later, the same issue is happening.
The car alarm goes off at random times at night.
Door adjar light will not go off.
Ford - door ajar - the sensor was replaced back in 2013 and 2015. Appears to have faild again. Cleary a safety concern as the doors will not lock. Clearly a known issue by ford due to the number of reports. Who can entrust the safty of a young woment in a dark parking garage from getting gang raped if she can't find safty in her ford motor vechical.
I was driving to work through a busy town I was preparing to stop at a stoplight and my brakes went to the floor there weren't any signs of brake issues prior so I assumed the brakes needed replacing so when I got off work I went and bought brakes my husband was gonna put them on when he checked he said the brakes were fine that the fluid could be leaking the fluid level was fine and no leaks were found he still looked for one just in case so next he said it could be master cylinder and reservoir I was looking online at this point and seen all the same issues others were having as well with this SUV I told him there wasn't any need to spend more money because the way it sounded was that its not gonna fix the issue any how because ford itself can't figure out why brakes are going to the floor themselves so I'm left with a unsafe vehicle to drive with a payoff of 10000 dollars what do I do? I'm so tired of getting screwed that I'm abt to hire an attorney and find out why am I left with this problem to face and why others are having to suffer as well if there's an ongoing lawsuit near washington nc let me know if not there's soon to be one if others need to join as well
I get ready to start my day as usual I go and start my vehicle (stationary) to warm it up, as I got ready to set the temperature in the SUV I noticed the bottom touch panel did not light up. So I pushed the button to turn off the heat that was blowing and it didnt turn off, I tried and again and nothing. Its to hot in texas with little children to have electrical problems that effect the air conditioning. I pushed other buttons to see if anything worked and still nothing, the hazard lights will not function nor will the electric windows. My family and I drove the vehicle to my destination afterwards I had the fuses tested they are good, but was told it is front interface control module. This is my only vehicle and hopefully a ford dealership can give a better diagnosis than auto part store.
The drivers side door latch warning light come on the dash when you close the door and will not go off. Until several closing attemps and it is very annoying because the overhead courtesy lights and the warning chime continues every few seconds.I found that this problem is contagious with this make and year ford. Ford needs to fix this defect as much as I paid for the car I don't need this added cost ($260) for repair. This has be happening frequently for about nine months. I have bought several ford vehicles over the years and this one is a bummer. I hope they recall this one before I trade it in on chevy.
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