We were on our way to texas from missouri. As we were traveling south on i35 a warning light came on the dash stating that the driver's door was ajar when it appeared to be shut. It then told us to shift to park and shut the door. We pulled over on i35 thinking it was something that we needed to do for safety reasons. My wife got out of the vehicle and was almost hit by a car at highway speeds. After shutting the door several times the warning light would not go off as well as the dome light. Because of the issue the doors would not lock and the alarm would not arm itself. I have been a local police officer for kcpd for 14 years and have seen far too many accidents because of people pulling over on a highway. This issue needs to be addressed and fixed on all ford vehicles. After our trip I reserched this issue online and apparently its happening on several different ford models. I saw complaint after complaint by people who were ford owners.
2013 Ford Edge electrical complaints
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Door ajar warning comes on when the door is shut due to faulty sensor in drivers side front door. Interior lights stay on causing a hazard to driver at night.
Driver door ajar warning light stays on when door is shut. Door locks will not lock upon movement of vehicle when light is on. When trying to lock the vehicle after turning off, interior and puddle lights stay on, draining battery. This has gotten progressively worse over the past six months.
The driver's door ajar light on the dash instrument cluster and the interior lights stay illuminated even when the door is completely shut. The door needs to be slammed several times before the light extinguishes, but sometimes will not go out at all. This leaves driver with an insecure feeling the car door is not securely closed while driving. This problem seems to be widespread on this model vehicle from what I read on the internet.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving on the highway at an unknown speed, the parking light illuminated on the instrument panel. The electrical power failed. The contact was unable to place the vehicle into park and activate the hazard lights. The vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the shifter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,724.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. The contact stated that the driver side door did not lock and the door ajar warning light remained illuminated. The failure recurred daily. The contact had to open and close the door numerous times before it finally locked. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the door lock needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was unknown.
Shut off engine, pulled out the key, while leaving the vehicle the ignition alarm was sounding like the key was still in ignition. Had to reinsert key pull it out and the ignition alarm shut off. The second time the car would not start untill the ignition was jiggled with key in same.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. Upon starting the vehicle, the doors would not lock and the door ajar warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The driver side door was not locked. The failure occurred every time the contact entered the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 47,000.
The sensor on the driver's door latch failed to detect that the door was closed in order to lock the doors. Need to slam door several times to attempt to activate sensor. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't work. Interior lights remain on while door is parked (draining battery) or while driving, which is a safety distraction at night. Doors do not lock and when trying to manually lock, the vehicle automatically unlocks all doors - very unsafe with children or elderly in vehicle. Ford warranty expires at the low mileage of 36,000 miles, so they will not fix without spending $450.00. The ford warranty is very poor compared to all other vehicles. Updated 09/03/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While attempting to close the front driver side door, the door ajar and engine warning message appeared. In addition, the dome light remained illuminated. The contact had to close the front driver side door multiple times to get the message to stop displaying. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front driver side door sensor needed to be cleaned. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the driver side door sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000.
My car always show that has the driver door open when its close
Door ajar switch is malfunctioning. The car will randomly say the drivers door is ajar. This typically happened when getting in and out of the car. Today it said the door was ajar randomly while driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. When the door was closed, the panel light remained illuminated as if the door was still open and the chime sounded constantly. While driving approximately 45 MPH downhill, the brakes failed without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the brake booster failed. The brakes were repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Driver door sensory light "door ajar." door is always shut when it trips & even periodically while driving down road. It's been cleaned repeatedly, supposedly fixed at local ford dealership once a few months back, & doing it again. Cleaning hasn't worked this round either.
The driver door ajar sensor keeps staying on even when the door is shut all the way. It takes several attempts of opening and closing the door to get it to go off. While the door ajar sensor is on you can not lock your doors which is a safety issue. Because of this manufacturers defect it is easy for anyone to open the door and be attached or car jacked. If you are not careful the light can stay on for hours and drain your battery. I am sure nothing will get done about this until someone is killed or attached because of this defect. Its a shame!!!
The driver's side door ajar warning/indicator light it near impossible to get it to switch off. If the warning light is on then the doors will not lock and the doors must lock so 'we' I can feel safe driving the edge. It is not safe to drive around with the doors unlocked these days! It sometimes take many multiple slams of the door to get it to go off and the doom light to also turn off. Sometimes there is no way to get the warning light to turn off (so the doom light stays on), which kills the battery. There are many hundreds and hundreds of these complaints online, so please make ford do the right think and correct their known problem! When the door does not latch the locks will not engage, an un-lached door is bad enough but not having a locked door at some red lights can be a literal killer or a literal mugging!
Door ajar warning light will not go off, even if door is closed. Online research shows that this problem has been ongoing for years with thousands of vehicles. Ford will not acknowledge problem. Cost to repair:$500 and eventually four doors:$2000. Interior lights do not go off causing problem at night.
The front driver side door ajar switch is malfunctioning. The door does not 'know' it is closed. Sometimes slamming it works, sometimes not. Did some online research and this is a very common issue and the fix is very expensive. Many mechanics think it should be recalled.
Ford edge latch door ajar, dome lights stay on night driver hazard
Door ajar signal stays on when door is closed which keeps the interior light on and prohibits the doors from locking while driving. This creates safety issues through the distraction of having the interior light constantly on and the doors not locking. Through online research, I've noticed that this is a very common problem for my type of vehicle and noticed that nothing has been done about it at this point.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving at a low speed, the doors failed to automatically lock. In addition, the door ajar warning light illuminated even though all the doors were closed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 57,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Drivers side door keeps stating it is open when it is closed. Continues to stay on until multiple closures of the door, then will come back on when at low spped or comes to a stop.
Drivers side door keeps stating it is open when it is closed. Continues to stay on until multiple closures of the door.
The driver door ajar alarm started going off, and the doors unlocked while the car was moving on the interstate. It has now happened several times both while driving down the road and when getting in the vehicle. Now, the dome light and outside marker lights remain on and drain the battery when the vehicle is in park because the sensor isn't reading that the doors are closed.
Vehicle door lock sensor is malfunctioning incorrectly creating driving and safety hazards, believes door is ajar when completely closed. Vehicle asks you to shift to park and dome lights stay on while driving at night creating a glare. Doors do not auto lock when driving which if a child grabbed a handle, they could potentially be thrown from the vehicle. Security of the vehicle is compromised with this issue, as well as a tendency to drain the battery, creating environmental issues due to frequently needing to purchase / change replacement battery.
2013 ford edge driver door sensor remains ajar, I close the door more than 7 times for the inside light to turn off. While driving the sensor will turn on and doors will not lock.
Door latch switch will not recognize that the door is shut. I took it in for warranty and ford sprayed it with lub. And said it would fine. Because of it everytime you brake there is a chime. You cannot lock the doors the pop open again. Dome lights will not go off and battery in car will go dead if you leave the keys in the ignition. I am concerned that the airbags will not deploy in an accident. I think that this needs further investigation on fords behalf. It is a distraction during driving and also a safety concern the doors will not lock when I have kids in the car. I tried to have it repaired and the repair failed.
The vehicle reports an open door when all doors are closed. The interior lights will not turn off and the doors will not lock until the door is reported closed.
Door ajar light comes on when door is obviously closed. It can take up to 10-15 slams to get the light to go off. Annoying alert tone goes off until it's closed and dome light stays on. Also, car will not lock if door does not register as closed. This problem has persisted for over a year, but oddly goes away during the winter months. Just now, my windsheild wipers won't turn off. I don't know if these issues are related, but it all seems electrical in nature.
After entering vehicle and securely closing driver door, the door ajar sensor indicates the door is not latched. Opening and closing the door several times usually will eventually rectify the problem. Sometimes the door ajar sensor will trigger while driving for no apparent reason. This has also happened twice when rolling up the driver-side windows as the window just reaches the closed position.
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