2013 Ford Explorer: battery drain or dead battery

Filed Jan 18, 2022 · 20,000 miles · NY

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while his daughter was driving at various speeds, she heard abnormal loud banging sounds coming from the rear of the vehicle. The contact stated that water had been leaking through the sunroof onto the headliner down to the driver’s side door and floorboard of the vehicle. The contact stated that the failure had damaged the sunroof motor. The contact replaced the sunroof motor himself; however, the failure reoccurred. The contact also stated that the master power door switch keypad on the driver’s side door had been blinking continuously and had been draining the battery. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 20,000.

Filed Dec 27, 2017 · Brakes, Driver assistance · TX

The "door ajar" sensor on many ford products is defective and causes the door ajar light to come on even when the doors are closed. This also causes the interior dome lights to remain on at night and will not allow the doors to be locked while operating the vehicle. It is dangerous not being able to lock the doors as children could open the doors accidentally and fall out. It is also dangerous having the interior dome lights remain on while driving at night. Ford knows about this problem as when I took the vehicle in for repairs, they acknowledged a service bulletin is available about the problem. Because of the safety issues involved, there should be a recall on the door ajar. Battery drains quickly after getting new on within a year. Brakes also continues squeaks after getting them fixed.

Filed Oct 12, 2016 · Body, Electrical · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford explorer. The contact stated that the driver's side door sensor failed to function properly, and the internal lighting remained illuminated and drained the battery. The chime sounded each time the failure occurred, which indicated that the door may be open when it was closed. The vehicle was taken to the one dealer twice and the sensors were cleaned. Within a year of the first repair, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but the contact was uncertain if the dealer cleaned or replaced the sensor. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and advised the contact to take the vehicle to the first dealer again and then a second dealer for further diagnostic testing. The contact was waiting for a response from the manufacturer. The VIN and failure mileage were not available.

Filed Oct 6, 2016 · 25,000 miles · MI

The door ajar light stays on. The door sensor does not work. The interior lights remain illuminated draining the battery. The problem has been ongoing for the past three months. The recall list for ford on this issue keeps expanding - this week to include ford edge. Obvious problem with ford need a recall as dealer will not cover.

Filed Oct 4, 2016 · KS

The "door ajar" lights do not go off for the front passenger and front drivers doors. It appears the doors are shut, but the censors do not go off. Because the censors do not go off, the dome light stays on making it hard to see at night and draining the battery. The doors do not lock making it a safety issue. When the drivers door censor is on, it sets off other alerts like "shift to park" and "engine is on" because it thinks the doors are open and it continuously beeps or alerts me. This has been happening for almost one year. I took it to the dealership and they charged me to clean the latch. They said this had been an issue with other explorers and sometimes it helps, sometimes it does not. It did not help. I have been dealing with it for almost a year. The dome light stays on even when the keys are not in the ignition. These censors come on when the engine is started, in park, and sometimes randomly while driving.

Filed Oct 2, 2016 · Transmission · 57,000 miles · TX

Shift to park issue - the vehicle is in park but the dash lights up and says "shift to park'. This happens even though the vehicle is actually in park. After several tries cannot get the dash light to turn off. Problem is even though the car is turned off the back light on the dash will stay on thus draining the battery. If you don't drive the car for a few days you could come out to a car that won't start because of a dead battery. Had it fixed at my local dealership costing roughly $500. The technical service bulletin that is out on the issue says to replace the entire shifter. The problem is something on the inside of the shifter. My vehicle has less than 60,000 miles. This is a very common problem (just google "shift to park"). According to the tsb this affects explorer, edge, and some lincoln models as well. Disappointed ford will not take care of since this is a safety issue. Dealership service manager says ford should pay for it (bob utter ford) and ford customer service line says they only pay for items under warranty, recalls, and the customer satisfaction program. This does not fall under any of those per ford. Ford should anti up for this as a recall since it is a safety issue and a very common problem. Vehicle stationary during problem.

Filed May 16, 2016 · Body, Electrical · 45,000 miles · GA

Door ajar notification, stays on even though door is secure, causing power failure from battery drainage ,

Filed Aug 26, 2015 · Electrical · 39,739 miles · PA

On several occasions within the past 3 weeks, while attempting to put our vehicle into "park" we received a warning light that we needed to "shift to park", except the shifter was placed in the park position every time; this occurred to both my husband and myself. I was afraid the vehicle would not stay in park on hills or slopes in parking lots and in my sloped driveway where there are lots of small children playing and riding bikes because of this warning and would roll away killing someone. Recently, our explorer would not start, our key fobs would not lock or unlock the doors; I was stranded. This last time on august 24, 2015 I contacted ford roadside assistance to tow it to the closest ford dealership to find out what was wrong. Turns out the shifter was defective and as a result it drained the battery. It cost me $672.39 to replace the shifter and the battery; which is a lot of money when your out of work/retired with health issues. I also kept the old part for evidence. I talked to another ford explorer owner who also had the same problem and to date there is no recall I suppose because no one is dead, yet.