-passenger door, rear passenger door, and hatch door ajar signal stays on when door is closed. -interior light stays on -alarms goes off in the middle of the night -faulty latch -ignition key switch dings until I put key in and turn key back and forth and then take out again. *the dome light stays on and creates a night driving hazard. *it creates a safety hazard when the dome lights stays on and I am sitting in a public area at night. *the false door ajar signal prevents me from recognizing a real door ajar situation, which is very dangerous. *the doors sometimes may or may not not lock, nor will the trunk open sometimes- causing a safety hazard/possible dangerous situation when I am trying to get my groceries out of the trunk at night. These same issues happened to our vehicle in 2013, 2014, 2015, and now again in 2016.
2013 Ford Flex electrical complaints
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-passenger door, rear passenger door, and hatch door ajar signal stays on when door is closed. -interior light stays on -alarms goes off in the middle of the night -faulty latch -ignition key switch dings until I put key in and turn key back and forth and then take out again. *the dome light stays on and creates a night driving hazard. *it creates a safety hazard when the dome lights stays on and I am sitting in a public area at night. *the false door ajar signal prevents me from recognizing a real door ajar situation, which is very dangerous. *the doors sometimes may or may not not lock, nor will the trunk open sometimes- causing a safety hazard/possible dangerous situation when I am trying to get my groceries out of the trunk at night. These same issues happened to our vehicle in 2013, 2014, 2015, and now again in 2016.
Vehicle acts like the driver's side door is ajar even when the door is closed. It does not matter how hard the door is shut. This causes the vehicle to chime as if door is open anytime your speed is less than 5 miles an hour. It also pops up messages and warnings to shift to park when traveling 5mph or less. The vehicle is equipped with touch unlock. This is useless now because the vehicle thinks the door is opened. This is not only an aggravation but a safety issue because it is very distracting when driving in city traffic. This happened to the vehicle with 60,000 miles on it. This started when I stopped at a stop sign in the city. I tried to open and reshut the door thinking maybe I had not closed it hard enough.
Door ajar sensor started malfunctioning on the front driver door about 8 months ago and corrected itself at about the same time the front passenger door ajar sensor started malfunctioning about 3 months ago. Now both are malfunctioning causing interior lights to stay on and chime to tell me to put vehicle in park at any time. This also causes the doors to automatically stay unlocked while vehicle is in motion (clearly a safety issue). I have contacted the dealer with a list of how often this happens as seen here online but they say they have never heard of this issue but will be more than happy to charge me $109.00 per hour to diagnose the issue.
Front and rear passenger door ajar warnings activate when doors are completely closed, resulting in problems with auto door lock feature, interior lights remaining on, and keyless entry panel lights remaining illuminated. This occurs when the vehicle is stationary as well as in motion both in city street and highway situations.
False door ajar indicator. Door is securely closed but sensor regularly indicates it is ajar. This happens when the vehicle is stationary and when it is moving.
Both passenger door ajar sensors are malfunctioning keeping the interior lights on which is draining battery. Lights will not go off until a certain speed is reached while driving.(clearly a safety issue!!!) also alarm keeps going off randomly and the frequency is increasing.
Start date is a best guess. I original reported this problem when my front passenger door began giving false door ajar warnings. Now it is all doors and occurs more frequently setting off car alarm, interior lights that won't go out, etc etc.
Rear passenger door latch sensor is failing. Interior lights will not shut off after door is closed.
Driver and front passenger door ajar warnings activate when doors are completely closed, resulting in problems with auto door lock feature, interior lights remaining on, random car alarm activation, spurious emergency flasher activation, and keyless entry panel lights remaining illuminated. Also, "shift to park" warning activates when vehicle is in operation.
2013 ford flex right rear door shows "ajar" when door is firmly closed. Appears to be a sensor that has failed to recognize the door is closed. This stops the doors from locking / alarm from working properly / interior and puddle lights from working properly. Should be considered a safety issue.
When my car was under warranty driver door would say door ajar and all locks would open when the door was closed - they fixed had to fix door sensor now my other doors are doing the same and we are out of warranty - this is a safety issue when driving at night and your door locks open at a stop light anyone can carjack or jump in your car, will not let me kids use my car - the car dealership told me they have so many flex repairs of this same issue.
Rear right side door latch ajar sensor malfunctioning. Reads "door ajar" with door closed. Interior dome lights stay on. Hard to drive at night with interior dome lights on. Door latch has been replaced once before by ford dealer. Problem has returned.
Door alarm going off when door is locked. Intermittent electrical problems with instrument panel flashing warning lights for other systems.
Passenger side door is telling vehicle that is not shutting , lights stay on door will not lock, this has gotten worse over the last month sometimes have to open and shut up,to 15 times to get light to go out. Vehicle is garaged kept so this is not a hot or cold, raining issues happens in all climates.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford flex. The contact stated that the interior lighting remained illuminated after the vehicle was shut off. In addition, the door ajar warning indicator illuminated and the interior lighting would sporadically illuminate even with no driver or passenger in the vehicle. The contact also stated the vehicle had difficulty locking while the lights were illuminated. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or manufacturer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 58,000. Updated 04/20/16*lj consumer also stated rear light power locks as well updated 6/6/18
Passenger door sensor is telling the instrument panel that the door is open when it is shut. It will not automatically lock or allow me to lock the door when car is in motion (it pops back up). When motor is turned off the interior lights stay on for a long time indicating that the door is not shut. The frequency of this problem has worsened over the past few months.
The driver side door does not lock. The mechanism that recognizes that the driver side door is closed doesn't work. When the car is turned on and subsequently when the vehicle comes to a stop or very slow speed (like a stop sign or light) the alarm sounds again (a pinging sound with a visual alert that the door is open with an message to shift to park). However, no matter how many times the door is opened and shut, the alarm doesn't go off. This means that doors do not automatically lock when the car is put into gear. When the vehicle attempts to automatically lock the doors when the car is put into gear, the lock immediately snaps back up because of the door warning. Even manually locking the door doesn't work because of the alarm. This is a safety concern both when driving but also when stationary. I want to be able to lock my car doors in the event there are safety concerns nearby so that no one can get into the car while we are in a parking lot or at a light.
First front door passenger side door had issues with door sensor staying on, even when door is shut. Had repaired at my expense... Now both rear doors sensors are malfunctioning. This causes the interior lights to stay on and doors not to lock. This seems like a known issue, something ford should take care of.
On my 2nd door sensor and need a 3rd..does not allow interior lights to go off and doors will not lock...every time slow down it pings... Also alarm keeps coming on.
We have a 2013 ford flex limited and we bought it used with 50000 miles and when we bought it the door sensor was bad the dealer ship said they would fix it 7 months of fighting them and then they decided to fix it so here I am siting in the dealer ship ready to pick up my car and now they tell me another door sensor is bad this is dangerous do to the light staying on at night this needs to be recalled by ford and fixed right.
Interior lighting has no manual off switch and remains on during driving due to incorreclty reported "door ajar"
On the evening of 12/18/15 (10:00pm), after starting up the car, none of the controls located on the steering wheel and steering wheel column would operate. I had no turn signals and no wipers and no cruise control. A minor inconvenience was that I could not operate any systems nor the radio from the steering wheel. After turning off the vehicle at home the car acted as though the key was still in the ignition even though it had been removed and the headlights would not turn off. I had to disconnect the battery to kill the headlights. When I reconnected the battery the following morning all systems were working again.
The door ajar light comes on when the door is closed causing the interior lights to turn on. At night this is a problem. The alarm goes off at random times during the day & night. This has been going on for over a month as of 12/18/15.
Driver's door latch ajar sensor malfunctioning. Reads "door ajar" with door closed, have to repeatedly open and close door to get the sensor to read correctly, and it still doesn't work right. Anti-theft alarm will randomly engage because the sensor is telling it the door is opened after being locked.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford flex. The contact stated that the passenger, driver, and liftgate door sensors were constantly illuminated. The contact stated that the doors were constantly unlocked due to the failure. In addition, the windshield wipers were constantly activated despite the weather conditions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the door latch sensors failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.
The car started smoking from the engine compartment which the battery was leaking acid from the terminal. This happened while in motion and stationary. The dealership said it was not covered under extended warranty which I thought I was given bumper to bumper warranty. Passenger door sensor may be the cause. From no clear connection.
Front passenger door ajar sensor malfunctioning while driving
The door ajar sensor comes on when you get in and close the door.while driving the shift to park warning sensor comes on when you stop or yield.this happens over and over while driving. It's sensing door ajar therefore leaves all done lights on.if you slam door really hard sometimes lights will go off but you have to sit and watch to make sure.at night it's impossible to drive.very unsafe.sometimes I have to disconnect battery in fear of it dying and then be left stranded.they said it's the door hinge and parts are not available for 20 more days, I can't imagine dealing with this for that long for sure I'm gonna need a new battery.
Right front door latch sensor intermittently does not think door is closed and doors will not autolock and door adjar warning is present on information panel. Sometimes slamming or closing gently will clear the warning, typically requires multiple attempts to clear.
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