2013 Ford Flex: windshield wiper failure

Filed Jul 14, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · NH

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 *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. Windshield wipers randomly turn on.

Filed May 3, 2016 · Visibility · WA

Windshield wipers will stay on intermittently even though the dial is turned to off. It will happen sometimes right when I start the vehicle, sometimes they will activate when I use a turnsignal or just out of the blue. I can usually get them to stop by turning the dial on and off a few times but lately that hasn't worked. Now that it's getting to summer I've had to resort to removing the fuse to make them stop. I have contacted the dealer with a list of how often this happens 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.

Filed Dec 19, 2015 · Electrical · 45,100 miles · NC

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.

Filed Nov 16, 2015 · Electrical, Locks · 47,000 miles · OH

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.

Filed Sep 23, 2013 · Visibility · 23,000 miles · OR

While driving on I-5 a heavy heavy rain was coming down and I had my wipers on the high setting and they worked for a little bit and then stopped moving at a high speed. While on the high setting they were going slower across the window then the continuous slow setting. I was unable to see and had to slow down and move over until my wipers could allow me to see properly. They continued this for the rest of my 150 mile drive moving slower on the high setting through the rain.