2011 FORD EDGE Complaints

DOOR LATCH FAILS SO DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON, ALONG WITH INSIDE DOME LIGHTS. DOME LIGHT STAY ON WHEN DRIVING CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THIS IS A REPEATED FAILURE. COST $149 TO FIX JAN 2015, NOW HAS FAILED AGAIN

THE DOOR LATCH SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS INDICATING THAT THE DOOR IS AJAR. DOORS WILL NOT LOCK NEITHER MANUALLY NOR ELECTRONICALLY. THE LF DOOR LATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED 10/12, RF LATCH REPLACED 11/13.(BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY FOR MALFUNCTION) 9/14 THE RF LATCH AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED, AND WAS LUBRICATED AT A DEALER TO RESOLVE PROBLEM. AGAIN AT 5/15 THE LATCH AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED AND WAS INSPECTED. TO THIS DAY IT CONTINUES TO MALFUNCTION. I WAS ADVISED AT THE DEALERSHIP TO WAIT UNTIL UPDATED LATCHES ARE PRODUCED. MEANWHILE, THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK WHEN DRIVING. WHEN A NEW DESIGN LATCH IS AVAILABLE, I WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT LATCH BECAUSE THE MILEAGE AND CAR ARE BEYOND WARRANTY.

DOOR AJAR WARNING LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER CLOSING THE DRIVERS DOOR. (IN MY CASE, RIGHT NOW THE DRIVERS DOOR IS THE ONLY DOOR EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER I IMAGINE ANY DOOR WITH A FAULTY SENSOR WILL GENERATE THE SAME CONDITION) THIS PREVENTS THE DOORS FROM AUTOMATICALLY LOCKING, OR FOR THAT MATTER THEY CANNOT BE LOCKED AT ALL. ALSO THE INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON. THERE IS NO WAY TO OVERRIDE THIS. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE BOTH BECAUSE THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AND THE INSIDE LIGHTING MAY INTERFERE WITH VISIBILITY. FROM RESEARCH, THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM THAT FORD NEED TO ADDRESS.

MY SAFETY ISSUE IS WITH MY FORD EDGE 2011 DOOR AJAR SENSOR. IT'S GOTTEN WORSE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE DOORS STAY UNLOCK, DASH BOARD WARNING DISPLAY KEEPS POPPING UP, DOOR DISPLAY STAYS LIT AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON WHICH IS HAZARDOUS AT NIGHT. FORD HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY OF IT'S VEHICLES FOR A LONG TIME BUT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE VERY INTERESTED IN FIXING IT OR RECALLING. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION AND SPOKE TO ANGELA KEEVIS (REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER) TO HAVE FORD HANDLE THIS ISSUE AS A RE-CALL B/C MANY OF THE EDGE MODELS ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE. SHE CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE NO RECALLS AT THIS TIME AND THAT FORD WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HELP OUT TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF THE FIX EITHER AND SHE WAS SORRY AT THIS TIME. THE ONLY THING SHE TOLD ME IS TO PUT MY COMPLAIN ONLINE. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY COULD DO IS CALL YOU BACK AFTER YOU HAD SETUP AN APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR DEALER TO HAVE IT FIXED AND TO MAKE SURE IT ALL WENT WELL. I DO HOPE FORD WILL TAKE THIS ISSUE SERIOUS AND HAVE A RECALL DONE B/C THIS ISSUE COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. AGAIN SAFETY ISSUES ARE DOORS BEING UNLOCKED WHILE DRIVING AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STAYS ON AND IT COULD BE HAZARDOUS WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. DOES FORD NEED TO HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT BEFORE THEY COULD RECALL A KNOWN ISSUE????????

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED. THE FAILURE CAUSED THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND PREVENTED THE DOORS FROM LOCKING. WHEN THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO FORCE CLOSE THE LOCKS, THEY POPPED BACK UP. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR ON THE MASTER SWITCH. THE MANUFACTURER FURTHER STATED THAT THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH NOT WORKING PROPERLY INDICATES THE DOOR IS OPENED WHEN IT IS CLOSED. THERE FOR THE DOME LIGHT STAYS ON TILL THE CAR REACHES 20 MILES PER HOUR OR ABOUT A CITY BLOCK WITCH MAKES IT HARD TO DRIVE AND COVER THE DOME LIGHT AT NIGHT SO U CAN SEE OUT THE WINDSHIELD SO NOT TO BE BLINDED BY THE LIGHT .

WHILE DRIVING, CAR LOST ALL POWER ON HIGHWAY, GAS PEDAL UNRESPONSIVE, PULLED OVER, RESTARTED CAR, RAN AS NORMAL. HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE, SOME WITH ENGINE WARNING, SOME WITHOUT. SUSPECTED THROTTLE BODY. CONTACTED FORD, WAS STATED NO RECALLS FOR THE EDGE ON THIS ISSUE. PURCHASED A NEW THROTTLE BODY AND INSTALLED. NO MORE PROBLEMS.

THE DOME LIGHT STAYS ON, NIGHT TIME DRIVING HAZARD. FALSE DOOR AJAR PREVENTS DOORS FROM LOCKING WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY. DOORS WON'T LOCK MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.

PLEASE CONSIDER REVIEWING THIS ISSUE. ELECTRICAL CONTACT ON DOOR LATCH DOES NOT SENSE THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR IS PROPERLY SHUT. DOOR WILL NOT LOCK, DOME LIGHT WILL NOT GO OUT, AS A WOMAN I REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT I AM ALONE AND FEMALE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT OR WAITING...ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM UNABLE TO LOCK THE DOOR. DOOR AJAR INDICATOR STAYS ON, CONDITIONING YOU TO IGNORE IT. DRIVING WITH THE DOME LIGHT ON IS ILLEGAL AND AN UNSAFE PRACTICE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITION AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THIS "KNOWN DEFECT" HAS ALREADY RESULTED IN LOSS OF LIFE. ADDITIONALLY, I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL FOR DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT IN MAY OF 2014 FOR $375.00. IT WORKED FOR 3 MONTHS AND THEN THE DEFECT RETURNED. I BROUGHT IT BACK AND THEY SAID SINCE THEY DID NOT REPLACE THE PART ( THEY ONLY CLEANED THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS) IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING REMAINED ILLUMINATED AND THE DOOR LOCKS UNLOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,000.