2011 FORD EDGE Complaints

THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON AND INTERIOR DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT LOCK. THIS IS NOT SAFE WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL. *TT

THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING OFF AND ON EVEN WHEN THE DOOR IS SHUT. SOMETIMES 5-10 CLOSINGS WILL SHUT THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT OFF. MOST OF THE TIME MY DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON. WHICH KEEPS MY INTERIOR LIGHTS ON AT NIGHTTIME. ALSO NOT SURE MY CAR LOCKS COMPLETELY AS THE CAR HONKS TWICE QUICKLY WHEN I TRY TO LOCK USING THE WIRELESS LOCKING DEVICE. VERY FRUSTRATING, AND FOR THE MONEY THEY CHARGE FOR FORD CARS, DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE A PROBLEM. HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT CAN COST UP TO $300 AT DEALERSHIPS TO FIX, AND CHEAPEST I HAVE FOUND IS $85.00 TO BUY PART FROM FORD AND TRY TO FIX IT MYSELF. *JS

DRIVER'S DOOR AJAR SENSOR WAS INTERMITTENT THEN WENT COMPLETELY OUT. INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON DRAINING BATTERY WHEN PARKED. SAFETY CONCERN WITH DOOR FALSE ALERT MASKING ACTUAL DOOR NOT SHUT CONDITION. ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONCERN WITH NIGHT DRIVING AND FORCED INTERIOR LIGHT REDUCING VISIBILITY AND RISK TO PEDESTRIANS. FORD SERVICE WILL ONLY LUBRICATE SENSOR AT CUSTOMERS EXPENSE TO SATISFY TSB-14-0011 CAUSING NO CONFIDENCE IN REPAIR AND POSSIBLE RE-OCCURRENCE OF SAFETY ISSUE. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY SENSING UNIT AND/OR DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. *JS

HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVERS DOOR SENSOR. DOOR SENSOR STILL SHOWS THE DOOR TO BE AJAR EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE. SENSOR PICKS UP THAT THE DOOR IS CLOSED ABOUT 1/3RD TO 1/2 THE TIME YOU ATTEMPT TO CLOSE. SENSOR NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WILL ALLOW A WARNING LIGHT IN THE DASHBOARD TO STAY ON UNTIL RECOGNIZED. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS IT KEEPS THE DOME LIGHT ILLUMINATED UNTIL YOU CONTINUE TO CLOSE AND THE SENSOR PICKS UP. I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE SENSOR COMING ON AND SHOWING AJAR WHILE DRIVING. WITH THE DOME LIGHT COMING ON, I'M NOT TO HAPPY ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. FOUND THROUGH CHAT ROOMS AND FORUMS THAT SEVERAL OTHER COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE, WITH NO FIX FROM FORD. FORD DEALER SERVICE REPS HAVE KNOWN IT IS A PROBLEM, BUT JUST SAY TO CALL FORD TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM CAN BE COVERED. FORD DISTRICT REP., WHEN TOLD OF THE PROBLEM WAS ASKED WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT FORD DOES NOT ISSUE THE RECALL, IT NEEDS TO COME FROM NHTSA. SO HOPEFULLY BY HAVING TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO RECEIVE SOME ACTION WILL SHOW MORE NUMBERS AS TO THIS FAULTY SAFETY SENSOR. THE OTHER ISSUE WOULD BE IF THE PART REPLACED IS GOING TO BE THE SAME PART NUMBER THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TROUBLE WITH. I WOULD BE JUST WAITING A FEW MORE YEARS FOR THE SAME ISSUE TO ARISE. OR HAVE THEY CHANGED THE PART TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AS I HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE BUT TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED AT $394.00. ALTHOUGH I AM 6000 MILES UNDER WARRANTY, I AM 2 1/2 MONTHS PAST THE 3 YEARS. *JS

DOOR AJAR LIGHT WILL NOT GO OFF. CAR THINKS DRIVERS DOOR IS OPEN, WHICH MAKES IT UNABLE TO LOCK AND LIGHTS STAY ON IN VEHICLE. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY ONCE DUE TO THIS. *TR

DOOR AJAR INDICATOR STAYS ON FOR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WHICH WILL NOT LOCK. DOORS CANNOT BE LOCKED WHILE DRIVING, INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON BECAUSE OF DOOR AJAR INDICATOR WHICH IN TURN DRAINS BATTERY. UNSAFE FOR DOORS NOT BEING ABLE TO BE LOCKED AND LIGHTS CONTINUE TO ILLUMINATE WHILE VEHICLE IS OFF AND PARKED. *TR

THE "DRIVER DOOR AJAR" WARNING REMAINS LIT EVEN WHEN MY DOOR IS COMPLETELY CLOSED. I EITHER HAVE TO SLAM MY DOOR CLOSED OR OPEN/CLOSE MY DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES FOR THE LIGHT TO TURN OFF. THIS WEEK, THE LIGHT HAS STARTED COMING ON WHILE MY CAR IS IN MOTION, WHICH FREAKS ME OUT. DUE TO THE LIGHT COMING BACK ON EVEN AFTER IT INITIALLY GOES OFF, MY DOME LIGHT IS STAYING ON AND RUNNING MY CAR BATTERY DOWN. I NEEDED A JUMP START THIS WEEK DUE TO MY BATTERY BEING DEAD. THANK YOU. *TR

PROBLEM: DOOR AJAR SENSOR MY FORD EDGE DOOR AJAR LIGHT COMES ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I ATTEMPT TO SHUT THE DOOR. WITH THIS LIGHT ON THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT TURN OFF FOR A PERIOD OF 10-15 MINUTES. MY DAUGHTER AND I DRIVE IN MY EDGE EVERYDAY, WITH THE DOORS NOT LOCKING I FIND THAT THIS CAN BE A VERY DANGEROUS HAZARD. TODAY WE WERE DRIVING THRU THE MALL PARKING LOT AND A STRANGER APPROACHED MY EDGE AS IF HE WERE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR. AT THE TIME THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT WAS ON AND ALL DOORS WERE UNLOCKED, AS THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO LOCK THE DOORS WITH THIS LIGHT ON. LORD FORBID HE WOULD HAVE OPENED THAT PASSENGER DOOR AND HARMED MY DAUGHTER. DOES IT TAKE A TRAGEDY TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE MANUFACTURER DECIDES TO DEEM THIS PROBLEM A LEGITIMATE RECALL..... I HAVE READ A TREMENDOUS ABOUT OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM, HOW CAN THIS BE TRANSFORMED INTO A RECALL ISSUE? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET FORD OR THE SAFETY BOARD TO RESOLVE THIS?? SIGNED: A CARING PARENT *TR

THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR SENSOR DOES NOT WORK. THE DOOR IS CLOSED BUT IT STILL SHOWS ON THE DASH DOOR AJAR. THIS DOES NOT LET THE DOORS LOCK WHILE DRIVING. I FEEL THAT THIS IS VERY UNSAFE WHILE DRIVING ALSO UNSAFE FOR MY FAMILY TO DRIVE IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THE AIRBAGS WILL WORK. *TR

I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE DOOR SENSORS. I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THE DOOR AJAR ALARM COMES UP. I HAVE TO SLANG THE DOOR REALLY HARD AND A FEW TIMES UNTIL THE SENSORS PICKS IT UP. WHEN DRIVING I CAN NOT LOCKED THE DOORS BECAUSE THE CAR THINKS THE DOORS ARE AJAR. I LOOKED IT ONLINE AND MANY FORD EDGE'S OWNERS HAD THE SAME ISSUES, THEY SHOULD CALL FOR A RECALL SINCE THIS IS SAFETY PROBLEM. *TR