NHTSA Complaint #10577818 — 2011 FORD EDGE

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