NHTSA Complaint #10731067 — 2011 FORD EDGE

"DOOR AJAR" WARNING LIGHT ON DASH DOES NOT GO OUT. ALSO, TWIN INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT GO OUT. THIS DRAWS DOWN BATTERY WHEN PARKED AND IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. FIX FROM FORD DEALERSHIP IS $400+. THIS IS RIDICULOUS, AND SEEMS TO BE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. I SAW ON LINE REPAIRS OF HOW TO FIX GOING BACK TO 1998 FORD MODEL FROM WINDSTARS, TO RANGERS, TO EDGES - ALL MODELS YEARS, ALL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD HAS NOT BOTHERED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS!..3-DAYS AGO, I TOOK MY 2013 FORD TAURUS TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN LANCASTER, SC FOR A SAFETY RECALL TO FIX DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCHES, AND A SEPARATE RECALL CHECK ON LIGHTS ON THE LICENSE PLATE FOR POSSIBLE MOISTURE LEAKAGE. SO, I GOT A SAFETY RECALL ON POSSIBLY FAILED SEAL ON LICENSE PLATE LIGHTS, BUT NO RECALL ON AN ISSUE WITH THE LIGHTS ON IN THE VEHICLE CAB WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT??? IT MAKES ONE WONDER WHO MAKE THESE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IS IT DONE SOLELY ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IS CHEAP AND EXPEDITIOUS? IF THE FIX IS CHEAP, RECALL IT AND IF THE FIX IS A BIT MORE COSTLY, DO NOTHING AND LET THE MANUFACTURER MAKE MONEY OFF THE FIX. HOW CAN DRIVERS BE PROTECTED? HOW CAN CONSUMERS BE PROTECTED? I HOPE YOU CAN HELP. THANK YOU. [XXX].UPDATED 10/27/15 *BF 'INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *BF