NHTSA Complaint #10731557 — 2013 FORD EDGE

WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO TEXAS FROM MISSOURI. AS WE WERE TRAVELING SOUTH ON I35 A WARNING LIGHT CAME ON THE DASH STATING THAT THE DRIVER'S DOOR WAS AJAR WHEN IT APPEARED TO BE SHUT. IT THEN TOLD US TO SHIFT TO PARK AND SHUT THE DOOR. WE PULLED OVER ON I35 THINKING IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED TO DO FOR SAFETY REASONS. MY WIFE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. AFTER SHUTTING THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES THE WARNING LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OFF AS WELL AS THE DOME LIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK AND THE ALARM WOULD NOT ARM ITSELF. I HAVE BEEN A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER FOR KCPD FOR 14 YEARS AND HAVE SEEN FAR TOO MANY ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF PEOPLE PULLING OVER ON A HIGHWAY. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND FIXED ON ALL FORD VEHICLES. AFTER OUR TRIP I RESERCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND APPARENTLY ITS HAPPENING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FORD MODELS. I SAW COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT BY PEOPLE WHO WERE FORD OWNERS.