NHTSA Complaint #10948374 — 2013 FORD EDGE

OPEN DRIVER DOOR. OVERHEAD LIGHT COMES ON. KEY IN IGNITION. CHIME. DRIVER DOOR AJAR NOTICE COMES ON. REAR PARK AID NOTICE COMES ON. PUT IN "R" I BACK UP. SHIFT TO PARK NOTICE COMES ON (OVERHEAD LIGHT IS ON). START DRIVING. DRIVER DOOR AJAR NOTICE COMES ON. OVERHEAD LIGHT GOES OUT. I DRIVE TO A STOP LIGHT. (DOORS NEVER LOCK). I PUT ON BREAKS TO STOP. SHIFT TO PARK NOTICE COMES ON. DRIVER DOOR AJAR NOTICE COMES ON. I ARRIVE AT DESTINATION. PUT CAR IN PARK. ENGINE IS ON (OVERHEAD LIGHT IS ON). TAKE KEY OUT OF IGNITION (OVERHEAD LIGHT IS ON). OPEN DRIVER DOOR. NOTE: IF I USE THE FOB, OVERHEAD LIGHTS WONT GOT OUT. IF I MANUALLY PUSH DOOR LOCK BUTTON, THE INSIDE OVERHEAD LIGHTS WILL ONLY GO OUT 3 OF 10 TRIES. I HAVE TO UNBOLT THE BATTERY TO MAKE THEM GO OUT. HAVE ALREADY HAD TO BUY ONE BATTERY. I CANT LOCK DOORS AT A STOP SIGN WHICH IS UNSAFE. THIS IS A DAILY CONSTANT OCCURRENCE. OTHERS ARE EXPRESSING SAME ISSUES. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THE DOOR AJAR FIRST HAPPENED 10/9/14 AT 32,156 MILES. TOOK TO FORD DEALERSHIP. IT STARTED HAPPENING AGAIN IN NOVEMBER 2016 AND HAS MORE ISSUES AND NOW IS A SAFETY CONCERN. I ALSO AM NOTING THAT I HAVE GONE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND MY OVERHEAD LIGHT IS ON INSIDE THE CAR. *TR