NHTSA Complaint #11024130 — 2013 FORD EDGE

REAR LIFT GATE SENSOR BROKE AT 20K.IT WOULD START TO CLOSE THEN WOULD OPEN AUTOMATICALLY. IT HAD TO BE FORCE CLOSED.IT TOOK 2 WEEKS FOR THE PART BUT BY THEN THE LIFT GATE MOTOR WAS WORN OUT TOO.I HAD TO WAIT 2 MORE WEEKS FOR THAT PART TO COMPLETELY REPAIR THE ELECTRIC LIFT GATE.AT 36K MY COLLISION WARNING SENSOR OFTEN WOULDN'T WORK WHILE DRIVING.IT STOPS THE WARNING FROM ALARMING WHEN THE CAR IN COLLISION DANGE AND IT STOPS THE CAR CRUISE CONTROL TO AUTOMATICALLY ADJUST THE CARS SPEED TO KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE. THE DEALER SAID THE BUMPER WAS DAMAGED AND THE SENSOR WAS POINTING DOWN BUT DON'T KNOW HOW THAT CAN BE WITH NO VISIBLE BUMPER DAMAGE.AT 38K MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SENSOR ALMOST ALWAYS SAYS THE DOOR IS AJAR AS SOON AS ENTERING AND INDICATOR ILLUMINATES AND CHIMES AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT STAYS ON FOR A PERIOD AND THE CAR CAN'T BE LOCKED AT THIS TIME ALL WHILE DRIVING.SOMETIMES THERE IS CHIMING WITH NO INDICATOR LIGHTS TO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WHILE DRIVING.OFTEN THE SHIFT TO PARK LIGHTS AND CHIMES WITH THE DOOR AJAR WARNING WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN THE CAR IS IN PARK AND AFTER IT IS TURNED OFF. NOW THERE ARE IS A CONSTANT WARNINGS CHIMING AND FLASHING BEFORE 39K. THE CAR CANTED BE LOCKED WHEN THE DOOR FALSELY INDICATES ITS AJAR.