NHTSA Complaint #11063860 — 2013 FORD EDGE

RE: PE16012 I TOO AM EXPERIENCING THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT. THERE ARE TWO MORE SAFETY ISSUES YOU FAIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL AS THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM. ONE, WHEN THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT IS ON AND THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION THE AUTO LOCK FEATURE OF THE DOORS IS LOST. ASIDE FROM THE ISSUE OF THE DOORS POTENTIALLY OPENING THERE IS THE POTENTIAL DANGER TO THE OCCUPANTS OF UNWANTED ACCESS BY UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE. THE SECOND ISSUE THAT WHEN THE CAR IS PARKED AND LOCKED THE INTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON RESULTING IN BATTERIES BEING WORN DOWN AND DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS STRANDED. NOT A WONDERFUL THOUGHT IN FREEZING WINTER CONDITIONS. THE FINAL POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THERE WERE 1349 COMPLAINTS, NOW 1350, FILED PRIOR TO MINE. AN OLD RULE OF THUMB HAS BEEN THAT FOR EVERYONE WHO WILL TAKE THE TIME TO WRITE A LETTER OF COMPLAINT THERE ARE 10,000 MORE WHO WILL NOT. THE MATH SAYS 13,500,000. OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE NOT THIS MANY FORD EDGES SOLD IN THE 3 MODEL YEARS THIS SAFETY ISSUE HAS PRESENTED ITSELF. IN FACT THEY SOLD A LITTLE UNDER .3% OF THAT NUMBER. THAT MAKES THE RATIO OF COMPLAINTS EXTREMELY HIGH AND MUCH SERIOUSNESS MUCH GREATER. THE DATE I NOTE AT THE BOTTOM IS THE APPROXIMATE DATE THE PROBLEM STARTED.