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2013 Ford Edge Electrical System Problems

779
Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Among these 779 stored complaint records:

  • 0 indicate a crash
  • 2 indicate injury
  • 0 indicate fire

What owners report

  • door ajar · 98 records
  • ajar light · 25 records
  • door closed · 24 records
  • interior lights · 23 records
  • lights stay · 20 records
  • side door · 19 records

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
30–60k mi430
60–100k mi123
1–30k mi98
100–150k mi16
150–400k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • April 27, 2015 · 38,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Drivers side door keeps stating it is open when it is closed. Continues to stay on until multiple closures of the door, then will come back on when at low spped or comes to a stop.

    ODI 10721422

  • April 25, 2015 · 52,314 miles

    Electrical System

    The driver door ajar alert stays on even when the door is completely shut. It is keeping the internal lights on, and isn't allowing the doors to lock. It is also not allowing to lock after the vehicle is shut off without opening and shutting the door several times. *tr

    ODI 10713947

  • April 24, 2015 · 47,000 miles

    Electrical System

    My 2013 ford edge suv is in the ford shop as i write this ? It's been there since friday, due to a latch issue ? Which is a ford part malfunction. (a bad part) a part that will not last and may need to be replace again.. *tr i google it friday and saw there are so many complaints on the part, i don't understand why it's not recalled or the ford company i bought it from can't just replace it. Ford wants $484 from me…

    ODI 10713070

  • April 16, 2015 · 59,000 miles

    Electrical System · Equipment Adaptive/Mobility · Unknown Or Other

    Driver's side door sensor indicates door ajar, preventing other functions of the vehicle from operating normally, such as dome light turning off while driving and after locking doors, doors will not remain locked while driving and other related functions. Issues causes a drain on the battery until it eventually loses charge, leaving driver stranded. Door ajar indicator remains on the entire time during operation of…

    ODI 10735039

  • April 15, 2015 · 36,500 miles

    Electrical System

    Door ajar warning light will not go off, even if door is closed. Online research shows that this problem has been ongoing for years with thousands of vehicles. Ford will not acknowledge problem. Cost to repair:$500 and eventually four doors:$2000. Interior lights do not go off causing problem at night.

    ODI 10722645

  • April 14, 2015 · 52,000 miles

    Door · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. The contact stated that the front driver side door ajar warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 52,000. Updated 6/11/15*cn

    ODI 10713407

  • April 8, 2015 · 35,000 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper

    Door ajar drivers side will not go off, lights remain on, unable to get them off. Inability to lock doors, dome light remains on causing night driving hazard, false door ajar prevents driver from knowing real door ajar situation

    ODI 10788014

  • April 6, 2015 · 46,000 miles

    Electrical System

    The vehicle reports an open door when all doors are closed. The interior lights will not turn off and the doors will not lock until the door is reported closed.

    ODI 10715813

  • April 4, 2015 · 38,000 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other

    Door ajar warning and door chiming. If door does not close properly lights stay on draining battery leaving owner stranded with dead battery. While driving door chiming constantly going off distracting owner while driving. Problem happens while driving and while parked

    ODI 10789627

  • April 2, 2015 · 61,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Driver side door ajar sensor bad. No matter how hard you slam the drivers door, the sensor gives a dash warning light that driver door is ajar. *tr

    ODI 10714314

  • April 2, 2015 · 40,000 miles

    Electrical System

    The driver side door ajar indicator lights when the driver side door is closed. After several attempts at opening and closing the door, the indicator shuts off. The dome light stays on until the indicator shuts off. The indicator has come on while driving, causing the dome light to come on and the door locks to unlock. This situation has impaired my visibility during night time driving. The dome light will draw down…

    ODI 10712743

  • April 2, 2015 · 70,120 miles

    Door · Electrical System

    Door ajar light stays on even when door is closed the interior dome lights will not go off. *tr

    ODI 10711833

  • April 2, 2015 · 41,400 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting

    It started over the past few weeks. Start the car and the door ajar light comes on and stays on regardless is i open and close the door harder. Put the car in gear and you have the warning lights to put the car in park. The door locks will not lock during one of these episodes and the dome lights stay on. I also lock my car doors at night only to find that they have unlocked themselves during the night and my heads…

    ODI 10705955

  • April 1, 2015

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Unknown Or Other

    The door latch sensor doesn't seem to be working. The door is closed but is says it's not. I can not lock the doors and my overhead lights stay on and the battery will die. I've taken it into the dealership before and they say the sensors are dirty and they cleaned them, but it didn't fix the problem. It happens at all times (stationary or moving)

    ODI 10861180

  • April 1, 2015 · 82,000 miles

    Door · Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving 50 mph, the driver and front passenger side door warning lights illuminated. The contact attempted to close the doors until the warning lights stopped illuminating, but the failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000.

    ODI 10732812

  • April 1, 2015

    Electrical System · Unknown Or Other

    The front door lock sensor doesn't work. When the door is shut the sensor doesn't sense that the door is shut, causing the notice to direct user to shift car in park to shut door, when it's already shut.

    ODI 10731865

  • April 1, 2015 · 40,000 miles

    Electrical System · Exterior Lighting

    Drivers side door keeps stating it is open when it is closed. Continues to stay on until multiple closures of the door.

    ODI 10717451

  • March 31, 2015 · 21,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Door ajar light stays on. Have to slam the door at least 3-4 times before it goes off. Had it looked at the dealer only to have them only clean the door latch. When problem returned they told me that it was no longer under warranty, too many miles and would cost over $350.00 to replace door latch. There is clearly a problem with this as my vehicle is not the only vehicle doing this. The other concern besides the…

    ODI 10981378

  • March 20, 2015 · 45,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford edge. While driving at approximately 10 mph, the door ajar warning light illuminated. The contact noticed that all the automatic locks were unlocked, the chime sounded, and the doors would not lock. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000. The vin was not available.

    ODI 10704726

  • March 19, 2015 · 44,528 miles

    Electrical System

    The problem i'm having with my edge is the radio continue to play when i turn the car off and take the keys out the ignition and the driver door light stays on i have to close the door several times before the light goes off i've taken it in to the dealer for the door light now it have started again 03/19/2015 i think another owner had the car but when i got the car they said it was new i work for a car company and…

    ODI 10700864

  • March 6, 2015 · 53,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Driver side door ajar sensor not working..wont allow doors to lock while driving bell continues to ring while driving and door ajar light stays on while driving. These factors causes hazardous conditions while driving. Being unable to lock doors is very dangerous especially when you have children in the car. Someone can open your door and harm you. There is so many complaints regarding this issue it needs to be…

    ODI 10693476

  • March 5, 2015 · 35,367 miles

    Electrical System

    The driver's side door ajar sensor does not go off when the door is closed. The dome lights stay on, not safe at night, and you are unable to lock your doors while inside the vehicle. Not to mention the constant annoyance of the chime going off. *tr

    ODI 10695217

  • March 4, 2015 · 45,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Driver door sensor does not sense the door is closed. This prevents the over head dome light from shutting off, which at night making it hard to see out the front windshield. The door locks also will not stay locked even if you manually push down the indicator. This allows my children to open the rear doors as we drive down the street. I was told twice now that this is not a safety issue and nothing is broken, so it…

    ODI 10731821

  • March 3, 2015 · 20,000 miles

    Electrical System

    Driver door ajar warning stays on. With that the dome light stays on and car will not lock while driving. Drains battery. Alarm keeps beeping as i'm driving. All are safety concerns.

    ODI 10995754

  • March 3, 2015

    Door · Electrical System · Exterior Lighting

    The door latch on the 2013 ford edge is faulty, and continually has to be replaced. This is the second time in 6 months we have had to have this replaced, and this time, we are 3000 miles over our warranty, and are having to go out of pocket for this - an expense of over $300. Additionally, because the door latch doesn't work correctly, it continually causes the interior lights of the cart to stay on, which has…

    ODI 10692146