10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 1 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 1 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 46,538 miles
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Drivers door ajar warning will not go off. This is making the interior lights to remain on, the door won't lock will in the car. Need help in getting this to be handled by Ford Motor Company.
- Columbus, GA, USA
My driver side door does not register as closed. The cabin lights stay on and the doors don't always lock because the car thinks the door is ajar when it is not. When driving the car I get an alarm in the dashboard that continually states the driver side door is ajar.
- Bellevue, WA, USA
Drive door ajar on panel, doors won't lock, interior light stays on initially, while driving it will say to shift to park due to the door ajar...when you accelerate, the doors do not lock like normal. After turning car off sometimes can't lock to vehicle and the interior light stays on for about 5 minutes.
- Cardington, OH, USA
When driver's door is closed, the "door ajar" light is still on the display. You can slam the door hard several times before it will go off. Many times, it reappears after you begin driving. This causes a safety hazard to my family because my wife is not able to lock the doors when inside the car. (the "door ajar" will not allow it to be locked).
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Drive door ajar on panel, doors won't lock, interior light stays on initially, while driving it will say to shift to park due to the door ajar...when you accelerate, the doors do not lock like normal. After turning car off sometimes can't lock to vehicle and the interior light stays on for about 5 minutes.
- Lancaster, PA, USA
The driver door ajar light and signal is continually being activated even though the door is closed tightly. This also prevents the doors from being locked while driving and the dome lights stay on for a while causing a safety issue.
- Sandy, UT, USA
When driver side door is closed the door-ajar lamp lights up in transit, door ajar bell turns on and both remain on. Courtesy lights remain on at first, but will eventually turn off. At other times, the door ajar lamp lights as soon as the key is in the ignition and before the car is turned on and they remain on even after multiple attempts are made to close the door successfully. I replaced the door latch at my own expense, but the problem resumed 18 months later.
- South Windsor, CT, USA
The door ajar sensor on the driver side door fails to function properly making the vehicle react as though the door is open even though it is actually closed. This prevents the doors from locking and prevents the dome light from turning off. The door ajar alarm and light will not stop alerting the driver to the problem. Because the doors will not lock, there is a danger to driver and passengers while moving. When dome light fails to turn off, the car battery can run down preventing the car from starting.
- Los Angeles, AP, USA
Drivers door ajar light illuminated when door is closed....not allowing the door to lock while in motion.
- Great Falls, MT, USA
The 'vehicle door ajar' warning on dash will not extinguish. This effects the interior door lights, the warning chimes, and the door locks. This problem is related to the drivers door latch assembly which has failed!
- Mechanicsville, VA, USA
The front driver door latch is not working properly. It fails to close.
- Rosemead, CA, USA
My drive side door does not sense it is closed and the light stays on and the dome lights stay on longer. Periodically because the switch is saying the door is open, the dome light, headlights and rear lights will go on when nobody is in the car.
- Muskego, WI, USA
The door ajar warning indicates the door is open when the door is actually closed tight. If you slam the door hard, the warning clears sometimes but may come back on without the door being opened. This is a poor alarm system design. Ford should take responsibility for the design and issue a recall. The original latch was replaced under warranty at about 30K miles.
- Pensacola, FL, USA
Vehicle states "door ajar with all doors properly closed. Complaint is ongoing. Here is the issue. The interior lights are on and remain on until vehicle is going over 5mph in a forward gear. You totally lose visibility to back up. You cannot see anything to back up. It is difficult to seeing going forward to attain 5+ mph to turn off the interior lights. The problem is minimally annoying during daytime hours and is extremely dangerous at night. You are forced to back up totally blind. It is dangerous you could back over a pedestrian, a fixed object, or another car. Ford took a reliable and simple process and created a difficult (and expensive) unreliable process and it is failing on several cars.
- Texarkana, TX, USA
The driver door latch signals that the driver door is ajar when it is not. This prevents the door from locking and also affects the instrument panel display and interior lighting as well as the alarm system.
- Banner Elk, NC, USA
When closing drivers door on the dashbord shows drivers door ajar, when drivers door is closed to amend this problem you have to slam the door using force.
- Cental Islip, NY, USA
Drivers side "door ajar warning" comes on very often and won't go off. Doesn't always come on immediately, but while on, won't allow doors to lock while driving. Very dangerous situation. When it comes on, not always in a position to stop immediately and put in park to reset. Must stop and repeat closing until it takes. Again very dangerous. Lastly, when exiting the auto if the sensor fails then the lights stay on an extended period, running the battery down. Not allowing the doors to lock and alarm to set.
- Poca, WV, USA
Front drivers side door, the door is closed and the sensor says it's ajar. I have to slam the door to have it read that it's shut. The interior lights will stay on even though the door is shut.
- Williamstown, NJ, USA
Door ajar light stays on sometimes, even when the door is shut.
- N. Olmsted, OH, USA
- Slidell, LA, USA