cosmicray Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 The other night I drove ~50 miles with the rear door (right, passenger side) half latched, and the door sensor did not report this. By half latched, I mean that closing the right side door gently, produces a situation where the latch has begun to engage, sufficiently that the door will not fly open, but the left side and right side glass are not evenly aligned. As I was driving down a 2-lane road, I head this odd whooshing sound when a car passed me going in the other direction. Checking the inside mirror, and the instrument cluster, did not give me any reason to believe the door was ajar. When I stopped for gas, I noticed it. Looked at the sensor switch on Sunday. It seems that the switch is the kind where any travel at all causes it to register that the door is closed. The switch travel has begun with the half-latch situation, so the computer didn't know the door was not firmly shut. The inside edge of the door has a beveled plastic block that engages the switch. I wonder if the block can be rotated 180° to engage it a little less. Failing that solution, I suppose the head of the switch plunger could be gently filed a few millimeters (to cause it to begin traveling a bit later). Anyone have any thoughts about this ? Tomorrow I'm going to stop by the dealer and see what they think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
103west43rd Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 cosmicray, it's a new vehicle, let the dealer fix it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 You have a good point Westy, but you just know what the result of that will be, The service manager will slam the door shut and then say "It seems to be working perfectly now," Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicray Posted October 30, 2013 Author Share Posted October 30, 2013 (edited) Stopped by the dealership service department today. Described the issue to the service advisor. He came out, recreated the problem. Agreed that it seemed odd. Then he went and got the keys to a new TC sitting on the sales lot (virtually identical to the one I have). He tried the same thing on that one. Not only did it detect door closed at the half-latch (what I think they call first-latch), but it picked up door closed just before the half-latch (i.e. at a point that the door would swing open if provoked). That switch is traveling even earlier than mine is. They are taking the position that it works as designed (but not that they agree with the situation, just that they have not seen one do what I think it should do). If they saw one do the right thing, then they might be able to figure out a fix. Parts department says the switch about $6. This isn't an earth shattering issue, but an annoyance. Having it detect door open when fully shut would be more annoying tho. Edited October 30, 2013 by cosmicray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicray Posted November 9, 2013 Author Share Posted November 9, 2013 About the 31st of Oct, I opened a Ford Customer Care case on this issue. Ford contacted the dealer, and asked the dealer to pursue it with Ford Technical Support. Yesterday I was contacted by the area rep for Ford Customer Care to inform me that the final resolution is "Item operates within design tolerances". I am disappointed, but that's that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 And for a minute there I thought I might be wrong!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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