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Doesn't the steering angle sensor need to be re-calibrated after a front end alignment? 

3M Double Face tape will not stick to this foam, I tried it.  The wind would blow it off! LOL

It could be several different faults, but it really sounds like a parasitic battery drain.   if so, these can be occurring sporadically and very difficult to find.   One method (with the car off) is to clamp an  ammeter across the + battery lead and wait until it shows a heavy draw (It's normal to see a few millimeters to keep modules alive).   Once the meter shows a draw occurring, you start pulling out each of the fuses on the power fuse panel, one at a time. Do this until the draw stops.   Then determine if the draw stopped because you found the circuit or, the parasitic battery drain stopped. (If it stopped, replace the fuse and start with it when the draw starts again).   You could wait 15-20 minutes between the parasitic battery drain starts again.   There are a lot of devices that could be causing a periodic drain. In the electric schematics, they are the ones that have two sources of power. Its the ones that have a hot at all times feed.   An example of a parasitic battery drain  could be the rear wiper. Suppose that the gear box got water in it and caused the gears to seize. (Wiper not seated).   Even with the car off, the wiper checks to see if the blade is parked (through the "always hot" feed.) This occurs about every 15 minutes.   If it isn't, it turns on the motor to park the blade. It stays on until the blade reports that its parked or it times out after a period of time.   Problem is, this motor draws several amps and over a night the motor causes the battery to discharge (keeps pulling juice out and nothing going back in).   I chose this as a motor starting current  draws several times its running current. Its called a locked rotor rating and if the rear wiper motor draws say 3.5 amps running at could draw 7+ amps starting. And if it's locked as in this example, it's always starting.   So in this example, using a clamp ammeter, you'll only see the draw for about 30 seconds, once every 15 minutes. This is why some draws are so much of a pita to track down and why mechanics hate the process.

So I have a similar issue but I don’t think it’s battery related but sounds quite similar my battery is fine it’s new I even took it to auto zone to check and they told me it was 100 percent it isn’t the alternator because the battery is 100 percent so It seems to be may starter I replaced my starter and it worked great for a few month and then started doing the same thing again all my lights AC radio seats back hatch sun roof work but the car won’t turn it just clicks so I replaced my starter again last week even got new conectors for my battery works perfect for a few days no indicator of laboring to start and then this morning I get in my car and it won’t start I checked my fuses and nothing’s popped I really need help I’m from Houston  

As this occurred after an alignment, I'd suspect they may have accidentally pinched or damaged a wiring harness. 

I would use double face tape.

The foam cover over the intake on my 3.7 was showing a lot of wear and tear so I decided to purchase a new one.  Unfortunately I could not find one with the "Sport" panel but was able to get one with the "Lincoln" panel.  I figured out how to remove the panels from each cover and now I need to adhere the "Sport" panel to the insulator foam.  Can someone tell me what type of adhesive I should use?  The panel is a rubberized plastic material and the insulator is foam.  I just don't want to melt the foam and of course I need it to bond without worrying about the heat releasing the adhesive. 

For future reference: Ford's parts website provides hi-res/large format images of the right and left front latch assemblies which might enable drawing conclusions on door ajar switch location...     Links to Left Front Latch images - Photo #1, Photo #2, Photo #3, Photo #4;   Link to the following FordParts webpage     Links to Right Front Latch images - Photo #1, Photo #2, Photo #3, Photo #4;   Link to the following FordParts webpage     Document download links> TSB 18-2013 - 2011-2013 Edge-MKX + Other Models - Door Ajar Lamp Remains Illuminated With Doors Closed.pdf Front Door Latch - Removal and Installation - 2011 Edge Workshop Manual.pdf Front Door Latch - Removal and Installation - Enhanced Pg 1 Illustration - 2011 Edge Workshop Manual.pdf Front Door Latch - Removal and Installation - Enhanced Pg 2 Illustration - 2011 Edge Workshop Manual.pdf   Good luck!  

To close out this topic.   I confirmed the following.   Electrical contact cleaner doesn't really work well to fix the issue. Brake cleaner was the most effective, eliminating both driver and door side issues.  (However slamming the door does temporarily bring the problem back) Silicone spray lubrication undoes the cleaning effect and re-introduces the door ajar issue.

Turns Out High-Performance Air Filters Actually Do Give You More Power The gains are there but a pretty small increment that you won't notice. More than likely at the expense of reduced filtration.