SaraMocke

Hi, It seems to occur at random. Sometimes when I use my key fob or the button in the trunk to close the power liftgate, it closes right up until the point it's about to lock and then reopens. It seems to be a two step process of first closing, and then within about a second the door gets locked. It's at that point it just opens again. It's acting like there is an obstruction, despite there not being one at all. It happens at random. I've tried to see if there is any rhyme or reason but I can't peg down any external factors that are causing it. If I shut it myself (pulling it down and closing it manually) it closes quite happily, and then it locks as I would expect, but no matter how many times I try to close it automatically it just will not work. It seems like some buggy sensor or software, because it works most of the time and there are no obstructions at all. Is anyone having this trouble? More often than note it works as expected, but now I constantly have to stand there like an idiot watching it to be sure it closes. It happens just enough to be very annoying! I have a 2012 Edge SEL, which I love, in case that's necessary to know

I did exactly that, and the good news is I managed to get it right with a few finger contortions. I also did search on Google and Bing, and found some articles about dismantling the mirror housing, but that seemed a bit more risky and tricky, so I tried taking out the puddle light. It's almost 100%. You'd have to look closely to see the turn signal bar is about 1mm out of position near the driver door, because something is blocking being able to reach in that far. To all intents and purposes it looks as good as news. Thank goodness it didn't have any scratches! Thanks for the tips guys.

I bumped my 2012 Edge passenger side mirror on the way out of my garage this morning. No scratches at all, but the bar of LED's that serve as the indicators/turning signal has been pushed into the housing a little. Fortunately I was driving really slowly when it happened, so everything works okay including the indicator lights and the blind spot indicator and puddle lamp. Is there a way to dismantle the mirror so that I can fix it. If I could just get in there I could pop it out again and my car would look as new as the 10 days old it is! Please let me know soonest. I need this constant reminder of my stupidity to dissappear from my presence. And yes, I'm blonde and I'm a girl, but I do know enough about DIY repairs on bikes and cars to fix it myself. I'm looking for the right advice so I don't end up inventing a solution and breaking something!