Kennyp14

Lenny, what year is your Edge? Mine is an '11, and I was not able to find the correct wire for the drivers side in the loom of wires under the sill plate. This makes sense to me since the latch is in the door, so why would the wire run from the door and then make a turn and run under the sill plate? I had to track down the correct wire WAY UP under the dash near the fuse panel. It took some serious patience and body contortions to get up there and tap the wire!

Ultimately I should have probably just removed the door panel to get to the wire.

I don't see how the wire from the driver's door latch switch could pass through the driver's door sill, as Pilotdog68's video shows. Maybe his bad switch was in the driver's side rear door? Anyway, it makes more sense that this wire would pass through the rubber boot in the front door jam of the driver's door and go straight to the connector above the fuse box where Kmp14 found it. But I looked/reached up there and I really don't want to try to access the wire in that location. Hats off to Kmp14 for managing to splice in there!

 

My thought is to remove the door panel and splice into the wire inside the door, and then reverse the procedure these two members used: put the reed switch under the plastic on the door, and the magnet on the plastic trim on the body side of the door jam. Any thoughts on the viability of this approach, before I remove the door panel?

I am kmp14. It appears I have 2 separate accounts on this forum, but only remember the password for this one (Kennyp14). Anyway, yes, it was REALLY HARD to get a tap on to that wire way up above the fuse panel. I think it took me an hour+ of contorting my body to finally get a working tap on there. Maybe the door panel approach you are considering might be easier.

Let us know how it goes, and if you have the patience, take pictures as you go so it can a useful for other in the future! Good Luck!