Door Key Pad gets Wet and stops working

[SHOinVa]

-I have notice when I wash my car or it rains and the door key pad gets wet it will do some crazy things and generally not work, I have found if I dry it with a towel I can get it working. This keypad is less then a year old because it didn't work at all when I purchased the car so they installed a new one. I am not losing any sleep over it since I always have my key on me, I don't really trust the locks on the car that much (I have seen the car unlock or lock just because it wants to), but I was wondering if this is an equipment or design issue. I was curious so thought I would see if anyone else had the same issue, hope your having a great day, Thanks in advance for your help.
Charlie

 

[krewat]

When I spray mine with water (both the 2013 I used to have, and my 2016), they light up. If you happen to have the key fob on you and you're close to the door at the time, I bet it'll lock/unlock if you hit the door handle with water too.

 

[rubydist]

since they are capacitance-sensing touch things, it makes sense that water could sometimes trigger them. this is the kind of thing that Microsoft would consider a "undocumented feature" but most of us think are not how it should work...

 

[SHOinVa]

Sometimes my car just locks itself or unlocks itself on its own regardless of water on the key pad. It does light up and such when wet, I never tried to open it with my key in my pocket but I do know trying to enter a code and get it to unlock will not work. In general the key pad is useless when it has been rained on or gets wet during a wash. You would think is this is a fleet wide issue Ford would have addressed it by now.
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