2010 Ford Escape headlights turning on in middle of night?

My 2010 Ford Escape will randomly turn its headlights on in the middle of the night. I usually keep my headlights on automatic, I haven't really tried turning them completely off before exiting the car and seeing if that works. Either way, if the car is off the lights should not be turning on. Does anyone know why this could be? Would hate to wake up and my car be dead…

My Ram truck turns on the lights when you touch the handles to open the doors. Maybe someone is tampering with your car.

This has also happened to me when my tailgate latch gets frozen up and the head lights stay on.
You probably have a bad door switch waking up the body control module for the after dark mode.
Now that they incorporate the door switch in the latch, it can be a dog to find out which one is bad.

Tried turning them completely off before exiting the car and seeing if that works. That would be the cheapest solution& better than a dead battery.

If the drivers door jam switch is not working the headlights will not turn off when on automatic.

How do you know they come on? And how do you go about turning them off?

Mine started doing that when a house nearby sold and a new family moved in. Someone there worked nights and when he unlocked his car with his remove my light would come on briefly. When I turned off the automatic lights on mine it quit. Apparently his remote affected my car. After a while they traded in their car for a new one and it quit.

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