My truck locks the doors when I get out of it even if my keys are in it I have already done it luckily my wife was sitting in the truck when it happened cuz I was at a gas station.
They will not work on my 2024 XLT hybrid because it will cover the gas door release plus mine has a different kind of shield on it and it won't allow you to fasten it.
Mine was doing the same thing I did with the manual said how I finally fixed it was I followed another person's idea I just took the two screws out put two small washers behind the bolt screwed it back in and it latches fine now It only moved it out about a 16th of an inch and that's all it took.
Mine's doing the same thing I checked it out today and there is no reason why it's not latching It doesn't look like the seat goes back far enough to latch My son-in-law told me to bring it into his Ford dealership and he'll look at it I'll let you know what he finds out.
I have the 24 hybrid and it makes the knocking sound too from the dash so my son-in-law told me to bring it in he's a service writer for Ford and they'll try to find out what it is I'll post when I find out.