NHTSA Complaint #10463948 — 2006 FORD FUSION

PLEASE FILE UNDER *LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES* PARKED VEHICLE. ATTEMPTED TO EXIT. DRIVER'S SIDE. HEARD REPEATED SOUND OF LOCK ACTUATOR CLICKING 3+ TIMES. HAD TO MANUALLY FORCE HANDLE AND MANUAL LOCK ABOVE HANDLE OPEN AND UNLOCK DOOR WITH REMOTE TO EXIT VEHICLE. TOOK APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES TO EXIT VEHICLE. UPON REENTERING VEHICLE AND RETURNING HOME, REMOTE LOCK WORKS OCCASIONALLY WITH HALF THE TIME THE ACTUAL LOCK MECHANISM PREVENTS DOOR FROM BEING LOCKED. THIS ISSUE IS IDENTICAL TO ALL OF THE OTHER 24 POSTS IN THIS CATEGORY. SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ALL FOUR DOOR HANDLES AND MANUAL LOCKS EXHIBIT SAME "PAINT DELAMINATION" OF CHROME-COLORED SURFACES. VEHICLE PURCHASED AS CPO IN 2011 AT 58,000 MILES. NOW HAS 74,200 MOSTLY INTERSTATE MILES. FORD SHOULD ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AS IT APPEARS THROUGH RESEARCH TO BE PRETTY WIDE-SPREAD ON THESE VEHICLES. THIS WOULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IN EVENT THAT AN EMERGENCY/RAPID EXIT IS REQUIRED. THIS WOULD BE A SECURITY ISSUE AS VEHICLE DOESN'T PROPERLY LOCK ALL THE TIME. *JS