NHTSA Complaint #10586887 — 2013 FORD FIESTA

THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WAS OPENED USING THE OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE. AFTER TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AND KEPT BOUNCING OPEN. AFTER INSPECTING THE LATCH, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS NOT IN THE CLOSED OR LATCHED POSITION. THE "PLASTIC" LATCH WAS IN THE OPEN POSITION AND WHEN IT WAS PLACED INTO THE CLOSED OR LATCHED POSITION, IT WOULD NOT LATCH AND JUST POP OPEN. IF THIS "PLASTIC" LATCH WOULD HAVE BROKEN WHILE THE CAR WAS MOVING ONE OF MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT OF THE MOVING VEHICLE. A "PLASTIC" DOOR LATCH ON A "METAL" CATCH IS A SAFETY VIOLATION. PLASTIC STRIKING METAL EVERY TIME THE DOOR IS OPEN AND CLOSED IS NOT VERY SMART BECAUSE THE PLASTIC WILL ALWAYS BREAK, AS IT HAS IN MY VEHICLE. *TR