NHTSA Complaint #10654229 — 2011 FORD FIESTA

MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS OPENED WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR AND WAS THEN CLOSED BUT IT DID NOT LATCH. THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON. TWO WEEKS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE DRIVER SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THIS HAS CAUSE MY BATTERY TO GO BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, I CALLED MY FORD DEALERSHIP ZECK FORD IN LEAVENWORTH KANSAS AND THEY TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AND IF IT IS RECALLED THEN I WOULD BE ISSUED A REFUND OR I COULD JUST WAIT IT OUT AND SEE IF THERE IS A RECALL ISSUED. FOR THE MEAN TIME, I HAVE MY REAR DOORS SECURED WITH A RATCHET STRAP INBETWEEN THE HANDLES DUE TO THE HUGE COST OF REPAIRING THE DOOR LATCHES, MY DOOR AJAR LIGHT CONTINUES TO STAY ON AND MY CAR BATTERY IS BEING DRAINED DOWN EVERYNIGHT PUTTING EXTRA WEAR ON A BRAND NEW BATTERY. IF I LET IT SIT FOR MORE THAN ONE NIGHT THEN IT HAS TO BE JUMP STARTED. I AM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR NOT ADDRESSING THIS ASAP. I BELIEVE THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM AND I AM UNABLE TO HAVE ANY PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS AND I FEAR THAT ONE OR BOTH OF THE FRONT DOORS COULD FAIL WITH THE SAME PROBLEM CAUSING INJURY TO MYSELF, OR MY PASSENGER OR CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO BE UN DRIVABLE IF ONE OF THE FRONT DOORS FAILS. *TR