NHTSA Complaint #10712891 — 2012 FORD FIESTA

I DROPPED MY SON OFF AT HIS HOME AND HE OPENED THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR TO RETRIEVE HIS THINGS AND THEN HE SHUT THE DOOR AND WENT INSIDE. INSIDE THE CAR I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR AJAR WARNING WAS ON AND I GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO CLOSE THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR, BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. AFTER LOOKING AT IT FOR SEVERAL MOMENTS IT APPEARED THAT THE BACK DOOR LATCH WAS BROKEN. I GOT BACK INTO MY CAR, MOVED IT BACK OUT OF THE WAY AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THEN TEXT MY SON WHO CAME BACK OUT AND MANAGED TO TIE MY DOOR UP WITH A BUNGEE CORD SO THAT I COULD GET HOME (40 MILES AWAY). SINCE IT WAS LATE WHEN I GOT HOME I CALLED THE DEALER AS SOON AS I WAS ABLE AND THE SERVICE GUY TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE $550 ISH TO GET IT FIXED. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND FOR 6 MONTHS HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT AND HOPING THAT NONE OF THE OTHER DOOR LATCHES WOULD BREAK. RECENTLY I HEARD THAT FORD HAD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT SO FAR MY VIN IS NOT SHOWING UP FOR THE RECALL. *TR