NHTSA Complaint #10780150 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

RIGHT HAND REAR DOOR LATCH FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS MOVING FROM PARK WHEN DEFECT WAS WARNED BY THE DASHBOARD "DOOR OPEN" WARNING SYSTEM. (WARNING! THE FOLLOWING IS AN EDITORIAL, OR RANT, BY THE CAR OWNER. HE INTENDS TO SHAME THOSE AT FORD WHO DECIDE THAT THINGS LIKE DOOR LATCH ISSUES DO NOT SERVE THE BOTTOM LINE SO ARE UNIMPORTANT.) TO THOROUGHLY DESCRIBE THIS PROBLEM ONE NEED ONLY TO KNOW OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FORDS ALREADY RECALLED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. CAJOLING BY SOME SEEMS TO INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THE RECALL, WHICH DOES NOT YET INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. PASSENGER SEATBELTS BEING MORE WIDELY USED DOES NOT ALLOW FOR DOOR LATCHES TO BE LESS EFFECTIVE! LET THE LUXURY OPTIONS FAIL BEFORE TEN YEARS, NOT THE BONES OF THE THING. WHO DECIDES TO CONTINUE USING BAD LATCH TECHNOLOGY FOR SO LONG? THIS IS NOT A CHALLENGE, IT IS A CHOICE.