NHTSA Complaint #10883215 — 2012 FORD FOCUS

THIS IS THE SECOND/SAME ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLES DOOR LATCHING SYSTEM. FIRST WAS IN OCT 2015, REF #10784961-DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR. THIS TIME SPOUSE WAS DRIVING OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE CITY STREET, CAR WAS IN MOTION APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. SHE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE DRIVER DOOR SWUNG OPEN. SHE STOPPED AND PULLED THE DOOR CLOSED BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. SHE RETURNED HOME AND I FOUND THAT THE DRIVE DOOR LATCHING SYSTEM WAS NOT ENGAGING. I AM USING A SMALL ROPE ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL HANDLE TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED WHEN NOT OCCUPIED. I AM UNABLE TO LOCK/SECURE MY VEHICLE AND THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE DOOR IS NOT PULLED CLOSED WITH THE SMALL ROPE ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL HANDLE ON ONE END AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON THE OTHER END. NO INJURIES DURING INCIDENT.