NHTSA Complaint #10897272 — 2001 FORD ESCAPE

FORD WILL NOT RECALL. SERIOUS DANGER!!!OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH LATCHES AND DOORS NOT OPENING CORRECTLY AND BEING STUCK FOR WEEKS. THIS TIME I CAN NOT OPEN DRIVERS DOOR WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT OR FIRE. I AM A MECHANIC AND TOOK INSIDE OF DOOR APART AND CAN VERIFY THAT ACTUATOR FOR DOOR LOCK IS WORKING AND DOES UNLOCK. THE LATCH IS NOT SPRINGING OPEN. I DID A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FOR THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FORD WILL NOT RECALL THE 2001 MODEL FOR THIS PROBLEM. THEY RECALLED 2014 AND 2015 FOR 200,000 PLUS VEHICLE BECAUSE OF DOOR LATCH. THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE COMPLAINING HAVE GOTTEN NO SATISFACTION FROM FORD AND ARE ASKING WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR A RECALL A DEATH OR 10. WE CALLED FORD AND ALL THEY SAID IS THERE IS NO RECALL AND TO BRING IT IN SO THEY CAN FIX IT(120 DOLLARS AN HOUR LABOR). I READ SOME OF THE FORD EXPERTS ONLINE COMMUNICATING WITH CUSTOMERS ON WHAT TO DO AT COST CHAT AND THEY CAME DOWN TO CHISELING POST OR CUTTING WITH DREMEL TOOL OR DESTROYIN OTHER DOOR TO GET AT IT. BASICALLY ALOT OF MONEY THAT I DO NOT HAVE TO FIX. I HAVE OWNED CARS 50-60 YEARS OLDER AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS OPENING DOORS OR EVEN HEARING OF PROBLEMS. WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THESE ENGINEERS FROM THESE DAYS. SOS TO ANY ONE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP.... MY WIFE HAS TO GET IN THROUGH PASSENGER SIDE. THIS ALONG WITH THE PLASTIC INTAKE MANIFOLDS UPPER AND LOWER AND THE VACUUM LEAKS THEY ALWAYS GET TO MAKE FOR A FINE IDLE. ALWAYS HAPPENS STATIONARY, IN MOTION ETC ETC...