NHTSA Complaint #11268362 — 2014 FORD FUSION

10/3/19 MY 17 YEARS OLD DAUGHTER DROVE HER 2014 FORD FUSION HOME TO CHANGE FOR WORK. UPON LEAVING TO DRIVE TO WORK HER DRIVER DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH TO STAY CLOSED. CALLED THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL. HAD THE DOOR FIXED WITH A RELIABLE MECHANIC, $386.59. PICKED THE CAR UP ON 10/6/19. MY DAUGHTER DROVE TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE, PICKING UP TWO FRIEND'S, ONE RIDING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AND THE OTHER IN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING IN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, STARTLING HER FRIEND. THANKFULLY, THEY HAD NOT GOTTEN TO THE HIGHWAY YET! ANOTHER RETURN TRIP TO THE MECHANIC, $594.66. I AM AWARE OF ISSUES WITH FORD FUSION AND LINCOLN MKZ FROM 2013 TO 2014 AND FORD FIESTA FROM 2011 TO 2014 REGARDING DEFECTIVE LATCHES ALLOWING DOORS TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. IF THIS IS A CONCERN WITH THE NHTSA TO TAKE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS, WHY IS OUR VIN NOT PART OF A RECALL? CLEARLY IT IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH FORD AND WE SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY THEM. ATTACHED ARE PHOTOS OF THE DEFECTIVE PART MISSING THE PLASTIC PIECE TO HOLD THE BOLT IN PLACE TO SECURE THE DOOR TO BE CLOSED. TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN TO TWO DOORS WITHIN DAYS OF EACH OTHER AND NOT TO BE A PART OF A RECALL IS UNACCEPTABLE. WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE, A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH??*DT *TP