NHTSA Complaint #11642775 — 2024 INEOS GRENADIER

The exterior door handle button on all 4 passenger doors becomes stuck and prevents the door latch from functioning properly when the door is closing as it fails to latch to the receiver mechanism on the door frame. This has occurred on both left and right rear passenger doors on my INEOS Grenadier and hundreds of others have reported this issue as well occurring with all 4 doors. On Saturday, [XXX] we were going to an event and a friend we picked up closed her left rear passenger door. The dash panel showed no issues (door ajar, etc.). While driving down the road and going into a turn, the left rear passenger door opened up fully and the passenger, had she not been using her seat belt, could have fallen out of the vehicle when she (by instinct) went to reach for the interior door handle and close the door. It required the right rear passenger to grab the left rear passenger (a [XXX] woman) to prevent left rear passenger from getting hurt, falling out, etc. Later that day in the driveway we attempted to replicate the issue but could not. On [XXX], when opening the right rear passenger door, the exterior door button stuck when pressed in and remained stuck, preventing the door from "locking" or allowing the latch to make contact with the receiver mechanism. The dash panel never displayed door ajar or alerted with any type of warnings. I was able to exit the driver seat and quickly identified the door button was fully pushed down and locked into position and I could open/close the door with no locking occurring over 10+ times of opening/closing door. I pushed button several times and it remained stuck in the depressed state. I had to with my fingers move it left to right, up down, etc. before it popped out and then began functioning normally again. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)