2018 FORD F-150 Structurebody Problems
173 NHTSA complaints on file
All Structurebody Complaints — Page 3
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPS MY DOORS EITHER WILL NOT SHUT OR NOT OPEN PROPERLY. MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR POPPED OPEN WHILE I WAS TURNING ON A HIGHWAY, AND THE FORCE OF IT DENTED MY QUARTER PANEL. I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FORD TO FIX MY DAMAGE AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BLAME THE ISSUE ON ME AND MAKE MY INSURANCE COMPANY COVER THE DAMAGE WHICH IN MY OPINION IS A SLAP IN THE FACE BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS BASICALLY BRAND NEW. THEY KNOW ABOUT THE ISSUE AND HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS AND THE TRUCK IS WORTH 54,000 DOLLARS. I'M AN ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBER AND I FIGHT FOR MY COUNTRY, BUT NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO FIGHT ONE OF AMERICA'S BIGGEST MANUFACTURERS TO FIX SOMETHING THEY KNOW IS BROKEN. SHAME ON YOU FORD MOTOR COMPANY.
IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER WITH MOISTURE, THE MY DRIVERS DOOR WOULD OPEN BUT WOULD NOT LATCH WHEN CLOSING IT. I FIRMLY CLOSED THE DOOR 4 TIMES AND IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I TOOK MY KEY AND INSERTED IT IN THE DOOR, TURNING IT BACK AND FORTH. THE DOOR WOULD LATCH AFTER THAT.
REAR TAILGATE RANDOMLY OPENS AND WILL NOT CLOSE AT TIMES
DOORS FREEZE AND WON'T LATCH IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER
I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK IN FEBRUARY OF 2019. SINCE THEN THE TAILGATE HAS OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING 5 TIMES. THIS LAST TIME WAS ON JULY 2ND, 2019.
TAILGATE OPENED WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET, NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THE GATE WAS SECURELY CLOSED; HAD NOT BEEN OPENED IN WEEKS; AND NEITHER THE TAILGATE RELEASE ON KEY FOB, NOR THE RELEASE BUTTON ON THE GATE HAD BEEN ACTIVATED
THE TRUCK TAIL GATE FELL OUT WHILE OPENING IT
THE TAILGATE ON MY 2018 FORD F-150 HAS THE AUTOMATIC OPEN OPTION FROM THE KEY FOB. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE TAILGATE HAD OPENED ON ITS OWN WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO GO TO WORK AND FOUND TAILGATE WAS OPEN. I DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. THEN WHILE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER I WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AND HEARD A WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HAD FALLEN OVER INSIDE TRAILER. STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND TAILGATE HAD OPENED AND FELL ON THE TRAILER JACK HANDLE ON THE HITCH. THIS BROKE THE TAILGATE HANDLE HOUSING THE BUTTON FOR OPENING TAILGATE, THE LIGHT AND BACKUP CAMERA. I HAD NO IDEA HOW THIS COULD'VE HAPPEN. NO WAY COULD THE KEY FOB COULD HAVE ACTIVATED THE AUTO RELEASE AS IT WAS ON THE CONSUL WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR ANY POSSIBLE CAUSES AND FOUND MANY OTHERS...
I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I OPENED MY DOOR AND BEGAN TO GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE AND IT BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD. MY DAUGHTER'S KIDS THAT SHE NANNY'S WAS GETTING OUT OF HER VEHICLE AND HAD HER DOOR OPEN. BEFORE I COULD REACH THE BRAKE PEDAL MY TRUCK RAN INTO HER OPEN DOOR CREASING IT AND ALMOST CRUSHING THE BOY THAT WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE.
ELECTRIC TAILGATE SEEMS TO RANDOMLY OPEN ON IT'S OWN. IT DOES IT WHEN TRUCK IS RUNNING, OR TURNED ON, PARKED OR EVEN DRIVING. VERY ANNOYING AND WORRIED IT WILL CAUSE THE TAILGATE TO BREAK OR LOSE THINGS IN THE BED. IT DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. MOST RECENT WAS 12 IN 1 DAY.
DOOR WILL NOT LATCH IN THE COLD. OPEN FINE WILL NOT LATCH SHUT. PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR THE WINTER MID NOVEMBER 2018 - OUTDOORS IN UPSTATE NY. HAD THE DOOR ON THE WINTER BEATER (2009 VOLVO V50) FREEZE OPEN. FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ON TRUCK WAS FROZEN OPEN AS WELL. HAD TO IDLE BOTH VEHICLES FOR 1/2 HOUR TO THAW THE LOCK TO WHERE IT WOULD LATCH. HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE TRUCK 2 MONTHS LATER WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WHICH WAS OPENED TO REMOVE A DOG LEASH FROM THE TRUCK. THIRD TIME WAS 3/23/19 WHEN THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR FROZE OPEN WHILE TRYING TO GET TO A CANINE SEARCH WITH MY DOG. ALL CASES THE VEHICLE HAD SAT FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS.
DURING EXTREME COLD WEATHER, 0 DEGREES AND COLDER, DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE/LATCH. MANIPULATED LOCKS AND DOOR HANDLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE DOORS WOULD STAY SHUT. ALL WHILE PARKED
MY DRIVER DOOR LATCH WAS FROZEN AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT PROPERLY LATCH CLOSED. I HAD TO DRIVE 26 MILES, 98% INTERSTATE (70MPH), HOLDING MY DRIVER DOOR CLOSED. I HAD TO USE A HEAT GUN TO THAW THE LATCH SO THE DOOR WOULD PROPERLY LATCH SHUT. LUCKILY ON THE OTHER 5 OCCASIONS WHERE THE LATCH WAS FROZEN, I WAS AT HOME AND WAS ABLE TO USE A HEAT GUN TO THAW THE LATCH ENOUGH SO THAT THE DOOR WOULD CLOSE PROPERLY. I HAVE ONLY EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITH MY DRIVER DOOR. AS OF TODAY, 3/11/2019, MY TRUCK IS AT VAN HORN FORD OF OCONOMOWOC (WISCONSIN) HAVING SAFETY RECALL 18N03 PERFORMED.
DOORS WON'T CLOSE WHEN 30 DEGREES OR COLDER. PERIODICALLY DOOR LOCKS FREEZE. ISSUE OCCURS IN BOTH HUMID AND DRY ENVIRONMENTS. THIS OCCURS WHEN THE CAR IS NOT IN USE, OR IF DRIVEN IN COLD TEMPERATURES WITHOUT THE CABIN HEAT ON. TO RESOLVE YOU MUST HEAT THE DOORS TO THEN CLOSE. ONGOING PROBLEM ALL THIS WINTER REQUIRING ME TO BUNGEE CORD DOORS CLOSE TO DRIVE, AND PERIODICALLY LEAVE DOORS OPEN WHILE AT WORK OR GOING INTO STORES.
I'VE BEEN HAVING ISSUES CLOSING MY DRIVERS DOOR, EVERY TIME THAT WEATHER IS UNDER FREEZING TEMPERATURES MY DOOR WON'T CLOSE. THE LATCH MAY IS FROZEN AND THE DOOR KEEPS OPEN. I HAVE A VIDEO AS EVIDENCE, BUT I CAN RECREATE THIS ISSUE ALMOST EVERY MORNING OR AFTERNOON WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW 32 FAHRENHEIT.
HAVE OWNED 4X4 TRUCKS (TOYOTA) SINCE 1984. AT A QUILCENE, WA AT RENTAL HOME ON SUNDAY. HEAVY SNOWS 2' OVERNIGHT. POWER FAILED IN BUILDING. NO HEAT SOURCE. COULD NOT DEPART AS BOTH DOORS WERE FROZEN SHUT. CALLED FORD CORPORATE AND TWO LOCAL FORD SERVICE CENTERS. ABSOLUTELY NO HELP OR AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A 7900 MILE CAR WITH SALES STAFF THAT DID NOT NOTIFY ME OF THE FROZEN DOOR PROBLEM WHEN AUTO PURCHASED. HOW MANY INCIDENTS DOES NHTSA NEED TO RECALL OR DEMAND MANUFACTURER RESOLVE THIS ISSUE OR ARE SENIORS EXPENDABLE IN THIS COUNTRY?
WE GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT OVER THE WEEKEND. WE WERE T-BONES BY A BUS. IT WRECKED THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE TO GET MY PURSE OUT I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES COMING FROM THE SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. OUR F150 IS NOW BURNT TO A CRISP. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT TRUCK TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE LIKE THAT.
DOOR LATCH FREEZING NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO STAY CLOSED.
THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS WILL NOT LATCH. WORKED FINE WHEN WE BOUGHT THE TRUCK LAST EVENING. THIS MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, DOORS OPENED, BUT THEN WOULD NOT CLOSE PROPERLY. SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH ON INTERNET SUGGESTS THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND IS THE RESULT OF CONDENSATION PROBLEM FREEZING DOOR LATCHES. VEHICLE IS 1 DAY OLD. HOW IS FORD ALLOWED TO SELL ME THIS VEHICLE?
I JUST PURCHASED OUR TRUCK SO THE DEALERSHIP WASHED IT. I PARKED THE TRUCK FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES OUTSIDE IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND THE DOOR LATCH ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT HOLD THE DOOR SHUT. THE DOOR WOULD JUST BOUNCE BACK OPEN WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE IT. AFTER PLAYING AROUND WITH THE LOCKS FOR A WHILE, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO CLOSE. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AND AGAIN THE PASSENGER DOOR WHILE PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. TAKING TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP ON MONDAY TO HOPEFULLY GET IT FIXED. I'VE BEEN SEEING THAT THIS "FIX" DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THOUGH.
I HAVE A 2018 FORD F-150. MY DOORS WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED AT ALL WHEN IT FREEZES OUTSIDE AFTER IT HAS RAINED OR MOISTURE WAS IN THE AIR (FROST). I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE TO WORK HOLDING IT CLOSED, NOT LATCHED, MULTIPLE TIMES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THE SAY THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO EACH TIME. THERE ARE NO RECALLS OUT FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. I HAD A 2016 F-150 THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR IT. FORD CALMED THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IF I GET IN A WRECK IT COULD BE FATAL. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK ANYMORE AND THERE IS NOTHING I CAN DO TO FIX IT. I HAVE MULTIPLE VIDEOS OF THIS ISSUE AS WELL.
I BOUGHT THIS VEH IN WARM WEATHER WAS NOT ADVISED IN COLD WEATHER THER DOORS WILL FREEZE UP AND YOU CAN'T GET INTO YOUR VEH. IF THE DOORS DO GET OPEN THEY ARE FROZEN AND THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. IF NEED FOR MEDICAL REASON YOUR IN TROUBLE IF YOU WORK IN THE WOODS WITH ON CELL SERVICE YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. FORD HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2015 AND STILL HAS NOT FIXED IT IN THE 2019 F-150 PICKUPS I WENT TO THE GROCREY STORE THE DOORS WERE WORKING WHILE IN THE STORE THE DOORS FROZE UP. I HAD TO WAIT TILL THE SUN GOT ON THE VEH TO GET THE DOORS OPEN. THERE ARE PICTURES OF PEOPLE WHO GET THE DOOR OPEN IT IS LOCKED IT WON'T SHUT SO THE BUNGICORD THE DOOR SHUT TO GET TO WORK. THIS IS ON THE INTERNET. HOW CAN THIS BE SAFE....
DRIVER SIDE DOOR (FRONT AND REAR) DOES NOT LOCK OR LATCH IN COLD WEATHER.
MY DOORS HAVE BEEN FROZEN OPEN OR CLOSED ALL WINTER LONG. THE CAME OPEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT ONE POINT. FORD CAN'T SEEM TO FIX IT.
AFTER NIGHT OF RAIN AND FALLING TEMPERATURES, 56F DOWN TO 20F, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ON 2018 F150 WOULD NOT LATCH AFTER BEING OPENED. REAR DOOR DID NOT LATCH INITIALLY BUT AFTER TRUCK OPERATED FOR SOME TIME REAR DOOR DID LATCH.
WHEN OPERATING THE VEHICLE IN 18 DEGREE FARENHEIT TEMPERATURE THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. DRIVER HAD TO STOP VEHICLE AND CLOSE THE DOOR FROM THE EXTERIOR. SIMILAR REPORTS FOUND ON NHTSA SITE.
ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH ON MY TRUCK HAS STUCK OPEN AND WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO LATCH THE DOOR CLOSED. I HAVE HAD TO DRIVE HOME BOTH TIMES HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT WITH MY LEFT ARM AND ONE HAND STEERING THE WHEEL. WHEN GOING AROUND TURNS I HAD TO SLOW WAY DOWN BECAUSE THE DOOR WEIGHT MULTIPLIED WITH FORCE AND GOT VERY HEAVY AND HARD TO STOP FROM FLYING OPEN..I DONT KNOW IF THE OTHER LATCHES ON MY TRUCK WOULD HAVE STUCK OPEN AS I WAS TO AFRAID TO TRY IT AND NOT BE ABLE TO GET THEM PROPERLY LATCHED SHUT. AFTER DOING RESEARCH ONLINE THIS IS A HUGE WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH FRONT AND REAR DOORS ON 2015-2018 F150'S AND FORDS FIX IS TO SMEAR SOME GREASE AND OIL ON IT AND PUT A COVER OVER THE LATCH HAS NOT BEEN A SUCCESSFUL...
REAR CREW CAB DOORS DO NOT OPEN AFTER TEMPERATURE FREEZES. (CAN NOT GET INTO VEHICLE) AT TIMES REAR DOORS WILL NOT CLOSE AND FLY OPEN WHILE OPERATING. NOW PASSENGER FRONT DOOR NO LONGER OPENS USING THE INTELLIGENT ACCESS SYSTEM WITH THE DOOR HANDLE.
THE DOORS WILL BECOME UNLOCKED AND UNLATCHED WHEN DRIVING. IT WAS COLD AND I WAS LEAVING WORK. DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT AT FIRST. THE DOOR FINALLY SHUT AND LATCHED. I PUSHED THE LOCK BUTTON JUST TO BE SURE. GOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE DOOR OPENED. I HAD TO HOLD MY DOOR SHUT WITH ALL MY STRENGTH WHILE GOING DOWN A HIGHWAY. I COULDN'T LEAVE IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT THE DOOR SHUTTING. IT HAPPENED THE NEXT MORNING AS WELL TRYING TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP.
DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WOULDN'T LATCH ON A COLD DAY. TOOK IT IN TO DEALER, THEY REMOVED THE DOOR PANEL, REMOVED THE MOISTURE THAT FROZE UP THE LATCHING MECHANISM AND LUBED THE PARTS. SIX DAYS LATER THE DOOR LATCH FROZE UP AGAIN. COULDN'T GET INTO THE TRUCK. CLIMBED THROUGH THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AND WAS ABLE TO UNLOCK THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND OPEN IT. THEN IT WOULDN'T LATCH CLOSED. FORCED THE LOCK DOWN AND LET THE TRUCK SIT AND WENT TO WORK. CALLED DEALER TO TELL THEM THE PROBLEM AGAIN. SAID THEY WOULD GET BACK TO ME. TWO DAYS LATER I CALLED AND THEY SAID MY VIN WOULD BE PUT ON A RECALL LIST AND AS SOON AS MY TRUCK GOT OKAYED, THEY WOULD ORDER PARTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. CURRENTLY I DON'T DRIVE MY BRAND NEW TRUCK BECAUSE OF THE DOOR LATCHING PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED ON THE...
I AM EXPERIENCING DOOR LATCH ISSUES ON MY 2018 FORD F150 SUPERCREW PICKUP TRUCK. IN COLD WEATHER, I AM ABLE TO OPEN THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR, BUT UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, IT BOUNCES BACK AT ME. I AM CONCERNED THE DOOR IS NOT SECURE, AND CAN OPEN AT ANY TIME. THE DOOR WILL SUBSEQUENTLY CLOSE ONLY AFTER THE TRUCK IS RUNNING WITH THE HEAT ON HIGH FOR OVER 30 MINUTES. THIS IS A GREAT CONCERN FOR SAFETY AS WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEONE SIT IN THE REAR SEATS AND HOLD THE DOOR SHUT WHEN WE EXPERIENCE THE ISSUE. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS WINTER THAT THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED, AND THE ISSUE HAS BEEN WIDELY DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. I HAVE OPENED A CASE WITH FORD, AND THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE NEWER F150'S ARE IMPACTED.
THE DOORS OF THE F150 WILL NOT OPEN OR LATCHED CLOSE WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW FREEZING.
WHENEVER THE TEMPERATURES DIP BELOW FREEZING, THE DOOR LATCHES ON THE F-150 FREEZE AND NO LONGER LATCH. THE COLDER IT GETS, THE WORSE THE LATCHES PERFORM. I AM FORCED TO DRIVE LONG DISTANCES WITH A COMPLETELY UNSECURED DOOR. IT HAS NEARLY CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS, AS WHEN I MAKE A TURN THE DOOR FLIES OPEN NEARLY STRIKING NEARBY CARS. I WORK 20 MILES FROM HOME, AND HAVE DRIVEN 20 FULL MILES WITH AN UNSECURED DOOR EVEN AFTER HAVING MY TRUCK RUNNING FOR UPWARDS OF AN HOUR BEFORE I LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH THE HEAT ON HIGH. I HAVE BEEN LATE FOR WORK DUE TO MY INABILITY TO SECURE THE DOOR THAT MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE SECURED BY. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS NOT TAKING SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. I HAVE HAD MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP THREE TIMES NOW, AND THEY CAN'T...
PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WILL NOT LATCH WHEN COLD. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RAINING OR SNOWING LIKE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. PARKED OVERNIGHT AND WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR THE LATCH RELEASES BUT WILL NOT RE LATCH.
THE ISSUE I HAVE INVOLVES THE DOOR LATCHES NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING. ONCE DOOR(S) HAVE BEEN OPENED THEY WILL NOT LATCH WHEN YOU TRY TO CLOSE THEM. MY LOCAL FORD DEALER HAS PERFORMED TSB 18N03 ON ALL FOUR DOORS (TWICE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR) AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR. VEHICLE MUST SIT WITH THE HEAT ON FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE LATCHES WILL FUNCTION AGAIN WASTING OWNERS TIME AND GAS. THERE WERE TIMES THAT I HAD NO OPTION BUT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT BECAUSE IT WOULD NOT LATCH. I HAVE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS TO DEMONSTRATE THE ISSUES BUT THE FILE SIZE IS TOO LARGE TO UPLOAD BUT WOULD BE WILLING TO SEND TO SOMEONE VIA EMAIL AT YOUR REQUEST. DURING MY RESEARCH THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE THAT FORD HAS...
DOOR LATCH DOESN'T WORK/KEEP DOOR CLOSED WHEN IT'S BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE. THIS ONLY OCCURS WHEN IT'S BELOW FREEZING OUTSIDE.
ALL 4 DOORS ON THE VEHICLE WERE FROZEN THIS MORNING. I WAS ABLE TO REMOTE START THE TRUCK TO TRY AND WARM IT UP, BUT HAD TO TAKE AN UBER TO WORK AS THAT DID NOT WORK. I HAD THE DEALER PERFORM FIELD SERVICE ACTION 18N03 ON THE TRUCK LAST MONTH.
THE DOOR LATCHES ON MY 2018 FORD F150, WHEN BELOW FREEZING, FREQUENTLY FREEZE, THEY WILL OPEN, THEN NOT LATCH SHUT UNTIL I WARM THE LATCHES WITH A HEAT GUN, SOMETIMES THE DOORS WILL APPEAR TO CLOSE, ONLY TO OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS IS VERY COMMON, AND THERE IS A TSB FOR THE ISSUE. RECENTLY, I WAS TRAVELING ON A LOCAL HIGHWAY, AND THE DOOR THAT MY 8 MONTH OLD SON WAS SITTING AT FLUNG OPEN, I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND LIMPED THE TRUCK HOME, UNABLE TO GET THE DOOR CLOSED. I HAVE VIDEO OF ME TRYING TO CLOSE THAT DOOR WITH MY SON SITTING IN HIS CAR SEAT. THE FOLLOWING WEEK, I HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE OPPOSITE REAR DOOR, WHICH I ALSO GOT VIDEO OF. THIS ISSUE IS SO COMMON THAT I PREVIOUSLY HAD A 2016 F150 WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE, I HAVE...
IN WEATHER BELOW 32 DEGREES F DOOR LOCKS FREEZE. POWER LOCK WILL NOT UNLOCK. INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE MAY WORK WITH EFFORT. KEY MAY WORK WITH EFFORT. ONCE OPEN, DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED.
IN THE MORNING I OPENED THE FRONT DOOR, GOT IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR AND DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. OPENING AND CLOSING THE DOOR MULTIPLE TIMES DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AND WOULD JUST BOUNCE. I PUSHED THE LOCK/ UNLUCK BUTTON MULTIPLE TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. I WAS GOING TO BE LATE FOR WORK SO I JUST HELD THE DOOR CLOSED. 30 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE THE WHILE PUSHING THE LOCK/ UNLOCK BUTTON AND THE DOOR FINALLY LATCHED. I HAVE HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN NOW 4 DIFFERENT DAYS AND ON BOTH FRONT AND PASSENGER AND DRIVERS DOORS. FORD STATES THERE IS NO TSB FOR MY 2018 FORD. THE TRUCK IS LESS THAN 1 MONTH OLD. I HAVE VIDEO OF THE DOORS DOING SUCH.
I DROVE OFF AND THE PASS DOOR OPENED UP WILE MAKING A LEFT TURN . I TRIED TO CLOSE IT AND THE LATCH WOULD NOT ENGAGE
REAR DOOR LATCH OF CREW CAB PICKUP TRUCK FROZE IN OPEN POSITION. DOOR CAN NOT CLOSE OR BE LOCKED. DOOR FLIES OPEN WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE MAKING VEHICLE UNSAFE AND NOT DRIVEABLE. DISCOVERED PROBLEM WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AN DOOR SPRANG OPEN 40 MPH.
ALL THE DOOR LATCHES FREEZE MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE DO OPEN THE DOOR THEN WHEN IT OPENS YOU CAN'T CLOSE THE DOORS.
THE DRIVERS DOOR LATCH AND LOCK FREEZES IN COLD WEATHER. THIS HAPPENS ANY TIME TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 27 DEGREES. DOOR WILL EITHER NOT OPEN OR NOT LATCH CLOSED.VERY DANGEROUS! ON A COLDER MORNING, BOTH RIGHT SIDE DOOR LOCKS FROZE AFTER I HAD OPENED THEM AND DROVE AWAY. IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT, IN COLD WEATHER, I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF MY VEHICLE! I ALSO HAD TO DRIVE TO WORK ONE DAY HOLDING THE DRIVERS DOOR CLOSED! AFTER AIR TEMPERATURE OR VEHICLE WARMS, LATCHES AND LOCKS FUNCTION NORMALLY. NOT GOOD LIVING IN A NORTHERN CLIMATE.
DOOR LATCH FREEZING AND WILL NOT LATCH AND UNLATCH PROPERLY IN FREEZING TEMPS. HAS BEEN INTO DEALERSHIP TWICE ALREADY AND WAS TOLD NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO FOR ME.
REAR ELECTRONIC TAILGATE OPENS ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED MORE THAN 15 TIMES IN FOUR MONTHS. FREQUENCY INCREASING. DANGER TO OTHERS. A KNOWN ISSUE ON F250 AND 350 MODELS, NOW ON F150 TOO
VEHICLE PARKED IN HOME DRIVEWAY AT 4:30 AM. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE 26 DEGREES F. WALKED UP TO VEHICLE. OPENED DRIVER'S DOOR AND LEFT REAR DOOR. ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE DOORS AND NEITHER WOULD LATCH CLOSED. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE DOORS WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE THEY STILL WOULD NOT CLOSE. DOORS WOULD BOUNCE OPEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE. LATCHES WOULD NOT ENGAGE DOORS SHUT WHATSOEVER. ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE DOORS FROM SITTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SAME RESULTS. DOORS WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED AND REMAINED STUCK OPEN. IT WAS NECESSARY TO HEAT THE DOOR LATCHES DIRECTLY WITH A HEAT GUN FOR 5-10 MINS EACH BEFORE THEY WOULD LATCH CLOSED IN ORDER TO DRIVE SAFELY. MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND INCONVENIENCE MAKING ME LATE FOR WORK.THIS ISSUES HAS HAPPENED 3 CONSECUTIVE MORNINGS NOW FROM JAN 14, 2019 - JAN 16, 2019. DOORS DO NOT OPERATE NORMALLY IN BELOW FREEZING TEMPS.
THE DRIVERS FRONT AND BACK DOORS DURING COLD WEATHER WILL NOT LATCH AND CLOSE.
IN BELOW FREEZING WEATHER MY DOORS WILL NOT STAY SHUT UNTIL THE INTERRIOR OF THE CABIN WARMS WHICH TAKES NEARLY 30 MIN. BUT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE BECAUSE DOORS CAN OPEN WHILE DRIVING WITH LATCHES NOT FUNCTIONING KEEPING DOOR SECURE.
TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 20 DEGREES F THIS MORNING AND THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH SHUT. HAVE TRIED LOCKING/UNLOCKING AND MOVING LATCH WITH SCREWDRIVER BUT DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN CLOSED.
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