2012 FORD FIESTA Latcheslockslinkages Problems

The contact owns a 2012 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated while driving 50 mph and coming to a stop, she heard an abnormal sound and the vehicle started shuddering and inadvertently stalled. The "Transmission Failure" message appeared on the instrument panel along with several other unknown warning lights. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the transmission had failed, and the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V331000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). The contact stated the failure reoccurred while driving and the vehicle was taken to the dealer who informed the contact that the parts for the recall repair were not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case was opened. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 105,000. Parts distribution disconnect.

RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED (155364 MILES ON ODOMETER). CAN'T CLOSE/LOCK DOOR. LATCHES WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL 2/28/18 @ 148,721 MILES.*DT *DL

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY MAC HAIK FORD (515 I-35E, DESOTO, TX 75115, 469-530-3559) REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000(LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). MONTHS LATER, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON A HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO CLOSE THE REAR DOOR. BOB TOMES FORD (950 S CENTRAL EXPY, MCKINNEY, TX 75071, 1-888-485-3971) REPLACED THE PART, BUT IT FAILED A THIRD TIME. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE SAME OEM PART WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE RECALL REMEDY FAILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE IN IDLE, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR UNLATCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES ) HOWEVER THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT PROVIDED. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR UNLATCHED WHILE TURNING A CORNER (CHILD-LOCK WAS ON). MY 3 YR OLD AND 10 YR OLD WAS IN THE BACK WHEN IT HAPPENED. THEY BOTH HAVE AUTISM. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT!! THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. I JUST RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THE LATCH IS BROKEN. ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? EVEN WORSE....THE REPAIR IS 501.63. WHAT???? THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!! MY CAR IS SO ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE LATCH, ASAP!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!! THANK GOD MY 3 YR OLD IS RESTRAINED IN HIS CAR SEAT AND DIDN'T PUT HIS HAND/ARM OUT WHEN THE DOOR OPENED. IF IT HAD BEEN MY 10 YR OLD....HE MIGHT'VE JUMPED OUT (HE HAS ZERO SENSE OF FEAR DUE TO HIS AUTISM). I WILL SUE EVERYONE IN MY PATH OF A HAIR ON MY CHILD'S HEAD GETS HARMED....

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED AND DOOR DOES NOT STAY CLOSED. HAPPENED AFTER CHECKING ON MY SON IN HIS CAR SEAT. THANKFUL IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON THE INTERSTATE SINCE WE WERE TRAVELING ALL MORNING. FORD STATES IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOR HAS THE LATCH BEEN RECALLED YET. HAD THE TIMING OF THE LATCH FAILURE BEEN DIFFERENT IT COULD HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC. *TR

THE REAR DOOR LATCH JAMMED ON MY 2012 FORD FIESTA AND DOOR WOULDN'T SHUT. HAD TO TAPE DOOR SO AS NOT TO OPEN. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND THEY GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $650 TO REPAIR. THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY PRIOR ISSUES WITH DOOR LATCHES REPORTED TO FORD. *TR

LATCH FAILED. MY PASSENGER NEEDED TO PUT SOME POSSESSIONS IN THE BACK SEAT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM IN THE FRONT. HE PROCEEDED TO PUT HIS THINGS IN THE BACK, THEN CAME TO THE FRONT AND GOT INTO THE PASSENGER SEAT. I STARTED THE CAR AND THE RADIO DISPLAY NOTIFIED ME THAT A DOOR WAS AJAR. I ASKED HIM TO RE-CLOSE THE BACK DOOR AND WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TOO, IT WOULDN'T LATCH. WE TRIED PULLING THE DOOR HANDLE ON BOTH THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, LOCKING AND UNLOCKING THE CAR, AND PUSHING AS HARD AS WE COULD ON THE DOOR, BUT THE DOOR WOULDN'T LATCH SHUT. I ENDED UP HAVING TO DUCT TAPE THE DOOR CLOSE, BUT THE INTERIOR LIGHT REMAINS ON AND REDUCES MY VISIBILITY THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DUE TO THE GLARE. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE LEAVING MY CAR IN PUBLIC PLACES DUE TO THE RISK OF THEFT, AND...

REAR SIDE DOOR LATCH NOT LOCKING THE DOOR. WAS ABOUT TO DRIVE WITH MY 2 DAUGHTERS ON THE BACK SEAT WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE DOOR IS NOT LOCKING. *JS

WHILE DRIVING OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AS I TURNED THE CORNER. ONE COULD ONLY IMAGINE HOW TERRIFYING THIS WAS FOR MY 7 YEAR OLD WHO WAS SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO THAT DOOR AS IT FLEW OPEN. *TR

AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND STARTED DRIVING DOWN THE STREET MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN ONLY TO FIND THE DOOR LATCH TO BE BROKEN. WHEN THE DOOR WONT CLOSE THE LIGHTS STAY ON RESULTING IN A DYING BATTERY. EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT AND UNSAFE. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ONE MONTH LATER AND EACH TIME THE PART WAS ON A NATIONAL BACKORDER. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE BACK RIGHT DOOR LOCK HAS FAILED AND NOW THE REAR BACK DOOR WON'T REMAIN CLOSED. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WASN'T MOVING. COULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE ISSUE HAD I ACTUALLY BEEN IN MOTION. *TR

THE REAR DOOR LATCH RELEASED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND NOW DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. I HAVE CONTACTED BOTH MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND CORPORATE. BOTH HAVE REFUSED TO RESOLVE THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

THE DOOR LATCH ON MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BROKE, AND WILL NO LONGER LATCH. THIS IS THE SECOND LATCH ON MY CAR TO BREAK IN THIS MANNER. *TR

THE DOOR LATCH FOR THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE ANYMORE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE DOOR. *TR

THE CAR WAS PARK ON THE STREET. I WAS INSIDE WAITING FOR MY MOTHER TO RETURN WITH MY SISTER. MY MOM OPEN THE REAR PASSANGER DOOR, GOT MY SISTER BUCKLED IN THEN TRY TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE LATCH WAS INEFFECTIVE IT WOULD NOT LATCH ON SO IT REMAINS OPEN. *TR

REAR PASSENGER DOOR, DRIVER'S SIDE. I OPENED THE DOOR TO GET SOMETHING OUT, NEVER COMING CLOSE TO THE LATCH, AND WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE IT, THE LATCH DIDN'T LATCH. IT COULD NOT BE CORRECTED WITH MANUALLY MOVING IT. HAVE TO TAKE TO SHOP NOW! ONLY 37,000! *TR

THE REAR DOOR LATCH ON PASSENGER SIDE WILL NOT LATCH ANY LONGER. I SEE THERE IS A PROBLEM GETTING THE PART TO CORRECT THIS ERROR. *TR

REAR DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING. DOOR WILL NOT STAY SHUT AT ALL. I HAVE TO TIE ITS' HANDLE ACROSS THE BACK SEAT TO THE OPPOSITE DOOR HANDLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 20MPH AND BRAKING LIGHTLY, THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. AFTER STOPPING I ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE DOOR BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. THE DOOR WHEN SHUT WILL NOT STAY SECURED AND WILL SWING OPEN. THE LATCH/LOCKING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED. I INSPECTED THE LATCH AND ALL PARTS SEEM TO BE THERE BUT THE LATCH THAT CATCHES ON THE BOLT DOES NOT LOCK IN PLACE. *TR

JUNE 22ND 2014 , MY SON'S FRIEND WAS GETTING OUT OF THE CAR AND CLOSED THE REAR PASSENGER'S DOOR AND IT WOULD NO LONGER LATCH. I HAD TO RATCHET THE 2 REAR DOORS TOGETHER TO HOLD IT SHUT. REPAIR COST WAS $300.00. SECOND INCIDENT WAS SEPTEMBER 20TH 2014, MY SON AND I WAS AT A FAMILY REUNION 300 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, AS WE WERE LEAVING,HE SHUT HIS FRONT PASSENGER DOOR AND IT DID NOT CLOSE, THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. I STILL HAD THE RATCHET IN THE CAR FROM THE FIRST FAILED DOOR LATCH, SO HE RODE IN THE BACK WHILE I HELD THE DOOR SHUT RATCHETED TOGETHER TO THE FRONT DRIVER DOOR. I HAVE TO GET TOGETHER THE $300.00 TO REPLACE THIS FAILED LATCH. MY QUESTION IS THAT IF THE ORIGINAL PARTS FOR THE DOORS FAILED, WILL THE REPLACEMENTS DO THE SAME THING? I AM THANKFUL THAT MY...

REAR PASSENGER DOOR OF MY 2012 FORD FIESTA WILL NO LONGER CLOSE. THE LATCH APPEARS TO BE BROKEN, AS I CAN MANUALLY MANIPULATE THE LATCH BUT IT DOES NOT LATCH WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED. LUCKILY THE LATCH BROKE AFTER I HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE, SINCE CHILDREN WERE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT DIRECTLY BEFORE THE LATCH BROKE. I NOW HAVE TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED VIA BUNGEE CORD. THE DOOR SIMPLY SWINGS OPEN WHILE DRIVING IF THE DOOR IS NOT HELD CLOSED BY THE BUNGEE CORD. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE ALLOWING ANYONE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, TO RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE SINCE THE DOOR IS NOT AT ALL STABLE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT APPX. 15 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR; THE DOOR FAILED TO LATCH OR CLOSE AGAIN. I HAD TO KEEP IT CLOSED WITH A BUNGEE CORD AND DRIVE TO THE DEALERSHIP. I PAID $450 FOR THE REPAIR. I AM POSTING THIS NOW, AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH; BECAUSE THE SAME THING THE HAPPENED THE MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR. NOW I WILL HAVE TO BUNGEE THAT CLOSED AND DRIVE, ONCE AGAIN, TO THE DEALERSHIP TO PAY ANOTHER $450 FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. PLEASE RECALL ASAP. *TR

SHUT THE DOOR AND THE LATCH BROKE (FRONT RIGHT). *TR

WHILE TRYING TO CLOSE THE FRONT PASSAGE DOOR, THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR FAIL TO ENGAGE. I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULDN'T . I TRIED TO ACTIVE THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK SYSTEM ON THE DASH BROAD BUT COULDN'T AND THE SYSTEM DISPLAYED PASSAGE FRONT DOOR OPEN. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY STATED "I SHOULD HAVE THIS FIXED" AND SUGGESTED TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED WITH A ROPE OR BUNGEE CORD, WHICH IS UNLAWFUL IN THIS STATE. I'M THANK FULL THIS HAPPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED, BUT WHAT IF I WAS DRIVING AND THE DOOR DISENGAGED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT OR HITTING A PERSON, OBJECT OR ANOTHER CAR. FOOD COMPANY SHOULD LOOK INTO THE CAUSE FOR THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ELECTRICAL DOOR LOCK ACTUATOR. *TR

THIS CAR SEEMS TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WHERE THE DOOR LATCH SEEMS TO FAIL WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT. ITS UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. I TOOK A LEFT HAND TURN LEAVING MY NEIGHBORHOOD AN THE PASSENGER DOORS FLEW OPEN. LUCKILY MY KIDS WERE NOT IN MY CAR,RATHER SOME GROWN MEN THAT COULD GRAB THE DOORS AND HOLD THEM CLOSED. THE DOORS WILL NOW NOT SHUT AND I HAVE TO DISCONNECT MY BATTERY TO KEEP IT FROM DYING. THIS WAS MY FIRST NON GM VEHICLE AND WILL DEFINITELY BE MY LAST. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE I DO NOT SEE HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED YET. I GUESS WE JUST HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOMEBODY TO GET FATALLY INJURED... OR BETTER YET NUMEROUS PEOPLE BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

FORD FIESTA 2012 STILL UNDER WARRANTY; THIS IS THE SECOND DOOR IN THIS NEW CAR WHERE THE DOOR LATCH JUST STOPS WORKING. STAYS AJAR. THE FIRST TIME TOOK 1 WEEK TO GET PART; THIS TIME DEALER IS SAYING THE PART WILL TAKE A MONTH. THEY SAID THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE EXPERIENCING THIS AND HE HAS A COUPLE OF CUSTOMERS WHO'S CARS HAVE BEEN THERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS ALREADY, BUT PARTS WON'T COME UNTIL END OF AUGUST! I DON'T HAVE RENTAL INSURANCE, WE ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE, NO BUS LINE TO WORK - I CAN NOT BE WITHOUT MY CAR FOR A MONTH OR MORE. SO GRATEFUL WE WERE NOT ON THE FREEWAY OR TRAVELING ANY FASTER (THIS WAS ON MY PASSENGERS SIDE). CHEAPLY MADE DOOR PARTS - WE THINK BECAUSE THE DOOR IS CLOSED, LOCKED IT CAN'T FLY OPEN WE BETTER THINK AGAIN. *TR

THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR LATCH WILL NOT KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED. *TR

DOOR LATCH WILL NOT CATCH. THE DOOR DOES NOT LOCK OR STAY CLOSED. THIS IS HAPPENING ON THE PASSENGER FRONT SIDE DOOR. HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO THE PASSENGER BACK DOOR AS WELL. *TR