2012 FORD FIESTA Structurebodydoor Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WAS STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,750. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR WAS OPEN. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR UNSUCCESSFULLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HAD TO BE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF THE SAME FAILURE THREE YEARS AGO. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

I BOUGHT MY 2012 FORD FIESTA IN 9/2015 WITH APPROX.16,000 MILES ON IT. SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR, IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 5 TIMES (ONE OF WHICH FOR 26 DAYS). #1 WAS DUE TO THE DOOR LATCH. MY 10YR OLD WAS SITTING IN THE BACKSEAT WHEN THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN. #2 WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR WAS HAVING TROUBLE SHIFTING GEARS & BEGAN SHAKING, THEN THE LIGHTS INSIDE & OUT STARTED BLINKING AND THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. #3 WAS FOR THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN, WHICH LOCKED UP WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN I75 IN NAPLES THE EVENING OF 12/28/2015. THE CAR COMPLETELY LOCKED UP AND HAD TO BE TOWED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. #4 THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. WHILE DRIVING NORTH ON I75 THE CAR STARTED MAKING A STRANGE WHINNY...

I OPENED MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR AND WHEN I CLOSED IT THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. I GOT THIS FIXED AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND SEVERAL MONTHS LATER (APRIL 2015) THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR. I NOW HAVE A BUNGEE HOLDING MY DOOR CLOSED BECAUSE NO MATTER IF IT IS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. I HAD NO PREVIOUS INCIDENTS WITH EITHER DOOR. *TR

ON APRIL 6, 2015 MY REAR PASSENGER SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. I HAD JUST ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION, WAS THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES, AND THEN STARTED MY CAR UP. THE LIGHT ALERTING ME THAT I HAD A DOOR AJAR CAME ON. I FIGURED IT WAS MY DRIVERS SIDE FRONT DOOR AND REOPENED AND CLOSED IT AGAIN. I NOTICED THAT MY DISPLAY SAID THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOORS SIDE WAS AJAR. I THOUGHT ODD BECAUSE NOBODY USES MY DOORS. I GOT OUT, AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR ONLY TO HAVE TO BOUNCE BACK AT ME. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. FORTUNATELY, A FRIEND WAS ABLE TO LOAN ME A BUNGEE CABLE TO HOLD MY DOOR CLOSED. IT IS CURRENTLY SECURED WITH ROPE AND THE BUNGEE CABLE. ON THE 21ST, AS I WAS MAKING A U-TURN IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, MY DRIVER'S SIDE PASSENGER FLEW OPEN. AT THE SAME TIME...

CAR WAS PARKED AT A STORE WHEN MY FRIEND GOT INTO THE BACKSEAT SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR WASN'T LATCHED. I PULLED OUT OF THE SPACE AS MY FRIEND WAS LATCHING HER SEAT BELT AND FELL OUT OF THE CAR. SHE ENDED UP WITH AN ABRASION ON HER RIGHT ARM. *TR

THIS MORNING WHEN I WAS GOING TO DRIVE TO WORK, I FOUND THE FRONT RIGHT DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE. I TRIED TO CLOSE IT SEVERAL TIMES BUT FAILED. THE DOOR JUST DIDN'T STAY SHUT. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED TO ME. ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO, THE DOOR AT BACK RIGHT SIDE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. IT CAUSED ME $400 TO FIX THAT. NOW ANOTHER PROBABLY ANOTHER $400.... *TR

AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY MY ALERT LIGHT PINGED ON LETTING ME KNOW MY PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPEN. I LEANED OVER TO SHUT IT AND THE LATCH OF THE DOOR WOULDN'T CATCH AND ACTUALLY CLOSE. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND WALKED AROUND MY VEHICLE THINKING I HAD SOMETHING IN THE WAY AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING. I KEPT ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE IT AND CHECK THE LATCH BUT I COULDN'T FIND A REASON AS TO WHY MY DOOR WOULDN'T SHUT. I ATTEMPTED TO TAPE IT SHUT TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT IT DIDN'T HOLD, AND NEITHER DID ROPE. I HAD TO CALL ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND HAVE MY VEHICLE TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR THIS SAFETY CONCERN. VERY UPSET THAT I'M NOT EVEN OUT OF MY 3 YEAR WARRANTY YET, AND COME TO READ MORE THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED...

THIS CAR HAS HAD 2 DOOR LATCHES FAIL AND NEED REPLACEMENT AFTER ONLY 50,000 MILES AND NO COLLISIONS. IN OCTOBER OF 2014, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AS PER THE DEALERSHIP. THE CAR WAS OUTSIDE THE BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, I BELIEVED THIS WAS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE, REQUIRING ME TO TIE IT DOWN WITH A BUNGEE CORD. I CONTACT FORD MOTOR COMPANY MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEY WOULD NOT OFFER ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE WITH THE REPAIR. AFTER PAYING FOR THE REPAIRS OUT OF POCKET, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED IN MARCH OF 2015. ONCE AGAIN, I CONTACT FORD. THIS TIME MY CASE WAS ESCALATED TO A REGIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER BUT THE END RESULT WAS THE SAME. THIS CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD WITH 50,000 MILES ON IT AND TWO DOOR LATCHES HAVE...

I HAD BOUGHT THE CAR ON MARCH 10 2014, SINCE THEN 2 DIFFERENT DOORS HAD OPENED UP WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR ONE OPENING ON MY WIFE (FRONT SEAT) AND THE OTHER MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER(BACK SEAT). THE THIRD INCIDENT HAPPENED AS MY SAME 9 YEAR OLD SHUT THE DOOR IT SWUNG BACK HITTING HER IN THE FACE BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS. THESE DOORS SHOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM AS THIS CAR IS RARELY USED FOR FAMILY OUTING BUT ONLY FOR MY WIFE TO GO TO AND FROM WORK. *TR

THE RIGHT REAR-DOOR ON MY 2012 FORD FIESTA ONE DAY FAILED TO LATCH, AND IT HASN'T LATCHED SINCE. THE DOOR IS NOW SITTING AJAR AT ALL TIMES AND I HAVE TO TIE IT CLOSED. THE "DOOR AJAR" WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH COMES ON RANDOMLY AS I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD OR TURN CORNERS, AND THE "DOOR AJAR DINGING SOUND" PLAYS RANDOMLY. I TOOK IT IN TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT, AS WELL AS SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. THE GENTLEMAN SAID NO ONE HAS HAD ANY DOOR LATCH ISSUES ON THE 2012 FORD FIESTA. HE GAVE ME AN ESTIMATE OF $418 TO HAVE IT REPLACED -- BUT I FOUND THIS ARTICLE THAT SAYS DIFFERENT. HTTP://WWW.AUTOBLOG.COM/2014/09/15/NHTSA-FORD-FIESTA-DOOR-LATCH-INVESTIGATION/ *TR

THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR JUST CAME OPEN ON ITS OWN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. MY 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS RIDING IN HER BOOSTER SEAT IN THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT WHEN IT CAME OPEN. HAD SHE BEEN IN THE OTHER SEAT, SHE COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT! THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL AND IN FACT, BOUNCED BACK AND HIT ME WHEN I TRIED TO CLOSE IT. I NOW HAVE TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT WITH A ROPE CONNECTED TO THE OTHER DOOR TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $600 TO FIX IT! *TR

I PUT SOMETHING IN THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK SEAT, AS I CLOSED THE DOOR, IT BOUNCED BACK OPEN. I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS IN THE WAY OF MAKING THE DOOR CLOSE, I CHECKED, NOTHING WAS THERE. I THOUGHT THE LATCH WAS STUCK, IT WASN'T. I HAD TO FIND SOME BUNGEE CORDS TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED ON MY 42 MILE DRIVE HOME. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE IF MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS WAS TO HAPPEN. *TR

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 SE WE WERE DRIVING AND TURNED A CORNER AND THE REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN WE PULLED OVER AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT STAY LATCHED. BOUGHT A BUNGY CORD AND TIED THE TWO DOORS TOGETHER, WENT TO FORD THE NEXT DAY AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LATCHES I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE BROUGHT THE CAR IN, CONTACTED BY THE SERVICE ADVISER STATING IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED SINCE MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY THEY WANT $175 TO ANALYSIS THE PROBLEM AND + PARTS AND TIME TO FIX. I REFUSE TO PAY IT SINCE THE LATCH SHOULD OF BEEN RECALLED. ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THEY WILL NOT TAKE ACTION OR ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. I AM APPALLED. WHAT POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE THEY HAVE AT FIESTA LINCOLN AND BERGE FORD IN MESA, AZ. THEY DO NOT LISTEN OR RESPOND WITH A...

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

AFTER DROPPING OFF MY KIDS I DRIVE 4 MILES AND MAKE A LEFT TURN MY BACK PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENS UP AND THE MESSAGE ON MY DASH LIGHTS UP SAYING THE DOOR IS OPEN. I STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRY AND CLOSE THE DOOR BUT, THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. LUCKY I HAD BUNGEE CABLES IN MY CAR TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO GET HOME. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE THAT A DOOR CAN OPEN AT ANY TIME. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND FIXED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. *TR

I WAS RIDING WITH MY FRIEND TODAY GOING TO LUNCH IN HIS 2012 FORD FIESTA WHEN THE DOOR SLUNG OPEN AS HE TOOK A CORNER CAUSING ME TO ALMOST FALL OUT! WHEN WE REACHED A STOP WE TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT! I READ ONLINE THIS IS A FREQUENT PROBLEM! IT SHOULD BE RECALLED! *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

I WAS DRIVING ALONG AND TURNED THE CORNER AND THE BACK DOOR SWUNG OPEN. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT. I TRIED TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND THE LATCH SEEMED TO BE IN AN OPEN POSITION BUT WOULD NOT ENGAGE,. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO I WENT TO WALMART AND PURCHASED SOME CORD SO I COULD TIE THE DOORS TOGETHER. I SEARCHED THE INTERNET ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THERE SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE FIESTA DOOR LATCHES. I TOOK THE CAR IN TO PALM SPRINGS FORD ON FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 14 2014 AND AFTER 2 HOURS WAS ADVISED IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY SINCE MY WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED AFTER 36,000 MILES AND THEY WANT OVER 300 DOLLARS WITH PARTS AND LABOR TO FIX THE DOOR LATCH THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SHOULD OF BEEN A RECALL FROM...

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

I OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR TO VACUUM MY 2012 FORD FIESTA AT A CAR WASH AND WHEN I FINISHED I NOTICED THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE LATCH WILL NOT CATCH THE DOOR. I HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY HOME WITH MY REAR DOOR OPEN RISKING IT SWINGING OPEN IN TRAFFIC. I'M CURRENTLY AWAITING A RESPONSE FROM FORD. *TR

I HAVE A 2012 4-DOOR FORD FIESTA. WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, MY 42 YEAR OLD SON OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, AND WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR, AS THE LATCH FAILED. I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM, AND HAVE, AS YET, TO HEAR FROM THEM. THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE, I CANNOT ALLOW MY 10 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, OR ANYONE ELSE TO RIDE IN THE BACK SEAT, AS IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE TRIED TO SECURE THE DOOR SHUT (TIED DOWN), BUT THE INTERIOR LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I DRIVE OVER THE SLIGHTEST BUMP OR MAKE A TURN, BECAUSE THE DOOR IS OPEN. THERE IS A CONSTANT WARNING ON MY DASHBOARD ABOUT THE OPEN DOOR. AT NIGHT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON, ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE. THE CAR IS ONLY 2+ YEARS OLD. THIS SHOULD...

PASSENGER REAR DOOR WON'T CLOSE. LATCH STAYS OPEN. REAR DOOR RARELY USED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A 2 PLUS YEAR OLD CAR WITH THAT DOOR BEING RARELY USED. *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

MY DAUGHTER OPENED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE 2012 FORD FIESTA AND CLOSED IT AND IT DID NOT CLOSE, IT BOUNCED BACK. WE SPENT HOURS LOOKING ON THE INTERNET AND YOUTUBE TRYING TO FIND AWAY OF CLOSING THE DOOR. AFTER 4 HOURS IN THE SUN TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR WE WERE ABLE TO SHUT IT BY PRESSING THE LOCK BUTTON NUMEROUS TIMES. A FEW DAYS AGO I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE DOOR OPENED AND ALMOST TOOK OFF THE DOOR. ANOTHER TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH FAMILY MEMBERS ACCIDENTALLY OPENED THE DOOR. IT TOOK US 2 HOURS OF LOCKING AND SHUTTING, EVENTUALLY WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS HAS CAUSED A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD FOR MY YOUR CHILDREN AND ANYONE THAT SITS IN THE BACK SEAT. THIS IS SOME SORT OF FACTORY DEFECT. EVEN IF THE DOOR SHUTS I CAN NEVER TELL WHEN IT WILL...

PASSENGER REAR DOOR LATCH BROKE. ALL I DID WAS UNLOCK THE DOOR AND NOW IT WILL NOT CLOSE. HAVE TO HAVE A CORD ACROSS THE BACK SEAT TO HOLD IT SHUT! THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS IMMEDIATELY! I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SPEND $250 ON THIS DEFECT THAT FORD SCREWED UP! *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

SIX MONTHS AGO I HAD BEEN TO THE DEALERS FOR A FAILED DOOR LATCH ON MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR AND LIGHTNING STRUCK AGAIN. I WAS BEGINNING TO FEEL LIKE A PRO. WENT TO THE STORE AND LOADED THE FRONT SEAT THIS TIME WITH GROCERIES AND WENT TO CLOSE IT AND IT JUST BOUNCED BACK. IN A WAY I WAS GRATEFUL BECAUSE I KNEW WHAT WAS WRONG BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING? I WAS IN A LOCATION WHERE I COULD RETRIEVE A BUNGEE CORD FROM MY PLACE OF BUSINESS AND LUCKILY IT WAS A SATURDAY AND FORD WAS STILL OPEN SO I TOOK IT IN AND THEY COULD LOCK IT UP UNTIL MONDAY. THEY OVERNIGHTED A PART FROM ANOTHER DEALER AND WERE ABLE TO INSTALL IT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT BUT AS IT SO HAPPENED PUTTING THE LATCH AND DOOR BACK TOGETHER, THE RIGHT SIDE WINDOW...

TRYING TO CLOSE MY PASSENGER REAR DOOR, THE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. THINKING THERE WAS SOMETHING AJAR TRIED TO MANEUVER ITEMS IN THE BACKSEAT BUT INVESTIGATING CLOSELY THE DOOR LATCH, IT WAS JUST IN A STATIONARY POSITION. I HAD A LANYARD FROM WORK THAT I CUT TO MAKE A LONG STRING TO USE AS A ROPE TO GET ME TO MY HOUSE AND BORROWED A BUNGEE CORD FROM MY APARTMENT COMPLEX TO DRIVE THE FEW MILES TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. THIS WAS A FRIDAY AND WHEN I CALLED THEY ALMOST TRIED TELLING ME THERE WASN'T MUCH THEY COULD SEEING IT WAS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON. I LET THEM HAVE AN EARFUL TELLING THEM THIS WAS A SECURITY AND SAFETY ISSUE AND I HAVE NO WAY OF LOCKING MY CAR OR SECURING MY CAR BC OF A FAULTY DOOR. IT WOULD BE JUST SITTING OUTSIDE BC I HAVE NO GARAGE OR A...

WHEN DRIVING AFTER MAKING A TURN REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED UP. HAD TO PULL OVER TO CHECK THE DOOR, WHEN TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR WOULD BOUNCE BACK AND WOULD NOT LOCK. THIS HAPPENED AFTER I HAD JUST DROPPED OFF MY NIECE AT DAYCARE. SO GLAD IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE SHE WAS IN THE CAR SINCE SHE WAS IN HER CAR SEAT ON THAT SIDE. I HAVE TO HAVE THE DOOR TIED WITH A ROPE. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THE ONE OF THE SERVICE ADVISORS SAID THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY ANYMORE I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $400 IN ORDER FOR THE PART TO BE ORDERED PLUS LABOR (MY CAR WAS NOT EVEN TAKEN TO MECHANICS TO BE CHECKED). *TR

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

MY RIGHT REAR DOOR THAT IS HARDLY EVER USED WILL NOT CLOSE DUE TO THE LATCH. I WAS 200 MILES FROM HOME AND IT WAS LABOR DAY WEEKEND SO COULDN'T GET TO DEALERSHIP. HAD TO BUY A BUNGEE CORD TO SECURE THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AND IT STILL OPENED SLIGHTLY GOING AROUND CURVES AND BACKSEAT ITEMS ALMOST FELL OUT. MY VEHICLE IS A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS OLD BUT DUE TO MY JOB OF DRIVING FREQUENTLY (DRIVING CHILDREN) I AM WELL PAST THE 36K WARRANTY AND WILL HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THIS. SINCE I CAN'T AFFORD AT THE MOMENT THE BATTERY NEEDS TO BE DISCONNECTED SINCE THE LIGHTS STAY ON AND THE DOORS REMAIN UNLOCKED. THIS CLEARLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AFTER SO MANY COMPLAINTS. *TR

I HAD JUST CLOSED THE RIGHT REAR DOOR AFTER LOADING MATERIAL INTO THE BACK SEAT. (THIS DOOR HAS MAYBE BEEN OPENED 10 TIMES IN THE LIFE OF THE CAR [2.5 YEARS] AS I NEVER HAVE REAR SEAT PASSENGERS.) AFTER LEAVING A PARKING LOT YESTERDAY AND WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH, I NOTICED THE OPEN DOOR WARNING LIGHT ON THE DASH AFTER WHICH I NOTICED THE RIGHT REAR DOOR WAS AJAR. I STOPPED THE CAR, OPENED THE DOOR AND ATTEMPTED TO SHUT IT AGAIN. IT BOUNCED BACK OPEN. I TRIED FIDDLING WITH THE LATCH AND CLOSING SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. LUCKILY I HAD A ROPE IN THE TRUNK SO I TIED THE TWO REAR DOORS TOGETHER BY THE INTERIOR HANDLES. I DROVE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND BARELY HAD BEGUN TO EXPLAIN MY PROBLEM WHEN THE ATTENDANT SAID SHE WAS AWARE OF SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE DOOR SHE TOLD...

WE BOUGHT THE CAR NOT EVEN 2 MONTHS AGO AND WENT TO PUT MY KID IN HIS CAR SEAT AND THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WOULDN'T SHUT. WE HAD TO MOVE HIM TO THE DRIVER SIDE AND HOLD THE OTHER DOOR LOCKED WITH THE SEATBELT IN ORDER TO GET BACK 30 MINUTES AWAY FROM WHERE WE LIVE. WE HAVE 2 YOUNG KIDS BOTH IN CARSEATS AND KNOWING THAT THE DOOR COULD JUST OPEN AT ANYTIME WHILE KIDS ARE RIDING IN THE BACK SEAT WORRIES ME FOR MY KIDS AND OTHERS KIDS WHO HAVE THIS CAR! WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING THE SAME THING YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BY NOW FOR THAT REASON. WHAT DOES IT TAKE BEFORE THEY FINALLY DECIDE TO RECALL IT? SOMETHING END UP HAPPENING TO SOMEONE'S SON OR DAUGHTER ALL BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHEN THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SITUATION?...

RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED/LATCH. I OPENED THE RIGHT, REAR PASSENGER DOOR TO PUT MY CHILD IN HIS CARSEAT THIS MORNING. UPON CLOSING OF THE DOOR I FOUND THAT IT WOULD NOT LATCH. WE VERIFIED THE LATCH WAS IN THE CORRECT POSITION SO THAT THE DOOR SHOULD CLOSE NORMALLY. HOWEVER THE DOOR WOULD NOT STAY SHUT OR "CLICK" TO LATCH. I HAD TO DUCTTAPE THE DOOR CLOSED TO TAKE HIM TO DAYCARE. I ASSUME THIS MUST BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. I DROPPED THE CAR OFF AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR WARRANTY SERVICE THIS AFTERNOON. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE DOORS THAT PROTECT MY CHILDREN MIGHT OPEN AT ANY TIME FOR NO GOOD REASON. I AM CERTAIN THE DOOR HAS NEVER BEEN ABUSED OR CLOSED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE, EVER. THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY WRONG HERE. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR TO MY 2012 FORD FIESTA SEL SUDDENLY OPENED ON IT'S OWN WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MILES ON A CURB. AFTER PULLING OVER TO INSPECT, I FOUND I COULD NOT CLOSE THE DOOR ANY LONGER. I HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS OVER THE INTERNET AS WELL AS THIS PAGE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WEBSITE AND I AM REQUESTING FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER AS IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISOLATED ISSUE. CAR DOORS FLYING OPEN AT RANDOM WHILE DRIVING ARE CAUSE FOR CONCERN. AFTER TAKING MY VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY WANTED OVER $500.00 FOR A SMALL PART AND LESS THAN AN HOURS WORK SINCE MY IT WAS PAST MY 48,000 WARRANTY BY ABOUT 200 MILES. *TR

I OPENED AND SHUT MY PASSENGER DOOR AND INSTEAD OF CLOSING, THE DOOR JUST BOUNCED BACK AND COULD NOT BE SHUT. THIS IS THE 2ND DOOR ON THIS CAR TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR DID THE SAME THING ABOUT TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *TR

THE PROBLEM, OR I SHOULD SAY 'THE JAM' AS IN DOOR JAMB, IS THAT BOTH SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOORS ON MY 2012 FORD FIESTA ARE NOT WORKING ON THE CLOSE. THE DOORS WON'T STAY CLOSED OR STAY SHUT. WHEN YOU TRY SHUTTING EITHER DOOR IT JUST BOUNCES BACK OUT A LITTLE. NEITHER DOOR WILL LATCH CLOSED. ONLY 35,772 MILES ON MY 2012 FIESTA WHEN BOTH REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES FAILED WITHIN 12 HOURS OF EACH OTHER. IS BOTH DOORS FAILING AT THE SAME TIME JUST A COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT. I THINK DEFECTIVE AND DANGEROUS! MY FIESTA HAS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, NO BODY DAMAGE, NO EVIDENCE OF ATTEMPTED BREAK-INS AND NO APPARENT REASON TO CAUSE 1, LET ALONE BOTH, REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES TO MALFUNCTION AND PREVENT CLOSING OF THE REAR SIDE DOORS. AND, ABSOLUTELY NO WARNING OR INDICATION OF ANY LOOMING OR PENDING PROBLEM...

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