2012 FORD FOCUS Structurebody Problems

THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY, I HAVE TO RESTRAIN THE DOOR WITH A SEAT BELT IN ORDER FOR THE DOOR TO NOT OPEN WHILE DRIVING, THERE IS NO CURRENT RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR FORD FOCUS BUT THERE IS ON OTHER FORD VEHICLES FOR THE SAME ISSUE, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD DOOR LATCH ISSUES, THE FIRST WAS JUST UNDER A YEAR PRIOR FOR THE DRIVER DOOR, WHICH OPENED WHILE I WAS DRIVING, THE LATCH AT THAT TIME WAS COVERED UNDER THE VEHICLES EXTENDED WARRANT BUT TOOK OVER A MONTH TO REPAIR AT THE DEALER, I DO NOT HAVE ANY POLICE REPORTS, BUT WHEN THE SECOND LATCH FAILED I DID FILE A COMPLAINT WITH FORDS MAIN 800 NUMBER WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE PRODUCT WOULD BE REPLACED, UPON TALKING WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE,...

RECALL ON THE DOOR LATCHES. MY DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY'VE ORDERED AN EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT BUT SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE IT ARRIVES. AT THIS POINT I'M DRIVING WITH MY BACK DOOR LITERALLY TIED CLOSED. SINCE IT WON'T LATCH THE DOOR OPEN ALARM IS DINGING CONSTANTLY WHEN DRIVING. MY COMPLAINT IS FIRST OF ALL IF FORD KNEW THIS WHY AREN'T REPLACEMENT PARTS AVAILABLE? SECOND OF ALL I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING ME IN A CAR THAT IS SAFE WHILE WAITING ON PARTS TO BECOME AVAILABLE.

MY WIFE'S 2012 FORD FOCUS SEL DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WON'T CLOSE. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A BLVD. GOING STRAIGHT AND THE CAR COMPUTER STARTED TO DING DING DING... THE MESSAGE STATED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS OPEN, NOW THE DOOR WON'T STAY CLOSED. WE KEEP THE REAR DOOR CLOSED WITH BUNGEE CORDS NOW. LUCKILY SHE DIDN'T DIDN'T HAVE A REAR SEAT PASSENGER AT THE TIME. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE BRAIN AND THE BODY WHEN TALKING ABOUT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, FORD RECALL HQ., AND MY LOCAL FORD DEALER. IT ALL SOUNDS GOOD ON THE PHONE BUT THE RUBBER AIN'T MEETING THE ROAD ON ANYTHING ACTUALLY GETTING DONE. ANYTHING.

DOOR LATCHES BAD ON CAR HAVE HAD TWO OCCACIONS WHERE THEY GO FAULTY, FIRST TIME WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BOTH THE DRIVERS DOOR LATCH WENT BAD, THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION WHEN I FOUND OUT, AND I WAS UNDER THE WARRANTY TO FIX THE PROBLEM SO I NEVER COMPLAINED. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING WITH MY DOG IN THE BACK SEAT AND THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN, I WAS VERY SHOCKED FROM THE SITUATION BECAUSE MY DOG NEARLY FEEL OUT, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS IT WAS MY FAULT I DID NOT CLOSE THE DOOR, BUT WHEN I WENT TO SHUT THE DOOR IN THE BACK THE LATCH WOULD NOT CLOSE, I KNEW AT THIS POINT WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE OF MY FIRST EXPERIENCE. THIS TIME I WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND HAD TO PAY OVER 500 DOLLARS TO FIX. THAT WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS...

THE DOOR ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY 2012 FORD FOCUS SUDDENLY OPENED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS TRAVELLING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SPRUNG OPEN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TRAVELLING NEXT TO ME TO SWERVE AWAY. THE WEEK BEFORE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY.

THE REAR DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHEN DRIVING. WILL NOT LATCH BACK CLOSE.

OPENED THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR. PUT THE CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT. CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT SLAMMED OPEN. THINKING I MIGHT HAVE LOCKED THE DOORS HIT UNLOCK, BUT IT DID IT AGAIN. LUCKILY, I HAD A BUNGEE AND MY WIFE DROVE HOME WHILE I HELD THE DOOR SHUT.

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED. THE LOCAL DEALER REPORTS DOOR LATCH FAILURE AS THE CAUSE. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER MODELS (FIESTA, FUSION, ETC). FORD MOTOR COMPANY SHOULD ALSO RECALL THIS PART ON THE 2012 FOCUS MODEL AS IT'S AN OBVIOUS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOOR WILL OPEN WHILE DRIVING.

DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. THE LEFT REAR DOOR OPEN LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. TRIED TO CLOSE DOOR BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSE LEAVING VEHICLE NON OPERABLE. FORD SAYS MY VIN IS NOT COVERED IN THE ATTACHED RECALL NOTICE, ALTHOUGH IT MEETS ALL CRITERIA OF NOTICE. ALSO LOCAL FORD DEALER WAS NOT ABLE PROCURE NEW PART BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY. CUSTOMER SERVICE JUST SAID THEY WERE SORRY. I NOW HAVE AN INOPERABLE VEHICLE AND BY EVERY INDICATION IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER THIS WARRANTY. OTHER WISE IT WILL COST ME OVER $400.00 TO HAVE THIS FIXED IF THEY EVER ARE ABLE TO GET THE PART.

DRIVER'S FRONT DOOR INOPERABLE, WON'T LATCH AT ALL. DOOR REMAINS UNLATCHED, EVEN WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION (FORWARD OR REVERSE) AFTER ALL OTHER DOORS LATCH/LOCK AUTOMATICALLY. DRIVING THE VEHICLE BECAME UNSAFE, SINCE THE DOOR CAN/WILL SWING OUTWARD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC, THAT BECAME A HIGH RISK FOR AN ACCIDENT. DOOR HAD TO BE TIED MANUALLY, TO KEEP IT FROM OPENING, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS.

DOOR LATCH WOULD RELEASE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING IN CITY TRAFFIC. HAD TO USE STRAPS TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT. WAS REPAIRED BY DEALER AND THEN THE SAME THING OCCURRED ON ANOTHER DOOR. ALSO WAS REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. IT APPEARED THE LATCH JUST FAILED IN BOTH OCCURRENCES.

THE 2012 FORD FOCUS REFERENCED ABOVE HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR SINCE APRIL OF 2016. RANDOMLY, THE DRIVER'S NOTIFICATION CENTER (INFORMATION MESSAGE) WOULD SHOW THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS AJAR WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS INITIALLY BEING STARTED & THAT SAME DAY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. NOTE, I USE THE CAR ONLY FOR MYSELF & RARELY EVER USE THAT DOOR AS I DO NOT HAVE CHILDREN & USUALLY HAVE ONLY 1 PASSENGER IF ANY. ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, THE DOOR ITSELF WOULD FLY OPEN--REGARDLESS WHETHER THE CAR WAS "IN PARK", BEING "REVERED" OR BEING OPERATED IN TRAFFIC, WHETHER LOCALLY OR ON LONGER DISTANCED TRAVEL...HIGHLY DANGEROUS, LET ALONE DISTRACTING & UNNERVING. I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALER(S) & WAS TOLD THAT MY CAR'S VIN WAS NOT COVERED OR BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY KIND OF RECALL FOR SUCH PROBLEM, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE SEVERAL...

PARKED UP AND VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. REAR PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPENED TO GET BAGS OUT, THEN WHEN SHUT WOULD NO LONGER LATCH. NO PROCESS WOULD MAKE DOOR LATCH, DOOR AJAR LIGHT REMAINED ON. SECURED DOOR TEMPORARILY WITH CORDS. TOOK CAR INTO FUTURE FORD OF CLOVIS CA, THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE SLIGHTEST TO HEAR MY CONCERNS AND TO HOW DANGEROUS THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HAD DOOR SWUNG OPEN IF I'D BEEN DRIVING. I POINTED OUT THE MANY INCIDENTS I NOTICED ON VARIOUS WEBSITES AND THAT FIESTA'S HAVING SAME PARTS HAD BEEN RECALLED AND REPAIRED. THEY WERE ONLY INTERESTED IN CHARGING ME TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEM AND SEE IF THE LOCK WAS THE ISSUE. IF THE GUY HAD STEPPED OUT FROM BEHIND HIS COUNTER AND JUST LOOKED I THINK HE COULD HAVE CONFIRMED IT, BUT WANTED TO CHARGE ME A $100 TO DO THAT. I ENDED UP PURCHASING PARTS FROM EBAY...

CAR FRONT DRIVER DOOR WON'T LATCH, IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY DRIVER DOOR JUST WIDELY OPENED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AT 65 MILES AN HOUR!!! FORD ISSUED A RECALL FOR THE SPECIFIC MODEL BUT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT INCLUDED FOR THE RECALL! IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE, I FEEL IN DANGER WHEN I NEED TO HOLD THE DOOR WHEN DRIVING BECAUSE THE DOOR OPENS WIDE WHEN I MAKE A RIGHT TURN.

AUG 2015 - DRIVERS DOOR FLUNG OPEN WHILE MAKING A TURN...UNABLE TO CLOSE DOOR AND HAD TO TIE SHUT TO GET CAR TO DEALER, CAR HAD 88K MILES. DEALER DETERMINED LATCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED IT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY - CUSTOMER PAY DEDUCTIBLE. REPAIRED AT JORDAN FORD IN SAN ANTONIO TX, AUG 2015, WORK ORDER #90121 29 AUG 2016, SAME CAR, FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FLUNG OPEN DURING SLOW SPEED LEFT TURN, LUCKILY NO PASSENGER IN CAR, CAR HAD 105K MILES. DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT AND WAS TIED SHUT AND TAKEN TO DEALER WHO STATED LATCH WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED $780 COST AS CAR WAS OUTSIDE 100K MILEAGE ON EXTENDED WARRANTY. SAME DEALER USED FOR REPAIRS, WORK ORDER NUMBER UNAVAILABLE AS CAR IS STILL BEING REPAIRED.

SINCE MARCH OF 2016 I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH DOOR LATCH ISSUES. MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO STAY SHUT. LUCKILY IT WAS JUST SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY AND QUIT WORKING OVERNIGHT. THE SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS MY REAR DRIVE SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHEN I TURNED ON A CITY STREET. LASTLY, THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE DRIVE DOWN ANOTHER CITY STREET ROAD. FORD REFUSES TO FIX UNLESS I PAY CLOSE TO $700 PER DOOR OUT OF POCKET.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN AMIDST DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET

WHILE I WAS BACKING OUT OF MY PARKING SPACE MY PASSENGER DOOR HAD SWUNG OPEN

DOOR FAILS TO LATCH AND OPENS WHILE IN MOTION.

I HAVE A 2012 FORD FOCUS SE HATCHBACK. WITH FAULTY DOOR LATCHES. TWO (DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, AND DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR) HAVE BEEN REPLACED. FORD HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM, INCLUDING MANY 2012 FOCUS MODELS, HOWEVER, MY 2012 FOCUS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

I WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION MAKING A LEFT TUN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN. MY DOG WAS IN HIS CRATE IN THE BACK SEAT AND ALMOST FLEW OUT. I PULLED OVER AND COULD NOT GET THE DOOR TO LATCH. I'VE HAD TO TIE IT DOWN BECAUSE I CAN NOT AFFORD $600 TO PAY TO GET THIS FIXED. PLEASE FORD RECALL THIS MODEL SO I DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN THIS DANGEROUS VEHICLE.

DOOR LATCH...SPECIFICALLY DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR.....FAILED TO LATCH AND STILL WILL NOT LATCH. CAME OUT FROM MY WORK LOCATION AND OPENED DOOR, PLACED LUNCH BOX IN BACK SEAT, SHUT DOOR(I THOUGHT), GOT IN AND STARTED CAR AND WARNING SYSTEM ADVISED REAR DOOR NOT SHUT. GOT OUT AND TRIED TO SHUT DOOR BUT WOULD NOT LATCH ANY MORE. HAD TO TIE DOOR WITH STRING TO KEEP IT FROM FLYING OPEN GOING DOWN THE ROAD.

WHILE DRIVING ON I-75 FROM ATLANTA TO TAMPA MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR JUST FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS DOING ABOUT 70MPH. THANKFULLY NOBODY WAS NEXT TO ME AT THE TIME AND I HAD TWINE IN MY CAR TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT.

THE DOOR LATCH ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR IS BROKEN AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO CLOSE. I CANNOT LOCK THE CAR DOOR OR SHUT IT. WHEN I ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT "POPS" BACK OPEN. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHILE TURNING. I WAS DRIVING AND THE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED BY ITSELF WHEN MAKING A TURN, DUE TO THE BROKEN LATCH.

CAR DOOR RANDOMLY STOPPED LATCHING. SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, ONCE IN MOTION AND ONCE NOT IN MOTION. TERRIFYING AND FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE. ONE REPAIR HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR, COSTING 450 DOLLARS. HUGE SAFETY HAZZARD, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE RANDOMNESS OF IT.

THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH FAILS TO CATCH WHEN CLOSING THE DOOR, EVEN WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LOCK THE DOOR. AS A RESULT, THE DOOR DOES NOT SECURE AND SWINGS OPEN WHILE DRIVING, PARTICULARLY WHEN TURNING TO THE RIGHT, AND DOES NOT LOCK TO SECURE INTERIOR AND CONTENTS. THE FAILURE WAS FIRST DISCOVERED WHILE DRIVING. AS WE TURNED RIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, AFTER HAVING COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE DRIVER'S DOOR FLEW OPEN, ALMOST STRIKING A CAR DRIVING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECT ON THE STREET WE TURNED ONTO, NARROWLY AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT.

TAKATA RECALL THE DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVER SIDE UNEXPECTEDLY STOP LATCHING SHUT. WAS PARKING THE CAR IN A PARKING LOT AND WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT LOCK OR CLOSE. THE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE AND WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT BOUNCES BACK AND DOES NOT LATCH SHUT. HAD HOLD THE DOOR SHUT IN ORDER TO DRIVE HOME. RESEARCHED FORD FOR RECALLS AND FOUND THAT THE 2012 FORD FIESTA AND THE 2012 FORD FUSION WERE RECALLED WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

I AM AN OWNER OF A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH SUDDENLY GAVE OUT AND WILL NOT SECURELY SHUT. THE DOOR WILL CLOSE, BUT WILL FLAP OPEN. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND EXPENSIVE FIX. YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS FRUSTRATING WHEN THE LATCH GAVE OUT ON ITS OWN. THANKFULLY, NOT WHILE I WAS DRIVING. PLEASE KEEP INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE FOR IT SHOULD BE AN ISSUED RECALL. THIS IS A MUST TO KEEP ALL FOCUS OWNERS SAFE AND SECURE WHILE DRIVING. THANKS.

MY DRIVERS SIDE LATCH FAILED ON ME ONE DAY, WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND AN ALARM WENT OFF SAYING THE DOOR WAS OPEN. I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN, WHEN MY DOOR BEGAN TO SWING OPEN. LUCKILY, I WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP BEFORE TURNING. MY CAR HAD ABOUT 70,000 MILES ON IT, WHEN THE INCIDENT OCURRED. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND THEY SAID THE LATCH ROD WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THEY TOLD ME TO GO TO FORD AND SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. WENT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A SAFETY ISSUE RECALL AND IT WOULD COST $500 TO REPAIR IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, WHEN NOW I HAVE TO TIE A BUNGEE CORD TO KEEP IT SOMEWHAT CLOSED.

MY DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING ON MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE. I NOTICED THE ISSUE WHEN I HAD PARKED AT WORK AND THE DOOR WAS NOT STAYING SHUT AFTER LOCKING IT.

WHEN I WENT OUT ONE DAY TO LEAVE WORK THE BACK DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH NO LONGER WORKED AFTER I OPENED THE CAR. I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR AT ALL WITHOUT THE DOOR FLYING OPEN. I TRIED TO SECURE IT BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE DOOR BREAKS ALL STRINGS/ROPES. I RESORTED TO A BUNGEE CORD. WHEN I TAKE TURNS THE DOOR STILL OPENS BUT CLOSES SHUT. I HAVE A BABY THAT SITS IN THE BACK SEAT SO I WAS SCARED AND TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE TELLING ME SINCE ITS NOT AN ACTIVE RECALL YET THAT THEY WILL ONLY REPAIR IT FOR A DISCOUNTED RATE OF $350 BUT THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. I TOLD THEM THIS WAS UNACCEPTABLE AS I HAVE A BABY IN THE BACKSEAT AND IT'S A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE. INTERESTING ENOUGH, AT FIRST WHEN THE REP. THOUGHT IT WAS COVERED UNDER A...

DOOR LATCH ON BOTH FRONT AND REAR DOORS FAILS TO OPERATE. DOORS CANNOT CLOSE.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE DOOR LATCHES (REAR PASSENGER AND REAR DRIVER SIDE) ON THE VEHICLE BECAME STUCK OPEN/LOCKED. ONE OCCURRENCE RESULTED IN THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR FULLY OPENING WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN THE OTHER INCIDENT (8/24/2016) INVOLVED NOT BEING ABLE TO CLOSE THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR, LATCH WAS STUCK IN THE LOCK POSITION AND WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR FULL CLOSURE.

AS I WAS DRIVING MY 2012 FORD FOCUS THE DOOR ALL OF SUDDEN THE DRIVER REAR SIDE DOOR OPENED. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO SHUT THE DOOR BUT IT JUST BOUNCED BACK OPEN. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY HAZARD AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY I SHOULD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR AS THIS VEHICLE IS NOT THAT OLD FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING AND I'VE ALSO HEARD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. GOOD THING NO ONE WAS IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS OCCURRED OR THE RESULTS WOULD HAVE BEEN DEVASTATING. I'M HOPING THERE WILL BE A RECALL FOR THE DOOR LATCH SOON.

MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPENED WHILE BEING OPERATED AND WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO SHUT IT AND IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. I HAD TO FINISH MY DRIVE TO WORK HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT. IM GLAD IT WAS A DOOR THAT I COULD HOLD SHUT BECAUSE HAD IT BEEN ANY OF THE OTHER DOORS, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A COLLISION. I HAD TO HAVE THE DOOR REPAIRED MYSELF SINCE IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTEE. I UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER MODELS WERE RECALLED AND MINE WASN'T BECAUSE A DIFFERENT COMPANY MADE THE SPRING WHICH IS APPARENTLY WHAT FAILED. IM SURE THAT BOTH COMPANIES MADE THE SPRING TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AND THAT THE FAULT IS IN THE DESIGN NOT THE COMPANY THAT MAKES THE SPRINGS.

DOOR LATCH RECALL MY VEHICLE'S DRIVER SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ON A BUSY HIGHWAY STREET AND WOULD NOT LATCH BACK WHEN ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE. I TOOK THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE REPAIRED. THE SAME DAY I RESEARCHED AND FOUND A RECALL THAT WENT INTO AFFECT ON 8/4/16 THAT DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND COVERS THE EXACT CRITERIA OF THE RECALL TO INCLUDE, MAKE, MODEL, YEAR OF MANUFACTURE AND LOCATION IT WAS MANUFACTURED. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THERE WAS NO ACTIVE RECALL FOR MY VEHICLE SO I ESCALATED TO THE MANUFACTURE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MULTIPLE FORD CUSTOMER CASE ASSOCIATES THEY OPENED A CASE ADVISING ME THAT IT APPEARS MY CAR IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE RECALL BUT BECAUSE THE RECALL WAS SO NEW THAT NONE OF THE CONSUMERS VIN NUMBERS HAVE BEEN TIED TO THE RECALL, THEREFORE, THEY COULD NOT ASSIST ME. THE...

DRIVERS DOOR OPENED DURING A TURN. DOOR WOULD NO LONGER LATCH CLOSED. THIS CAR WAS IN DALLAS TX TILL ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT LATCH. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS A COMMON FAILURE NOT ONLY IN THE FOCUS BUT IN MANY OTHER FORD MODELS MANY OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. THE CAR WAS LUCKILY STATIONARY WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED.

DRIVER DOOR LATCH FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, SLIGHTLY TURNING RIGHT TO CHANGE LANES. DIVER DOOR OPENED, AND LATCH WOULD NOT RE-ENGAGE. DOOR HAD TO BE HELD SHUT UNTIL IT COULD BE SAFELY PARKED, THEN TIED SHUT FROM INSIDE TO TRAVEL TO DEALERSHIP.

THE DOOR LATCH IS BROKEN, AND THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER CLOSE PROPERLY. WHEN EXITING THE VEHICLE, WE NOTICED THE DOOR WOULD NO LONGER CLOSE.

TODAY I WAS GOING HOME FROM WORK AND MY DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED WAY TOO FAST BUT I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT SO I JUST KEPT DRIVING. AS I DROVE OFF THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN ON ME. WELL I STOPPED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF MY DOORS AND THEN THE BACK DRIVERS DOOR JAMMED ON ME AND WOULDN'T CLOSE. SO I TIED A ROPE TO THE DOOR TO HOLD IT TIGHT AND I HELD THE FONT DRIVERS DOOR AS I DROVE HOME FOR 1 HOUR! I MANAGED TO UNJAM THE BACK DOOR BUT MY CAR IS UNABLE TO CLOSE IN THE FRONT SO NOW I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A DEAD BATTERY IN THE MORNING. WHEN I CALLED FORD THEY TOLD ME I HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE THERE IS NO RECALL FOR MY CAR WHEN I HAVE SEEN THIS COMPLAINT FOR OVER 400,000 FORD FOCUS...

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE. THE LATCH MECHANISM ITSELF WILL NOT STAY IN THE CLOSED POSITION.

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WHEN THE DRIVERS DOOR CAME OPEN AND WOULD NOT SHUT OR LATCH.

THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED ON THE DRIVER DOOR, WHERE THE LATCH PAWL AND SPRING HAVE BROKEN, IDENTICAL TO THE ISSUE WITH THE FORD FIESTA & FORD FUSION RECALLS. HAVING WORKED AT FORD, I KNOW THE FIESTA & FUSION ARE NEAR IDENTICAL PLATFORMS THAT IN THE MINDSET OF COMMONALITY OF SIMILAR PARTS OR THE GLOBAL WORLD CAR STRATEGY ESPOUSED BY FORD FOR NEARLY A DECADE NOW, SUCH A DEVICE WOULD IN ALL LIKELIHOOD USE THE EXACT SAME LATCH PALL AND SPRING IN ALL THREE PLATFORMS/VEHICLE MAKE. THE INCIDENT LUCKILY OCCURRED WHILE STATIONARY, BUT WHILE SHOPPING ON 8/17/2016 AND THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH OR LOCK. MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED FOR THE 7 MILE RETURN TRIP HOME THROUGH AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, SHE IS LESS THAN THRILLED. BEING THIS IS A DIRECT SAFETY ISSUE, NEED GUIDANCE IN HOW TO FORCE FORD TO CORRECT THEIR OBVIOUS RESPONSIBILITY ON...

MAKING A RIGHT HANDED TURN INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CAME OPEN. AFTER GETTING STOPPED AND TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR I NOTICED THAT IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. THE DOOR HAS TO BE HELD SHUT WHEN DRIVING, ONLY WAS TO GET IT TO STAY CLOSED IS TO DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD SO THE AUTO LOCKING TURNS ON AND OPEN AND CLOSE IT SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE DOOR LOCK TO CATCH IT. TALKED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN ENNIS, TX ON 08/09/2016 (9DAYS AGO AS OF THIS WRITING) AND THEY REFUSED TO FIX IT UNLESS I PAID "AROUND $600" FOR IT. TOM, THE GUY I TALKED TO SAID THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE CARS BUT MY VIN FELL OUT OF THE RANGE AND EVER THOUGH IT WAS THE EXACT SAME CAR WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS THE RECALL WAS ISSUED FOR SINCE MY VIN HAD...

OUR VIN NUMBER IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE CURRENT RECALL. WHILE DRIVING OUR REAR PASSENGER DOOR POPPED OPEN AND WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. WE HAD TO BUNGEE CORD CLOSED IT FOR A MONTH AND A HALF UNTIL THE BACK ORDERED PART CAME IN. NOW WE ARE PAINT $800 TO HAVE IT FIXED.

THE DOOR LATCH ON MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR FAILED AND THE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION. WHEN I TURNED RIGHT OUT OF MY COMPLEX WAS WHEN IT OPENED. FORD ISSUED A RECALL ON VEHICLES INCLUDING 2012 FORD FOCUSES REGARDING THIS ISSUE BUT DID NOT INCLUDE VEHICLES BOUGHT AND REGISTERED IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, WHERE I LIVE. I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE MY CAR HAS DEMONSTRATED THE PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL ADDRESSES, THEY SHOULD BE FIXING IT FOR FREE AS PART OF THE RECALL. I JUST HAD TO PAY $226.00 FOR THE PART TO FIX MY DOOR, AND THE PART WAS ON BACK ORDER FOR A MONTH.

MY CAR'S STEERING WHEEL GOT STUCK WITH A NOTICE SAYING "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT". THE FIRST TIME THE PROBLEM OCCURRED THE CAR WAS BACKING UP, AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY WHEN I PARKED AND RESTARTED THE CAR. THE SECOND TIME THE PROBLEM STAYED... THE COST TO FIX THE PROBLEM WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $2000 (PARTS AND LABOR) AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE MILEAGE WAS AROUND 60,000 AT THE TIME. LAST WEEK (08/12/2016, AT ABOUT 72,000 MILES), A WARNING CAME ON ABOUT A DOOR BEING OPEN WHILE I WAS PARKING. IT WAS THE ONE AT THE BACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK, SO I TIED IT WITH A SEATBELT TO KEEP DRIVING. SINCE THEN THE CAR GOES INTO PANIC MODE NOW AND THEN WHEN I LEAVE IT LOCKED, PROBABLY BECAUSE THE DOOR MOVES AND IT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE MECHANICALLY FORCED THE LATCH OPEN. I SOMEHOW FEEL LUCKY THAT...

ON AUGUST 2ND, 2016, THE BACK DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVER SIDE FAILED, AND IT WILL NO LONGER HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED. I HAD OPENED MY BACK DOOR TO PUT MY BACKPACK IN THE BACKSEAT, AND WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR, IT CLOSED COMPLETELY, BUT WOULD NOT LATCH AND HOLD THE DOOR SHUT. I NOW HAVE A RATCHET STRAP GOING FROM BACK DOOR TO BACK DOOR, HOLDING MY DOOR CLOSED.IT WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME. I DIDN'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT BEYOND I NEEDED TO GET IT FIXED, UNTIL I WENT TO THE FORD DEALER TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT PART. I WAS TOLD BY THE PARTS ASSOCIATE THAT THE LATCH I NEEDED WAS ON BACK ORDER. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I FOUND THAT FORD HAS RECALLS ON THE SAME MODEL YEAR FUSION AND FIESTA FOR THIS SAME FAILURE, AND THERE ARE SOME COMPLAINTS SURFACING ABOUT THE FOCUS. SIDE NOTE:...

THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. THE LATCH LOOKS BROKEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER REAR DOOR LATCH, BUT UNKNOWN SPECIFICALLY WHAT PART IS BROKEN. THE DOOR LATCH BROKE WHEN PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND OPENED THE DOOR TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF THE BACK AND WHEN HE CLOSED IT, IT BOUNCED BACK SLIGHTLY AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. NO INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE LATCH BREAKING. FORD SAYS (IN A CALL ON 8/16/16) OUR VIN IS NOT A PART OF THE RECALL AND WILL NOT TELL US IF THE LATCH ON OUR CAR IS THE SAME PART INSTALLED ON VEHICLES THAT ARE A PART OF THE RECALL. OUR FORD SERVICE DEALER IS BACKORDERED ON THE PART AND WILL NOT HAVE IT AVAILABLE UNTIL AUG 31ST, AND FORD WILL NOT PAY FOR THE FIX, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $500-$600.