2012 FORD FOCUS Structurebody Problems

DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. WORKED FINE THEN WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSE. THE DOOR NOW WILL SWING OPEN UNLESS HELD IN PLACE.

THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT LATCH. I HAD TO TIE UP THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE AND TAPE THE DOOR SHUT FROM THE EXTERIOR. WITH THE DOOR NOT ABLE TO LATCH THE CAR COULD NOT BE DRIVEN OR THE DOOR WOULD FLY OPEN. I BOUGHT A LATCH FROM FORD AND REPLACED THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY.AT A SHOP. TOTAL COST OVER $350. I MAY HAVE PURCHASED THE SAME LATCH THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN ON ANY DOOR. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN I CAME BACK I NOTICED THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. THEREFORE I TIED IT AND TAPED IT TO GET HOME.

DRIVER DOOR LATCH HAS FAILED. WILL NOT KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED. SAME PROBLEM AS FORD FUSION AND FORD FIESTA. PLEASE MAKE FORD ADD THE FOCUS FOR A DOOR LATCH RECALL. CAR WAS STATIONARY WHEN DEFECT OCCURRED. WENT TO CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT WOULD LATCH.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH STOPPED LATCHING DOOR BOUNCES SHUT AND OPEN AGAIN NOT CLOSING PROPERLY. I HAD TO SECURE IT WITH A CORD ANCHORED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE CAR INTERIOR TO DRIVE HOME. I ALREADY HAD THIS SAME ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER REAR DOOR LATCH. THE CHECK DOOR LIGHT COMES NO AND OF AS DRIVING WHILE THE DOOR IS TIED SHUT.

AS I STARTED MY DRIVE TO WORK ON 7/13/16 ON MY COUNTY ROAD AND MY INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND SAID PASSENGER DOOR OPEN. I EXITED MY VEHICLE TO FIND MY REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, I HAD TO REPLACE THE LATCH ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY BUT ALSO PUTS A BURDEN ON MY FINANCIAL SITUATION, CONSIDERING I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR TO WORK UNTIL THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED.

CAR DOOR WON'T LATCH. SWUNG OPEN AT RANDOM AND WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. OCCURRED IN MOTION, BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY. SIMILAR RECALL FOR DIFFERENT FORD VEHICLES BUT NOT THE FORD FOCUS 2012.

DRIVER REAR DOOR LATCH BROKEN WHILE DRIVING. LEAVING A PARKING GARAGE THE REAR DOOR SUDDENLY SWINGS OPEN NEARLY HITTING A PASSING CAR. AFTER PULLING OVER TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT IS APPARENT THE DOOR LATCH IS BROKEN AND WILL NOT LATCH AT ALL. I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO SHOWING THE FAILURE OF THE DOOR TO LATCH IF NEEDED.

I HAVE NOW AN ISSUE WITH MY PASSENGER DOOR THAT WILL NOT CLOSE. I OPENED MY DOOR AND WENT TO CLOSE IT AND IT POPPED BACK OPEN. WOULD NOT LATCH TO CLOSE. AS A RESULT I HAD TO TIE THE DOOR CLOSED. MY CAR WAS IN A PARKED POSITION AND I WAS PLACING ITEMS ON THE BACK SEAT. I WAS ABLEBTO OPEN THE DOOR BUT AS I ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WOULD NOT ENGAGE OR LATCH JUST POPPED OPEN.

DOOR LATCH FAILURE DURING DRIVING. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR, TOOK A RIGHT TURN AND OUT OF NOWHERE THE DRIVER'S DOOR CAME UNLATCHED AND OPENED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR HOME BY HOLDING THE DOOR SHUT AND DRIVING BASICALLY WITH 1 HAND. AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME, IT BECAME EVIDENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO CLOSE AND LATCH THE DOOR THAT THE LATCH WAS MALFUNCTIONING. THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS, IT IS ALSO LEAVES MY CAR MORE VULNERABLE FOR THIEF. THOUGH RESEARCH OF RECALLS I AM AWARE THIS IS CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. WE WERE IN MOTION ON A 4 LANE ROAD IN A RURAL AREA AND TURNING. THIS HAPPENED ON JULY 8TH, 2016

THE PASSENGER REAR DRIVERSIDE DOOR WON'T CLOSE. THERE WAS NO EVENT THAT HAPPENED TO CAUSE THIS ISSUE, IT JUST STOPPED FUNCTIONING ALL ON IT'S OWN AND JUST LIKE MY 1ST REPORT ON THIS SAME VEHICLE LAST MONTH REGARDING THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY KNEW THIS PROBLEM EXISTED 2-3 YEARS AGO AND CUNSUMERS WERE NEVER NOTIFIED OF THIS POTENTIAL DANGER OF THE DOORS COMING OPEN W/O WARNING AND MALFUNCTIONING. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT, OR WORST, DIE B4 FORD IS FORCED TO RECALL THESE EFFECTED VEHICLES FOR REPAIR? AS A CONSUMER, I WANT TO KNOW WHY FORD ISN'T FORCED TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM? AS OF NOW I HAVE 2 DOORS THAT WON'T CLOSE SO THEY CAN'T BE LOCKED AND I HAVE NO GARAGE TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN, SO IT'S VERY VOLNERABLE TO THEFT IF IT'S NOTICED THESE DOORS...

MY DRIVER SIDE LATCH HAS FAILED. MY CAR DOOR WON'T CLOSE PROPERLY ON ITS OWN.

THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH STOPPED CLOSING. THE PART ITSELF NO LONGER CLOSES AROUND THE PIN CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO SHUT OR LOCK. UNLESS PHYSICALLY RESTRAINED, THE DOOR WILL SWING OPEN WHILE DRIVING CAUSING SEVERAL POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS. THANKFULLY IT DID NOT BREAK WHILE I WAS MOVING. I DROVE HOME FROM WORK, PARKED, AND THEN LEFT TO GO RUN ERRANDS, BUT WHEN I WENT OUT TO RUN ERRANDS THE DOOR DID NOT CLOSE ANYMORE. UPON VISUAL INSPECTION AND COMPARISON TO THE PASSENGER SIDE I NOTICED A SMALL PLASTIC PIECE THAT APPEARED TO BE BROKEN OFF ON THE FRONT OF THE LATCH.

MY VEHICLE HAD A DOOR MALFUNCTION THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW PROPER CLOSURE. AS THIS WAS "AFTER HOURS" FOR A TYPICAL DEALERSHIP, I HAD TO LEAVE BY CAR DOOR AJAR UNTIL WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT INTO A SERVICE STATION. ONCE I DID, I LEARNED THAT THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY COMMON MALFUNCTION AND WAS ADVISED THAT I SHOULDN'T LEAN FROM THE INSIDE ON ANY OF MY DOORS, INCLUDING THE DRIVER DOOR. I PLEAD WITH FORD (BOTH DEALERSHIP AND FORD CORPORATE) TO REPLACE THE NECESSARY PARTS ON ALL 4 OF THESE DEFECTIVE DOORS, AS THIS IS A FACTORY MALFUNCTION; WELL DOCUMENTED BY THOUSANDS OF FORD OWNERS, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WASN'T RECALLED SO I'D HAVE TO SETTLE FOR $600 PER DOOR IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM FIXED. I, UNABLE TO AFFORD $2400 IN CHARGES, NOW I HAVE TO HOPE THAT MY CAR DOESN'T OPEN WHILE I AM DRIVING IT. WHICH...

MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSE.

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH FAILURE WHILE STATIONARY. OCCURED AT 1315 ON 8 JULY 2016. UNLOCKED VEHICLE AND ENTERED TO DRIVE HOME. NOTICED DOOR DID NOT LATCH WHEN PULLED SHUT AND FREELY OPENS. WAS FORCED TO TIE A STRAP AROUND FRONT AND BACK DOORS THROUGH OPEN WINDOWS TO GET HOME. WITHOUT PRESURE HOLDING DOOR CLOSED, THE DOOR AJAR WARNING SOUNDS. UNABLE TO SAFELY LOCK VEHICLE OVERNIGHT TO PREVENT VANDALISM. SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000. CALLED LOCAL FORD DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED BY ANY RECALL AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO INSPECT FIRST BEFORE GIVING MORE INFO. SINCE IT IS EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT TO GET THE CAR DROPPED OFF I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOWUP TODAY. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MORE INFO.

THIS IS THE SECOND/SAME ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLES DOOR LATCHING SYSTEM. FIRST WAS IN OCT 2015, REF #10784961-DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR. THIS TIME SPOUSE WAS DRIVING OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE CITY STREET, CAR WAS IN MOTION APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH. SHE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE DRIVER DOOR SWUNG OPEN. SHE STOPPED AND PULLED THE DOOR CLOSED BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED. SHE RETURNED HOME AND I FOUND THAT THE DRIVE DOOR LATCHING SYSTEM WAS NOT ENGAGING. I AM USING A SMALL ROPE ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL HANDLE TO KEEP THE DOOR CLOSED WHEN NOT OCCUPIED. I AM UNABLE TO LOCK/SECURE MY VEHICLE AND THE INTERIOR/EXTERIOR LIGHTS REMAIN ON WHEN THE DOOR IS NOT PULLED CLOSED WITH THE SMALL ROPE ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR DOOR PANEL HANDLE ON ONE END AND THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON THE OTHER END. NO INJURIES DURING INCIDENT.

PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND WILL NOT RE LATCH. APPEARS TO BE AN ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE WITH OTHERS REPORTING SIMILAR ISSUES.

IN APRIL 2016, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH QUIT WORKING AFTER I ATTEMPTED TO SHUT IT TO GO HOME FROM WORK. I WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO SHUT THE DOOR AND HAD TO TIE IT SHUT TO DRIVE IT. I HAD IT REPAIRED AT A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR JUST UNDER 600$. TODAY, 07 JULY 2016, MY PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH QUIT WORKING WHILE I WAS VACUUMING THE CAR. I WENT TO LEAVE AND THE "DOOR AJAR" INDICATOR CAME ON. I ATTEMPTED TO SHUT IT AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT. I CALLED FORD AND THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE IT ISN'T RECALLED THEY WON'T FIX IT.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHEN I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN ON A CITY STREET. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE NOW. DEFECTIVE LATCH. DOOR BOUNCES OPEN WHEN I TRY TO CLOSE IT. I RESEARCHED ISSUE AND FORD HAS DONE RECALLS FOR OTHER MODELS BUT NOT THE FOCUS. DEALER SAID IT WOULD BE $500 TO FIX.

GOT INTO MY FOCUS AS I NORMALLY DO. WENT TO PULL THE DOOR SHUT AND IT DID NOT LATCH. WILL NOT LATCH WHETHER LOCKED OR UNLOCKED. GLAD IT DIDN'T FLY OPEN LIKE I'VE READ THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE. ALSO GLAD IT DID NOT BOUNCE BACK AND HIT MY NEIGHBORS CAR. VERY UPSETTING TO READ FORD HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM IN OVER A HALF MILLION OF THEIR VEHICLES.

WITHOUT WARNING THE DRIVER DOOR FLEW OPEN AS CAR WAS PULLING ONTO FEEDER STREET AND WOULD NO LONGER LATCH AFTER THIS EVENT. WHEN RESEARCHING BLOGS FOUND OTHERS WHO HAD SIMILAR EVENTS. NEARBY DEALER CONFIRMED LATCH WOULD NOT OPERATE AND WAS BROKEN. MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN SEEN REPEATEDLY ON OTHER FORD MODELS BUT NOT OFTEN ON FOCUS MODEL. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT OTHER MODELS HAVE RECALLS LISTED TO REPLACE ALL DOOR LATCHES.THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE INCLUDING POSSIBLE EJECTION FROM THE VEHICLE.

DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING. DOOR WON'T STAY CLOSED, HAVE TO USE TOW STRAPS TO KEEP DOOR CLOSED OR IT WILL FLY OPEN WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

I HAVE HAD *2* OF MY DOOR LATCHES FAIL. DRIVER DOOR, AND DRIVER-SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. I HAVE HAD THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH REPLACED (APRIL 21ST, 2016) AND THE 2ND LATCH JUST FAILED BUT NOT YET REPLACED (JULY 2ND, 2016). THE FIRST REPLACEMENT COST ME $381.47, AND NONE OF IT WAS COVERED BY FORD AS IT IS NOT PART OF A RECALL.

I HAVE HAD *2* OF MY DOOR LATCHES FAIL. DRIVER DOOR, AND DRIVER-SIDE PASSENGER DOOR. I HAVE HAD THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH REPLACED (APRIL 21ST, 2016) AND THE 2ND LATCH JUST FAILED BUT NOT YET REPLACED (JULY 2ND, 2016). THE FIRST REPLACEMENT COST ME $381.47, AND NONE OF IT WAS COVERED BY FORD AS IT IS NOT PART OF A RECALL.

MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE DRIVEING HOME, LUCKILY I WASN'T ON THE FREEWAY JUST SURFACE STREETS AND NOT TOO FAR FROM HOME, THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I GOT HOME I CHECKED TO SEE IF MAYBE IT WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION, IT WAS NOT, I CLOSED THE LATCH AND ATTEPMTED TO SEE IF IT WOULD HOLD AND A SIMPLE PULL WOULD OPEN IT.

THE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE FROM ONE MINUTE TO THE NEXT THE CAR WAS NOT RUNNING.

THE LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR QUIT LATCHING AND THE DOOR WON'T SHUT. I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AND ARTICLES ONLINE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THE SAME VEHICLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WHEN DRIVING THE DOWN THE ROAD OR PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AND THE DOOR JUST UNLATCHING AND OPENING ALL OF A SUDDEN AND NO LONGER CLOSING. LUCKILY, MINE HAPPENED TO STOP LATCHING WHILE I WAS PARKED AND PUTTING SOMETHING INTO THE BACKSEAT. I HAVE OWNED MY CAR FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND IT IS ONLY A 2012 MODEL AND I HAVE HAD MANY ISSUES WITH IT, SUCH AS THE RADIO SYSTEM AND I HAVE HAD TO HAVE AN UPDATE INSTALLED TO THE TRANSMISSION. I THINK THAT IT ISN'T RIGHT FOR A CARD DOOR ON A 2012 CAR TO STOP LATCHING ALL OF A SUDDEN AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE...

LATCH OF REAR DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT LATCHED. IT WAS REPAIRED AND WITHIN 2 WEEKS THE DRIVER'S DOOR WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE READ, FORD IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAS ISSUED A RECALL FOR OTHER MODELS, BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE FOCUS

WHILE DRIVING, THE REAR DRIVER DOOR OPENED UP ON IT'S OWN. PULLED OVER TO CLOSE BUT IT WON'T STAY SHUT. HAD TO TIE IT CLOSED WITH A BUNGEE CORD. VERY DANGEROUS. I CALLED MY DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A LOCK RECALL FOR A FORD FUSION BUT NOT THE FOCUS. IT IS THE SAME LOCK! THEY WANT $600 TO FIX IT.

WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING A TURN BACK DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN.

THE CAR DOOR IN THE BACK SEAT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY 2012 FORD FOCUS SE, FLUNG OPEN AS I WAS MAKING A SHARP TURN WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE INTO MY SON'S APARTMENT COMPLEX. LUCKILY MY TWO CHILDREN WHO WERE SEATED IN THE BACK SEATS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS, OR THIS COULD'VE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THE DOOR LATCH NO LONGER WANTS TO LATCH ON. THE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE. THE DOOR AJAR SENSOR KEEPS SHOWING AND AN ANNOYING BEEPING SOUND KEEPS GOING OFF TO LET ME KNOW THAT THE BACK DRIVERS SEAT DOOR IS AJAR. FORTUNATELY THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, THEREFORE LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED OR NEEDED. WE SAFELY PULLED OVER AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR. AGAIN, THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. THE CAR IS ATTEMPTING TO LOCK THE DOOR BUT CANNOT. YOU CAN HEAR IT. ALSO THE DOOR HANDLES APPEAR TO STILL BE...

IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, MY DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH BROKE UNEXPECTEDLY. I WENT INTO A RESTAURANT AND THE DOOR CLOSED FINE. HOWEVER, WHEN I RETURNED TO OPEN MY DOOR, IT WOULD NOT LOCK. AS A RESULT, I HAD TO TAKE MY CAR TO A FORD SERVICE CENTER TO FIX IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY AND THERE WAS NO RECALL. I HAD TO PAY OVER 600 DOLLARS TO GET IT FIXED. LAST WEEK, I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AND THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE. I TALKED TO FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIRS. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME A DOOR LATCH BROKE ON MY CAR IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS! THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE DOORS WERE WORKING FINE UNTIL THE DOOR LATCHES SUDDENLY BROKE. BOTH...

455000 MILES - DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES FAILED TO SECURE/LATCH THE DOOR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE BACKING OUT FROM PARKING SPACE, AND PRESENTED DANGEROUS CONDITIONS AS THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN IN PARKING LOT TRAFFIC. THE LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES WILL REQUIRE REPAIR AS THE DOOR CANNOT BE SECURED. THIS IS A SECOND OCCURRENCE OF FAILED DOOR LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES FOR THE VEHICLE. FIRST OCCURRENCE REPORTED ON 03/02/2016 (NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10839377) INVOLVED REAR DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR (CURRENTLY THE DOOR IS FASTENED BY RATCHET STRAPS). IT IS MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE REMAINING PASSENGER SIDE DOORS LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES FAIL.

FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SUDDENLY FAILED TO STAY CLOSED. WE HAVE TO USE BUNGEE CORDS TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. ALSO, WHEN PARKED THE LIGHTS STAY ON DRAINING THE BATTERY. WE HAD THIS PROBLEM LAST YEAR WITH A DIFFERENT DOOR ON THE SAME CAR AND HAD TO REPLACE THE LATCH. THIS IS CLEARLY A SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM AND FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS. AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY FORD FOCUS. THIS IS ALSO GETTING VERY EXPENSIVE FOR US FIX.

I ENTERED THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR THE DOOR LATCH DID NOT ENGAGE AND THE DOOR JUST BOUNCED BACK OPEN. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL FOR DEALER WHO SUGGESTED THAT I TETHER THE DOOR DOWN SO THAT I COULD DRIVE IT TO THEIR LOCATION. ONCE I ARRIVED AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY PROCEEDED TO TELL ME MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT YES THERE IS A RECALL ON SOME DOOR LATCHES MY CAR DID NOT QUALIFY. THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO WRITE UP AN ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK FOR A BILL TOTALING MORE THAT $450.

MY DRIVER SIDE FRONT DOOR WILL NOT LATCH LIGHT AND DINGER COMES ON THE DOOR WILL SHUT BUT WON'T LATCH L. YOU CAN PULL DOOR RIGHT OPEN. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK AND STOPPED AT STORE IT WAS FINE WHEN I GOT BACK IN IT WOULDN'T LATCH DROVE TO WORK HOLDING DOOR SHUT.

CAR WAS STATIONARY, WHEN REAR PASSENGER DOOR WAS OPENED FOR SOMEONE TO ENTER, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. LATCH SEEMS BROKEN, DOOR MUST BE SECURED WITH CORDS. IT IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THEFT THUS.

SEPTEMBER 28 2015 THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. I PAID $335 FOR THE REAR DOOR LATCH TO BE REPLACED. TODAY, JUNE 19, 2016, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. I COMMUTE TO WORK AND DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING WITH THIS DEFECT.

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, A DEFECT IN THE ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURE OF THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY OCCURRED. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER STAY CLOSED ON ITS OWN. THIS PRESENTED AN IMMEDIATE DANGER UPON LEAVING THE PARKING SPACE, AS THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHEN TURNING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CANNOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN IN THIS CONDITION.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR ON DRIVER SIDE WILL NOT LATCH IN THE CLOSED POSITION. REQUIRED DOOR TO BE SECURED WITH ROPE FROM THE INSIDE TO PREVENT DOOR FROM OPENING WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS NOW SUSCEPTIBLE TO THEFT OF CONTENTS OR VEHICLE ITSELF SINCE DOOR WILL NOT SECURE IN A LOCKED POSITION.

THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR A SECOND DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTION. THE FIRST COMPLAINT WAS ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR (ODI# 10818622 ). THIS ONE IS FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE BACK DOOR OF THE SAME CAR. IT MALFUNCTIONED WHILE OUR DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AND IT FLEW OPEN. IF THERE HAD BEEN A CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT THAT HAD TAKEN OF THE SEAT BELT (WE KNOW HOW CHILDREN CAN BE) THAT CHILD WOULD HAVE FALLEN OUT.

TWO OF THE DOORS ON MY 2012 FORD FOCUS FLEW OPEN WHEN DRIVING IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS. I HAD TO GET EACH FIXED INDIVIDUALLY FOR $500 EACH.

FAILED DOOR LATCH ON DRIVERS DOOR. WAS PULLING OUT AND CHIME SOUNDED INDICATING DOOR WAS AJAR. TRIED TO CLOSE BUT LATCH WAS NOT ENGAGING. HAD TO DRIVE HOME WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR TO PREVENT IT FROM FLYING OPEN IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS MY 2ND LATCH INCIDENT IN FIVE MONTHS. I HAD THE PASSENGER DOOR REPAIRED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING TWICE ON A CAR WITH LESS THAN 35,000 MILES (OR ANY MILEAGE). FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND ISSUE A RECALL.

DOOR LATCHES NOT WORKING. FIRST STARTED WITH RIGHT REAR DOOR FAILURE, THEN MIGRATED TO DRIVER'S DOOR FLYING OPEN ON DRIVER WHEN MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. FORD WILL NOT COVER THIS BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY.

DOOR LATCHES DON'T SEEM TO BE BROKEN BUT PASSENGER DOOR WONT CLOSE AT ALL OR STAY SHUT. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN SUDDENLY THE DOOR JUST BLEW OPEN.

CAME OUT OF THE STORE, LOADED GROCERIES INTO CAR, OPENED DRIVER DOOR AND GOT IN. TRIED TO CLOSE DOOR AND IT BOUNCED BACK OPEN. ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE DOOR LATCH, BUT THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR HOME WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR CLOSED. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. SHOWS DOOR AJAR WARNING UNLESS I PUSH IT VERY HARD AND LEAVE IT.

THIS IS CONCERNING MY 2012 FORD FOCUS SEDAN. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AS WE WERE DEPARTING FROM PETER PEPPER PIZZA, ON A TURN MY REAR LEFT DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF. MY FAMILY WAS ON THE BACK AND WHERE PUT IN DANGER IF THEY WERE LEANING AGAINST THE DOOR OR INCOMING TRAFFIC WAS COMING AND COULD HAVE HIT THE DOOR OR MY FAMILY COULD HAVE BEEN EJECTED. LIKE SEAT BELTS I BELIEVE DOOR LATCH FAILURE IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I DRIVE NOW WITH A RATCHET TIE DOWN THAT HOLD BOTH DOORS TOGETHER, PREVENTING THE DOOR TO SWING OPEN AND CAUSE DAMAGE. NOW I CAN'T DRIVE WITH MY BABY CAR SEAT AND REAR PASSENGER SEATING IS USELESS DUE TO THIS DOOR LATCH FAILURE.

MY WIFE AND 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER HAD GONE TO THE STORE IN OUR 2012 FORD FOCUS. WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY PARKED THE CAR AND THEY BOTH GOT OUT OF THE CAR - MY WIFE FROM HER SIDE (THE DRIVES-SIDE FRONT) AND OUR DAUGHTER FROM HER DOOR - THE DRIVERS-SIDE REAR (LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR), WHERE SHE USUALLY SITS. THEY EACH CLOSED THEIR DOORS AND WENT IN TO DO THEIR SHOPPING. WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE CAR 15 MINUTES LATER, MY WIFE GOT IN HER DRIVER'S-SIDE DOOR (FRONT); OUR DAUGHTER GOT IN USING THE PASSENGER-SIDE REAR DOOR (ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR), CLIMBED INTO HER BOOSTER SEAT AND PUT HER SEAT BELT ON. AS MY WIFE STARTED THE CAR, SHE NOTICED THE "DOOR AJAR" INDICATOR SHOWING ON THE DASHBOARD, NOTING THAT OUR DAUGHTER'S DOOR WAS NOT CLOSED PROPERLY. AFTER DRAWING THIS TO OUR DAUGHTER'S ATTENTION, OUR DAUGHTER...

THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING. DOOR LATCH BROKEN. I HAD THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR TWO MONTH AGO DO THE SAME THING WITH SOMEONE IN THE FRONT SEAT AT THE TIME THIS HAPPEN. I FILLED A COMPLAINT WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT ABOUT IT THEN. HERE IT HAPPEN AGAIN & FORD SAID THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM YET. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE WITH THIS SAFETY ISSUE. SOMEONE COULD FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, IF THERE WAS A CHILD IN THE SEAT HE OR SHE COULD HAVE REACHED FOR THE DOOR TO TRY TO CLOSE IT AND COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT WITH THE DOOR OR EVEN FALLING OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND MAYBE LOSE THERE LIFE. WHAT ABOUT IF THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT & THE DOOR DID NOT STAY CLOSED? THE PERSON AT THAT DOOR COULD...

DRIVER REAR DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. WHEN TRYING TO CLOSE REAR DOOR LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE AND KEEP DOOR CLOSED.