2012 FORD FOCUS Structurebody Problems

DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH FAILED, CAUSING THE DOOR TO REMAIN UNLATCHED AND SWING OPEN FREELY. I HAD TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT IN ORDER TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR COST ME $585.70. FORD HAS BEEN MAKING CARS FOR OVER 100 YEARS, LITERALLY ALL OF WHICH HAVE HAD DOORS. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A SOLID DESIGN FOR A DOOR LATCH BY NOW. LUCKILY THIS HAPPENED TO BREAK WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED, BUT I IMAGINE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY IF IT HAD HAPPENED WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVING. I STILL HAVE THREE OTHER DOORS WITH PRESUMABLY THE SAME FAULTY LATCH DESIGN - HOW LONG UNTIL THOSE FAIL AS WELL? I NOW HAVE TO CARRY A ROPE IN MY TRUNK IN CASE IT HAPPENS AGAIN WHILE I AM AWAY FROM MY HOME.

AS I WAS COMMUTING TO MY JOB, I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TURN OFF OF US HIGHWAY 1 AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR FLEW OPEN. I HAD TO HOLD MY DOOR CLOSED THE WHOLE DRIVE TO MY HOUSE TO HAVE MY DAD LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME ONE OF THE LATCHES IS BROKEN.

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHEN I OPENED THE REAR DRIVER-SIDE DOOR TO PUT MY DAUGHTER IN THE BACK SEAT, CONTINUED TO SHUT IT, AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. IF PUSHED COMPLETELY IN, IT WOULD SLOWLY SWING OPEN AFTER REMOVING MY HAND FROM THE DOOR. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AND IS NOW BEING HELD SHUT USING BUNGEE CORDS IN MY BACKSEAT. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH BECAME INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH HAD FAILED AND WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE 275 IN PINELLAS COUNTY THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN THE INTERSTATE WAS CURVING TOWARDS THE RIGHT. MY SPEED WAS 65 MPH AND MY 19 MONTH OLD SON WAS IN HIS CAR SEAT DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE DOOR. THE DOOR SLAMMED BACK INTO HIM CAUSING THE SUN SHADE VISOR TO FALL OFF HITTING HIM. THE DOOR NOW WILL NOT STAY LATCHED AND I'VE HAD TO TIE IT SHUT AND MOVE MY SONS CAR SEAT.

AFTER BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT, MY "DOOR AJAR" SIGNAL CAME ON, I REOPENED AND CLOSED AND MY DOORS AND NOTICED THAT MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS NOT LATCHING. AFTER LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM, I'VE LEARNED THAT MANY 2012 FORD FOCUS' HAVE THIS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP INSISTS THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE, BUT I OBJECT. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT IN THIS INCIDENT.

THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR WOULDN'T CLOSE ON 5/22/16 WHEN MY WIFE AND I WERE LEAVING TO DRIVE 25 MILES EAST INTO TOWN FROM OUR HOME IN TONOPAH AZ. I TAPED THE DOOR UP ON THE SAME DAY AND WE GOT A RIDE INTO TOWN TO OUR BIBLE MEETING AND THEN TO THE STORE. ON 5/24/16 I TOOK OUR FORD FOCUS INTO JONES FORD IN BUCKEYE AZ TO HAVE THEIR SERVICE DEPARTMENT LOOK AT IT. WHILE I WAITED I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THIS ISSUE WE HAD WITH OUR DOOR HAS BEEN AN RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND FOUND A STORY THAT CBS5AZ COVERED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2015 OF MANY AZ RESIDENTS HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE AND NOT JUST IN AZ. THESE DOORS ON THIS VEHICLE CAN POP OPEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME W/O WARNING, THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMEONE CAN LOSE THEIR LIFE. JONES FORD TOLD ME...

TAKATA RECALL. STARTED MY CAR AND SHUT THE DOOR I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVERS DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT.

THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILS TO LATCH NORMALLY AND MUST BE REPEATEDLY SLAMMED HARD TO GET IT TO LATCH AND STAY CLOSED. THE DOOR HAS ALSO COME UNLATCHED AND OPENED WHILE SLOWLY DRIVING AROUND CORNERS IN A PARKING GARAGE. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM IS IN THE DOOR LATCH ITSELF. MY FORD DEALER SAID THIS PROBLEM ON THIS CAR WAS NOT COVERED BY A RECALL YET AND QUOTED ME $400 FOR THE REPAIR, THOUGH I'VE NOTICED SIMILAR RECALLS ON FORD FIESTAS AND EDGES OF THE SAME MODEL YEAR. I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THIS PROBLEM IS ALREADY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE NHTSA.

MY FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR LATCH IS DEFECTIVE. I WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR ON 4/23/16, CLOSED THE DOOR AND IT BOUNCED BACK OPEN. THE LATCH WOULD NOT LATCH UNTIL I SPENT APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES PULLING THE DOOR BACK OPEN AND CLOSING IT AGAIN. TWICE NOW (ONCE WHILE STATIONARY AND ONCE WHILE DRIVING) MY DOOR HAS POPPED OPEN. THE FIRST TIME THE WAS STATIONARY, THE BACK DOOR WAS CLOSED AND POPPED MY FRONT DOOR OPEN. THE SECOND TIME I WAS DRIVING AROUND A CORNER WHILE LEAVING WORK AND MY DOOR JUST POPPED OPEN. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FORD AND THEY HAVE SAID THAT THERE ARE MANY FORD FOCUS' WITH MY SAME ISSUE, BUT THAT THEY HAVEN'T ISSUED A RECALL. I AM NOW HAVING TO PAY $59.00 TO HAVE THEM INSPECT MY DOOR. IF MY EXTENDED WARRANTY APPROVED IT I WILL HAVE TO PAY EITHER A $50 OR $100...

WHILE PULLING BACK FROM A PARKING LOT, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR SIGNAL SHOWED UP, AND THE DOOR OPENED. FROM THAT MOMENT, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CLOSE CORRECTLY THE DOOR AS THE LATCH DOESN'T CLOSE CORRECTLY. I GUESS IT IS RELATED TO INVESTIGATION PE16001.

THE DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER DOOR SONT CLOSE AND IT WONT STAY CLOSED. IT JUST FLAPS OPEN. THE LOCK MECHANISM NEVER ENGAGES.

I OWN A FORD FOCUS 2012. THE DOOR LATCH IS DEFECTIVE AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE. WHILE MY SPECIFIC MODEL IS NOT BEING RECALLED, SIMILAR MODELS ARE FOR THE SAME CAUSE. THIS CANNOT BE CONCIDENCE AND NOW FORD IS CHARGING ME 600 TO FIX IT. I'VE READ ONLINE THAT THIS IS COMMON FOR FORD FOCUS MODELS. I DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF THEM REPLACING THE LATCH. I ALSO REQUESTED THAT I KEEP THE OLD LATCH FOR PROOF.

4/14/16 MY WIFE DROVE FROM FT. LAUDERDALE TO ORLANDO WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD SON TO VISIT HER SISTER IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE SHE WAS HAVING A BABY AT WINNIE PALMER HOSPITAL IN ORLANDO. UPON LEAVING THE HOSPITAL, SHE OPENED THE DOOR TO GET IN AND WHEN SHE TRIED TO SHUT IT, IT WOULD NOT LATCH. WE HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALERSHIP(SUN STATE FORD) NEARBY BECAUSE I TOLD HER IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT EVEN 8 MILES TO THE DEALERSHIP. I CALLED THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WAS COMING AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A RECALL ITEM. BUT UPON RESEARCHING THE MODEL AND VIN # I WAS TOLD THAT THIS MODEL IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ALL REPAIRS. THE CAR IS A 2012 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK AND...

RIGHT FRONT DOOR OPEN WHILE DRIVING, DOOR LATCH WILL NOT LATCH DOOR CLOSED. LATCH IS DEFECTIVE. HAD TO TIE DOOR WITH A ROPE TO GET VEHICLE HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2012 FORD FOCUS SEL MODEL WITH A MILLAGE OF 61590. THIS COULD HAVE HAD A BAD OUTCOME IF SOMEONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED & WAS LEANING AGAINST THE DOOR THEY COULD HAVE FALLEN OUT & MAYBE STRUCK BY A CAR THAT WAS PASSING BY EVEN IF THE SEAT BELT WAS HOLDING THEM . ALSO IF SOMEONE WAS ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT BY THE DOOR AS IT OPENED. FORD HAS A RECALL FOR OTHER VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM INCLUDING THE 2012 FORD FIESTA.

THE DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR FAILED. THE DOOR NOW DOES NOT LATCH AT ALL AND WILL SWING OPEN WHILE DRIVING I'VE HAD TO TIE THE DOOR DOWN TO PREVENT IT FROM SWINGING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE TO THE DOOR.

IN JULY OF 2015, THE LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH, THAT IS APPARENTLY PLASTIC, FAILED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE DOOR TO LATCH AND REMAIN CLOSED. DURING THAT OCCURANCE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. I PAID FOR AND REPLACED THE PART ON MY OWN. NOW, IN MARCH OF 2016, THE RIGHT FRONT DOOR LATCH FAILED. AT THAT TIME, MY 7 YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER HAD ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND CLOSED THE DOOR. WHILE MAKING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE FREEWAY, THE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED. MY GRANDDAUGHTER ALWAYS WEARS HER SEATBELT, WHICH THANKFULLY HELPED US TO AVOID A VERY SERIOUS TRAGEDY. WE HAVE A CASE NUMBER WITH FORD CONCERNING THIS DEFECT, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BRING THE VEHICLE TO THEM YET. THE CASE NUMBER IS CAS-9127854.

DRIVERS DOOR CAME FLYING OPEN WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. DOOR WILL CLOSE BUT WILL NOT LATCH. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH IT TILL NOW. CAR HAS LESS THEN 50K MILES AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE BY FORD TO USE SUCH SUBSTANDARD PARTS AND ON SUCH A SAFETY SENSITIVE AREA OF THE CAR. NEW LATCH IS ANYWHERE FROM 180-250 AND AROUND 400 LABOR TO CHANGE.PART NUMBER CM5Z54219A65HIS WHAT FAILED.

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED. VEHICLE WAS OFF AND STATIONARY IN GARAGE. NO AMOUNT OF LOCKING OR UNLOCKING CAR WITH BOTH KEY TRANSMITTER OR BUTTON IN VEHICLE WOULD LATCH DOOR SECURELY. DOOR HAD TO BE TIED SHUT IN ORDER TO TOW CAR TO FORD DEALER FOR SERVICE.

THE DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. THE PROBLEM STARTED WHEN MY WIFE CLOSED THE DOOR AS SHE LEFT THE SUPERMARKET. IT LOOKS LIKE A SMALL TAB BROKE OFF THE CLOSING MECHANISM. MY WIFE HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED TO DRIVE HOME, AND I USED A BUNGE CORD TO KEEP IT FROM OPENING AS I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THIS MORNING. IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AS THE DOOR WOULD TRY TO OPEN ON CURVES AND WHEN STOPPING, AND ONE HAND MUST STAY ON THE DOOR. I UNDERSTAND THE 2012 AND 2013 FUSION AND ESCAPE HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS PROBLEM, AND I FOUND NUMEROUS POSTS ON THE INTERNET RECITING EXACTLY THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM THE INTERNET THAT THE NHTSA OPENED AN INVESTIGATION OF THE FOCUS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM IN JANUARY OF 2016. MY 2012 FORD FOCUS TITANTIUM HAS APPROXIMATELY 67,000 MILES. BY THE WAY, I ALSO...

WHEN MAKING RIGHT HAND TURN ON PUBLIC ROAD, MY DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR SWUNG OPEN AND IS NOW INOPERABLE DUE TO IT'S INABILITY TO LATCH. DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY (FORD PART NUMBER 219A64) FAILURE AT LESS THAN 50,000 MILES.

WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM A FAMILY VACATION AND STOPPED TO GET ICE CREAM. WHEN WE GOT BACK IN THE CAR, THE PASSENGER DOOR LOCK WAS MESSED UP AND THE DOOR WOULDN'T STAY CLOSED. WE WERE A LONG WAYS FROM HOME SO HAD TO TIE THE BACK DOORS TOGETHER TO KEEP THE DOOR FROM FLYING OPEN. THE DOOR LATCH ATTACHMENT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON SEVERAL OTHER FORD VEHICLES BUT NOT ON THE FORD FUSION. FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ON-LINE, THERE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FORD FUSION TO RECALL THE PART FOR IT TOO.

THE DOOR LATCHES ARE FAILING WITHOUT WARNING. UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE AFTER STOPPING THE LATCHES HAVE FAILED AND THE DOORS WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. IN AUGUST 2015, THE DRIVER'S REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED UPON OPENING THE DOOR TO PUT MY PURSE IN THE BACKSEAT, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE AFTER THAT. I HAD TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE HOLDING THE DOOR CLOSED. THIS PROVED TO BE DANGEROUS AS I DRIVE A MANUAL CAR. NOW THE DRIVER'S DOOR LATCH FAILED UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS IT CAN STRAND DRIVERS WITHOUT NOTICE. THE DOOR HAS TO BE TIED SHUT SO IT CAN BE DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HAD TO ORDER THE PART. FORD IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAVE RECALLED THE DOOR LATCHES ON OTHER MODEL YEARS OF FOCUS, FIESTA, AND FUSION.

VEHICLE WITH 42000 MILES, THE REAR DRIVE SIDE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILS TO SECURE THE DOOR. THE DOOR LATCH MECHANISM DOES LOCK / FASTEN / ENGAGE IN THE CONVENTIONAL MANNER THAT DOORS DO WHEN THE DOOR IS "SHUT". AT PRESENT THE DOOR IS REQUIRED TO BE TIED / SECURED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE TO PREVENT THE DOOR FROM SWINGING OPEN, WHILE THE VEHICLE IS OPERATING.

THREE OF MY 4 DOOR LATCHES STOPPED FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY. THEY DID NOT WORK WHETHER THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, IN MOTION, DRIVING, OR TURNING. WE HAD TO TIE THE DOOR HANDLES TO EACH OTHER FROM THE INSIDE TO KEEP THEM FROM FLYING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. WHEN YOU PUSHED THEM SHUT FROM THE OUTSIDE, THEY WOULD BOUNCE BACK OPEN. THIS ALSO CAUSED CONSTANT WARNING LIGHTS/SOUNDS FROM THE DASH. FORD STATED THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT OURS WERE NOT COVERED BECAUSE MY 4 DOOR LATCHES WERE PACKAGED AS A 4 PACK WHEREAS THE SERIAL NUMBERS FOR THE RECALLED LATCHES WERE SOLD IN INDIVIDUAL PACKAGING. SO THEREFORE, I WAS NOT COVERED DUE TO A LOOP HOLE. THE DOORS NOT SHUTTING PROPERLY (EVER) CAUSED WATER TO LEAK IN AND CAUSE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE WINDOW MOTOR SHORTING OUT. I REACHED OUT TO CORPORATE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR...

DOORS FLY OPEN WHEN DRIVING, THIS CAR IS 3 YEARS OLD LESS THAN 60,000 MILES AND IN THE LAST 4 MONTHS 3 OF MY FOUR DOORS HAVE FLOWN OPEN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION. TWICE NOW WHEN MY TEEN DRIVER WAS BY HERSELF ROUNDING A CORNER FROM A STOP SIGN AND ONCE JUST GOING STRAIGHT ( DRIVERS DOOR) AT 40 MPH.

AS PART OF MY JOB, I DRIVE SENIOR CITIZENS TO THE STORE, ETC., IN MY CAR. ON FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 2016, I DROVE AN ELDERLY COUPLE; THE WIFE SAT IN THE BACK SEAT BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT. I ASSISTED HER OUT OF THE CAR AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO SHUT HER DOOR, WHICH WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT AND STILL WON'T. I SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE CAR HAD BEEN MOVING WHEN THAT HAPPENED. TO GET HOME WITHOUT THE DOOR FLYING OPEN, I STRAPPED IT SHUT USING SEAT BELTS. THE DEALER CAN GET ME IN TOMORROW (TUESDAY). I GOOGLED THIS ISSUE AND FOUND MANY STORIES ABOUT OTHER FORD CARS BEING RECALLED BECAUSE OF THIS SAME ISSUE, JUST NOT MINE, THE 2012 FORD FOCUS, AND PEOPLE ASKING WHY THE FOCUS HASN'T BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I AM QUITE UPSET OVER THE POTENTIAL DANGER MY RIDERS...

2012 FORD FOCUS. REAR PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE CHILD SAFETY LOCK WAS ENGAGED. DOOR WILL NO LONGER LATCH. WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS ISSUE I HAVE LEARNED THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2012 FORD FOCUS. IT IS ALSO A $600 FIX. THIS IS NOT A WARE AND TEAR PROBLEM. DOORS SHOULD NEVER FAIL RISKING PASSENGERS SAFETY. I HAVE USED A STRAP TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT TO KEEP IT FROM FLYING OPEN AND HITTING SOMETHING OR SLAMMING SHUT ON A PASSENGER WHILE DRIVING.

ONE DAY WHEN DAY OUR SON WAS A PASSENGER IN OUR DAUGHTER'S FOCUS AND THEY ARRIVED HOME, HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WHEN HE TRIED CLOSING THE DOOR, IT WOULDN'T CLOSE. I WENT TO CHECK IT OUT AND SURE ENOUGH IT WOULDN'T CLOSE (LATCH). AFTER A FEW TRIES WE DISCOVERED THAT IF WE SLAMMED THE DOOR AS HARD AS POSSIBLE, IT WOULD LATCH. WE DID THIS FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN ONE DAY IT JUST WOULDN'T LATCH NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU SLAMMED IT. WE DECIDED TO NOT ALLOW ANYONE TO DRIVE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WE HAD TO TIE THE SEAT BELT AROUND THE DOOR HANDLE SO THAT THE DOOR WOULD STAY CLOSED. ONCE THIS HAPPENED WE CALLED AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH SAN TAN FORD TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

AFTER OPENING THE DRIVER'S DOOR, IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. TOOK TO FORD AND THEY SAID THE DOOR LATCH WAS FAULTY AND NEED REPLACING AT PART COST OF OVER 450 DOLLARS. BOUGHT A NEW CAR INSTEAD.

I UNLOCK THE CAR AND OPENED THE REAR DOOR AND TRIED TO CLOSE IT BACK AND IT WOULDN'T CATCH THE LATCH STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR WOULDN'T STAY CLOSED EVEN WHEN I TRIED TO LOCK IT. I WAS TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT. I HAVE ATTACHED AN INVOICE OF THE REPAIR.

THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED IN NOVEMBER 2015. THE CAR PARKED AND LOCKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF OUR HOME. WE NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WAS ON. WE FOUND THAT WE COULD NO LONGER CLOSE OR LOCK THE DOOR. WE HAD TO USE BUNGIE CORDS TO CLOSE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY ATTACHING THE CORDS TO THE DOOR HANDLE OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. SINCE THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY WE BROUGHT IT TO OUR MECHANIC TO REPAIR. WE NOTICED THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO OTHER FOCUS OWNERS AND THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A RECALL AND WANT TO INCLUDE OUR EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF THE INVOICE FROM OUR MECHANIC WHICH LISTS THE PART NUMBER. DO WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PART OR THE LATCHES ON THE REMAINING CAR DOORS? IT IS...

I CAME OUT OF A STORE AND GOT INTO MY VEHICLE TO DRIVE OVER TO MY JOB IN THE SAME SHOPPING CENTER. AT THE TIME, MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCHED PROPERLY BUT UPON GETTING OUT OF MY VEHICLE AT WORK, 30 SECONDS LATER, MY DOOR LATCH MALFUNCTIONED AND WOULD NOT LATCH. IN ORDER TO LEAVE WORK THAT NIGHT, I HAD TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT WITH A ROPE. THANK GOD MY YOUNG SON WAS NOT WITH ME AND THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION AT THE TIME. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE MORE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND GET SERIOUSLY INJURED. FORD HAS ALREADY HAD A RECALL ON SOME OTHER MODELS FOR THIS SAME ISSUE. I STRONGLY BELIEVE WE HAVE COME ACROSS YET ANOTHER MODEL WITH FAULTY DOOR LATCHES. I HAVE NOT HAD THE ISSUE FIXED YET DUE TO INSUFFICIENT FUNDS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE LOST SPEED AND THEN STALLED AS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED UNDER AN UNKNOWN MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,000. UPDATED 04/13/16*LJ *CN

TAKATA RECALL FORD FOCUS 2012 PASSENGER REAR DOOR NO LONGER CLOSES AS LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE, THIS HAPPENED WHILST STATIONARY LUCKILY, THE REAR DOORS ARE RARELY USED AND FOR A 3 YEAR OLD CAR THIS IS A POOR FAILURE. HAD TO USE ROPE TO BIND DOOR TO DRIVERS REAR DOOR AS I HAD TO GET VEHICLE BACK HOME. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND AM GLAD IT DID NOT HAPPEN WHILST DRIVING OR BRAKING. CONTACTED CLOVIS FORD DEALERSHIP AND BASICALLY THEIR RESPONSE WAS IT'S NOT IN WARRANTY SO YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN. REGARDLESS OF ALL THE FIESTA AND FUSION RECALLS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE AT LEAST SLIGHTLY INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH THIS MATTER. POORLY CONSTRUCTED SAFETY LOCKS IN MY MIND. POOR SHOW FORD AMERICA. *JS

THE TRUNK LID OPENS WHILE DRIVING. IT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 7 TIMES DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS INCLUDING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO THE FORD DEALER TO CHECK FOR PROBLEMS. NO PROBLEM IS EVER FOUND BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN. NOTE THE ONLY WAY TO NORMALLY OPEN THE TRUNK IS WITH THE REMOTE. I HAVE TRIED USING THE SPARE KEY TO DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS THE REMOTE SENDING A SIGNAL WHILE DRIVING BUT THE PROBLEM OCCURS WITH BOTH KEYS. MY SUSPICION IS THERE IS SOME RF SIGNAL WHICH IS CAUSING THIS TO OCCUR. THE LATCH IS FINE AND FORD CONFORMED NO ISSUES WITH THE LATCH.

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE DRIVER DOOR LATCH FAILED AND THE DOOR WOULDN'T STAY SHUT. DEALERSHIP SAID DEFECT IN DOOR LATCH. SAID THERE IS A RECALL BUT ONLY FOR FUSION & FIESTA MODELS. 2 MONTHS LATER SAME HAPPENED TO DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR. AGAIN TOLD BY FORD NOT COVERED, HOWEVER THEY DID REIMBURSE 2 OTHER 2012 FORD FOCUS OWNERS FOR SAME ISSUE. WHEN I PRESENTED FORD WITH THIS INFO, THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO COVER THIS SAFETY DEFECT AT THIS TIME....

TODAY, WHILE PUTTING SEVERAL THINGS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR, MY WIFE NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVES SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, IT APPEARS THAT THE LATCH OF THE DOOR IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND THE DOOR IS NOT ABLE TO BE CLOSED. IT IS CURRENTLY SITTING, UNDRIVEABLE, IN THE GARAGE. THIS VEHICLE IS MY DAILY DRIVER. LUCKILY, I AM ABLE TO DRIVE MY WIFES CAR THIS WEEK AS SHE IS STILL OFF FOR THE HOLIDAY. FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THE FAILURE OF THE LATCH IS A COMMON PROBLEM ON OTHER FORD VEHICLES AND HAVE BEEN RECALLED.

LATCHES ON REAR LEFT DOOR BROKE. NOT EVEN 2 WEEKS LATER LEFT DRIVER SIDE LATCH BROKE. TH FOCUS HAS THE EXACT SAME LATCHES AS THE FIESTA AND FUSION WHICH BOTH HAVE RECALLS, BUT THE FOCUS DOES NOT. THE CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION, BUT NOW WHEN I DRIVE I HAVE TO HAVE THE DOOR TIED TO THE OTHER DOOR, SO IT DOES NOT FLING OPEN. I ALSO GOT PULLED OVER IN BETWEEN THESE TWO WEEKS AND WAS CITED FOR DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.

MY DRIVER DOOR SWUNG OPEN AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT FROM A STOP LIGHT ON A CITY STREET. I WAS ABLE TO LATCH THE DOOR BUT IT UNLATCHED AND OPENED AGAIN.

PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY BROKE CAUSING THE DOOR TO SWING OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT AT THE MALL AND MY WIFE ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE CAR. NOT ONLY WAS SHE FORCED TO CATCH HERSELF AND THE DOOR FROM FLYING OPEN BUT NOW I AM FORCED TO USE A RATCHET STRAP TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED AS THE LOCAL FORD DEALER STATED THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO GET THE PART BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHEN.

DRIVER SIDE DOOR SUDDENLY WILL NOT LATCH, CREATING A DANGEROUS SAFETY HAZARD. THE DOOR REMAINS OPEN PREVENTING THE VEHICLE TO BE DRIVEN WITHOUT SOME KIND OF STRAP HOLDING THE DRIVER'S DOOR CLOSED TO PREVENT IT FROM SWINGING OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THIS TYPE OR CONTRAPTION IMPAIRS THE DRIVER FROM DRIVING SAFELY AND COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF SUDDENLY SWINGS OPEN, EVEN WORSE PERSON CAN FALL OUT OF VEHICLE IF THIS FAILURE WAS TO HAPPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. FORTUNATELY, THIS HAPPENED TO US AS WE HAD ARRIVED AND PARKED OUR CAR. ONCE THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE DRIVER EXITED THE VEHICLE THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED AGAIN.

THE REAR DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SUDDENLY FAILED WITH THE DOOR FLYING OPEN. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. THE LATCH IS MADE OF PLASTIC. THIS IS AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD AND IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL SOMEONE FALLS OUT OF A MOVING VEHICLE AND IS KILLED OR INJURED. FORD HAS ALREADY RECALLED THE FIESTA AND OTHER MODEL(S) FOR THE SAME FAILURE. I CALLED FORD AND THEY REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURE. THEY DID SAY THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF A LARGE NUMBER OF FAILURES BUT WOULD NOT ISSUE A RECALL.

THE LEFT HAND BACK DOOR LATCH BROKE. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AND MY WIFE IS KEEPING THE DOOR CLOSED WITH THE SEAT BELT. THE CAR WAS IN A PARKING LOT AND WHEN MY DAUGHTER GOT IN THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH.

DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR NO LONGER LATCHES, FORD DEALER QUOTED $430 TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHOULD BE RECALLED BY FORD. WE MANAGED TO GET THE DOOR TO LATCH BY CLAMMING THE DOOR, FORTUNATELY IT HAS NOT POPPED OPEN WHILE PARKED OR IN MOTION.

11/4/2015 - PARKED AT RESTAURANT THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN PARKING LOT OPENED THE DOOR AND WHEN CLOSING IT THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR SUDDENLY QUIT LATCHING AND WON'T LOCK. THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN FREELY AND SLAMS AGAINST THE FRAME AND MY ELBOW AS THE CAR IS MOVING. THE ALARM AND DASH WARNINGS GO OFF CONSTANTLY AS THE SWITCH CAN'T BE DEPRESSED PROPERLY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO PREMATURE PRODUCT FAILURE. FORD SAYS IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL IF THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IT'S A PLASTIC LATCH JUST LIKE THE FORD FIESTA, FUSION, AND MKZ LATCHES UNDER CURRENT RECALL.

IN JULY 2015 THE LEFT FROND DOOR LATCH FAILED TO SECURE THE DOOR AND THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS AS I WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. I HAD TO PAY A 100.00 DEDUCTIBLE BECAUSE THAT "SAFETY" FEATURE WAS NOT COVERED. THEN IN OCTOBER 2015 THE LEFT REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED TO SECURE AND I HAD TO REPEAT THE PROCESS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE ON THE I-10 FREEWAY WHILE REACHING IN THE BACK TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED AS THE DOOR LATCH WAS INOPERABLE. PLEASE REVIEW THIS SITUATION CAREFULLY AND CONSIDER THIS A RECALL SERVICE ITEM. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT ALL DOORS BE SECURED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLES ARE INOPERABLE IF THE DOOR LATCHES ARE NOT SECURING THE DOORS. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD FOCUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED AND COULD NO LONGER BE CLOSED AND SECURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

DOOR LATCHES BROKEN. DOORS WON'T CLOSE.HAPPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

DRIVER FRONT DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING. CAN NOT LOCK DOOR. CAR WAS STATIONARY