2013 FORD FOCUS Structurebody Problems

DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED WHILE DRIVING AND NOW WILL NOT LATCH. GRAND DAUGHTERS CAR SET FLEW OUT OF CAR - LUCKILY SHE WAS NOT IN IT. APPARENTLY THE IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SO FAR NO RECALL FORD HAS OTHER MODELS WHICH USE TEH SAME PART NUMBER THAT HAVE A RECALL IF THOSE EXACT PARTS ARE COVERED WHY NOT THESE?

FRONT DRIVERS DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. IT SEEMS THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE DOOR LATCH. IT DOES NOT LATCH CLOSE. THE DOOR WILL OPEN FREELY.

I DROVE THE CAR AS USUAL TO WORK AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I HAD A CHEK UP APPOINTMENT TO GO TO AND I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE WORK. WHEN I WAS LEAVING I NOTICED MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS OBSTRUCTING IT BUT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT PREVENTED THE DOOR TO FULLY CLOSE PROPERLY. ALREADY IN A RUSH I JUST DUCT TAPED MY DOOR CLOSE AND LEFT, THE WHOLE TIME DRIVING MY INTERIOR SYSTEM KEPT NOTIFYING ME THAT THE DOOR WAS OPEN. AFTER MY APPOINTMENT I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND HAVE NOT USED MY CAR. THE DRIVER SIDE STILL WILL NOT CLOSE OR LOCK WHICH MEANS I CANT LEAVE ANYTHING IN THE VEHICLE OR USE IT.

DRIVERS DOOR LATCH JUST STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED AND FORD SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECALL AT THIS TIME. IT IS AN ESTIMATED $700 FOR THE REPAIRS WHICH I FEEL IS OUTRAGEOUS SINCE THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

RIGHT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH DOESN'T STAY LATCHED ANYMORE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. THIS IS CLEARLY UNASAFE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS THIS IS NOT A NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR PART.

I HAVE HAD TWO DOOR LATCHES COMPLETELY FAIL ON MY 2013 FORD FOCUS. THE FIRST WAS THE BACK LEFT DOOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. THIS MORNING MY DRIVER DOOR FLUNG OPEN AS I WAS TURNING RIGHT OUT OF A GAS STATION ALMOST HITTING THE CAR NEXT TO ME. THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN PARTICULARLY SEEING THAT THIS IS COMMON ISSUE ON THE 2012-2013 FORD FOCUS AND OTHER FORD MODELS. FORD NEEDS STAND UP AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT. I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER FORD AT THIS POINT.

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FAILS TO LATCH

DURING A ROAD TRIP WHILE ON A HIGHWAY ONRAMP GOING MOSTLY STRAIGHT AT GRADUAL ACCELERATION, EXPERIENCED COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM, BEGINNING WITH ERRATIC CHANGING OF GEARS ROCKING ME BACK AND FORTH IN MY SEAT, TO INFOTAINMENT DISPLAY SHUTDOWN, TO ENGINE STOPPING. HAD TO EXIT HIGHWAY AND 'REBOOT' THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TRAVELLING. AFTER INITIAL REPAIRS, STILL EXPERIENCED HARSH GEAR SHIFTS UP TO AND INCLUDING PRESENT DAY. GEAR SHIFTS COULD EASILY AFFECT THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE FAULT IS HOW THE COMPUTER USES THE DUAL-CLUTCH SYSTEM TO SHIFT GEARS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT AT TIMES, THE CAR DID NOT KNOW WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE RECALLS REGARDING THESE ISSUES WITH THIS AND OTHER FORD MODELS WITH THIS CLUTCH SYSTEM. THERE ARE OTHER WORK REPORTS, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO FIT THEM WITHIN YOUR UPLOAD LIMITATIONS.

THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER REMAIN CLOSED. I GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND STARTED IT UP AND NOTICED THE WARNING LIGHT ABOUT THE DOOR BEING AJAR. I TRIED TO CLOSE IT BUT IT WOULD NOT LATCH AND THE WARNING WOULD NOT TURN OFF. I HAD TO TIE THE DOOR SHUT SO I COULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME.

DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT DOOR COME OPEN DRIVING DOWN THE STREET BY ITSELF!!!

TRUNK OPENS RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING. NO BUTTONS ARE PUSHED, OPENS ON ITS OWN WHILE MOVING, EVEN AT SPEEDS OF 65MPH. THIS IS A RECURRING ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 MONTHS, AND HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE AUTO DEALER (BOB HURLEY FORD IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. CURRENTLY HAS 86,000 MILES ON VEHICLE, PURCHASED NEW. WILL PUT THE LAST DATE IT HAS HAPPENED, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME ISSUE.

DOOR LATCH FAULTY AND FLIES OPEN WHEN DRIVING.

THE TRUNK DOESN'T REMAIN CLOSED. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR ALMOST A YEAR. WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, THE TRUNK WILL RANDOMLY OPEN. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF ROAD I'M TRAVELING ON, I.E. RESIDENTIAL STREETS, MAJOR STREETS, THE FREEWAYS. I HAVE REMOVED ALL ITEMS FROM THE TRUNK AND THE PROBLEMS CONTINUES TO PERSIST. THE CAR DEALER HAS NOT DEEMED THE TRUNK LATCH AS DEFECTIVE AS THEY FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AS THERE IS NO WARNING WHEN THE TRUNK WILL POP OPEN.

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR AND PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR OF MY 2013 FORD FOCUS HAVE SWUNG OPEN WHILST DRIVING DUE TO A FAULTY DOOR LATCH. IT OCCURS AFTER I HAVE CLOSED THE DOOR FULLY WITH NO HAZARD LIGHTS ON THE DASH TO WARN OF ANY PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE DOOR AJAR MESSAGE. DUE TO THE FORCES OF TURNING THE VEHICLE AND OR SIMPLY DRIVING THE DOOR FLIES OPEN WITHOUT WARNING. THIS COULD POTENTIALLY HARM THE PASSENGERS IN MY VEHICLE. NOT TO MENTION OTHER VEHICLES OR PEDESTRIANS MY DOOR COULD HIT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED, EACH TIME IT LEAVES MY VEHICLE IMMOBILE DUE TO THE DOOR CHRONICALLY REFUSING TO LATCH. THIS IS A TWO YEAR OLD VEHICLE. IT IS FRANKLY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS ABSURD A PROBLEM SHOULD PERSIST TO ENDANGER MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND OTHERS. I AM SEVERELY DISAPPOINTED WITH FORDS QUALITY,...

LAST NIGHT I HIT A DEER GOING 70 MILES PER HR. ON THE HIGHWAY. MY LEG AIRBAGS DEPLOYED BUT MY STEERING WHEEL DID NOT ONLY THE CLIPS CAME OUT. DUE TO KNEE AIRBAGS I HAVE HUGE BRUISES ON BOTH LEGS. I FEEL THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAS A DEFECTIVE AIRBAG SINCE IT DID NOT DEPLOY. IF I HAD HIT A TREE INSTEAD OF A DEER ITS POSSIBLE I WOULD NOT BE HERE TO FILE THIS IT DID NOT PROTECT ME AT ALL.

THE DRIVERS DOOR CAME UNLATCHED AND OPENED WHILE VEHICLE WAS TURNING. 2013 FORD FOCUS WAS CHECKED OUT BY FORD DEALER AND SAID THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS ON OTHER FORD LATCH PROBLEMS BUT NONE ON THIS VEHICLE , ALTHOUGH IT HAS A SIMILAR LATCH AS THE FIESTA AND FUSION, LUCKILY MY SON HAD HIS SEAT BELT ON OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OF THE VEHICLE .THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED . THE DOOR CAN JUST UNLATCH AT ANY TIME DUE TO A FAULTY SPRING MECHANISM.

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN AND THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR ON MY 2 YEAR OLD FORD FOCUS FLEW OPEN. IT ALMOST HIT AN ONCOMING CAR CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. NOW THE DOW WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL.

WHEN CLOSING FRONT PASSENGER DOOR CLOSES, DOOR LATCH WILL NOT KEEP DOOR SECURELY CLOSED. DOOR WILL OPEN ON THE SLIGHTEST PUSH AND WILL OPEN WHEN TURNING VEHICLE. IF PASSENGER IS NOT WEARING SEAT BELT OR IF SEAT BELT IS NOT FULLY PENSIONED, A PASSENGER MAY FALL FROM MOVING VEHICLE. ENGAGING DOOR LOCK WILL NOT SECURE DOOR. WITH LOCK ENGAGED DOOR WILL STILL OPEN WITHOUT RELEASE DOOR LATCH. DOOR LATCH WILL NOT ENGAGE.

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DOOR WILL NO LONGER STAY SHUT. THE LATCH TO HOLD THE DOOR CLOSE WOULD NO LONGER LATCH IN PLACE, SO YOU COULD PULL THE DOOR OPEN WITHOUT ANY FORCE. WE HAD TO TIE THE DOOR CLOSED IN ORDER TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE.

I WAS ENTERING A CAR PORT THAT HAS A SLIGHT 2 DEGREE DOWNWARD SLOPE TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR PORT. THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE SEEMED TO ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE AND GO THROUGH THE CAR PORT FRONT OVERHANG. THE CURRENT DRIVING CONDITIONS ADEQUATE (THE WEATHER -VERY COLD, SNOWING BUT CARPORT WAS CLEAR UNDERNEATH) BEFORE AND SINCE THE REPAIR THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO HESITATE TO ENGAGE MOMENTARILY ON DECELERATION AND ACCELERATION OPERATIONS. *TR

I WAS GOING TO PICK UP MY WIFE FROM WORK AS USUAL. I AM A VERY SAFE DRIVER ESPECIALLY AROUND CORNERS. I WAS NOT DRIVING MORE THAT15 MPH WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED BY ITSELF. TO AVOID HITTING A PARKED CAR I HAD TO TURN THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT. I WENT UP ON THE DRIVEWAY AREA. I HIT A CONCRETE WALL PORTION OR A DRIVEWAY. TOTALED THE ENTIRE FRONT RIGHT. AXLE IS BROKEN. AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. SEVERAL MONTHS BACK THEY HAD TO PUT IN A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. THE CAR IS JUST NOW 1 YEAR OLD. IT COULD NOT GO UP HILLS, PARK UP HILLS. TRANSMISSION WOULD TURN OFF. NOW IT ACCELERATED ON IT'S OWN. MY WIFE TOLD ME FROM THE BEGINNING THIS CAR IS A LEMON. I LIKED IT SO DID NOT WANT TO BELIEVE IT! NOW I HAVE TO. I AM STILL STIFF ALL OVER. I...

DRIVING INTO WORK ONE MORNING, I WAS FOLLOWING BEHIND ANOTHER VEHICLE AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, ALMOST TO A STOP WHEN I THEN TURNED INTO A PARKING SPOT, PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE SO I THEN PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD AT A MUCH FASTER SPEED THAN USUAL AND THE VEHICLE SLAMMED INTO THE WALL OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE IN THE SPACE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN. ON OTHER OCCASIONS BEFORE THIS, I HAD EXPERIENCED HESITATION WHILE PRESSING DOWN ON THE GAS PEDAL BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED THE MORNING THAT THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD, HITTING THE CEMENT WALL IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE. *JS

THIS IS A COPY OF COMPLAINT SENT TO FORD... "THE HOOD ON MY ONE MONTH OLD FOCUS HAS POPPED FOUR (4) TIMES. TODAY I BROUGHT IT IN TO MY DEALER (RT 23 AUTO MALL, BUTLER, NJ) AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT "MAY" BE MY FOOT ACTIVATING THE HOOD LATCH. IF MY FOOT CAN OPEN THE CAR HOOD, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS DESIGN PROBLEM. (WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW FROM THE OTHER DESIGN ISSUES THE FOCUS HAS). THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!! FORD SHOULD REMOVE ALL FOCUS' FROM THE ROAD IMMEDIATELY. MY DEALER AGREED AND GAVE ME A LOANER. THEY WILL BE CONTACTING YOU MONDAY TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. IF I WAS ABLE TO TEST DRIVE THE FOCUS FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR, I PROBABLY (DEFINITELY) WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED IT. I HAD CONVINCED MYSELF TO BUY AN AMERICAN MADE CAR, BUT I WAS WRONG!" *TR