2013 Ford Fusion Body & Structure Problems

Two recalls for this make year and model car had been recalled previously but not for my VIN specifically and the issues are appearing. The first is “doors may open driving” recall on your website and the second is “engine cylinder head may leaks oil” which is also on ur website. Both were recalled for this make and year of the ford fusion but not for my VIN so ford is stating they cannot fix it and want to charge me even for a diagnostic.

The trunk randomly opens. Sitting in our driveway, going down the highway which does obscure the rear view mirror. It’s happened many times and I haven’t been able to duplicate

The drivers side door showed it was latched there weren’t any lights saying that the drivers side door was open or any other door was opened. I was driving and turning left and all the sudden my drivers side door flew open and struck objects on the side of the road people had placed out for garbage pick up. My safety was put at risk by my drivers side door coming open while I was driving. I started to pull over but by the time I was almost stopped my drivers side door came swinging back and I had my hand out to catch it , it smacked into my left hand bending my wrist back and shoving my elbow in my arm into my side causing excruciating pain. My drivers side door has dents a scratches in it from the objects it smashed into and I have pain in my left fingers and hand and wrist and arm hurts along with the side of my abdomen from being crushed into my side. I also had my head leaning towards the door so when it came flying back at me it hit my head hard. I ended up vomiting and feeling extremely anxious and scared and dizzy I was very stunned. I had shut and closed my drivers side car door and there wasn’t any lights indicating any doors in my vehicle were still open. My 2013 ford fusion se had been taken in for several recalls the door actuators where amongst several I had the dealership inspect and they were supposed to have fixed them. I haven’t driven the vehicle since I plan to take it into the dealership and get it checked out. I need make a police report and am calling my auto insurance company in the morning to let them be aware of the issue as well. There weren’t any warning lamps or messages until after the driver side door came open. There is now a warning light on my dashboard. And the lights on my dashboard started flickering. It first happened March 1, 2022.

Car consistently tries to pop the trunk while driving while also unlocking and locking doors. The seat always goes back to a default position. Does it so much I had to unplug the trunk actuator because it wouldn’t even let me drive off without opening the trunk. Lights flicker all weird when it does it. It does this idling and driving all the time. I can’t use photos to describe but I do have a video but your platform won’t let me upload videos.

THE HOOD LATCH ON MY 2013 FORD FUSION BROKE AND WOULD FUNCTION CORRECTLY. THIS IS A TERRIBLE DESIGN AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. I REPLACED MINE AND FROM THE UPLOADED PICTURES YOU CAN SEE THAT THE PART WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE TO BE REPLACED AGAIN. THE PLASTIC BUMP (CIRCLED IN RED) THAT THE LEVER GRABS ON TO WEARS OUT OVER TIME, AND WHEN LIFTED, WILL NOT OPEN THE HOOD CORRECTLY . IT'S ALSO NOT FAIR THAT THE PARTS NEEDED HAVE TO BE PURCHASED SEPARATELY, COST CUTTING AT ITS FINEST .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT THE TRUNK WAS LEAKING AND FULL OF WATER. THERE WAS A PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE TRUNK AND THERE WAS MOLD ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE TRUNK. THE AREA WHERE THE SPEAR TIRE WAS LOCATED WAS COVERED WITH MOLD AND RUST. THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WAS COVERED WITH MOLD AS WELL AS THE STEERING WHEEL, THE SEATS, THE DASHBOARD AND CARPET. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED NOR MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A RECALL OF FORD 2013 FUSION DUE TO DOOR LATCHES FAILING. MY LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY PERFORMED THE WARRANTY REPAIRS. A FEW MONTHS AGO THE RIGHT REAR DOOR ON MY CAR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE THE REPAIR HAD BEEN MADE THERE WAS NO WARRANTY COVERAGE. I DISSEMBLED THE DOOR MYSELF AND LOCATED THE DEFECTIVE PART. WHILE RESEARCHING THE PART I DISCOVERED NHTSA RECALL 20V-177. THE YEAR OF MY CAR WAS NOT LISTED IN THE RECALL BUT THE PART NUMBER OF THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS. I HAVE ATTACHED THE RECALL INFORMATION AS WELL AS A PHOTO OF THE DEFECTIVE PART FROM MY VEHICLE. THERE ARE TWO POSSIBLE SCENARIOS. THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS ACTUALLY NEVER REPLACE BY THE DEALER, OR, THE PART USED TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL DEFECTIVE PART IS DEFECTIVE AS WELL. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKE DOOR WON'T CLOSE COUNTY ROAD WHEN IT HAPPENED

ONE OF MY DOORS WOULDN'T SHUT. THE DOOR LATCH WAS STUCK. TOOK TO GARAGE AND THEY FIXED BY PULLING HANDLE AND GETTING MECHANIC TO GO BACK IN. I HEARD THERE MAY BE A RECALL ON THESE LATCHES. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY. *TR

MAKING A RIGHT TURN INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN STRIKING A FENCE. NOW IT WILL NOT SHUT AT ALL.? *TR

MY VEHICLE HAD THE DOOR LATCH RECALL COMPLETED IN 2015. SINCE THE RECALL WAS COMPLETED I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER, FRONT PASSENGER, AND REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE NO BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL AND FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AND CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD BY NOT LATCHING CLOSED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE SAID THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IF PROBLEM HAPPENS 12 MONTHS AFTER RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED. ANY REPAIRS HAS TO BE AT MY EXPENSE AND DIAGNOSTIC HAS TO BE PAID BY ME BECAUSE IT IS A LABOR CHARGE. SO I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC PLUS TO REPAIR PART BECAUSE OVER 12 MONTHS AGO RECALL REPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETED. REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS ORIGINAL PART WAS. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED, EVEN WHEN LOCKED. WHEN THE DOOR IS PUSHED CLOSED, IT BOUNCES BACK AT THE CLOSER AND WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL. THERE WAS NOTHING IMPEDING THE DOOR TO CLOSE, IT SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. THE INITIAL ISSUE HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS STATIONARY, BUT WILL FLY OPEN WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION, ESPECIALLY WHEN TURNING. WE HAD TO ACTIVELY HOLD IT CLOSED TO DRIVE IT TO THE SERVICE CENTER. THIS VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY SERVICED UNDER THE 2017 DOOR LATCH RECALL IN MAY 2019, AND THE REPAIR DIDN'T LAST A YEAR. *TR

MY DOOR WONT LATCH AND COMES OPEN WHEN DRIVING. IT IS A SEVERE SAFETY ISSUE AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED AND I FEEL THAT THE MANUFACTURERS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I WAS DRIVING WITH SOMEONE WHEN THE DOOR CAME OPEN AND WHEN WE TRIED SHUTTING IT WE NOTICED IT OPENS AND JUST WONT SHUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.

DRIVING AND DOOR SWUNG OPEN ON THE ONE EXPRESS WAY ALMOST KILLED ME IF I DIDN'T HAVE MY SEAT BELT ON.

THE LOCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR BROKE AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE PASSENGER GOT OUT AND WENT TO SHUT THE DOOR, BUT IT WOULD NOT SHUT.

AFTER REPAIRING THE DOORS LATCHES IN MARCH OF 2016 FOR NHTSA RECALL 15V-246, THE PASSENGER FRONT DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH ON OCTOBER 18, 2019. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME IN A PARKING LOT. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT INITIATED THE RECALL OBVIOUSLY THE REPLACED PART DURING THE RECALL IS ALSO DEFECTIVE. TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT REPLACED FOR A COST OF $347. I HAVE AN INVOICE FROM THE DEALER AT HAND. THE INVOICE IS FOR "REPLACE THE CABLE FOR LATCH AND HANDLE DUE TO BREAKING AND NOT ALLOWING PROPER MOVEMENT." THE PART IS A CABLE ASSEMBLY AND THE FORD PART NUMBER IS DS7Z 54221A00 B

DOOR LATCH RECALL WAS PERFORMED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. APPROX 14 MONTHS. (15S16) DOOR LATCHES HAVE A PAWL SPRING TAB THAT MAY BREAK. THIS CONDITION WILL TYPICALLY PREVENT THE DOOR FROM LATCHING. IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE THE DOOR IS ABLE TO BE CLOSED, THE DOOR MAY UNLATCH WHILE DRIVING, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURY. SERVICE ACTION DEALERS ARE TO REPLACE ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES. THIS SERVICE MUST BE PERFORMED ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES AT NO CHARGE TO THE VEHICLE OWNER. HOWEVER THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT SHUT LAST WEEK. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE RECALL HAS BEEN CLOSED OUT. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER WHICH THEN I WAS QUOTED THE PARTS AND LABOR OF THE JOB. I CONTACTED FORD RELATIONS STATING THIS STILL FALLS UNDER THE DESCRIPTION OF 15S16 HOWEVER THEY CANNOT REOPEN THE RECALL ONCE IT HAS BEEN CLOSED. THE RECALL 15S16 IS POINTLESS IF THE REPLACEMENT PART ISN'T GOING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MY DOOR STILL DOESN'T LATCH AND MAY FLY OPEN AT NO WARNING.*DT CONTACT STATED DURING RUSH TRAFFIC PASSENGER FRONT DOOR FLEW OPEN.*JB

DRIVER DOOR LATCH, WHICH WAS REPLACED UNDER RECALL 15S16 IN FEB 2016 AT 57K MILES, FAILED TO LATCH IN OCT 2019 AT 108K MILES. DEALER VERIFIED THAT THE BROKEN LATCH THEY REMOVED WAS ONE OF THE UPGRADED PARTS. DOOR LATCH WORKED FINE THE NIGHT BEFORE BUT FAILED IN THE MORNING WHEN I WENT TO CLOSE MY DOOR AND THE DOOR BOUNCED OPEN AGAIN. CAR WAS NOT IN MOTION OR EVEN STARTED YET WHEN THE REPLACEMENT LATCH FAILED. CAR IS GARAGED, NO ADVERSE WEATHER THAT DAY OR THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. THE REPLACEMENT PART LASTED LESS TIME THAN THE ORIGINAL WORKING LATCH THAT WAS REPLACED AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE UNDER RECALL.*DT

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IN DRIVEWAY WHEN BACK PASSENGER DOOR SPRUNG OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE BACK. APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING ON DIRT ROAD CLOSE TO HOME THE DRIVER DOOR SPRUNG OPEN AND AGAIN WOULD NOT SHUT (VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION). WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR THE LATCH THAT SECURES THE DOOR TO THE CAR WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. BOTH DOORS HAVE EXHIBITED THE EXACT FAILURE.

ON 9/30/2019, AFTER LOADING MY 4 YEAR OLD INTO A BOOSTER SEAT ADJACENT THE DRIVER'S-SIDE REAR DOOR, I CLOSED THE DOOR AND, AS I PULLED OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE DRIVER'S-SIDE REAR DOOR SLOWLY OPENED UP. I REACHED BACK TO CLOSE IT AGAIN AND IT JUST BOUNCED CLOSED AND THEN OPEN AGAIN. FINDING A PLACE TO PARK, I EXAMINED THE LATCH, WHICH WOULD NOT CATCH AT ALL WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. I HAD TO USE ROPES AND BUNGEE CORDS TO SECURE THE DOOR TO GET HOME AND MY 4 YEAR OLD HAD TO RIDE IN THE FRONT SEAT SINCE I COULDN'T RISK HIM BEING IN THE BACK WITH A DOOR THAT WASN'T SECURE. TODAY, 10/1/2019, I CONTACTED FORD LEGACY IN MCDONOUGH GA AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT WHILE THERE WAS A RECALL OUT FOR 2013 FUSION FOR LATCH FAILURES, MY VEHICLE WASN'T SUBJECT TO THE RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $250 FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH IS BEING PERFORMED NOW.*DT*JB

I TOOK MY CAR IN TO WATSON FORD IN JACKSON, MS IN 2017 TO BE RECALL SERVICED. THEY FIXED EVERYTHING..INCLUDING MY DOOR LATCHES. I HAD TO BRING IT BACK IN JUNE 18 BECAUSE THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR SWING OPEN AND MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE SEAT & COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT. NOW, MY BACK DOOR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH HAS DONE THE VERY SAME THING. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TALK TO THE FORD COMPANY, TRYING TO GET THEM TO FIX THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT BUT THEY REFUSE. I WAS DRIVING BOTH TIMES & BOTH TIMES MY CHILD'S LIFE WAS ENDANGERED. THEY'VE BEEN RUDE & UNHELPFUL. I ONLY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE SAFELY WITHOUT MY CAR DOOR FLYING OPEN. THIS WILL BE THE 3RD PROBLEM CONCERNING THESE DOOR LATCHES. PLEASE HELP

RECALL OF DOOR LOCKS, FULLY REPLACED IN 2017. WAS AT WORK YESTERDAY AND THE DOOR LATCH FAILED JUST LIKE INITIAL INCIDENT. WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR & IT BOUNCED BACK LIKE SOMETHING WAS STOPPING IT FROM CLOSING. AS PER FORD THEY AREN'T RESPONSIBLE.

I WAS HIT FROM BEHIND WHILE STOPPED READY TO TURN IN TO MY DRIVE WAY PICKUP HIT ME ABOUT 40 MILE PER HR.PUSH ME ACROSS THE STREET INTO SOME MEDAL PIPES WHY DID THE AIR BAG DID NOT GO OFF?????I WAS ON A STATE HIGHWAY

PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCHES BROKE WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. THE CAR WAS PARKED BOTH TIMES AND WHEN EXITING THE CAR AND TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOORS, THEY DO NOT LATCH SHUT AND ONLY REMAIN OPEN.*DT *TP

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING, THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT COASTED THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR; HOWEVER, THE LOCK MECHANISM FAILED. THE CONTACT HELD THE DOOR AND DROVE SLOWLY TO HER RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED TED RUSSELL FORD LINCOLN (8551 KINGSTON PIKE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37919, (865) 693-7611) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 99,707.

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH IS NON FUNCTIONAL. A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF 2013 FORD FUSION VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR THIS ISSUE. A FORD DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPAIR THE NON FUNCTIONING DOOR LATCH, THEY CLAIM MY VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE RECALL. I AM NOW LEFT WITH A NON OPERATIONAL VEHICLE DUE TO THE DOORS INABILITY TO BE SECURED PROPERLY.

WAS DRIVING IN TOWN (LESS THAN 45 MPH) WHEN I TURNED A CORNER MY BACK DOOR CAME OPEN ON ITS OWN. THANKFULLY, MY 5YR OLD WAS BUCKLED IN TIGHT HIS BOOSTER BECAUSE HE WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE. THERE WAS NO AJAR LIGHTS OR SOUNDS THAT THE DOOR MAY HAVE BEEN OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE LAST TIME THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, IT LATCHED SECURELY AND WAS NOT AN ISSUE. THE DOOR NOW WILL NOT LATCH AT ALL, IT WILL CLOSE BUT THE LATCH WILL NOT HOLD IT CLOSED. THERE WAS A RECALL REPAIR ALREADY DONE ON THIS VEHICLE FOR THE VERY SAME PROBLEM (RECALL # 15S16) IN 2016. SO THIS WOULD BE A REOCCURRING FAILURE AFTER THE RECALL REPAIR WAS COMPLETED. FORD WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE 2ND REPAIR OF THE VERY SAME FAILURE AS THE ORIGINAL RECALL, SINCE IT WAS 3 YRS AFTER THE FIRST REPAIR.*DT*JB

RECALL # 15S16 ON MY 2013 FORD FUSION TITANIUM VIN # [XXX] FOR DOOR SAFETY LATCH REPLACEMENT. FORD MARKED THIS "IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL JUNE 2016" ON JAN 13, 2018 I TOOK MY ABOVE MENTIONED VEHICLE TO GIBBONS FORD 704 MARTIN F. GIBBONS BLVD, DICKSON CITY PA 18519 SERVICE ADVISOR WAS 128 [XXX]. MY MILEAGE WAS 52616 UPON DROP OFF. UPON PICK UP I WAS INFORMED TECH VERIFIED RECALLS AND TECH VERIFIED PROPER OPERATION AS PER RECALL 15S14. H DOOR LATCH REPLACEMENT ALL OPEN RECALLS BE. ON APPROXIMATELY 07/19/19 WHILE ENROUTE TO WORK MY FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FLUNG OPEN WITH GREAT FORCE THAT STARTLED ME. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO SECURE THE DOOR BUT THE DOOR BOUNCED BACK OPEN. ONCE AGAIN I TRIED TO SECURE THE DOOR AND IT FAILED TO SECURE. THE VEHICLE DOOR WAS SECURED USING ROPE THAT WAS TIED AROUND THE DOOR FRAME FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR TO THE FRAME OF THE BACK PASSENGER DOOR. SKIP AHEAD TO 08/06/19 THE EARLIEST DAY COCCIA FORD 577 E. MAIN ST WILKES-BARRE PA 18702 COULD LOOK AT THE VEHICLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. MILEAGE DROPPED OFF AT 66098. SKIP AHEAD 08/07/19 SERVICE MANAGER FRANK DOMINICK STATES ON MY PAPERWORK THAT RF DOOR LATCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. FRANK [XXX] ALSO STATES THAT VEHICLE DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE DOOR LATCH RECALL. HE THEN STATES NO TSB'S OR SSM'S FOUND FOR THIS CONCERN. THE PART THAT WAS PUT ON MY VEHICLE BY COCCIA WAS BE8Z 5421812B DESCRIPTION LATCH $158.55 I WAS THEN CHARGED FOR LABOR $104.95 THE LINE TOTAL WAS $263.50. I HAD NO OTHER CHOICE OTHER THAN TO PAY THIS VERY STEEP BILL. I PAID AND OBTAINED THE DEFECTED PART. I THE CUSTOMER TRIED TO PLEA MY CASE SEVERAL TIMES TO COCCIA FORD AND FORD SERVICE. I ASKED SEVERAL TIMES UPON MULTIPLE CALLS TO SPEAK WITH A SUPERVISOR. FORD SERVICE FAILED TO CONNECT ME TO A SUPERVISOR EACH AND EVERY CALL. I AM ASKING TO BE FULLY COMPENSATED FOR THE SAFETY RECALL DEFECT. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY. DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AT ALL.

LAST YEAR, OUR BACK PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. WE DID A SIMPLE SEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON SOME 2013 FORD FUSIONS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE. WHEN WE TOOK IT IN TO THE FORD DEALER, THEY SAID OUR SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER WAS NOT UNDER RECALL BUT THAT IT WAS A "BROKEN PAWL SPRING TAB" WHICH RESIDES INSIDE THE CAR DOOR, THAT WAS THE ISSUE. WE PAID FOR THE REPAIR. LAST WEEK, THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENED TO THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR (DIFFERENT DOOR). BOTH TIMES IT HAPPENED AS WE WERE GETTING INTO THE CAR WHILE IT WAS STILL PARKED. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO SINCE OUR SPECIFIC VIN NUMBER WAS NOT UNDER RECALL. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING TO US BECAUSE IT IS OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE PART AND NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED THAT, ACCORDING TO FORD, EVEN IF THE DOOR DOES SHUT, IT COULD COME OPEN AGAIN WITHOUT WARNING. IF WE ARE DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE WITH OUR KIDS IN THE CAR AND THE DOOR COMES OPEN WITHOUT WARNING DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PART, WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN. SINCE THIS HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO 2 OUT OF OUR 4 DOORS, WE CAN ONLY ASSUME IT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER 2 DOORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. *DT CONSUMER STATED FRONT PASSENGER AND RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCHES HAS BEEN REPLACED.*JB

PASSENGER DOOR LATCH LET GO DURING ON RAMP CORNERING RESULTING IN PASSENGER DOOR TO FLY OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. THIS LATCH WAS REPLACED BY FORD DURING A PREVIOUS RECALL A YEAR AGO.

YESTERDAY ON JULY 2ND, 2019 I PICKED MY FRIEND UP FROM THE AIRPORT. AS WE WERE DRIVING HOME THE DOOR LITERALLY UNLATCHED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE DOOR WOULDN'T CLOSE. IT WAS LIKE A MALFUNCTION. I CHECKED TO BE SURE THAT NOTHING WAS IN THE WAY TO PREVENT IT FROM CLOSING AND THERE WASN'T. I CONTACTED THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA AND WAS TOLD THEY HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE ON 2014 AND 2015 BUT NOT ON MY 2013 WHICH IS RIDICULOUS. I DID RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT ON (MARCH 27TH, 2017) THERE WAS THIS SAME RECALL ON THE 2013. NOW I'M BEING TOLD THAT I HAVE TO PAY $400 DUE TO MY WARRANTY RUNNING OUT A WEEK AGO. I'M CURRENTLY USING MY SEATBELT TO HOLD THE DOOR SHUT DUE TO THIS BEING MY ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WITH MY DAUGHTER IN THE FRONT SEAT, SHE HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR SHUT UNTIL I COULD PULL OVER. I HAD IT REPAIRED LAST THURSDAY AND TODAY (SUNDAY), THE SA.E THING HAPPENED TO THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR! WE FOUND THE RECALL ONLINE TODAY WHEN I ENTERED MY VIN. NOBODY WAS HURT THANKFULLY AND THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED.

CAR NEVER BEEN IN ACCIDENT IN FRONT. WAXED ALL THE TIME.. AND NOW RUST SROPE INDER THE PAINT. AND NOW THE PAINT CRACKED AND STARTING TO PEEL. ALOT OF REPORTS ARE SAYING THE SAM THING. ALSO THERE ARE RECALLS OUT FOR THAT ISSUE.

THE DOOR LATCHES STOP LATCHING AND NOT EVEN A LOCKED DOOR SECURES THE LATCH AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBER MAY FALL OUT OF THE CAR.

THE HOOD LATCH CONTINUES TO LOOSEN CAUSING MY HOOD NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. I HAVE NOTICED THAT MANY OTHER FUSIONS IN MY TOWN ARE DRIVING AROUND WITH HOODS THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY SHUTTING AS WELL.

FORD FUSION RECALL - RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH UNHOOKED, THE DOOR DOESN'T STAY CLOSED. RECALL WAS FOUND ON THIS SITUATION, AND FRONT RIGHT DOOR HAD THIS ISSUE ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND WAS CLAIMED TO BE FIXED. NOW REAR RIGHT DOOR IS HAVING THIS ISSUE AND IT IS ENTIRELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ANGELA KRAUSE FORD IN ROSWELL WAS CHARGING AROUND $500 TO REPLACE THIS DOOR LATCH, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS STAYING AT THEIR LOCATION WAITING FOR A WARRANTY TO COVER THE COSTS BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR, AND WE WERE STILL CHARGED FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FEE, JUST FOR THEM TO LOOK AT THE DOOR.

DOOR LATCH BROKEN. THIS TIME IT'S THE DRIVERS ENTRY DOOR. THIS IS THE 3RD DOOR LATCH TO BREAK AFTER THE DOOR LATCH RECALL 'FIX' THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED ON THIS VEHICLE. THIS LATCH BROKE WHILE STATIONARY, THE FIRST BROKEN LATCH OCCURRED WHEN MOVING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO REMAIN CLOSED AND THE PASSENGER DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

WHEN IT RAINS I GET A PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT FLOOR BOARDS..WE CANNOT FIND WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. THE DEALERSHIP IS SAYING IT'S COMING FROM A FAULTY SEAL AROUND THE WINDSHIELD.IT HAPPENS WHEN IN MOTION AND WHEN STATIONARY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER DOORS WOULD NOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND 17V209000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED; HOWEVER, THE RECALL NOTICE INSTRUCTED OWNERS TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED SUMMER OF 2018 FOR DOOR LATCH RECALL. ALL DOOR LATCHES WERE REPLACED PER THE RECALL. PRIOR TO THE RECALL REPAIR THE RIGHT REAR LATCH FAILED. ON 12/18/18 THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER LATCH FAILED ALLOWING THE DOOR TO OPEN WITH THE INABILITY TO CLOSE. DEALER REPLACED THIS LATCH UNDER WARRANTY ON 12/20/18. RECALL DIDN'T WORK. LATCHES ARE STILL FAILING.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD TODAY AND THE PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN. I ASKED ABOUT A RECALL LAST MONTH BECAUSE THE DOOR STOP CATCHING AND THE FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I DIDN'T HAVE THE RECALL FOR THE DOOR LATCH UNDER MY VIN #. DOOR FLEW OPEN ON THE STREET AS I WAS MAKING A TURN ON MY WAY TO WORK. LUCKILY I WAS CLOSE TO MY JOB SO I JUST DROVE A FEW BLOCKS WITH MY HAND HOLDING THE PASSENGER DOOR SHUT.

KEEP GETTING NOTICES ABOUT 15S16 FOR DOOR LATCH. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 5 TIMES SINCE FIRST NOTICE, PART IS NEVER IN STOCK. CAN'T GET SERVICE DONE UNTIL THEY'RE FORCED TO PROPERLY STOCK THIS PART, MEANWHILE I KEEP GETTING NOTICES I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

THE DOOR LATCH ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR FAILED DURING OPERATION AND THE DOOR OPENED WHILE UNDERWAY. TAKEN TO FORD TO BE FIXED AS I HAVE SEEN OTHER ISSUES WITH THE DOOR LATCH FAILING ON THE SAME VEHICLE. FORD SAID THIS WAS NOT A RECALLED PART. THE DOOR OPENED AND WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT AGAIN CAUSING ME TO TRY USE BY BELT AS A STRAP TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR WAS CLOSED, BUT OPENED INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR AGAIN, BUT THE DOOR LOCK DID NOT ENGAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO D&D MOTORS FORD (13655 WADE HAMPTON BLVD, GREER, SC 29651) WHERE THEY REPLACED THE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

DOOR LATCH RECALL. I HAVE A 2013 FORD FUSION THAT THE DRIVER LATCH FAILED. MY CAR WAS BUILT DURING THE TIME FRAME GIVEN IN THE RECALL AND THE PLANT THAT IT CAME FROM. FORD TELLS ME THAT MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL. BUT THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ME A CLEAR RESPONSE OTHER THAN MY VIN DOES NOT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY FOR THE RECALL. I AM GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ARE UNABLE TO GIVE ME THE EXACT REASON AS TO WHY IT IS NOT INCLUDED. I HAVE ATTACHED THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH FORD.

DOOR WON'T ENGAGE AND REMAINS OPENED, SO I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT FORD HAS NUMEROUS DOOR LATCH RECALLS AND IT APPEARED THAT MY FOCUS OF THE YEARS I OWN WAS INCLUDED. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND WHEN I PULLED IN, THE GREETING PERSON SAW MY BUNGIE CORD SYSTEM TO HOLD THE DOOR SOMEWHAT CLOSED AND HE SAID "OH I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE" OBVIOUSLY, HE HAS SEEN THIS MANY TIMES, HOWEVER, WHEN I WENT TO THE DESK, THE REP SAID MY VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT MYSELF. I LEFT AND CALLED FORD. I TOLD OF THE SITUATION AND SAID THIS IS DANGEROUS AND I WOULD HATE IF SOMETHING TRAGIC HAPPENED WHERE IT WOULD END UP IN A LAW SUIT OR ON THE NEWS. THE REP WHO WAS OBVIOUSLY IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND I COULD BARELY UNDERSTAND, SAID SHE WAS GOING TO EXPEDITE THIS AND SEND IT TO MY DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER AND I WAS TO CALL THE NEXT AFTERNOON. I CALLED WAS TRANSFERRED TO A VOICE MAIL WITH NO RESPONSE. I CALLED TWO DAYS LATER AND SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MGR WHO FOUND THE CASE BUT COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHEN WAS WRITTEN. HE SAID HE WOULD CALL ME BACK LATER WHICH HE DID AND TOLD ME THAT FORD WILL NOT COVER THIS. SO NOW I HAVE A CALL TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND AM AWAITING A RESPONSE.

GOT INTO THE CAR TO LEAVE THE STORE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. EXAMINED THE DOOR AND THE LATCH WAS BROKEN. RAN THE SEATBELT THROUGH THE HANDLE TO KEEP DOOR SHUT. TOOK TO DEALER AND HAD THEM REPLACE A BROKEN DOOR LATCH. CHECKED TO SEE IF CAR WAS COVERED UNDER RECALL FOR EXACT PROBLEM, BUT IT WAS NOT FOR SOME REASON.

RECALL ON DOOR LATCH WAS SERVICED ON NOV 3 2017 AT 85000 MILES. AND THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURED WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. CONTACTED HENNESSY FORD IN ALPHARETTA GA THAT DONE THE RECALL AND SAYS THERE'S NO WARRANTY ON RECALL REPAIRS.

DOOR LATCH FAILURE

I WAS PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE, WHILE SHOPPING AT GREENWAY DODGE AND FORD, I CAME ACROSS A 2013 FORD FUSION AND LOVED THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE BACK RIGHT DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE DUE TO A MANUFACTURE RECALL. I TOLD THE SALES MAN I LOVE THE VEHICLE BUT I WOULD NOT MAKE A DOWN PAYMENT UNTIL THEY FIXED IT. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I RECEIVED A CALL THAT THEY FIXED ALL 4 DOORS AND THE VEHICLE WAS READY. AFTER ABOUT TWO OR SO WEEKS FROM PICKING THE VEHICLE UP, I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WITH MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND MY DOG IN THE BACK (IF IT WAS MY DOG IN THE FRONT SEAT HE WOULD BE DEAD ON THE HIGHWAY). I RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHEN I FOUND OUT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED 2 PREVIOUS TIMES, ONCE IN APRIL AND ONCE IN JULY, CLAIMING THAT ALL 4 DOORS HAD BEEN REPLACED. I ONCE AGAIN HAD TO PUT MY VEHICLE IN THE SHOP AND RENT A CAR. THEN TODAY, I RECEIVE A CALL THAT THEY GAVE ME A COMPLETELY INVALID LICENSE PLATE. WHEN I WENT TO GET ANOTHER TAG AFTER MY TEMPORARY ONE EXPIRED THEY REFUSED TO PRINT ANOTHER ONE EVEN THOUGH I ONLY GOT ONE TEMPORARY. I EXPLAINED THAT I COULD NOT DRIVE WITHOUT A PLATE WHEN THE PERSON WORKING GAVE ME HARD PLATE AND TOLD ME IT WAS MINE. I RECENTLY JUST GOT MY FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. IF I WAS PULLED OVER WITH A PLATE THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED AND OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE I WOULD GET TICKETED (POSSIBLE ARRESTED), CAR IMPOUNDED, AND TONS OF FINES. THEY DID NOT TELL ME FOR A MONTH THAT THE LICENSE PLATE I HAD WAS NOT REGISTERED TO ME. I HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH THIS DEALERSHIP CONSTANTLY AND I HAVE ONLY OWNED THIS VEHICLE SINCE JULY (THERE IS DOCUMENTATION ON THE REPAIRS). I WANT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION FOR THE RISK THEY HAVE PUT MY GIRLFRIEND IN AND ALSO THE CARELESS MISTAKES THEY HAVE MADE WHILE DISPLAYING A LACK OF URGENCY.

THE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH WILL NOT OPERATE ALLOWING DOOR TO CLOSE. IT CAME OPEN WHEN MY DAUGHTER HAD IT AT COLLEGE. THERE WAS A POLICE REPORT DONE AND NO EVIDENCE OF A BREAK IN WAS FOUND. IT HAPPENED IN FLORENCE, AL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA. SHE SAID IT WAS PARKED WHEN IT HAPPENED.

I'VE HAD MY 3RD DOOR LATCH FAIL ON THIS CAR. DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. LATCHES FAILED TWICE PREVIOUSLY, ONCE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE FIRST AND THE THIRD TIME FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE PARKED. THIS COMPLAINT IS THE SAME AS THE ITEM COVERED IN RECALL CAMPAINS 17V210000 AND 15V246000 BUT FORD HAS REFUSED TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE UNDER THESE RECALL CAMPAIGNS STATING MY VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. CLEARLY WITH THREE FAILED DOOR LATCHES MY VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM THE SAME DEFECT, AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCHES. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE WITH MY FAMILY IN THIS VEHICLE.

HOOD LATCH IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE IS FAULTY. FORD DEALER MECHANIC EXPLAINED IT IS A COMMON ISSUE DUE TO THE SLACK IN THE CABLE AND STYLE OF SYSTEM. SAID THAT WHEN THEY REPAIR ISSUES THEY TIGHTEN THE CABLE TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION. $1175 TO REPAIR A COMMON ISSUE DUE TO FAULTY ENGINEERING. 2013 AND 2014 UNITS ARE THE ON MY 2 YEARS MANUFACTURED THIS WAY. LEADS ONE TO BELIEVE, FORD KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE.

WAS DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE AND MY DAUGHTER WAS IN FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND DOOR OPENED AND WILL NOT CLOSE.

THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT. I SAW A NEWS REPORT WHERE THE WAS A RECALL BUT FORD SAYS MY CAR WAS NOT ELIGIBLE. CAME OPEN AD I WAS DRIVING.*DT*JB

2013 FORD FUSION DOOR LOCKS. LAT YEAR 2017, I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE ABOVE VEHICLE FOR "DOORS OPENING BY THEMSELVES WHILST DRIVING. WELL, JUST PRIOR TO GETTING THE LOCKS REPLACED, MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN UPON TURNING A CORNER ON A BUSY MAIN ROAD AND THANKFULLY MY PASSENGER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT AS THEY ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE CAR. I HAD THE LOCKS REPLACED BY THE DEALERSHIP ON JANUARY 24TH 2017. WELL, TO MY SURPRISE LAST SUNDAY JULY 8TH, 2018, MY WIFE WAS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND AGAIN, I TURNED A CORNER ON A BUSY MAIN ROAD AND THE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. SHE TOO ALMOST FELL OUT OF THE CAR. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY ORDERED A NEW FRONT DOOR LOCK AND REPLACED IT YESTERDAY JULY 10TH 2018. HOWEVER, I WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WOULD NOT COVER THE COST AND I WAS CHARGED $257.21. THE DEALER SAID THAT THEY CONTACTED FORD WHO REFUSED TO PAY FOR IT BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD ALREADY REPLACED THE LOCKS IN 2017. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THE SAME THING AND REFUSED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN MY WIFE'S DEATH AND I NEED SOME HELP RECTIFYING THIS PROBLEM. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR AT THIS POINT IN THE EVENT THAT THIS HAPPENS AGAIN. PLEASE HELP.

I WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AS MY WIFE TOOK AN EXIT TO GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE PASSANGER SIDE DOOR RANDOMLY FLEW OPEN AS WE WERE TURNING ON THE RAMP.IF I DID NOT HAVE MY SEAT BELT ON I MAY HAVE FELL OUT!

FIRST INCIDENT WAS OPENING CAR DOOR TO RETRIEVE BELONGINGS. SHUT DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT LATCH SHUT. HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO GET THE DOOR TO SHUT BUT THEN IT OPENED WHILE DRIVING THE NEXT DAY. BUNGIED THE DOOR SHUT AND TOOK TO MECHANIC TO HAVE IT REPLACED AFTER CONTACTING 3 FOR DEALERSHIPS THAT SAID OUR VIN NUMBER WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH (WILL NOT CATCH OR LOCK). IT HAS A FAULTY LATCH LEAVING DOOR TO FLY OPEN. IT WILL ONLY LOCK ON IT'S OWN AFTER PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND DRIVE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT LOCKS. VERY DANGEROUS.

PASSENGER DOOR LATCH (FRONT SEAT) BROKEN WITHOUT WARNING, UNABLE TO KEEP DOOR CLOSED WHEN MOVING.. I WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THE LATCH PROBLEM ON THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE FUSION DOOR LATCH RECALL THAT AFFECTED OTHER 2013 FUSIONS. DEALER HAS NOW FIXED THE LATCH AND AT FIRST WAS GOING TO CHARGE ME THE ENTIRE $500 COST UNTIL I CALLED FORD DIRECTLY WHERE THEY AGREED (FORD) TO PAY MOST OF THE COST BUT NOT REPLACE OTHER UNAFFECTED DOOR LATCHES. THOUGH MY OUT OF POCKET COST WAS ONLY $53.50, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PREVIOUS FUSION RECALL DID NOT GO FAR ENOUGH TO INCLUDE OTHER 2013 FORD FUSIONS THAT MAY HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ATTEMPTED TO CLOSE THE DOOR WITH STRING. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL AT VICKSBURG FORD, LINCOLN, MAZDA (2431 N FRONTAGE RD, VICKSBURG, MS 39180). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DOOR ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER, BUT WAS NOT REPAIRED AGAIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE RECALL INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,000. *TT

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH DOES NOT LATCH. THIS WAS APPARENTLY SUPPOSED TO BE FIXED DECEMBER 2013.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WAS NOT SECURE. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DOOR WOULD NOT REMAIN SHUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (HIXSON FORD, 2506 S. MACARTHUR DR, ALEXANDRIA, LA) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR LATCH WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES WERE REPLACED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V210000(LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE CONTACT RECENTLY DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER'S DOOR EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL AND AFTER THE REMEDY REPAIR HAD BEEN PERFORMED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

THE CAR WON'T START! I WAS TOLD BY FORD TO REPLACE THE KEYFOB BATTERY. SO I DID. I REPLACED THE CAR BATTERY AND THE KEYFOB BATTERY AND THIS CAR WILL NOT START.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR REMAINED AJAR AND THE DOOR AJAR INDICATOR ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO GALPIN FORD (15505 ROSCOE BLVD, VAN NUYS, CA 91343) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR DOOR WAS DEFECTIVE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V210000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN REPAIRED PER THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,321.

DRIVING ON CITY STREET AND PASSENGER'S DOOR FLUNG OPEN WHEN I MADE A RIGHT TURN. I PULLED OVER AND TRIED TO SHUT & LOCK DOOR, HOWEVER IT WOULD NOT LATCH. AFTER RESEARCHING FOUND A RECALL ON LATCH DOORS OF THIS MODEL FORD (RECALL REFERENCE #15S16), HOWEVER MY VIN # WAS NOT ON RECALL. CONTACTED FORD DEALERSHIP AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EVEN THOUGH THIS EXACT PROBLEM WAS WHY THE RECALL WAS ISSUED, THEY WOULD NOT HONOR THE RECALL. WITH RESEARCH I FOUND THAT MY VEHICLE WAS MADE IN THE HERMOSILLO ASSEMBLY PLANT WHICH IS ONE OF THE PLANTS THE FAULTY PARTS CAME FROM. I WAS CHARGED $539.99 TO REPAIR DOOR. MY CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND I BELIEVE THAT THE RECALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO ME. I HAVE NEVER OWNED A VEHICLE THAT THE LATCH MALFUNCTIONED LIKE THIS NO MATTER HOW OLD IT WAS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS VEHICLE ADDED TO RECALL SO THAT I CAN RECOUP MY MONEY AND HAVE ALL THE OTHER DOOR LATCHES REPLACED FOR SAFETY.

"FORD DOOR LATCH RECALL" - HAVING ISSUES WITH DOOR LATCHES FOR MY FORD FUSION HYBRID THAT WERE REPLACED DURING A RECALL (BY ANOTHER DEALER). ISSUES HAVE STARTED SINCE THE RECALL, WITH EXCESSIVE VIBRATION OF THE DOORS, DOOR AJAR INDICATOR COMING ON DURING MOTION AND LATEST REAR PASSENGER DOOR NOT CLOSING , WHICH HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH MY CURRENT DEALER I HAVE BEEN WORKING (WITH FORD THRU) MY CURRENT DEALER FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND FINALLY HAD THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH CHANGED A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE DOOR VIBRATION AND DOOR AJAR INDICATOR COMING ON COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK THE RIGHT REAR DOOR FLEW OPEN DURING A TURN, BUT I IGNORED IT THINKING THE DOOR WAS NOT SHUT PROPERLY, STOPPED THE CAR SAFELY AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND HAD THE DOOR CLOSED. LAST WEEKEND REAR RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED TO CLOSE AND HAS REMAINED "UN-CLOSABLE" SINCE, I HAD TO TIE DOOR IN WITH SEATBELTS AND LIMP THE CAR BACK HOME. WENT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND WAS TOLD BY THEM THAT DOOR LATCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND THE COST OF PARTS AND LABOR WILL NOT BE COVERED AS THE RECALL WAS PAST WARRANTY (1 YEAR). CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND WAS TOLD THE SAME. I NOW HAVE CONCERNS OF THE SIMILAR ISSUES OCCURRING ON THE OTHER DOORS AND THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AS A WHOLE.

TAKATA RECALL DOOR LATCHES KEEP HAVING TO BE REPAIRED.SITTING STILL.GOT READY TO LEAVE FOR WORK TURNED THE CAR ON AND IT LIT REAR DOOR OPEN.GOT OUT TO CLOSE WOULD NOT LATCH..HAD TO CLICK THE LATCH UP A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR IT FINALLY CATCHING HAVE NOTICED RECALLS ON SOME MAKE AND MODELS BUT NOT THE OWN I OWN..AND I HAVE GOTTEN ANOTHER DOOR REPAIRED PRYOR TO THIS BACK DOOR.THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. RELEASED WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY.THE CAR HAD ABOUT 30000 MILES AT THAT TIME.NO ONE WAS HURT

UPON EXITING THE STATIONARY VEHICLE VIA THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR THE DOOR LATCH FAILED AND THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH CLOSED AT ALL. HAD TO BE TIED TO DRIVE TO SAFE LOCATION. LATCH HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER VEHICLE RECALL IN APRIL 2017, BUT APPARENTLY DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE.

MY VEHICLE HAD A RECALL JUST OVER A YEAR AGO TO GET ALL FOUR DOOR LATCHES REPLACED DUE TO THE SAFETY RISK OF IT BREAKING AND NOT SECURING THE DOOR DURING MOVEMENT. WE HAD THE VEHICLE SERVICED IN JUNE 2016 AND IN SEPTEMBER 2017 THE LATCH FAILED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THIS FAILURE WAS THE EXACT SAME TYPE THAT WAS STATED IN THE INITIAL RECALL. UPON TALKING TO A LOCAL FORD DEALER THEY SAID IT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER A TWO YEAR WARRANTY. THIS WAS NOT THE CASE AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE RECALL WAS ALREADY SERVICED THEY WOULD NOT OPEN ANOTHER CLAIM. WHILE TALKING TO ON OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS HE STATED THAT THE LATCHES WERE NOT A NEW MODEL AND JUST WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME MODEL THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON IT AND WAS JUST A NEW PART. IF A PART IS RECALLED I'D EXPECT A NEW VERSION THAT EXCEEDS THE SAFETY STANDARDS TO BE INSTALLED. I ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH NO HELP AND HAVE SINCE FILED A CLAIM WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU.

15S16 RECALL. MY VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT TO FORD RECALL 15S16. PARTS WERE REPLACED UNDER RECALL ABOUT 18 MONTHS AFTER THE REPAIR WAS DONE MY DOOR LATCH FAILED AGAIN.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH WHEN WAS PARK. CANNOT CLOSE DOOR.

MY 2013 FORD FUSION CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING ON THE 405 FREEWAY. WE BARELY GOT OUT ALIVE AND THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY INCINERATED...BURNT TO PIECES ! IRECEIVED A RECALL FOR ENGINE FIRES AFTER THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND NEARLY TOOK OUR LIVES!!. MY 8 YEAR OLD DISABLED DAUGHTER IS SO TRAUMATIZED FROM THIS CAR FIRE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FORD CAN CONTINUE TO STILL MAKE THESE DEATH TRAP CARS.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR OPENED UP IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. IT SEEMS LIKE THE LATCH OPERATION IS NOT WORKING. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL ON 2013 FORD FUSION REGARDING DOOR LATCH BUT SERVICE ADVISOR AND FORD INFORM ME THAT MY PARTICULAR CAR IS NOT PART OF RECALL EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXACT SAME ISSUE AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL 15S16. I WAS LUCKY THAT MY DOOR OPENING AUTOMATICALLY DID NOT HIT ANYONE.

FORD RECALL 17S09 TO REPLACE FAILING DOOR LATCHES WAS COMPLIED WITH IN DECEMBER 2015. A REPLACED DOOR LATCH HAS FAILED AGAIN INDICATING THE REPLACEMENT LATCHES ARE STILL DEFECTIVE. FORD HAS ALSO DECLINED TO COVER THE BROKEN PART UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN MY WIFE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP OUR TODDLER FROM DAYCARE. WHEN SHE CLOSED THE DOOR, IT WOULD NOT LATCH. THE LOCAL FORD DEALER INSPECTED THE LATCH AND DID AGREE THAT IT HAD FAILED.

DOOR LATCHES ARE DEFECTED. PASSENGER DOOR SWUNG OPEN AS I WAS DRIVING ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THIS IS NOT SAFE! THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A RECALL FOR THE DOOR LATCHES ON THE 2013 & 2014 FORD FUSIONS. I HAVE A 2013 FORD FUSION, HOWEVER, FORD CLAIMS THEY CANNOT COVER THIS BECAUSE THE RECALL FOR THIS PART DOESN'T PERTAIN TO MY VEHICLE SINCE MY VEHICLE WAS BUILT IN 2012. THIS IS ABSURD! THIS ISSUE COULD POSSIBLY LEAD TO A MAJOR ACCIDENT!

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO. FORD SERVICE TOLD ME ALL 4 DOOR LATCHES HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNDER RECALL. YESTERDAY (7/25/17) DRIVER DOOR LATCH FAILED. COST IS $100 DEDUCTIBLE TO REPLACE AS LATCHES ARE >1 YR OLD. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY PROBLEM IF THE RECALLED AND REPLACED DOOR LATCHES ARE FAILING. THE DOOR LATCHES FAIL SIMPLY WHEN GETTING IN A CAR AND CLOSING THE DOOR. THE DOORS WILL NO LONGER REMAIN CLOSED. THE LATCH IS PLASTIC AND SIMPLY WIGGLES IN THE LATCH SLOT WHEN DEFECTIVE. I HAD TO USE RATCHET STRAPS TO KEEP THE DOORS CLOSED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 23 MILES AWAY. PLASTIC QUICKLY DETERIORATES IN THE TEXAS SUMMER HEAT, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME ON WHEN THESE WILL FAIL REGULARLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DID NOT LOCK AND REMAINED SECURED. THE DISPLAY INDICATED THAT THE DOOR WAS OPENED AND THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BLUE SPRINGS FORD LOCATED IN BLUE SPRING, MISSOURI WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR LATCH WAS FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V210000(LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 87,000. UPDATED 09/06/17 *BF *CN

"TAKATA RECALL" PASSENGER DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON 6/29/17. DOOR LATCH WILL NOT LATCH ONTO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHUT DOOR. CURRENT STATUS OF THE SITUATION IS AN APPT WITH MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP ON 7/10/17. NO RECALL ON MY VIN BUT THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL ON 2013-2014 FUSION MODELS ASSEMBLIED IN MEXICO.

THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WON'T STAY CLOSED. THE INTERNAL LATCH IS BROKEN SO THE DOOR CAN FLY OPEN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT THE DOOR HANDLE BEING OPENED. FURTHER, THE DOOR WILL CLOSE FAR ENOUGH TO NOT TRIGGER A DOOR OPEN SENSOR, SO THE DRIVER WOULDN'T NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. CALLING THE DEALERSHIP, THEY DIDN'T SOUND SURPRISED AT ALL AND SAID THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING ON FORD FIESTA'S, BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS FOR A FORD FUSION. THE DEALERSHIP, JORDON FORD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, PROCEEDED TO ASK ME TO HOOK UP BUNGEE CORDS TO THE DOOR AND DRIVE IT THERE. I REFUSED AND THEY FINALLY SENT A TOW TRUCK. I NOTICED THIS PROBLEM WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS AT HOME IN THE GARAGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT INITIALLY OCCURRED AND IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY IT WAS DRIVEN WITH THIS PROBLEM. I'M SURE IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT IF THIS HAPPENED TO ONE DOOR, IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF THE DOORS AND CAUSE A SERIOUS HAZARD IF A DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY RECALLS FOR FORD FUSIONS RELATED TO THIS. I HAVE A VIDEO SHOWING THAT THE DOOR WON'T CLOSE PROPERLY, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE THIS PROBLEM IN A STILL PHOTO. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE VIDEO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND IT ALONG.

DOOR LATCHES WERE RECALLED AND REPLACED MARCH 2016, DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH THEN FAILED BEGINNING OF APRIL 2017 (ONE YEAR AND ONE WEEK AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED). IT APPEARS FORD'S FIX TO THE ORIGINAL RECALL WAS NOT A GOOD ONE. BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN ONE YEAR PAST THE REPLACEMENT, I WAS MADE TO PAY FOR THIS.

THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR LATCH DOESN'T WORK CORRECTLY. I HAVE TO PULL ON THE DOOR AND IT TAKE ME ABOUT 5 MINUTE FOR THE DOOR TO LOCK. I'M HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO GET IN MY CAR. THE DOOR HAS OPEN SLIGHTLY WHEN I AM DRIVING. MY CAR IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL OF 2015 BUT THE PART TO FIX IS GOING ON 3 WEEKS IN BACK ORDER.

DOOR LATCH SAFETY RECALL 15S16 THIS RECALL REPLACEMENT WAS MADE ON 12/2015 FOR THE VEHICLE. ON 4/8/2017 THE VEHICLE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE OR LOCK. IT ACTUALLY OPENS WHILE MOVING AND HAD TO BE SECURED VIA BUNGEE CORD TO MAKE IT TO THE CLOSEST DEALERSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, ACCORDING TO FORD MOTOR CO, ONCE THE RECALL IS COMPLETED ON THE VEHICLE, THE WARRANTY ONLY LASTS FOR ONE YEAR. THEREFORE, THE WARRANTY RAN OUT ON 12/2016 FOR THE RECALLED REPLACEMENT PART. FORD MOTOR COMPANY WILL NOT HONOR THE REPLACED PART AND IN FACT STATES THAT IT WILL COST ME $500 TO FIX. THIS IS A MAJOR RECALL ISSUE FOR FORD AND THE RECALL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TWICE SINCE THE ORIGINAL ONE. I WILL ATTACH THE INFORMATION BELOW. WITHOUT THE LATCH, THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE, UNABLE TO BE LOCKED, AND CAUSES THE INTERIOR LIGHTING SYSTEM TO BE CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. I WANT AN INVESTIGATION ON THE REPLACEMENT DOOR LATCH PARTS. I DO NOT FEEL AS THE OTHER DOORS ARE SAFE EITHER SINCE THEY WERE APPARENTLY REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME UNDER THE RECALL. FORD SHOULD PAY FOR THIS ISSUE AS THE ORIGINAL FIX IS DEFECTIVE. THIS RECALL AFFECTS OVER 2 MILLION CARS. FORD ALSO TOLD ME IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER VEHICLES, THEY COULD DO AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION ON THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. IF A RECALL IS IN FACT MADE ON THE PART A 2ND TIME, I WOULD NOT QUALIFY IF FORD HELPS TO REDUCE THE COST I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THIS ISSUE NOW. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED! I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT THIS VEHICLE IS MAINLY USED M-F FOR A WORK VEHICLE FOR A SINGLE DRIVER, NO PASSENGERS. THE DRIVER ALSO HAS BEEN DEPLOYED MANY MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF THIS VEHICLE AND THAT DOOR HASN'T BEEN USED MUCH. I COULD ALSO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION FOR THOSE DATES, AS WELL. PLEASE OPEN AN INVESTIGATION ON THIS ISSUE, AS IT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY PROBLEM!

WHILST MAKING A TURN THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN AND NOW WILL NOT CLOSE/LOCK, HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT WHILST IN MOTION, FORD HAS RECALLED THE FUSION FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT MY VIN IS NOT ONE OF THEM. SURELY THOSE FAULTY LATCHES ARE IN MY VEHICLE TOO!

DRIVER DOOR DOES NOT SHUT

THE PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS TURNING A CORNER. I STOPPED TO TRY AND CLOSE THE DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. THIS DOOR LATCH WAS SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED DURING A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BEEP TURNED ON, THE DASHBOARD SYMBOL SAID, "DOOR AJAR," AND STOPPED THE CAR. MY PASSENGER COULDN'T CLOSE THE DOOR. SHE HAD TO HOLD IT CLOSE TO GET TO OUR DESTINATION BECAUSE WE WERE 10 MILES FROM OUR HOME AND ON A BUSY HIGHWAY (HWY 301).

RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE IN MOTION ENTERING MY PARKING GARAGE. PASSENGER DOOR WON'T CLOSE AT ALL.

I TRADED THIS CAR INTO THE COVERT FORD DEALERSHIP LAST 8-2016. THE DOOR WOULDN'T CLOSE AND I WENT TO TRADE THE CAR IN THIS WAS THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM LISTED IN THE DOOR LATCH RECALL. THEY MADE ME PAY FOR THE PARTS TO FIX THE DOOR, MY VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I WAS UNAWARE OF THE FORD DOOR LATCH PROBLEM AND MY DAD HAD TOLD ME AFTER THE FACT THERE WERE RECALL PROBLEMS AND ARTICLES ALL OVER THE INTERNET. MY VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED IN MEXICO, AND THIS WAS A SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT FORD TO REPORT THIS AND EXPAND THE RECALL AND I GET ABSOLUTELY NO WHERE. I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT GETTING REFUNDED FOR WHAT THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME AT TRADE IN. I WAS AMAZED THAT FORD NEW OF THE PROBLEM AND STILL DID NOTHING, TO TRY AND EXPAND THE RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. I WAS HOPING TO GET SOME HELP OR GETTING SOME FURTHER INFORMATION FROM YOU ALL.

DOOR LATCH RECALL YESTERDAY, IN THE RAIN, I STARTED TO DRIVE ON A CITY STREET AND MY FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED AND MY DASH INDICATED THE DOOR WAS OPEN SO I PULLED OVER, GRABBED THE HANDLE AND TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR...WELLL, THE DOOR WOULDN'T LOCK, IT KEPT OPENING, SO I MADE A LOOP THROUGH THE DOOR HANDLE, USING MY BELT AND DROVE WITH ONE HAND ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND ONE HAND ON MY BELT TO TRY AND HOLD THE DOOR CLOSED. I LOOKED ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THERE WAS A DOOR LATCH RECALL LAST YEAR AFFECTING ALMOST 2.4 MILLION CARS, WHICH MY YEAR AND MODEL WERE INVOLVED.I NEVER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THEN I CHECKED ONLINE FOR ACTIVE RECALLS FOR MY VEHICLE AND THE DOOR LATCH WAS NOT ON THERE. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THIS MORNING AND THEY SAID MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THEIR RESPONSE SO THE GAVE ME FORD CORPORATE'S PHONE NUMBER. I CONTACTED THEM, THEY GAVE ME THE SAME RESPONSE AS THE DEALERSHIP BUT WAS GOING TO DOCUMENT IT AND TO KEEP MY RECEIPT, FOR THE REPAIRS, IN CASE MY VIN GETS ADDED TO THE RECALL. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMPLAINTS IT TAKES FOR YOU TO INVESTIGATE THIS, TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL, BUT THIS SITUATION IS CLEARLY UNSAFE AND LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THIS WAS NOT A RESULT OF ANYBODY TRYING TO BREAK INTO MY CAR OR ANYTHING ELSE...THIS IS CLEARLY A DOOR LATCH ISSUE AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MORE VEHICLES INVOLVED IN THIS RECALL THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNT FOR. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND I SHOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR THIS UP FRONT.

PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AND SWINGS OPEN.

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH BROKE AGAIN, ONE YEAR AND 5 MONTHS AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED PURSUANT TO A RECALL. FORD WILL NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY ON THE PART OR LABOR AND HAVE ASKED ME TO PAY MORE THAN $500 TO REPAIR IT. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE DOOR CAN SWING WIDE OPEN WHILE CAR IS IN MOTION PUTTING ALL PASSENGERS AT RISK OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. LUCKILY, THE PROBLEM WAS DISCOVERED AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED, PASSENGER EXITED AND DOOR WOULD NOT SHUT ANY LONGER.

FORD DOOR LATCH ISSUE. DOOR IS VERY DIFFICULT TO LATCH SHUT, EVEN WHEN THE DOOR DOES LATCH SHUT, IT HAS A FREQUENT HABIT OF POPPING OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD OF THE ISSUE. FORD HAS REFUSED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT MINE IS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. THIS IS THE SECOND FORD I HAVE OWNED THAT HAS HAD THE SAME ISSUE AS OTHER VEHICLES THAT WERE ON THE RECALL LIST BUT MINE WERE NOT. VERY DISSATISFIED WITH FORD, THEIR PRODUCT, AND THERE CUSTOMER RELATIONS FOR NOT GETTING THIS RESOLVED. NEVER AGAIN SHALL I OWN ANOTHER FORD PRODUCT. BUYERS BEWARE, IF YOU PURCHASE A FORD, IT WILL LIKELY HAVE SAFETY ISSUES AND NO, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT FOR YOU. BY THE WAY, THE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO FIX THE ISSUE IS MONOPOLIZED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. WHAT SEEMS TO BE A CHEAP FOREIGN MADE $5 PRODUCT IS A WHOPPING $186 FROM FORD. AGAIN, BUYER BEWARE. *TR

RIGHT REAR DOOR LATCH FAILED WHILE MAKING LEFT TURN SWINGING OPEN

PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT LATCH. THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY SHUT AND IT OPENS EASILY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE DOOR OPENED WHEN I WAS BRAKING. THE DOOR ALSO OPENS BY ITSELF WHEN I MAKE LEFT TURNS. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND I WAS TOLD I NEEDED TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET.

LATCH ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR THAT HAD BEEN REPLACED UNDER RECALL (FORD RECALL 15S16, NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 15V250000) FAILED AND CAUSED DOOR TO OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING. I HAD TO PHYSICALLY HOLD THE DOOR TO KEEP IT SHUT IN ORDER TO GET THE CAR HOME AND THEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD IT TOWED INSTEAD OF DRIVING IT. FORD FAILED TO REPLACE PART UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE OF NUMBER OF MILES THAT HAD BEEN DRIVEN SINCE THE LATCH WAS REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL. FORD PART # USED TO REPLACE LATCH WAS FE8Z 5421813 C. *TR

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH IS NOT WORKING. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE "DOOR IS AJAR" ALERT CAME ON. THERE WAS A CHILD IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME.

8/15/15 VEHICLE WENT IN FOR REPLACEMENT/PAINTING OF TWO NEW FRONT DOORS DUE TO RUST AT INSIDE EDGES. TODAY 10/16/16, NOTICED PAINT BUBBLING AT THE EDGE OF THE HOOD IN THE SAME MANNER. BOTH AT AN AREA WHERE THE METAL IS "CRIMPED" AT EDGE.

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT LATCH ALLOWING DOOR TO BE SECURELY SHUT. DOOR HAD TO BE TIED SHUT UNTIL REPAIRS COULD BE MADE. DEALER SAID IT WAS KNOWN DEFECT BUT CHARGED FOR REPAIR.

PASSENGER REAR DOOR LATCH WOULD NOT PROPERLY INTERLOCK, MEANING DOOR WOULDN'T STAY SHUT. THIS HAPPENED IN A STATIONARY POSITION WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR TO GET A PASSENGER OUT THEN I WENT TO CLOSE THE DOOR, HAVING THE DOOR BOUNCE BACK TO ME. TO NOTE: A RECENT RECALL WAS ADMINISTERED DUE TO FAULTY LATCHES AND I HAD IT REPLACED AT FORD IN FEB 2016... 8 MONTHS LATER ISSUE RESURFACED, NOT COOL.

THE PASSENGER DOOR LATCH STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO USE ROPE TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THE LATCH WAS INTERNALLY FAULTY AND WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED AGAIN, THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED 14 MONTHS AGO. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR IT UNDER THE RECALL. I TOOK THE CAR BACK AND IT IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WITH THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT SHUT AND I HAD TO HOLD IT CLOSE WITH A BUNGEE CORD. BILL UTTER FORD IN DENTON, TX. SAID THIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THEY CHARGED ME TO FIX THE ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED AND HAVE THE REMAINING DOORS FIXED. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THE FAULTY DOOR LATCH.

THE REAR PASSENGER-SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE, LEAVING THE DOOR JUST SWINGING OPEN AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED. WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER, WHO LOOKED UP THE VIN AND FOUND THAT ANOTHER DOOR LATCH ON THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPLACED PREVIOUSLY. I INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT THIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN RECALLED FOR DOOR LATCHES, AND THAT ALL 4 WERE TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED. HOWEVER, APPARENTLY ONLY ONE ON THIS VEHICLE WAS CORRECTED. WE HAD ONLY OWNED THE CAR FOR 2-1/2 MONTHS WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND HAD NEVER BEEN ADVISED OF THE RECALL. I COMPLAINED TO FORD, AND WAS TOLD THE RECALL WAS CLOSED. SINCE THE RECORDS SHOW ONLY ONE LATCH WAS REPAIRED WHEN ALL WERE SUPPOSED TO BE, IT WOULD SEEM THAT I SHOULD GET REIMBURSED FOR THE LATCH I HAD TO FIX AS WELL AS GETTING THE OTHER 2 REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLAW THAT COULD RESULT IN THE DOOR FLYING OPEN WHILE BEING DRIVEN!

THERE REAR DOOR LATCH WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE AT ALL, THEREFORE THE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED. THE DOOR OPENED ON ITS OWN WHILE GOING AROUND A CORNER.

RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING.AS LATCH ASSEMBLY WAS FACULTY.

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILS TO CLOSE. WILL NOT LATCH. HAPPENED WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED. HAD TO WRAP SEAT BELT AROUND IT TO GET IT TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. DEALER CLAIMS IT IS NOT UNDER RECALL.

ON FRIDAY 8/05/16 WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN IMPERIAL, CA, THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR OPENED. I ATTEMPTED TO SHUT THE DOOR MANY TIMES BUT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND DRIVE THE REST OF THE WAY HOME (TWO BLOCKS) HOLDING THE DOOR WITH ONE HAND. THE DOOR WILL NOT SHUT AND JUST SPRINGS BACK WHEN IT SHOULD HOLD SHUT. AFTER A SEARCH ONLINE I DISCOVERED THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL FOR MY CAR, WHEN I CALLED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP TO REPORT IT AND TAKE IT IN THEY STATED MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST AND I WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT FORD CO. I SPOKE WITH FORD CO. THEY INFORMED ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE MY CARE IN FOR A "DIAGNOSTIC CHECK" SINCE I COULD NOT PROVE OVER THE PHONE SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. I ONCE AGAIN CONTACTED MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO HAVE MY CAR FIXED AND PAY $300 I WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT READY THE FOLLOWING DAY BUT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK IT WOULD BE THREE WEEKS. I WAS ALSO TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO PAY PRIVATELY UNTIL FORD CO. ADDED MY VIN NUMBER TO THE RECALL LIST.

A RECALL HAS BEEN SENT REGARDING FAILING DOOR LATCHES THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED. I HAVE TRIED FOR APPROX. 2 MONTHS TO GET THE DEALER TO FIX THIS. THEY SAY THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER, BUT I GET FORD MAILINGS THAT THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. I CANNOT GET ANY DEFINITIVE INFO FROM THE DEALER, DON BOHN FORD. I CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL OF A FAILING DOOR LATCH TO BE LIFE THREATENING AND AM NOT GETTING ANY RESPONSE FROM THE DEALER. I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAY THEY WILL GET BACK TO ME. THIS GOES UNRESOLVED.

I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE PASSENGER DOOR NOT LATCHING PROPERLY. FORD HAS ADVISED IT'S NOT PART OF THE LARGE RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE.

DOOR LATCH RECALL. LAST MONTH (JULY 2016) THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OF MY 2013 FORD FUSION FLEW OPEN WHILE WE WERE DRIVING. IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. WE LATER LEARNED FORD HAS RECALLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2013 FORD FUSIONS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM. WE WERE TOLD OUR VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE HAD NO OPTION BUT TO PAY THE NEARLY $500 COTS OF REPLACING THE FAULTY DOOR LATCH. NOW, ONLY ONE MONTH LATER (AUGUST 2016), THE REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR OF MY CAR FLEW OPEN AND WOULD NOT CLOSE, AGAIN DUE TO A FAULTY DOOR LATCH. MY CAR IS NOT EVEN 3 YEARS OLD, AND I HAVE SPENT NEARLY $1000 TO REPLACE PARTS THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR. IT IS INFURIATING THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, AND FORD IS DOING NOTHING TO HELP. I NOW HAVE THE OPTION OF SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL $1000 OR RISK HAVING THE OTHER TWO DOOR LATCHES FAIL AS WELL. THE MOST DISHEARTENING ASPECT IS THE TREMENDOUS SAFETY ISSUE THIS PROBLEM CREATES, WHICH MAKES MY "CHOICE" NOT REALLY A CHOICE AT ALL. FOR THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY OR OTHERS WHO MAY BE RIDING IN MY CAR, I SIMPLY MUST PAY TO HAVE THE OTHER DOOR LATCHES REPLACED. I HAVE MADE NUMEROUS CALLS TO FORD, AND THEY JUST REFER ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ASSISTANCE. THE DEALERSHIP IN TURN SENDS ME BACK TO FORD. I HAVE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH NEITHER PARTY SHOWING ANY INTEREST IN HELPING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

A WEEK AGO MY SON TRIED TO CLOSE THE BACK DOOR BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT. THERE WAS A POLICE OFFICER THERE WHO TRIED TO HELP, THEY GOT DUCT TAPE AND CLOSED IT AND WE TOOK IT TO OUR REPAIR SHOP. THEY HAD TO REPAIR THE LATCH AND ANOTHER PART AND MENTIONED THE RECALL. WE PAID THEM $330 TO REPAIR, WE THEN CALLED FORD AND FOUND OUR VIN # WAS NOT IN THE RECALL. WE SPENT 4 HOURS ON THE PHONE WITH EVERYONE FROM THE DEALER TO FORD THEMSELVES. SAID THEY COULD NOT HELP US UNTIL IT WAS PART OF A RECALL WITHOUT CHARGING US. THIS IS A CARE MY TWIN SONS ARE TAKING TO COLLEGE WITH THEM IN TWO WEEKS. WE KNOW THIS IS A DEFECT AND THE REPAIR SHOP ALSO MENTIONED IT. FYI MY FORD WAS IN THE DEALERS SHOP TWO WEEKS BEFORE AND THEY REPAIRED TWO OTHER RECALLS BUT WHEN WE CALLED THEM BACK SAID OURS WAS NOT INCLUDED.

I WANT A REFUND FOR REPLACING MY LATCH ON MY FUSION TWO MONTHS AGO. IT CAME OPEN WHILE DRIVING AND NOW I SEE A RECALL FOR THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, BUT MY FUSION IS NOT ON THE LIST. I HAD IT DONE AT FORD OF EL CAJON. 2013 FORD FUSION 4D 2WD SE I CONTACTED FORD AND AM ATTACHING THEIR RESPONSE.

FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED. WAS WORKING FINE. THEN GOT OUT OF CAR AND SHUT DOOR. DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. WOULD BANG AGAINST FRAME AND NOT LATCH. HAD TO DRIVE TO DEALER WITH PASSENGER HOLDING DOOR SHUT. DEALER IS CLAIMING THIS IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE, YET FORD JUST ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS EXACT ISSUE TODAY ON SEVERAL OTHER MODELS.

THE 3RD DOOR LATCH ON OUR 2013 FORD FUSION BROKE WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR. THE DOOR OPENED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO CLOSE. THIS ORIGINALLY HAPPENED TO OUR REAR LEFT SIDE DOOR BEFORE FORD HAD RECALLED THE PART. AS MY HUSBAND TURNED LEFT ON A CITY STREET THE DOOR OPENED. MY TODDLER WAS IN HER CAR SEAT NEXT TO THE DOOR AND MY 8 YEAR OLD SON HAD TO HOLD THE DOOR SHUT TILL HE COULD PULL OVER. THE CAR WAS JUST BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY MILEAGE, BUT ONLY 18 MONTHS. IT WAS NOT RECALLED AT THAT TIME. NEXT WAS OUR LEFT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING A COWORKER HOME WHEN THE DOOR LATCH BROKE. HE WAS IN THE TOWN HE WORKS IN AND HAD TO LEAVE IT AT THEIR FORD DEALERSHIP, DUE TO THE FACT THAT DRIVING IT OVER AN HOUR TO THE DEALERSHIP WE PURCHASED IT AT WAS UNSAFE AND IMPOSSIBLE. THEY HAD TO KEEP OUR CAR FOR OVER A MONTH TO GET THE PART TO FIX IT. DURING THAT TIME PERIOD OUR CAR SAT WITH THE DOOR TAPED SHUT ON THEIR LOT. WE EXPECTED THAT DURING THAT MONTH THEY WOULD HAVE FIXED ALL THE DOORS ACCORDING TO THE RECALL, HOWEVER THAT WAS NOT DONE. WHY ARE THESE CARS BEING SENT BACK ON THE STREET WITH UNSAFE PARTS? ARE WE WAITING FOR CHILDREN TO FALL OUT AND DIE ON THE STREETS? FORD NEEDS TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR NOT FIXING THE PARTS IN ORDER OF THEIR RECALL WHILE THEY HAVE THE VEHICLE. WHO HAS TIME TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO THE DEALERSHIP, DEAL WITH GETTING A RENTAL CAR AND WAITING FOR A FEW PARTS AT A TIME TO COME IN AND FIX IT. HAVING FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN I AM TERRIFIED TO GET THIS VEHICLE BACK! THE CAR HAS BEEN BACK TWICE FOR THE SEAT BACK REPLACEMENT AS WELL. THE BRACKETS ARE NOT SAFE AND GIVE OUT WHILE DURING. FORD TOLD US TODAY WE NOW NEED TO GET NEW PARTS ON ALL THE DOORS. WHY DID THEY FIXING IT WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS? WHY ARE THEY SENDING THESE CARS BACK ON THE STREET WHEN THEY ARE NOT PROPERLY FIXED GIVING A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY?

MY FORD FUSION BEGAN TO HAVE EXTREME MOLD IN IT AFTER ONLY BEING JUST OVER 2 AND A HALF YEARS OLD. WE HAVE HAD THE CABIN FILTER REPLACED, INTERIOR DETAILED, AND MOST RECENTLY, THE DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE AC EVAPORATOR FLUSHED (1 MONTH AGO). THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE A RANCID SMELL OF MOLD. THE MOLD IS SO BAD THAT MY WIFE AND I HAVE HAD CO-WORKERS COMPLAIN ABOUT MOLD IN OUR OFFICES WHEN WE HAVE DRIVEN THE CAR TO WORK. THE MOLD HAS ALSO MADE EACH OF US SICK TO OUR STOMACH WHEN WE HAVE HAD TO DRIVE THE CAR. I HAVE EXPLAINED TO FORD THAT MY WIFE IS PREGNANT AND DUE TO HAVE A NEW CHILD BUT FORD'S ONLY RESOLUTION WAS TO HAVE THE CARPET REMOVED AND THEN THE CABIN FILTER REPLACED (AGAIN) AND THE INTERIOR DETAILED (AGAIN). THIS RESOLUTION IS VERY UNLIKELY TO REMOVE THE MOLD AND WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME TRACES OF MOLD LEFT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO. I HAVE ASKED FORD TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION THAT WILL NOT INVOLVE HAVING MY WIFE AND FUTURE CHILD IN A VEHICLE THAT HAS MOLD IN IT BUT THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ONE. THEY ALSO REFUSED MY REQUEST FOR A BUYBACK. THIS MOLD IS AN EXTREME SAFETY CONCERN. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT 40,000 MILES, HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD A WINDOW REPLACED AT 17,236 MILES AND ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT MOISTURE WAS BUILDING IN THE FRONT WINDOW AT 29,391 MILES. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MY FAMILY IF THEY ARE EXPOSED TO THIS VEHICLE.

WE HAVE OWNED OUR 2013 FORD FUSION FOR LESS THAN THREE YEARS. WHILE DRIVING, WE MADE A LEFT HAND TURN AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PROPERLY CLOSED AND LOCKED. THE PASSENGER REACHED OUT TO CLOSE THE DOOR WHILE THE DRIVER SLOWED DOWN. THE DOOR THEN WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. WE RESEARCHED AND FOUND MORE THAN 500,000 FORD VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2013 FORD FUSIONS, WERE SUBJECT TO RECALL DUE TO FAULTY DOOR LATCHES. WE CONTACTED OUR DEALERSHIP AND FORD DIRECTLY, BUT WE WERE TOLD OUR VIN IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. WE PAID NEARLY $500 TO HAVE THE FAULTY LATCH REPLACED, AND WE NOW FEAR FOR OUR SAFETY, NOT KNOWING IF THE OTHER THREE DOOR LATCHES WILL FAIL AS WELL. WE ARE REQUESTING THE RECALL BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OUR VEHICLE. WE WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST WE HAVE INCURRED, AND WE WOULD LIKE THE REMAINING THREE DOOR LATCHES REPLACED AS WELL.

PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LOCK, CAME OPEN WHILE TURNING A CORNER AND WOULD NOT LOCK MANUALLY OR WITH KEY FOB

THERE IS CURRENTLY A RECALL FOR THE 2013 FUSION VEHICLES BUILT AT HERMOSILLO ASSEMBLY PLANT FOR ALL 4 DOOR LATCHES. FORD CLAIMS MY FUSION DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. BUT MY 18 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY WITH MY 12 YR OLD SON SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER SIDE WHEN THE DOOR CAME OPEN BY ITSELF WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOTION DOING 60 MPH AND NOW THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE. WE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND SAYS IT IS A FAULTY DOOR LATCH. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $202 TO BUY THE PART TO FIX ONE DOOR. THE RECALL SAYS IT CAN HAPPEN TO ALL FOUR DOORS. THIS RECALL NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO ALL 2013 FUSIONS. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

LATCH ON REAR PASSENGER DOOR STOPPED WORKING AND DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOVEMENT. DOOR WILL NO LONGER STAY CLOSED.

THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED AND THE DOOR SWUNG OPEN WHILE THE CAR WAS IN MOVEMENT. THE DOOR STILL DOES NOT CLOSE AND THE LATCH WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. NHTSA ACTION NUMBER EA15002 ADDRESSED THIS EXACT ISSUE ON SIMILAR VEHICLES, BUT MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED BY FORD ON THE RECALL THAT RESULTED FROM THAT ACTION.

REAR DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH, REMAINS OPEN. OCCURRED AFTER SIMPLY OPENING DOOR, VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP. RECALL ALREADY IN PLACE FOR THIS YEAR/MAKE/MODEL HOWEVER ONLY FOR VEHICLES WITH STICKER OF 5/2013 OR PRIOR, MINE SHOWS 6/2013. BELIEVE RECALL NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.

MY 2013 FORD FUSION FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH AND CABLE FAILED. I WAS UNABLE TO CLOSE MY DOOR. AT THE TIME I WAS PARKED ON A CITY STREET . LUCKILY I WAS NOT MOVING LIKE OTHER 2013 FORD FUSION OWNERS EXPERIENCED. FORD DID NOT INCLUDE MY VEHICLE IN RECALL 15S16 OR NHTSA 15V246000, EVEN THOUGH I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME SAFETY ISSUE. I IMMEDIATELY REPAIRED THE LATCH AND CABLE AT THE LOCAL FORD DEALER, INVOICE#C54181.

I WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON I-40 MOVING WEST FROM NASHVILLE IN DICKSON, TN WHEN MY HOOD RELEASED. THE HOOD SLAPPED MY WINDSHIELD SHATTERING IT AND SENDING PIECES OF GLASS AT ME. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF ON THE MEDIAN AND CALL THE STATE TROOPERS. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I COULD FIND THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE HOOD TO RELEASE AS THERE IS AN INITIAL "HOOD RELEASE" AND THEN A SAFETY LEVER THAT HAVE TO BOTH HAVE ACTION BEFORE THE HOOD CAN EVEN GO UP.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR NOT CLOSING. THIS IS THE 3RD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000 (STRUCTURE:BODY); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

AUGUST 10, 2015 THE LATCH ON MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR RELEASED WHILE DRIVING AND WOULD NOT RE-LATCH. THIS WAS THE DOOR MY DAUGHTER'S CAR-SEAT WAS LOCATED (SHE WAS NOT IN THE CAR THE TIME). I ONLY OWNED MY VEHICLE FOR A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING. I WAS SOLD THIS FUSION WITH OPEN RECALLS BUT WAS NOT INFORMED OF THIS. I CALLED BOTH THE DEALERSHIP AND FORD- NONE OF WHICH WHERE HELPFUL. I WAS TOLD BY ONE DEALER MY CAR WAS FIXED AND IT WASN'T BE ANOTHER. I STILL DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE AND HAVE NO TRUST IN MY LOCAL DEALERS AT THIS POINT. I HAVE ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES TO TRADE MY CAR IN BUT THEY ARE ONLY WILLING TO GIVE ME A FRACTION OF WHAT I PAID, LEAVING ME UPSIDE DOWN AND UNABLE TO AFFORD ANOTHER CAR.

THE DRIVERS DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH AFTER IT OPENED ON ITS OWN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME ON THIS VEHICLE, YET MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V246000. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THE RECALL IS FOR VEHICLES MADE UP UNTIL 5-31-13, AND MY DOOR STICKER READS 6-13. MY VEHICLE IS OBVIOUSLY STILL AFFECTED BY THE ISSUE AND IN FACT MY ORIGINAL WINDOW STICKER IS DATED 5-29-13 AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I DO NOT FEEL THE VEHICLE IS RELIABLE OR SAFE TO DRIVE....UPDATED 03-10-16 *BF UPDATED 04/25/18 *JB *TR

THE DOOR LATCHES WERE KNOWN BY FORD TO BE FAULTY. WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH FAILED AND THE DOOR OPENED. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WE WERE TOLD FORD DIRECTED THEM TO NOT FIX THE ISSUE UNTIL THE LATCH FAILED. I THEN CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THE DECISION WAS A JOINT ONE BETWEEN THEM AND THE NHTSA, ESSENTIALLY PASSING THE BLAME. FORD HAS KNOWINGLY PUT UNSAFE CARS ON THE ROAD AND SHOWN NO CONCERN FOR THE PERSONAL SAFETY OF THEIR CUSTOMERS.

WHILE DRIVING TO THE PARK WITH MY THREE YEAR OLD NEPHEW IN THE CAR THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FULLY OPENED WITH OUT BEING TOUCHED. I PULLED OVER AND CAR DOOR WOULD NOT LATCH. I CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE AS I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE DOOR OPEN. THANKFULLY THERE WAS NO ONE IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BUT MY NEPHEW WAS RIGHT BEHIND IT AND THIS DEFECT PUT HIS LIFE IN DANGER.

WHEN DRIVING AROUND A RIGHT HAND TURN THE DRIVES SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. THE LATCH WILL NOT CATCH. THE CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AS THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSE. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT OTHER FORD CARS HAVING BUT THIS ONE IS NOT UNDER A RECALL. HOW CAN IT NOT BE? THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE COST IS $460 PLUS A RENTAL. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. IF IT WAS ON THE FREEWAY THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUS INJURIES OR MORE NOT TO JUST MY WIFE BUT ANYONE CLOSE TO HER. THIS NEEDS A RECALL NOW NOT MONTH FROM NOW.

REAR PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FAILED. DOOR WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED WHILE PARKED OR DURING TRAVEL.

PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE OR LATCH. DOOR LATCH BREAKS AND DOOR WILL NOT REMAIN CLOSED / LATCH WHEN VEHICLE OPERATING AND OR NOT OPERATING. LATCH HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES UNDER FORD MOTOR COMPANY RECALL 15S16. THE DOOR MAY UNLATCH WHILE DRIVING AND OPEN AND RESULT IN INJURY.

THE DOOR LATCH ON MY REAR PASSENGER DOOR FAILED. THE DOOR WILL NOT LATCH AND STAY CLOSED. THERE IS A CURRENT RECALL ON MY CAR FOR THIS ISSUE. IN THE RECALL FORD SAYS THAT ALL LATCHES MUST BE REPLACED. OBVIOUSLY I HAVE DEFECTIVE PARTS IN MY CAR. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME THAT THEY WILL ONLY REPLACE THE BROKEN PART AND NOT THE OTHER THREE DOORS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARTS. THAT IS NOT MY PROBLEM. MY PROBLEM IS BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL DOWN THE FREEWAY SAFELY AND NOT WORRY THAT MY DOORS ARE GOING TO FLY OPEN. IT'S UNETHICAL THAT FORD CAN KNOW THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND NOT ADDRESS IT IN A TIMELY MANNER. I WONDER IF ANYONE IN THE FORD FAMILY IS DRIVING A CAR WITH DEFECTIVE DOOR LATCHES. I BET NOT.

THERE IS CURRENTLY A "SAFETY RECALL" # 15S16 FOR THE DOOR LATCH AND BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT REPAIRED AND THE OTHER DOORS REPAIRED AS WELL SINCE IT UNLATCHED WITHOUT WARNING AND NOW UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY HAPPEN AT ANYTIME AND WE ARE FRIGHTENED TO DRIVE CAR ON HIGHWAY. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED US THEY WILL ONLY REPAIR THE BROKEN DOOR ONLY. THIS IS A SAFETY RECALL AND IT HAPPENED TO ONE DOOR MEANING WE ARE NOW AT RISK OF HAVING IT HAPPEN AGAIN. WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL DRIVING THIS CAR SINCE IT ALREADY HAPPENED. WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION COULD CONTACT COUNTRY FORD IN HENDERSON, NEVADA AND TELL THEM TO REPLACE ALL THE DOOR LATCHES ON OUR CAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER SINCE JULY 30TH, 2015.

DRIVERS DOOR LATCH FAILED. THIS IS THE THIRD LATCH TO FAIL ON THE CAR. WE HAD BOTH PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCHES FAIL LAST YEAR, FILED A REPORT FOR BOTH. LATCH WAS REPLACED, NEW DESIGN DOOR LATCHES APPRENTLY UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR OPENED AFTER THE DOOR AJAR WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

MY DASH DOOR INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND AFTER CHECKING THE DOORS FOUND THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR HAD OPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. AFTER TRYING SEVERAL TIMES TO CLOSE THE DOOR NO LUCK IT WOULD JUST SWING BACK AT ME. I HAVE EMAILED FORD TO GET INFO ON THIS PROBLEM BUT NO RESPONSE BACK. *TR

THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LATCH HAS STOPPED WORKING. THE DOOR CAN CLOSE BUT WILL NOT LATCH. TRIED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING, BUT LATCH STILL DOES NOT WORK. *TR

WIFE AND I GOT INTO THE CAR AND CLOSED THE DOORS AND BUCKLED UP. AS I WAS BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY THE PASSENGER DOOR OPENED UP. MY WIFE TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR BUT IT WOULD NOT CLOSE. I HAD TO WAIT OVER THE WEEKEND TO TAKE CAR TO DEALER FOR REPAIR. *TR

YESTERDAY, DRIVING ON A FREEWAY ACCESS ROAD, THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. AFTER STOPPING, FOUND DOOR WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED. TONIGHT THE WIFE WAS CLEANING HER STUFF FROM THE CAR SO I CAN TAKE IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW AND NOW THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. WILL NOT LATCH CLOSED. BEING THE WIFE'S CAR, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOORS GET VERY LITTLE USE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR OUT OF MY APARTMENT PARKING LOT AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR SWUNG OPEN. I STOPPED RIGHT AWAY. I CHECKED THE DOOR LATCH AND IT WAS DOWN BUT WHEN I PUSHED THE DOOR TO SHUT IT WOULD NOT CATCH AND SHUT. *TR

OPENED PASSENGER SIDE DOOR TO REMOVE BELONGINGS FROM VEHICLE AND WHEN CLOSING DOOR IT BOUNCED BACK OPEN. ON INVESTIGATION THE LATCH WILL NOT STAY LOCKED IN PLACE SO DOOR CAN NOT BE PROPERLY CLOSED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METALLIC TAPE ON THE TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR HAD PEELED OFF CREATING VERY SHARP EDGES AND CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS RIGHT HAND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

PASSENGER DOOR OPENED WHILE DRIVING. BOTH DOORS WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. *TR

WITHIN 2 MONTHS TWO DOOR LATCHES FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WORRY ABOUT THE OTHER 2 NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD FAIL WHILE DRIVING. BOTH HAPPENED WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR AND THEN COULD NOT SHUT IT. *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OF MY 2013 FORD FUSION WILL NOT CLOSE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THE DIAGNOSIS WAS FAILURE OF THE DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY. THE PART IS ON BACKORDER AND I WAS TOLD THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHEN THE PART WILL BE SHIPPED. WHILE AT THE DEALER, THERE WAS ANOTHER 2013 FORD FUSION WITH THE SAME PROBLEM ON THE SAME DOOR AS MINE. I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND THERE IS NO WAY A DOOR LATCH SHOULD FAIL THIS EARLY. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE REPAIR WILL BE $431. *TR

WHILE DRIVING WITH CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR BECAME UNSECURED. THE DOOR LATCH FAILED AND WOULD NOT RE-SECURE. THIS WAS THE SECOND INCIDENT ON THE SAME CAR IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS. THE FIRST TIME THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WOULD NOT SECURE. THAT FIRST TIME FORD REPAIRED THE DOOR. WHILE PICKING THE VEHICLE UP AFTER THE REPAIR ANOTHER FORD FUSION OWNER WAS DROPPING OFF HIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. THE SAME DEALERSHIP HAD ANOTHER FUSION IN A COUPLE DAYS EARLIER WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. MY FAMILY WAS IN THE CAR WHEN THE DOOR FAILED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR UN-LATCHED AND OPENED. EFFORT TO CLOSE THE DOOR WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. WE SECURED THE DOOR CLOSE WITH A RATCH-TIE DOWN AND TOOK THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE. THE DEALER INDICATED THE DOOR LATCH SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACE FOR $400. *TR

THE LATCH ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR FAILED. I OPENED THE DOOR AND THEN SHUT IT AND THE DOOR JUST BOUNCED BACK. AT THE TIME MY FAMILY AND I WERE IN MIDLAND, TX AND HAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY BACK TO AUSTIN, TX (6 HOURS) WITH THE REAR DOOR TIED DOWN. THIS WAS VERY UNSAFE AS WE HAVE A 1 YEAR OLD SON THAT RIDES IN THE BACK SEAT. WE WERE NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT BUT IF WE WERE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL RESULT. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THE REPLACEMENT LATCH BUT WE HAD TO WAIT 3 DAYS FOR THEM TO ORDER THE PART AND FIX IT. THERE WAS NO RENTAL CAR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED AND THIS WAS OUR ONLY VEHICLE. **NOTE** THERE WAS ANOTHER LATCH ISSUE A MONTH LATER ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WHICH I WILL MAKE A SEPARATE REPORT FOR** *TR

**THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED** THE LATCH ON THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR FAILED. MY HUSBAND SHUT THE DOOR AT THE GROCERY STORE AND THE DOOR BOUNCED BACK, IT WOULD NOT LATCH. THIS IS NOT SAFE! WE WERE NOT DRIVING AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT BUT IF WE WERE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN AN AWFUL RESULT. OUR EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERED THE REPLACEMENT LATCH BUT WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 3 DAYS FOR THEM TO ORDER THE PART AND FIX IT. THERE WAS NO RENTAL CAR ASSISTANCE PROVIDED AND THIS WAS OUR ONLY VEHICLE. **NOTE** THERE WAS ANOTHER LATCH ISSUE A MONTH PRIOR ON THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR WHICH I ALREADY MADE A SEPARATE REPORT FOR** *TR

THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED AND WOULD NOT CLOSE. THE PLASTIC LATCH ASSEMBLY FAILED TO SECURE THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED IMMEDIATELY. ADVISED BY SERVICE MANAGER TO WRAP SEAT BELT AROUND HANDLE OF DOOR AND FASTEN TO SECURE DOOR IN ORDER TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO ADDRESS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT NOTE DESCRIBES THE ISSUE AS AN "INSUFFICIENT LATCH". THE CAUSE NOTED IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENTS REVIEW WAS THAT THE LATCH ASSEMBLY "DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY". THE CORRECTIVE ACTION DOCUMENTED AND COMPLETED BY THE DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WAS TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH ASSEMBLY (PART # FMC BE8Z 5421812 B / NOTE: INSF DESCRIPTION: LATCH). *TR

IN OCTOBER 2012 I PURCHASED A 2013 FORD FUSION SE 1.6L ENGINE WITH ECO BOOST, WHICH NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000 MILES ON IT. THE LEFT SIDE HOOD LATCH IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY PREVENTING THE HOOD FROM LATCHING SECURELY ON THAT SIDE. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOR ME THAT THE HOOD MAY RELEASE IN FULL WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE BECOMES OF GREATER CONCERN TO ME GIVEN THIS RECENT ISSUE IN LIGHT OF THE THREE PRIOR SAFETY RECALLS ON THIS SPECIFIC FUSION MODEL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THE SHIELD DEFLECTOR WAS LOSE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CHIMP MONKS WERE EATING THE SHIELD DEFLECTOR AND AS A RESULT, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 9,647.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION HYBRID, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE OVER HEAD PASSENGER SIDE HANDLE BROKE AFTER USING IT FOR SUPPORT TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN VERIFIED THE FAILURE AND REPLACED THE HANDLE; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,626 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 19,000.

WHILE REACHING OVER TO MY RIGHT TO PUSH A PRESELECTED RADIO SELECTION BUTTON, I SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. NO DAMAGE. BUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE RADIO TUNER TO THE RIGHT OF THE CONSOLE MAY CAUSE OTHER DRIVERS TO REACH OVER AND SWERVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD FUSION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE METALLIC TRIM IN THE INTERIOR CAUSED AN EXTREME GLARE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE THE ROAD EVEN WHEN WEARING SUNGLASSES. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT HE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE EYES AFTER BEING SUBJECTED TO THE BRIGHT REFLECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 14,578.

WE REALLY LIKE OUR 2013 FORD FUSION - EXCEPT FOR ONE MAJOR SNAFU - VISIBILITY WHEN MAKING A TURN. THE ATTACHED PHOTO, MADE FROM THE POSITION OF THE DRIVER'S EYES, SHOWS THE PROBLEM. ONE MUST MOVE THEIR HEAD FORWARD AND BACKWARD TO VIEW BEYOND THE LARGE BLOCKED-OUT AREA BEHIND THE PILLAR TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE DRIVER'S INTENDED PATH. IN THE ATTACHED PHOTO OVER 50% OF THE CROSSWALK IS NOT VISIBLE. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WHEN PULLING UP TO A INTERSECTION TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND LOOKING TO THE RIGHT FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC. A LARGE PORTION OF THE ROADWAY VIEW IS BLOCKED. VERY ANNOYING AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. TOO LATE NOW FOR MODIFICATION BUT CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE FOR FUTURE MODELS. A BIG AND DANGEROUS PENALTY TO PAY THE FOR STYLING. THE PHOTO IS AT: HTTP://WWW.REESPHOTOS.COM/TEMP/130617PIB030-800.JPG. *TR