Door Latch problems of the 1997 Ford F-150

Five problems related to door latch have been reported for the 1997 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Door Latch problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2005

There have been no accidents. The third door handle/lock gets stuck and the door sometimes does not open or it is hard to open, and opens after trying repeatedly.

2 Door Latch problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2000

This is only to alert you to my problem and the problem of the many others I have came across searching for background as to why my drivers door latches no longer works on my truck. This has got to be of some safty concern to someone other than me I hope.

3 Door Latch problem

Failure Date: 11/13/1997

Concerned about me and others its pretty evident that these doors are weak structurly or they would not do this, and I dont have the money to pay have fixed even if I did it will happen again because of the structure I CA'nt aford a new door on fixed income. Complaint #2 when the bolts on the crank pulley sheared off loss of control making it very diffcult to stear ,thank god I was'nt on a sharp curve when the bolts broke. Thank you for taking time to read this NHTSA.

4 Door Latch problem

Failure Date: 04/20/1997

Door latch assembly; while driving vehicle at speed 50mph, lost control, vehicle rolled and went into an embankment of 4 feet and rolled 3 times. Failure of door latch assembly caused the door to fly open.

5 Door Latch problem

Door latch snags clothes of passengers.

Other Latches/locks/linkage related problems of the 1997 Ford F-150

Door Latch problems	5
Hood Latch problems	2
Tailgate Latch problems	2

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