Door Latch Problems of Ford F-350

The contact owns a 2020 Ford F-350. The contact stated that after the vehicle had been exposed to an extremely cold weather, he attempted to open the front passenger's side door to let his friend in the vehicle. The contact stated that while using the key fob and the door lock switch to attempt to open the door, the front passenger's side door failed to unlock. The contact stated that he was able to open the door by using the interior door handle. The dealer and the manufacturer were notified of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not covered under Ford campaign number: 20m04. The dealer advised the contact to take the vehicle to their location to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 45,500.

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The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-350. The contact stated that after a freezing rainstorm, the front driver’s side and front passenger’s side doors would not latch properly and the doors would not remain closed. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the NHTSA campaign number: 17v652000 (latches/locks/linkage). The contact stated that the vehicle had experienced the failure listed in the recall. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000.

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Tailgate continues to open on its own primarily while driving on unmaintained dirt roads. Recently this happened while out hunting and had some cargo fall out of my truck. Fortunately, another hunter saw what happened, grabbed our gear and caught up to us to return it.

Page 84 of the owners manual states to open locked rear doors to pull the handle twice. The first pull unlocks the door the second pull opens the door. This function does not work. The dealer even tested at least 2 other 2022 F-350's and this did not work on those either. In the event of a crash, car jacking, fire or being just left in the vehicle and the doors are not unlocked the rear passengers doors will not unlock and passengers can not exit the vehicle via the doors using just the handle. The only way to unlock the rear doors if front seats are not accessable/danger to life exists is to pull up on the lock indicator stalk on the rear of the rear doors. The dealer I bought this vehicle from looked over all of this information and confirmed it to not work as described in the manual and even contacted Ford engineering. Ford's response is that this feature my no longer be available and that the owners manual is either not correct or is not available yet for the vehicle. This information was directly to the dealer that inspected the vehicle and confirmed that none of the F-350 crew cabs they have are able to perform this function.

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The contact owns a 2003 Ford f350. While parked at a shopping center, the contact's vehicle was burglarized and items were stolen from within the passenger compartment. A police report was filed. She researched and discovered how easy it was for her type of vehicle to be burglarized. She also found several people who experienced the same issue. She took the vehicle to the dealer and showed them the black casing around the handle of the passenger seat. The casing was bent, which is how it was burglarized. The dealer stated that they were aware of the failure, but all that could be done would be to replace the damaged lock with a new one. The current and failure mileages were 80,000. Updated 05/19/08 updated 05/19/08.

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The door handle on the Ford super duty and lock mechanism are plastic. Which in turns breaks very easily. Thieves know this and target these vehicles at an alarming rate. My super duty has been broken into 3 times in 4 months. Ford has no fix to stop this design flaw.

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I have a 2000 Ford f350 psd 4x4 that has been having more and more problems recently with the door ajar function. In warmer weather one or more of the door closed switch sensors is malfunctioning show the door open when they are all closed. I have tried opening and closing all doors repeatedly but no imporvement. Lately it has been happening more and with cooler temps as well. I talked to the Ford dealer here in town and they said they had heard of this and told me to try wd40 as a fix by spraying it into the door closer where the switch is buried. No luck. This may not sound to bad of a problem, however the results of the truck thinking the door is open is not good. If the truck is running, the interior lights stay on until a speed of 15mph or more is hit, thereby auto shutting off the interior lights. However as speed decreases and goes below the 15mph the lights turn back on. It makes it very difficult to see at night driving forward and almost impossible to back up. The other concern is after the truck is shut off, the interior lights stay on until the switch releases or a self timer shuts off the lights. This has caused a slight drain in battery, making it slightly difficult at times to start a truck which needs all the juice it can get to turn over. I have seen this defect in the door closure switch happen in an old work truck I used to drive (99 Ford f150). I would like to install a security device in the future, however if the door remain ajar, this could pose to be a problem to the functionality of such a device. Any help would be appreciated in seeing if this is a regular problem or a safety concern. Thanks, paul.

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Front brakes are warped. Also, door will not stay closed. Dealership is aware of the problem.

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