Adaptive Equipment problems of the 2013 Ford Fiesta

The front doors to my 2013 Ford Fiesta would not latch properly after unlocking, getting into my car and trying to close them. The latch would not close, therefore leaving my doors unable to close and making the car non-driveable. To be fixed, the entire locking mechanism needed changed costing $785 dollars to repair. Recently this past week, the same thing happened to my rear driver side door while I was getting ready to turn onto the interstate to go to work. The door swung open, making it very unsafe to operate on the road, and I turned around to go back home to switch to my wife's car. Again, the whole mechanism needed changed to repair to the cost of $345 dollars. A car that is 2 years old with less than 50k should not have big and potentially dangerous issues such as this. Hopefully Ford will do the right thing a do a recall for this model.

Transmission constantly jerks, bucks, hesitates, and revs to high rpm. My nervousness begins when going from a complete stop to trying to cross four lanes of traffic. The automatic transmission hesitates, bucks, jerks, while praying I can cross the lanes of traffic without getting killed. Once the transmission kicks into 3rd and 4th gear, jerkiness stops and it behaves like a car should. April 2014, Ford service center finds a leak from bellhousing. Replaced seals. Cleaned the clutch. Sent me on my way. May 2014 - car continues to shudder and jerk. Clutch replaced. February 2015 - transmission still continues to buck, jerk, make noises. Ford service center performs reflash and relearn adaptive. Another clutch ordered. 2-4 week back order. March 2015 - Ford sends field engineer to inspect car (lemon law). Car passes all of Ford's inspections. Car continues to hesitate, jerk, and make grinding noises. May 6, 2015 - bring car to Ford service center for several recalls. Clutch finally replaced. May 18, 2015 - check engine light goes on. Fiesta goes to Ford service - catalytic converter needs to be replaced (16,300 miles) going to arbitration for lemon law this week.

My Ford Fiesta 2013 has been having issues with shuddering, lunging, jerking, and failing to engage gear shifts. I have been told by several Ford dealers and servicemen that I need to drive the vehicle as if it were a stickshift and hesitation between gear shifts is normal for this car. A Ford dealer hooked up a laptop and reset the vehicle to TSB 13-4-5 "intermittent transmission clutch shudder dps6 automatic transmission". The problem was not resolved, so I filed a complaint with Ford motor company; complaint #2989023. I was told that I need to bring the car to a dealer and they need proof that there is something wrong with the car. The service person said I need to be driving the car while faults are documented because the car has an adaptive learning program that responds to the driver's actions. I brough the car to schaumburgh Ford in illinois. The service director test drove the car while I was in the passenger's seat. He said he did not experience any faults with the vehicle. However, there was one instance as we were returning back to the dealership, that the car shuddered. The dealer took the car for the afternoon 8/29/2013 and said he reset the car again for TSB 13-4-5 update although they were unable to provide me with a receipt of work that was done. On the morning of 8/30/2013 the car experienced overheating and burning under the hood. A service person from the schaumber Ford dealership in illinois met to pick up the vehicle. The service person told me they would not be able to provide a rental car due to the weekend schedule. The issue is still being addressed by the dealer at this time.