general problems of the 2013 Ford Fiesta

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Fiesta. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40-45 mph, the driver's door unintendedly opened. The contact immediately pulled over to attempt to close the door; however, the door failed to close. The contact used a rope to keep the door closed with the rear passenger’s door on the driver's side door. The vehicle was previously included in NHTSA campaign number: 20v331000 (latches/locks/linkages), and the vehicle was inspected and determined that there was no failure with the doors. The vehicle was not repaired at that time, and the recall was closed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the door latch had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and opened a case. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Fiesta. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v331000 (latches/locks/linkages) however, the part to do the recall repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. Sun state Ford (3535 w. Colonial dr, orlando, FL 32808, (407) 299-5900) and the manufacturer were made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Ford Fiesta. While driving low speeds, the rear driver's door opened, the "left door open" message was displayed, and a beeping noise was detected. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was taken to banner Ford (6300 frontage rd, monroe, la 71202, (318) 388-3300) where it was diagnosed that the latch was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and did not assist. The contact stated that the failure was similar to NHTSA campaign number: 15b246000 (latches/locks/linkages). The failure mileage was 92,393.

2013 Ford Fiesta. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle front passenger door latch failure. The consumer stated a recall was issued. However, the parts were not available. Recall # 15v246000.

Rear passenger side door lock opened by itself after parking car and activating the lock button. I pushed door trying to close multiple times and did not close. I opened all doors, started the car and kept trying to close door, did not close back. I was driving with my kids in the rear seat, very unsafe and scary situation. I tied up the door to driver's seat to get home and search online for help. Since then the door does not close at all.

The rear door suddenly would not latch. I tried everything and it won't stay shut. I talked to two dealers and they say that unfortunately they don't have the parts and my vehicle is out of warranty this month.

On August 8th, the driver's door would not latch. The latch was replaced at the dealer ($450). On September 5th, the front passenger side door stopped latching. We called 5 local dealers before we could find one that had the part as we were told it was on national backorder. When we were able to locate a dealer with the part, we were told that it was reserved for the service department only. If we wanted to be placed on the waiting list to purchase it to have installed elsewhere, we would be #7 on the waiting list. The problem appears identical to the issue that resulted in the escape recall in may: the second case covers about 692,700 escapes. Exterior door handles can bind and stop the door from latching properly. This could allow doors to open while the suvs are in motion.

For the second time in three weeks two door latches have failed on my car. Both times it happened while driving down the road and when I made a turn one of the doors came flying open. First incident occured on June 22nd 2014 and the second incident on July 10th 2014. This caused a serious safety concern if someone was not buckled in and could fall out of the car. I had to use a cargo starp to keep the door shut both times while taking it to the dealership for repair. The door latch modules on these Fords are a cheap plastic and become broken very easily with normal use.

I have the s package, so the doors can only be locked by key or by the interior power door lock button. If the doors are locked by key (which is how I usually lock my car), and then the passenger door is unlocked first, the interior power door lock button does not operate. This is a safety problem in numerous ways: I discovered the problem when my teenage daughter wanted to sit in the car while I did grocery shopping and could not lock herself in the car (which is a safety rule I require). Another problem would be if I needed to get into the car quickly from the nearest side if I felt unsafe, and then lock myself in while calling 911--can't do it in this car. Aside from safety, this is a real inconvenience. When I reported the problem to the Ford dealership where I bought my car and asked them to fix it, they said they had never encountered this problem and called it into the Ford hotline. After consulting with the hotline they told me the car was designed this way, so there was nothing to fix. They even tried it on several cars in their lot and they all malfunctioned the same way. I was not told about this "design" feature before I purchased the car--and, believe me, it would have been a deal-breaker--but Ford will not admit that it is a design flaw.

Closed door and door bounced back. Locking mechanism has broken twice on two different occasions.

Door latches are failing. This is the third time in 1 year. Part# be8z*5426412*b lock asy purchase date: 11/10/12 right rear door latch fail: 8/19/13 @ dealer for 9 days (mileage 2439). Right front door latch fail: 6/30/14 @ dealer for 18 days (mileage 10843). Left rear door latch fail: 9/02/14 still at dealer (mileage 12460). Dealer says part on back order. Delivery of car unknown. Repairs have been limited to a replacement of the broken latch with the original part number that failed to begin with. Reported to Ford customer service (800) 392-3673 on 9/03/14 safety and security are my first concern as well as financial burden once out of warranty.