2013 Ford Fusion Rear Door Won T Latch

This means the striker is loose and has moved or is bent.

2013 ford fusion rear door won t latch.

If the door wil close flush but will not lock the latch jaws on the striker attached to the body. The door latches on the 2013 and up fusion are breaking causing the doors not to close especially the rear doors. Sign in to reply. Ford has issued another recall for faulty door latches which can fail to secure a door leading to its possibly coming open while the vehicle is being driven.

We are starting to see this a lot at the dealership. But we have seen a few front doors doing this also. The contact stated that the front and rear passenger s side door failed to latch securely. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired.

The 2013 ford fusion has 3 problems reported for door will not latch. Back rear passenger door will shut but not latch the latch seems fine you can moved the inside up and down. If those are fine then its the latch that is faulty since the jaws are open able to accept the striker. I experienced the same issue today and am riding around with my car door taped shut because the ford delearship estimates that the cost to rfepair the door latch issue will be around 400.

I called ford about the recall he says mine isn t on there but i kinda find that hard to believe. Nancy barnes on april 16 2015 the passenger door latch issue seems to be a common theme with 2013 ford fusions. This is my 1st answer but does not have to be my only answer. The contact referenced the failure to nhtsa campaign number.

2013 ford fusion same thing today. Average repair cost is 330 at 53 200 miles. The 2013 ford fusion has 8 problems reported for door latch broken. The piece it latches to inside the car seems fine.

Ford has redesigned the latches to stop this problem. I also show the complete disassembly of a ju. Car complaints car problems and defect information. The door latch itself will have to be replaced to repair the problem.

The contact owns a 2013 ford fusion.