Ford Focus Driver Door Wont Shut

Try to lock car outside of vehicle push button twice.

Ford focus driver door wont shut.

My spouses 2005 ford focus rear drivers door my spouse s 2005 ford focus rear driver s door won t latch. While it starts intermittently the door ajar light is coming on and staying on for ford owners even when their doors are certainly closed. It is not the usual problem of the latch being stuck in the lock position and needing to be unlatched with a screwdriver. Average repair cost is 420 at 64 350 miles.

This issue has been encountered by numerous owners. My 2014 ford focus se back passenger door will shut but not lock the lock part. The 2012 ford focus has 20 problems reported for doors won t latch. Ford recalls nearly 250 000 cars over door latch the issue arises when a component in the door latch breaks which makes the door difficult to latch shut leading to the driver or passengers.

If it still thinks the ignition is on it will not sound the horn. The 2012 focus is currently the only vehicle with major reported door latch failures that is not part of the door latch recall by ford. It will not engage and lock the door. This is not meant to be a flame but are you sure that you have turned the car off and it isn t in autostart mode.

The problem happens just outside the car s standard warranty and has prompted a federal investigation. My driver side rear sliding door on 2001 ford windstar was shutting but would pop open when you shut the driver door went over a bump etc. 2011 2013 ford edge owners in particular are having this problem in record numbers. I can lean against the door and hold it shut and pree the remote lock on my key and the alarm sets and al the doors loc except this one you can walk up to the door and just open t.