Goodbye Regional, Hello Nationwide Recall of Ford Door Handles
Ford has once again expanded a door handle recall, this time affecting 2.3 million vehicles. It's likely NHTSA asked Ford to expand the recall because all affected vehicles weren't included in the August recall. That recall was for only certain areas of the country which Ford said had higher ambient temperatures. Vehicles outside those specific areas weren't included in the recall, but Ford said they could be included in a "customer satisfaction program.
So much for the "solar loading" defense.
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This Busted Part Allows Ford's Doors to Fly Open While Driving
Ford is having a tough time with its door latches. The seemingly simple devices keep finding new ways to fail allowing doors to fly open while driving, or rebound and hit you when you go to close them. The issues have been investigated and
Related Ford Generations
At least one model year in these 6 generations have a relationship to this story.
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2nd Generation C-Max Hybrid
- Years
- 2013–2018
- Reliability
- 60th out of 94
- PainRank™
- 12.18
- Complaints
- 186
3rd Generation Escape
- Years
- 2013–2019
- Reliability
- 88th out of 94
- PainRank™
- 45.69
- Complaints
- 968
3rd Generation Focus
- Years
- 2012–2019
- Reliability
- 87th out of 94
- PainRank™
- 43.55
- Complaints
- 1851
6th Generation Mustang
- Years
- 2015–2020
- Reliability
- 61st out of 94
- PainRank™
- 12.5
- Complaints
- 181
2nd Generation Transit Connect
- Years
- 2013–2020
- Reliability
- 30th out of 94
- PainRank™
- 2.77
- Complaints
- 44