LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 653 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
If the cylinder head cracks and leaks oil, the oil may contact a hot engine or exhaust component, increasing the risk of a fire.
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
A door that is not securely latched could open while the vehicle is in motion, increasing the risk of injury to a vehicle occupant.
If the fuel pump fails, the vehicle may stall without warning, increasing the risk of a crash.
Two 2014 FORD FIESTAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.