Filed Dec 27, 2021 · Airbags, Body · WI · crash · 3 injuries
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2016 Ford F-150 body complaints
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Periodocally, unable to securely latch passenger door.
Recently purchased a 2016 Ford F150 and am having the same issues as reported by multiple other customers. Once the weather approaches freezing temperatures, the door latch fails. Very simple, got into the truck and when closing the door, it will not latch and continued to open. I've found that pushing either the unlock or lock from inside the truck remedies this on the few occasions I've had it happen. My carfax indicates this has been reported to a dealership on multiple occasions w/o remedy. I've reviewed prior complaints and this has been reported several times in addition to occurring when in operation. I've yet to experience it happening when operating at this time. I've worked in the personal auto insurance industry for nearly 15 years and am quite certain this is an unacceptable manufacturer safety risk. Please recall and do the right thing here Ford. Thanks!
The contact owns a 2016 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the tailgate would fall intermittently without warning. The contact stated that the tailgate fell and caused damage to his trailer. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was 53,169. The VIN was invalid.
The electronic tailgate releases (opens) on its own either while the vehicle is in operation or while parked. This caused damage to the tailgate by an opening garage door and risks damage to traffic by the truck bed contents being expelled while underway. This defect has not been reported to a local dealer, manufacturer, police or insurance. There were no warnings, messages or other symptoms that preceeded the tailgate opening. This problem first happened approximately 08/01/2021 and has happened two more times since then during Aug 2021.
After a safety recall repair concerning the door latches not securing . The passenger door opened when I took a left turn. I took it back to the dealer that did the repair and the supervisor stated that the mechanic was dismissed after improper repairs were conducted. Every once in a while the door latch does not secure causing the door latch to stay open. Additionally the back left door, under the same recall behaves the same way. It does not engage the door latch mechanism. I brought this to the attention of the repair facility and I was assured that there is nothing wrong with my doors securing to the latch. Yet, there seems to be a problem securing my door. There is no warning from the trucks system that a door is open or unsecured. My 72 year old mother was in the passenger seat when the door opened. Now she won't get into my vehicle for fear of her life. My back left passenger door swung open as I was backing out of my driveway. The dashboard did not indicate the door was open. The problem ONLY first appeared AFTER the safety recall repair was conducted. I have no confidence in my does being secured. The doors opening has happened several times. Since the repair sep 2018. The doors are not dependable and I must sell this truck in order to get my family out of any harm
The top track of the rear window that holds the smaller sliding window in place became completely detached from the back wall of the cabin. The small window was being held in place by the lower track only. This caused the top track and the sliding window to lean into the cabin away from the main rear window. It created an air gap between the main window and the small window. The vehicle was not in motion. The vehicle was not damaged in any other way. It appears that the adhesive holding the track in place simply failed over time. In my opinion this created a safety issue. If the truck had been rear-ended, I think it is possible that the top track and window could have become completely detached and caused injuries to passengers in the truck.
The sun/moon roof had been rattling since early 2020 - maybe since we bought it in march 2019. Taken to the local ford dealership 3 times in 2020 for this rattle. Just picked it up (3/20/2021) and both sunroof guides/ramps cracked and all of it had to be replaced. This is a safety concern - what if the entire sun/moon roof assembly would have shattered? Thankfully, we spent the $3000 on an extended warranty, but still had to pay $148 to get it all fixed.
*problem occurs every time it is 35degrees or colder.* every time someone opens the passenger front door, gets in and when it's time to get out, and tries to shut the door, it bounces back open-never latches. Door will not secure. Will happen stationary, in motion, on a city street, or a highway, turning, etc. I have had it into the local ford dealership 3 different times and extra lube has not fixed the issue. This is a safety issue. It happens every time door is opened from the inside.
During cold weather the vehicle doors will either not open or will not shut once opened until the interior of the truck warms up. I have had my truck in previously for a recall on this exact problem. This morning my driver's side door would not latch shut after I opened the door. I had to pull the door shut and finally got the door locks to hold the door so I could drive to work. Once the vehicle interior warmed I was able to properly shut my door. I called my ford dealer today and they said it would not be covered under warranty. This is a huge safety problem that hord has known about for years and still haven't fixed the problem.
I purchased a used 2016 ford f-150 xlt crew cab, 4x4, 2.7l engine on 01/29/2021. My driver's side door won't close/ latch properly, making the vehicle unsafe to drive. I have read the ford forums, and it seems as though ford f-150's have this as a common issue in cold weather climates. There have been numerous recalls for this safety issue, but it does not appear by my VIN # that there is an active open recall. I will check with ford to see what they will do to remedy the issue.
Door will not latch due to cold temperature. Will work when heated, but then refreezes not allowing the door to latch. Can not operate vehicle with a door not latched closed and it is primary vehicle.I recently purchased the vehicle used from a dealership who is not responding to this issue
Hood was released while driving down the freeway (it didn't open all the way due to the safety catch under the hood). This is about the 6th time this has happened iover the last 2 years but first time it has happened while driving on the freeway. We stopped using the emergency brake about 3 months ago because we thought maybe our foot was accidentally hitting the hood release lever on the inside panel. Therefore, this most recent time it happened, we didn't have a foot anywhere near the hood release lever the entire trip. Had it in the dealership 2 years ago when it first happened and they apparently didn't fix it or didn't know what was wrong.
Driver door did not latch when closing it. After heating it up and oiling it, it latched again.
Vehicle was stationary. Just started the vehicle and the rear window defroster turned on by itself. Moments later the rear window shattered.
The driver door came open and wouldn't close. I had to hold the door closed while I drove home almost 40 miles away!!! It was very difficult to hold because it kept wanting to fly open. This first happened when I got in my truck to leave my farm, but I had no option other than to drive home trying to hold the door shut.
Door latches 'freeze' and will not engage in cold weather (vehicle is parked outside and in cold weather this is frequent problem). This problem had previous recall / repair but fix is not working. Rear window defroster does not work in one section of 3 part window (has one part of three section - section on drivers side). Vehicle has 30,000 miles. Window sections that do work get hot
Drivers side door does not latch all the time when closed. Car was parked in the garage with temps in the high 40's and had not been in any wet weather or washed in 4 days. Shut it 5 times and it would just bounce back opened. This has happened on and off since we owned the truck(1-2019). Happens more often in cooler weather. Have talked to the ford dealer since 1-2019 and they said there was no recall and to use penetrating oil on the latch. Which has not helped.
Dec 2019, I reported to the car dealer that my door latch was frozen and my door would not close while I was trying to go to work (still in driveway). Fred beans of west chester, pa told be there was nothing they could do that I should be able to heat it up. Although this is now oct 2020, I found in my folder while looking for something else mfg recall number 17s33, the federal safety agency recall # 17v652. I setup up an appt, dropped off my car and they called me this morning 10/5 that they cannot repair because they will not get reimbursed.
The locks on my truck froze in winter and as my wife was goin down interstate the door came open and I've went to the dealership where I got it nd they refuse ta fix my recalls and told me it would be 4 days without a vehicle and I'm active military and can not go without a vehicle they offered no car ta me and we're rude and not willing ta show me which of the 10 recalls on my truck if any had been fixed . I just bought this truck in 2019 and am having nuthin but issues and I believe it ta be a lemon and the dealer is of no help.
Door latch stuck open after opening and unable to get to reset so door would stay closed. Vehicle was unsafe to drive until temperatues outside went up above freezing. Vehicle was parked in driveway and remote start was used to start/warm vehicle prior to trying to leave for work. Happened multiple times this winter, but only recording one date below due to limitation in online reporting system. When looking up this problem found vehicles have been issued recall for repair, but my vehicle VIN is not included in the recall for this issue.
When I got off work got into my vehicle after a rainy day water poured out from my control panel on the ceiling of my truck. This the second time it's done it. Water comes out of the buttons used to control the rear window button also from the passenger side handle used to help upon entry to the vehicle. The vehicle was stationary for 10 hours and rain was happening all day. When I got in my vehicle the interior was dry but as soon as I turned right water began to pour from the control panel on the ceiling.
Every time the temperature dips below 20 degrees the driver's side door will not latch nor lock. The dealership has attempted to fix it, in fact claims to have fixed it, but the issue remains. In talking to other owners of the same vehicle they also have the same issue. I consider this to be a serious safety issue, apparently ford doesn't.
My vehicle was repaired under customer satisfaction program 18n03 for the door latch freezing overnight and being unable to close the door after opening it in the morning until it warmed up. This was originally repaired under the program 18n03 in march 2019. In february 2020 the same door latch had to be replaced completely as the door would not lock or unlock unless manually operated from the inside. Given the short time frame between the two repairs the original freezing and being unable to latch must have damaged the door latch causing it to fail less than a year later. The dealer and the ford customer satisfaction agent both refused to repair the latch the second time under the program costing me $583 out of pocket.
During cold weather environments, doors freeze and are unable to open from the inside or outside.
Problem with 2016 f150s door latches won't latch sometimes when cold allowing door to fly open when driving. Recall was previously performed but apparently didn't fix problem.
During freezing conditions, rear door will not latch shut. Parked driveway.
My ford was taken to the fox ford in waynesburg, pa to fix the 2 recalls on 12/30/2019. One of the recalls were regarding the door not opening or closing. They said they repaired both recalls. And one week later on 01/06/2020 the drivers door could not get into had to crawl over the passenger side in order to start the truck. Then once the door was pushed open from the inside the door would not close. The truck sat for approximately 15 minutes to warm up and the door would not latch close unless you used the lock. Called the fox ford back and told them and they rescheduled my truck back in on 01/13/20. They called me and told me that they took a look at the door again and said that they could not see anything else they could do except put more lube on/in it . And they could not do anything else for me if it happens again with out charging me or having another recall. Therefore I am notifying you.
2016 f150 crew cab door handles freeze and either, do not open, will not latch properly, or not close at all. I have seen discussions online concerning recalls for this exact issue, year, make and model, but when I check the VIN number it says there are no recalls. This is an extreme safety issue. It has come open while driving, and not opened on other occasions. This happens when the temperatures are around or below freezing.
Doors locks are freezing up and door will not close on my 2016 f150. Truck have been serviced on 12/6/18, 8/3/18, 4/13/18 and I'm going to bring it in 12/19/19 for service for frozen door locks. My vehicle stationary at work on 12/15/19 and I couldn't lock the door until 20minutes later. Then 12/12/19 in morning I was driving and the door was unlock I pulled over and it wouldn't lock so my wife had to hold the door until I dropped her off. This is a major concern with ford. This is a inconvenience for me and ford should compensate me for this issue or ford should buy the car back because something is wrong with the doors and this is a safety concern.
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