Driver door will not open from the inside this is highly unsafe and should be taken seriously ford has been made aware of this from many people and has recalled other years of this model for the same thing. I shouldn't have to reach outside my window to open the driver door
2011 Ford Fusion body complaints
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Drivers side door inside handle broke and door would not open. The vehicle was parked at the time in my driveway. This is a safety issue because being able to egress from an auto when in an emergency situation is imperative.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that the driver's door would not open and the contact was unable to exit the vehicle. The contact had to open the window and open the door from the exterior of the vehicle. The vehicle was diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.
I went to exit the vehicle after parking the car and the door handle did not operate. In order to exit car, I must keep the car running while I unlock the car, roll down the window, open it from the outside, and leave the door ajar while rolling up the window. At this point I can finally turn the car off.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. While the vehicle was parked, the driver side interior door handle failed. In order to open the door, the contact had to roll down the window and use the exterior handle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not provided. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.
My handle on my door will not open from the inside. This is a safety hazard as I have a stick shift on the floor. If there was a fire because of an accident, or I slid into the water on he icy roads here in wi. I would have no way of getting out of my car. What I find really odd is that this problem seems to be something many people are dealing with. As there are several sites on youtube and other places on line that show you how to repare this problem, and not only that, but there is a site that shows how to by pass the whole door pull issue all together!! If it is that well known, there must be a recall to have this problem fixed and keep all of these owners who by ford vehicles in "good faith" protected!!!!
The driver side door swung open while driving around a bend at approximately 35mph. The car on the other side of the road had to slam on his brakes and swerve to avoid my door. After stopping I was unable to then open the door from the inside. The oncoming driver and car did not have any injury or damage. Testing the driver door I found it opened from the outside but after the door was open it would not shut. The door bounced off the frame and hit me in the chin. I was able to close the door if I lifted the lever in the door. I repeated this a few times, every the door opened from the outside it would not shut again without lifting the lever. However, sometimes when the door shut it latched closed and other times it did not. I called my local ford office to check for a recall, I was told the 2011 was not on the recall list.
I parked my car and went to open the drivers side door and the interior handle no longer works. In order to open the door I have to roll down the window to open the door, roll the window back up and then exit and lock the car. This is a safety concern in case of emergency and the extra time needed to exit the vehicle.
Driver side door latch failed causing the door to fly open and no able to stay closed. This latch failed twice. The second occurrence was sept 9 2013.
Rear doors would not latch. See investigation: ea 15-002. After manually locking the left door, the door latches, but now will not open with the interior or exterior door handle. With the right door, it initially would not latch either. I manually locked, unlocked and locked it, and it functions normally. I believe this has something to do with the power door locks dislodging a spring, or a rod/linkage going into an overlimit condition since this happened to both the *same* day and it was just after some battery maintenance was performed.
While traveling down a city street an animal ran out in front of me. Trying to avoid it my car struck a light post. No airbags deployed.
My daughter was driving a 2011 ford fusion the state police said she fell asleep because she worked overnight . Yes she works overnight and has been doing it for 6 months . She was on her regular schedule. After dropping her boyfriend off work she was heading to my house on a real popular deer road . I believe she was swerving off the road to try an avoid the deer and lost her steering and hit a tree . I know my daughter she wouldn't have fell asleep. I hope to god this could be proven one day .the engine tires everything on front end was inside the car . I have pieces of the car that was left there her credit card birth certificate was just laying on the ground . I have pictures of the car showing the engine and tire in the car.
I entered the cvs parking lot and made a right turn and proceeded to enter the open parking space . I stepped on the brake to shift to the park position when all of a sudden the car jolted forward accelerating in a forceful manner( like it had a mind of its own). I keep pressing down on the brake but the car would not stop and keep going straight and hit the fence on front of the parking space causing the car to bounce back. Despite my afford to stop the car with the brake it did not work. The air bag deployed and smoke and a burning smell started to come out of the car, I got out of the car immediately . I was lucky that I was not on the road and hit another car or a person.I know the my car has a problem.
Trying to exit the car, the door handle snapped back while opening. After trying to open again the door latch is no longer connected to the opening mechanism. I can no longer open my door from the inside which would inhibit my exit in an emergency.
We were driving an the steering wheel locked nd wr lost control of ca and hit a pole. My husband not an injury on his leg and inner thigh and some of us openwound from glasswa.
Drivers interior door handle no longer opens drivers door from inside. This could be fatal in case of fire or immersion due to being unable to escape if electric window inoperable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that the driver's side interior door handle became fractured and prevented the contact from opening the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the door handle assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 29,000 and the current mileage was 30,200.
Driving straight and another car pulled out in front of mine to turn left.
I take very good care of my care and I always open my car door very gently. However, I just realized that the driver's side interior door lock is broken. I cannot open the car from the inside, instead, I have to roll the windows door and use the outside handle to open the door. I did research on the internet and there are alot of people who are complaining about the issue. I have a 2011 ford fusion se with around 52,000 miles and I recently bought the car. I did order a new replacement for the interior door handle. There should be a re-call for this problem.
2011 ford fusion. Consumer states safety issues with vehicle related to driver controls and distractions, battery failure and loss of electric power steering capability *tgw the consumer stated there was no warning that the steering was about to freeze while driving. The consumer also stated it was difficult to read the instrument panel. The headlight control was located in an inconvenient place, the obstruction of the left side plastic molding inside the steering wheel prevented a clear view of object.
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 ford fusion. The contact stated that the entire control and the gauges on the instrument panel were extremely small, making it difficult for the contact to engage when driving. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who informed of the manufacturer's design and was unable to provide assistance. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 150.
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