DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE IN THE PROCESS I DISLOCATED MY FINGER. DOOR WILL NOT LOCK FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. ONLY WAY OUT IS TO EITHER OPEN THE WINDOW (WHICH IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN MICHIGAN WINTERS) OR PULL THE LOCK OPEN FURTHER AT THE SAME TIME THAT I PULL THE DOOR HANDLE. I HAVE BROKEN COUNTLESS FINGERNAILS ON MY LEFT HAND BECAUSE OF THIS. THE DOOR PIECES ARE SO FLIMSY, YOU CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE MADE OUT OF VERY, VERY CHEAP PLASTIC. RECALL? NOT ONLY IS THIS A NUISANCE, BUT IT IS A VERY HIGH SECURITY ISSUE IF NEEDING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IN A HURRY. *TR
2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE VEHICLE JERKED WHILE ON A STATE HIGHWAY REPEATEDLY UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND THEN IT FAILED. FOUND OUT THAT THE IGNITION COILS HAD COMPLETELY BURNED UP, WHICH I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER IS VERY UNUSUAL. ONCE THE IGNITION COILS WERE REPLACED, THEY DETERMINED THE PCM(COMPUTER) HAD TO BE REPLACED. KEEP IN MIND THAT MY VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE REPAIR SHOP 4 TIMES BEFORE REGARDING MY RADIO AFTER THEY REPLACED THE RADIO 4 TIMES, THEY REALIZED THAT IT WAS ALSO THE PCM THAT CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. EVERY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE HAD HAS BEEN ELECTRICAL. ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE NOT EASY TO DETERMINE PRIOR TO IT HAPPENING LIKE IF IT WERE MECHANICAL. I HAVE FOUGHT WITH FORD OVER AND OVER AND THEY WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECTS IN THIS VEHICLE. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A RADIO FOUR TIMES AND A PCM TWICE IN FOUR PLUS YEARS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! *TR