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The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while opening the front driver's side door a popping type noise was present and the door would swing open. Also the contact indicated that the front driver's side window would not roll completely down. The vehicle was taken to the local mechanic who diagnosed that the front driver's side door spot welding was faulty and needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 48,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle, the door arm detached from the attachment point. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm attachment, which required a replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon opening the driver's side door, the latch made an abnormal sound. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number?PE23013. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while opening and closing the front driver's side door a loud popping noise was present and the door would swing open. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the door welding had failed and the door needed to be replaced. The contact indicated that the door was previously repaired for the same failure. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 56,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the front driver's side door was very difficult to open and close. Additionally, there was a loud clicking sound when opening and closing the door. Also, the front driver-??s side window would not roll down and the door weld was fractured. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 60,000.
- Glen Burnie, MD, USA
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The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle, she heard an abnormal clicking sound coming from the driver's side door. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer or an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 15,600.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated while entering the vehicle, the door made an abnormal thumping sound. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm attachment point. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 38,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle, the door latch made an abnormal screeching sound and was it difficult to close the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm attachment and advised that the door need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 65,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle, the door latch made an abnormal screeching sound and the contact had difficulty while closing the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm attachment and advised that the entire door needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon entering the vehicle, the door latch made an abnormal screeching sound. The contact attempted to resolve the failure with WD40, but the screeching persisted. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who diagnosed a failure with the door check arm attachment and advised that the entire door needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. After investigating the failure, the contact related it to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 23,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that the front driver's side window would not roll down and while exiting the front driver's side door the door would immediately close back. The contact indicated that the door had erroneously sprung back causing a contusion to the left leg upon contact. The same failure had occurred causing a contusion to the left arm of the son. No medical treatment was required. The cause of the failures were not determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure but no assistance was offered. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 45,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that upon opening the door to enter the vehicle, the door armrest made an abnormal sound. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined that the door check arm strap was defective. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was 51,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while attempting to exit the vehicle from the driver's side, the door made an abnormal sound and was difficult to open. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who determined a structural failure of the door well. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but was unable to assist. The failure mileage was 56,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated while opening the driver's side door, he heard an abnormal popping sound. The contact stated that the popping sound was intermittent at first but had become a recurring failure. Additionally, the driver's side window failed to open and close normally. The contact observed four missing spot welds on the door hinge. The contact also stated that the passenger-??s side door had started making the popping sound while opening the door. There were several spot welds missing. The contact had taken the vehicle to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the driver's side door needed to be replaced, but at the owner-??s expense. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The failure mileage was approximately 61,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that when he opened the front driver-??s side door, he heard a cracking sound. Upon inspecting the door, he noticed that the hinge had loosened and that the spot welds had cracked. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was advised by the technician to take the vehicle to an auto repair shop. The contact was informed that the front driver's side door might need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in a recall and advised to call the NHTSA Hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 73,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while opening the driver-??s side door, there was an abnormal popping sound and the door failed to open. Additionally, the window failed to roll down as designed. The contact had to use the other doors to enter the vehicle. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed and determined that the bracket had separated from the door. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact stated that the failure was related to NHTSA Action Number: PE23013 (Structure). The manufacturer was contacted, and the contact was referred to the NHTSA Hotline for assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated the welds fractured on the front driver-??s side door. The contact stated that the front driver-??s side door and window failed to close properly. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer and made them aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 37,800.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated that while opening the front driver-??s side door, there was a loud cracking sound was present. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who diagnosed that the door welding had fractured and needed to be rewelded. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 40,317.
The contact owns a 2020 Ford Escape. The contact stated while opening the front driver's side door, there was an abnormal popping and snapping sound while the door was being opened or closed. The contact stated that the failure made it more difficult to open and close the door securely. The contact stated that the window had also stopped operating and no longer was able to be raised or lowered. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the driver's side door spot weld had fractured and needed to be rewelded. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact researched online and related the failure to NHTSA ID Number: 10201603 (Structure). The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 43,640.
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- Edgewood, IA, USA