Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#871011September 20, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#871102September 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE DOESN'T GO INTO OVERDRIVE ABOUT 60%OF THE TIME. VEHICLE IN A HIGH SPEED AND IT WILL DROP OUT OF OVERDRIVE AND DRIVE. SHE HAS TO PULL OVER TO THE SGOULDERS TO MANUALLY PULL THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870968September 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS
SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS TO OPERATE PROPERLY. WHENEVER DOOR IS OPENED BELT DOES NOT MOVE. REMAINS IN ONE POSITION. MOTOR IS NOT WORKING. WOULD NEED TO HIT THE EMERGENCY RELEASE TO GET IN OR OUT OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870943September 19, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD, ESCORT, 1999, P185/60R15, EAGLE RSA. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO WALLMART FOR INSPECTION, AND MECH NOTICED TIRES WHERE SPLITTING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO A TIRE SHOP, AND THEY SAID THAT THE TIRES WERE SEPARATING, LIKE THE FIRESTONE TIRES.*AK GOOD YEAR REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WORN OUT TIRES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554778September 18, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHEEL BEARING FAILED CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SHAKE AND SMOKE POOR OUT OF IT, CONSUMER ALSO HEARD SHREAKING SOUND. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731791September 18, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
RECALL PERFORMED ON IGNITION SWITCH. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED THE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON. DEALER STATED THAT IT COULD NOT NOT BE RELATED. THE FORD TECH THAT DID THE REPLACEMENT DISTURBED OTHER AREAS IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUSING THE FAILURE. HE/SHE FAILED TO CONNECT EVERYTHING IN THE COLUMN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731803September 18, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870794September 18, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HAD FRONTAL IMPACT, AND DRIVER'S /PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731503September 15, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870577September 15, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
WHEN MAKING A STOP FUEL IS HEARD SLOSHING BACK AND FOURTH IN THE FUEL TANK. THIS BEGAN HAPPENING ABOUT A WEEK AGO. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT BAFFLES WERE NOT PUT IN THE FUEL TANK FOR ESCORTS THAT YEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555379September 13, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
AIR CONDITIONER FAILED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731317September 13, 2000
TIRES
IF MY CAR WASN'T SITTING STILL WHEN THIS PART CAME LOSE I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR. IT SHREDDED THE BELT THAT WAS ATTATCHED TO THIS AND CAME TO REST ON MY TIMING BELT AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I KNOW THAT THE WARENTY IS UP AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN DO BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870432September 13, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HYDROPLANED OFF THE ROAD. THEN, SHE WENT DOWN AN ENBANKMENT. AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY AT ALL, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED INTERNAL INJURIES, AND SUFFERED POST TRAUMA.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#870437September 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WOULD START TO SPUTTER WHEN STARTED. WOULD NEED TO GIVE GAS TO GET VEHICLE RUNNING & THEN MOVING. AT OTHER TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING. CAN SMELL ANTI-FREEZE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPLACED HEAD GASKET THE LAST TIME. *AK THE HEAD GASKET FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER BEING REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731094September 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
AT STOP LIGHT #4 CYLINDER DROPPED VALVE SEAT DESTROYING HEAD AND ALL 4 PISTONS. ALSO ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY GIVING CODE 1433. REPLACED SOLENOID AS RECOMMENDED BY TSB AND IT STILL FAILS AT RANDOM INTERVALS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870224September 11, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
TRUNK LID, ONCE UP, WOULD FALL DOWN WITHOUT WARNING. ARM ATTACHMENT FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE TRUNK LID IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER'S MECHANIC TO CHECK.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730844September 9, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
I'M NOT SURE THAT MY CAR PROBLEM WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A FAILURE, BUT I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE WITH SEVEN MILES ON IT. AT APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A ROUGH IDOL. MY ENTIRE CAR WOULD VIBRATE. I NOTIFIED MY DEALERSHIP AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AND SHORTLY AFTER MY ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED. THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED MILES AFTER THE REPLACEDMENT WERE FINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND WORSE THAN BEFORE. I AGAIN CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO FOR ME. THIS VIBRATION HAPPENS WHEN I AM IN PARK, DRIVE AND REVERSE. MY ENTIRE CAR IS SHAKING AND PEOPLE IN THE BACK SEAT CAN FEEL IT IN THE FLOORBOARDS. MY STREERING WHEEL SHAKES AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE WHEN I TURN MY AIR OR DEFROST ON . I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR WITH BARELY OVER 4000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730826September 8, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE CABLE THAT OPERATES THE DRIVER'S SIDE PASSIVE RESTRAINT SEATBELT STOPPED WORKING AND THEN LITERALLY SNAPPED IN TWO. THE SHOULDER BELT IS NOW NO LONGER OPERABLE. IF I AM IN AN ACCIDENT, I WILL LIKELY GO THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTIVE CABLE. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY REFUSE TO FIX IT. THE DEALER ALSO SAID HE DIDN'T WANT BOTHERED WITH IT 'CAUSE IT'S A TOUGH ONE TO FIX AND WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO. HE TOLD ME TO GO TO A JUNKYARD, BUY THE PART AND PUT IT IN MYSELF. FORD MOTOR CO. REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING. IN DOCUMENTING MY COMPLAINT, THEY INDICATED I AM ANGRY BECAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD THE REPAIR. THAT IS NOT TRUE. I WANT THEM TO PAY TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE THEIR PRODUCT IS FAULTY AND PUTS MY LIFE AT RISK EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. PLEASE INITIATE A RECALL SOON, BEFORE SOMEONE DIES. THERE ARE DOZENS OF OTHER FORD OWNERS LISTED ON YOUR SITE AS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870035September 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE MOVES WHILE FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE. CONSUMER TRIES TO BRAKE, AND FOOT GOES ALMOST TO THE FLOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870063September 8, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH STEERING WHEEL GOT STUCK. AT TIMES STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, AND LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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