Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#878894January 24, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER'S SIDE OCCUPANT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#878922January 24, 2001
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
WHILE DRIVING HORN KEPT GOING OFF WHICH MIGHT STARTLE OCCUPANT AND CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO AIRBAG SYSTEM WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 59,000 MILES. AIRBAG LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739837January 23, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
BOTH REAR SPRINGS & RIGHT REAR OUTER TIE ROD BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878700January 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
OPENING AND CLOSING OF HATCHBACK DOOR HAS CAUSED INSTALLATION ON WIRING HARNESS TO FRAY OFF, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE POTENTIAL. *AK THE RUBBER COVERING THE WIRE HARNESS FOR HATCHBACK DOOR WAS FRAYED AND THREE OF THE TOP WIRES WERE EXPOSED. THIS HAS POTENTIAL FOR ELECTRICAL SHORTAGE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878558January 19, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER GOT INTO A ACCIDENT AT 25MPH AND REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO PRIOR WARNINGS. HAS NOT CONDUCTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878436January 18, 2001
SEAT BELTS
DEFECTIVE DRIVER SEATBELT GETS STUCK IN SEAT BELT TRACK ON DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH WONT PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. HAD TO REPLACE SHOULDER BELT RUNNER AND MOTOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878522January 18, 2001
TIRES
VEHICLE WAS SITTING INSIDE OF DRIVEWAY, CONSUMER WAS INSPECTING TIRES, AND NOTICED THAT BOTH REAR TIRES WERE SPLITTING IN SEAMS. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DRY ROTTED AND WERE REPLACED . UNIROYAL AWP TIGER PAW, P185/65R14, DOT AP7JJKUU426. *AK 2 YEARS AFTER REPLACING TIRES, CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE 4 MORE DUE TO SPLITTING AROUND THE TREAD PART OF TH TIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739508January 17, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH HEATING SYSTEM,THIS MAKES THE 4TH TIME IN A YEAR FOR REPAIRS?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878352January 17, 2001
SEAT BELTS
MOTORIZED SEAT BELT CABLE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE, AND ONE ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS NOT WORKING ANY MORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878217January 16, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSEPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE AT 27906 MILES, AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER VEHICLE WAS OUT OF IS WARRANTY, AND NOT COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. REPAIRS WERE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878249January 16, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 40-45 MPH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739423January 15, 2001
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT STUCK AT TOP OF DOOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739303January 13, 2001
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
WHEN CAR IS OFF THE RADIO CAUSES A POP IN THE SPEAKERS INDICATING THAT POWER IS STILL ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739285January 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, TIRES
WITH WIRING I COULD SMELL BURNING AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WITH TIRE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY . HAD TIRE REPLACED, I HAVE RECEIPT. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 7JJK7U17P9 TIRESIZE: P185/65R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#739288January 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I FEEL FORD SHOULD HAVE RECALL ALL DEFECTIVE CARS. I FEEL THEY KNEW THEY WERE PUTTING DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCHS IN ESCORTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. MY CAR IS A 1993 ESCORT THAT HAD A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, THAT WAS AT A GAS STATION WHEN IT HAPPEN TO START SMOKING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. IF IT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE LIKE THE SOME OF THE OTHER CARS, IT COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. I THINK FORD DOESN'T TAKE HUMAN LIVES INTO THEIR CONSIDERATION. THEY ONLY SEE DOLLAR SIGNS. I AM A STYLIST AND I SEE WELL OVER A 90 PEOPLE A DAY AND I WILL BE SURE TO TELL THEM NOT TO BUY A FORD. IT IS VERY SAD THAT PEOPLE NO LONGER TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT THEY DO OR MAKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878117January 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH ON A SIDE STREET MAKING A LEFT TURN AND VEHICLE JUST SHUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP WASN'T AWARE OF PROBLEM. BUT CONSUMER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878121January 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN CONSUMER PUT KEY IN IGNITION SWITCH AND TURNED KEY, VEHICLE DID NOT TURN ON. WHEN SHE SHOVED KEY BACK AND TURNED OPPOSITE WAY. IT WILL TURN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878016January 11, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE SHOULDER BELT HAS FAILED, WILL NOT RETRACT, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878026January 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
IGNITION SWITCH MODULE MALFUCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER HAD TO REPLACE THE TFI MODULE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878058January 11, 2001
SEAT BELTS
AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SEAT WILL NOT COMPLETELY EXTEND FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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