Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#800495August 5, 1996
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHEN HIT FROM THE SIDE AND THE DRIVERSIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED.*AK CONSUMER RECEIVED DAMAGES FROM THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER HAS NERVE DAMAGE AND HEARING LOSS. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#800406August 2, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506768July 31, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WITH VEHICLE PARKED ON AN INCLIDE, KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN THE IGNITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506767July 31, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
UPON PARKING ON AN INCLINE, THE KEY WOULD NOT TURN THE IGNITION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506850July 30, 1996
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE, SEAT BELTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
REAR HATCH ADJUSTED. *SD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#986360July 30, 1996
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE THROTTLE REMAINED OPEN AND THE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506780July 29, 1996
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
BLINDING GLARE FROM WINDSHIELD OBSCURES VISION. *DH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#985983July 29, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN.THE FIRE STARTED IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#800087July 29, 1996
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE WIRING HARNESS TO MELT, RESULTING IN A FIRE AND THE HEAD LIGHTS TO FAIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#800105July 29, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
WHEN PARKING THE CAR THE IGNITION WOULD NOT TURN OFF EVEN AFTER THE KEY WAS REMOVED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#800029July 26, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK INTHE IGNITIONS SWITCH CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#800064July 26, 1996
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN. YOU HAVE TO GET OUT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#506628July 25, 1996
STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT SECTOR
INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT FLEXIBLE COUPLING BETWEEN STEERING WHEEL/STEERING RACK BADLY WORN WHICH PRODUCES EXCESSIVE MOVEMENT OF STEERING WHEEL OF ABOUT 0-5" AT CIRCUMFERENCE. *SD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987349July 25, 1996
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
THIRD (3RD) LIGHT STARTED SMOKING, CASING AROUND LIGHT COMPLETELY MELTED, WHOLE BRAKE LIGHT/CASING REMOVED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987263July 24, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
THE WIRES MELTED BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND COULD HAVE STARTED A FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987264July 24, 1996
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
THE RACK AND PINION STEERING CAME LOSE .*AK CONSUMER STATES SHE WAS DRIVING AND THEN STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO PULL OFF TO VROSS THE STREET VEHICLE WOULD NOT FO ANYWHERE, CONSUMER CHECKED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND IT WAS DOWN SO SHE TRIED TO GIVE IT SOME GAS AND TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TOWARD THE LEFT AND THE VEHICLE WENT TO THE RIGHT, FINALLY CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE WERE TRUCKS COMING TOWARD HER, SO VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CONSUMER ALSO HAD TO GT STARTER REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987266July 24, 1996
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
THE REAR CONTROL ARM IS TOO THIN . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987271July 24, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
KEYS ARE STUCK IN THE INGNITION . PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987284July 24, 1996
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WIRES LEADING TO THE DESCENDING UNIT INSIDE THE GAS TANK BURNED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#987195July 23, 1996
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
GAS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR DURING BRAKE APPLICATION. PULLED ON EMERGENCY BRAKE NO RESPONSE AND VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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