Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#10045219October 31, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
UPON RECEIVING SAFETY INSPECTION, WAS INFORMED THAT REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044877October 28, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELTS WILL NOT BUCKLE, EXCEPT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH WARRANTY STANDARDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043592October 26, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
1999 FORD ESCORT WAGON 77,000 MILE PURCHASED NEW REAR SUSPENSION SPRINGS DESCRIBED AS CRACKED BY LOCAL SERVICE STATION AT TIME OF SAFETY INSPECTION - VEHICLE WAS FAILED AS UNSAFE REQUIRING REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT FOUND TSB 14993 ON THIS SITE NOTING SUSPENSION SPRING FAILURE POTENTIAL IF THIS CAN FAIL A VEHICLE AS UNSAFE ITS TIME FOR A RECALL! *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043458October 23, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING: REAR COMPARTMENT/TRUNK
1993 FORD ESCORT WAGON - REAR WINDOW DEFROST - ELECTRICAL WIRING SHORTED AT HATCHBACK DOOR. WIRE HARNESS WAS CRACKED AT BEND POINT FOR REAR DOOR TO OPEN. ALL MOST ALL WIRES GOING TO HATCHBACK DOOR HAD BEEN EXPOSED DOWN TO THE CORE WIRE! WHEN REAR DEFROST WAS TURNED ON A SMELL OF BURNT PLASTIC WAS DETECTED, THEN SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM DRIVER SIDE DASH. DEFROST AT HATCHBACK DOOR HAD SHORTED WITH TAIL LIGHT WIRING, MELTING WIRING BACK INTO FUSE BOX. FIRE WAS PREVENTED BY SHUTTING OFF DEFROST. BUT REAR BRAKE AND TAIL LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044557October 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH VEHICLE MADE A CLUNKING SOUND. DROVE VEHICLE TO A REPAIRS SHOP. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED CONSUMER THAT RIGHT REAR STRUT SPRING BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043112October 17, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
1995 FORD ESCORT STATION WAGON - REAR SPRINGS CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH CRACKED AREAS. REPLACED AND NO COMPENSATION BY FORD FOR DEFECTS. FORD MOTOR REFUSED TO OFFER ANY COMPENSATION FOR THE DEFECTIVE REAR SPRINGS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041688October 13, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BATTERY CHARGING LIGHT GOING ON & OFF AT TIMES. ALSO ON 2 SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN VEHICLE WAS STARTED FUEL GAUGE WILL REGISTER ABOVE FULL & AT SAME TIME TEMPERATURE. GAUGE GOES UP TO MAXIMUM. NEITHER BEING CLOSE TO BE CORRECTED. DURING THIS TIME I NOTICED KEYS & IGNITION BECOME VERY HOT. IF TURNED ON & OFF COUPLE TIMES IT IS OK AGAIN . EXCEPT OCCASIONAL CHARGING LIGHT ON & OFF WITH NO LOSS OF POWER. CAN'T FIND CAUSE! *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041691October 13, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHT LENS DULL, CLOUDY. HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT AS BRIGHT AS THEY SHOULD BE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041593October 10, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKES WEAK SINCE CAR WAS NEW. PEDAL GOES ALMOST COMPLETELY TO FLOOR BEFORE BRAKING AND EVEN THEN POORLY. HAVE REPLACED BRAKE PADS, DISCS, DRUMS, HOSES, MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER (EVERY COMPONENT), BLED AND ADJUSTED SEVERAL TIMES TO NO EFFECT. CALLING TO FORD TO REPORT THE PROBLEM AND GET THEM TO FIX IT WAS A WASTE OF TIME. APPEARS MANUFACTURER WAS KNOWN OF A PROBLEM AND RELEASED A T.S.B. ONLY AFTER ALL VEHICLES COVERED WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. CHECKED WITH DEALER AND PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. I FELT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OUT DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX IT. I AM ALL OUT OF OPTIONS. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041596October 10, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
HEARD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM REAR STRUTS. FOUND BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN. REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS AND REAR STRUTS.TRYING TO RECALL WHEN THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED I REMEMBERED 2 INSTANCES WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I HEARD LOUD UNEXPECTED BANGING NOISES. THINKING I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, BUT NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD PRIOR TO THE NOISES OR IN MY MIRROR AFTER HEARING THE NOISES, I SHRUGGED IT OFF. IT APPEARS THEY WERE MY COILS . CAR WAS NOT OVERLOADED, DRIVEN HARD, OR ON A ROUGH ROAD. THEY LET GO AT SEPARATE TIMES ON SMOOTH ROADS WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. I HAVE READ WERE THIS IS A NOT- UNCOMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041442October 8, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 36,150 MILES (150 MILES OVER WARRANTY) THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2000 FORD ESCORT FAILED COMPLETELY. IT WOULD GO FORWARD ON ALL GEARS, INCLUDING PARK AND REVERSE. THEN, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO 2ND WITHOUT MANUAL SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC SHIFTER. THE DEALERSHIP APPEARS TO BE TRYING (NOTE: APPEARS) TO GET FACTORY PARTICIPATION, HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED FORD NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY DECLINED SUPPORT AS IT WAS PAST WARRANTY. READING OTHER NTSB COMPLAINTS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCORTS, THEY APPEAR TO BE DESIGNED TO LAST EXACTLY THROUGH THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND NO LONGER. THAT'S A TERRIBLE TESTIMONY FOR AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042493October 7, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH HEARD A PUFF, LOOKED DOWN, AND SAW A FLAM COMING OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE. HE GOT OUT, AND STARTED TO PULL AS MUCH AS HE COULD OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN HIS FRIEND CAME ALONG, WHO WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK, AND THEY TOGETHER PUT THE FLAMES OUT. CONSUMER HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041201October 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAR HAS BEEN STALLING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. MECHANIC HAS (SO FAR) IDENTIFIED BAD HEAD GASKET. I AM SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT. VERY FEW MILES FOR AN EXPENSIVE HEAD GASKET REPAIR!! *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042029October 1, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
FAX FWD FM FMCSA FM ELOISE J. QUINN (CT) SEEKING ASSISTANCE IN GETTING FORD TO REIMBURSE HER FOR THE REPAIR OF THE IGNITION MODULE ON HER 1998 FORD ESCORT.*MR THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, THE CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO REPLACE THE IGNITION MODULE. FORD REFUSE TO REIMBURSE CONSUMER. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042039October 1, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER DUE TO DRIVER HEARING A NOISE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. DEALER FOUND THAT REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037756October 1, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SYMPTOMS OF RECALLS #97V144000 AND RECALL#97V145000 RELATED TO A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS A RECALL THAT DID NOT INCLUDE NEW MEXICO. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042859September 28, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER TRAVELING THROUGH EIGHT INCHES OF WATER THE ENGINE BLEW OUT AT 14000 MILES. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040773September 26, 2003
PARKING BRAKE:DRIVELINE
BRAKES FAILED. PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAID THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DRIVELINE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039390September 23, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNDER DASHBOARD BURNT UP
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040385September 17, 2003
AIR BAGS
VEHICLE FIRE INVOLVING 1997 FORD ESCORT.*MR AFTER INCIDENT OCCURRED A RECALL WAS ISSUED ADVISING A MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN AIR BAGS AND AIR BAG MODULES. HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE BECAUSE OF SEVERE DAMAGES SO THE DEALERSHIP VOIDED THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER FELT THAT FORD RE -ACTIONS WHERE UNACCEPTABLE, AND IS REQUESTING TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE LOSS DUE TO MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THE SAFETY RECALL LETTER ISSUED IS (O2S44). PLEASE INVESTIGATE. *CB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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