Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#8010966June 3, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
AT 20MPH SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE RUBBING AGAINST TIRE, CAUSING A BLOWOUT. CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762548June 2, 2002
SEATS
THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, I HAVE TRADED IT IN NOW, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010717May 30, 2002
SEAT BELTS
CONSUMER STATES THE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE STOPS MIDWAY ON THE TRACK LEAVING THE DRIVER UNRESTRAINED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT HE DEALER SHOULD REPLACE THE COMPONENT FREE OF CHARGE SINCE IT IS SAFETY RELATED .*JB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010765May 30, 2002
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:WINDSHIELD:ELECTRICAL HEATING ELEMENT
CONSUMER STATES THE AIR CONDITIONER IS LETTING IN FUMES FROM THE OUTSIDE WHILE DRIVING.*JB DEALER REPLACED THE RELAY MODULE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010661May 29, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT IS FLASHING WHEN VEHICLE IS COOL, NOT WHEN VEHICLE IS HOT. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762308May 27, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE STEERING WHEEL/COLUMN SHAKES AND VIBRATES. THIS HAPPENS USUALLY WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IDLING. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS NORMAL, IT IS BECAUSE THE VEHICLE HAS RUBBER MOTOR MOUNTS, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES AND NOTHING HAS BEEN FIXED. I FEEL THAT I WAS MISLEAD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. WHEN I MENTIONED THE SHAKING STEERING WHEEL TO THE SALESMAN, HE DIDN'T SAY IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF CAR, HE SAID WE WILL FIX IT. I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT THE CAR FOR $17720.00 IF I HAD KNOWN THAT IT WOULD DO THAT ALL THE TIME. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT MONEY AND BOUGHT A BETTER CAR OR KEPT THE ONE I TRADED IN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010458May 24, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
WHILE A MECHANIC CHECKED TIRES NOTICED THAT REAR SPRING HAD COLLAPSED ON ITSELF. MECHANIC STATED VEHICLE COULD LOSE CONTROL IF SPRING BREAK OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762190May 23, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
MY DAUGHTER HYDROPLANED AND WAS SLUNG INTO A GUARD RAIL. ON IMPACT TWO SEATBELTS POPPED OPEN. THE AIRBAGS OPENED BUT DIDN'T PREVENT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. I THOUGHT AIRBAGS WERE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD.*AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
5
Deaths:
0
#8010075May 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
WHILE DRIVING 30-40 MPH DRIVESHAFT WAS FORCED INTO ENGINE AND CAUSED ENGINE TO STOP OPERATING. FEEL FREEE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8010135May 20, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
REAR SPRING BROKE OFF BECAUSE OF RUST AND CORRUSION. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762033May 18, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
FORD BRAKE ENGINEERS DESIGNED TO BRAKE EFFORT PROPORTIONING THE MASTER CYLINDER TO ALLOCATE 85-90% OF THE BRAKING TO THE FRONT WHEELS AND ONLY 10 TO 15%TO THE REAR WHEELS. THIS PROPORTION IS INCORRECT AND RESULTS IN THE INABILITY TO STOP THE CAR UNDER EMERGENCY BRAKING SITUATIONS. IT IS NOT POSSIBLY TO LOCKUP THE REAR WHEELS EVEN WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. WHEN THE FRONT WHEEL BREAK TRACTION ON SLIPERY SURFACES THE CAR LOOSES ITS ABILITY TO STOP IN A REASONABLE LENGTH. THIS MISS ALLOCATION OF BRAKING EFFORT RESULTED IN A NEAR REAR END ACCIDENT IN 1997 AND RESULTED RECENTLY IN TOTALLING THE VEHICLE THIS APRIL. THIS BRAKING SYSTEM SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED YEARS AGO TO CORRECT THE EMBALANCE OF THE BRAKING ACTION. I TRIED TO BRING THIS DESIGN PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN 1995 BUT IT FELL ON DEAF EARS. THIS IS A REAL DANGEROUS SAFETY PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762040May 18, 2002
SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE BROKEN. THE CAR DOES NOT CARRY HEAVY LOADS, AND THE ROADS TRAVELED UPON ARE NOT ROUGH. THE CAR HAS RELATIVELY LOW MILAGE, 88,000. WHEN INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC INVOLVED INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE FORD ESCORT. THIS COMMENT WAS FURTHER SUBSTANTIATED BY ANOTHER MECHANIC AND THE AUTO PARTS DEALER WHERE THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WERE PURCHASED. WHEN CONTACTING A FORD DEALERSHIP, THE SERVICE MANAGER I SPOKE WITH SEEMED FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEM, STATING THAT IF THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 100,000 MILES, I WOULD BE COVERED. HOWEVER, SHE LATER CAME BACK AND SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL IN EFFECT. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM, I WOULD EXPECT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF RECALL NOTICE. FURTHERMORE, I WAS TOLD, THAT IF THE SPRING SHIFTED WHILE DRIVING, IT COULD COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE TIRE, CAUSING A SEVERE BLOWOUT AND ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565768May 15, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE IN MOTION, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE IGNITION MODULE HAD CAUSED A SURGE OF ELECTRICAL POWER THAT IMPACTED THE ALTERNATOR AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT OF MONIES PAID. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565681May 14, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS STALLING DUE TO THE PLACEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC MODULE ON THE DISTRIBUTOR, WHEN THE ENGINE GOT HOT, IT CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE MODULE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING SOME KIND OF COMPENSATION DUE TO THE RULING IN ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009647May 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPS/ VEHICLE MOVES SLOWLY, AND ENGINE REVS, BUT VEHICLE IS BARELY MOVING. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009348May 7, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
REAR COIL SPRING HAS A TENDENCY TO RUST WHICH CAUSES THEM TO BREAK WITHOUT ANY WARNING. DRIVER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT COIL SPRING BEING BROKEN WHEN HE TOOK VEHICLE TO INSPECTION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761617May 7, 2002
CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP
CHOOSING CHILD SAFETY SEAT ON THE MENU BROUGHT ME TO THIS FORM...ANYWAY, CHILD SAFETY SEATS THAT DO NOT HAVE A MEANS TO ADJUST THE STRAPS WITHOUT REMOVING THE SAFETY SEAT FROM THE VEHICLE ARE UNSAFE. MANY PARENTS WILL JUST PUT THEIR CHILD IN THINKING THE SEAT IS SAFELY INSTALLED AND THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT PROPER STRAP ADJUSTMENT IS A MAJOR PART OF THE CHILD'S SAFETY. I RECOMMEND A RECALL ON ALL SEATS THAT DON'T HAVE AN ADJUSTMENT LEVER AT THE FRONT OF THE SEAT. THIS TIME OF YEAR IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS, WHEN THE WEATHER ONE DAY WILL REQUIRE A WINTER COAT AND THE WEATHER THE NEXT IS SUMMER LIKE. AN EXAMPLE OF AN UNSAFE SEAT IS THE COSCO VENTURA. AN EXAMPLE OF A SAFE SEAT IS THE CENTURY BREVVERA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009254May 6, 2002
SEATS
FRAME BROKE FROM UNDER PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT. CAN'T MOVE SEAT UP OR BACKWARDS. FRAME RUSTED OUT FROM UNDER SEAT. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8009060May 2, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER STATES AUTO CAUGHT FIRE , BURNING HIS BACK SEAT AND EVERYTHING IN THE BACK SEAT. CONSUMER STATES HE OBSERVED BURNED WIRES IN HIS TRUCK OF HIS AUTO.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565539May 1, 2002
TIRES
CONSUMER STATED AFTER A RECENT COMPLAINT THAT WAS FILED WITH THE CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION, THE RETAILER WAS PREPARED TO REPLACE CONSUMERS 2 FRONT TIRES THAT WERE BALD, FREE OF CHARGE.(MICHELIN X -ONE TIRES, 17570TR13)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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