Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#10089109September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WONT HONORING THE NHTSA RECALL 02V323000. CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, THE INTEGRATED AIR BAG MONITOR (IABM) CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH WATER OR OTHER LIQUIDS AND COULD EXPERIENCE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087274September 14, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED BACK AND NECK INJURIES, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THERAPY. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10091851September 10, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND VEHICLE SHOOK WHEN IN REVERSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HER TIE RODS WERE DEFECTIVE. ANOTHER DEALER TOLD HER IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091662September 9, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED 3 TIMES BECAUSE IT WENT BAD WITHIN AT 47,000 MILES WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION MADE A NOISE LIKE IT WAS STRAINING TO GO INTO GEAR. IT FELT LIKE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN IN SECOND GEAR INSTEAD OF DRIVE. DEALERSHIP ONLY REPLACED TRANSMISSION, BUT DID NOT PROVIDE A CAUSE FOR THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091683September 8, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
REPLACEMENT OF REAR SPRINGS ON 1997 FORD ESCORT.*MR THE CONSUMER WANTED AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY HER 2000 FORD TAURUS WAS RECALLED BUT NOT HER 1997 FOR ESCORT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090250September 1, 2004
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER RECEIVE RECALL NOTICE 02-S44 REPLACEMENT OF AIR BAGS . DEALER FAILED TO REPAIR THE RECALL. CONSUMER INFORMED MECHANIC THAT THE SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE LIGHT WAS NOT ON BEFORE RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE. SERVICE MANAGER TAMMY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087225August 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
THE BATTERY CABLE BROKE OFF AND THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE UNLESS SHE TAPED THE CABLE IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FORD AND THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. *AK THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THERE WAS A SPECIAL GROUNDING WIRE FROM THE COMPUTER TO THE CABLE POST WIRE. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FACT THAT THE GROUNDING WIRE WAS NOT CONNECTED TO THE FRAME INSTEAD OF THE BATTERY AND SUGGESTED THAT WITHOUT THIS BRACKET HARNESS WIRE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088755August 29, 2004
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
BROUGHT MY CAR TO SHOP TO HAVE STRUTS REPLACED. WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN AND HAD DESTROYED THE STRUTS AS WELL. VEHICLE HAS 80,00 HIGHWAY MILES ON IT. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND THE MECHANIC HAS ONE EVERY WEEK INTO HIS SHOP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089859August 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
UPON TURNING THE VEHICLE ON IT STALLED . TRIED STARTING IT AGAIN AND IT BLEW UP, BURNING COMPLETELY TO THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS OR INDICATIONS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089893August 27, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH CONSUMER TURNED THE HEATHER ON TO WARM UP THE VEHICLE AND SUDDENLY VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FLAMES AND HEAVY SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089826August 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR A FEW SECONDS VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE FIREWALL. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088496August 24, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CAR STALLED TRY TO RESTART CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE, NOW TOTAL LOSS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089490August 23, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10088314August 21, 2004
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
RIGHT BEFORE I WAS DUE FOR MY SAFETY INSPECTION, MY AUTOMATIC SAFETY BELT MECHANISM STOPPED WORKING, SO WHEN I WENT TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AT DOBBS AUTO CENTER, OF COURSE, IT DID NOT PASS BECAUSE OF THIS AND I HAD TO HAVE A NEW MOTOR INSTALLED AT A COST OF $363.77. EVEN THE GUY WHO INSPECTED IT SAID THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES AND THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSED. I CAN FAX YOU A COPY OF THE BILL IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10081871August 20, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, STRUCTURE
WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, AND SOON AFTER CONSUMER HEARD SOMETHING HIT THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS GUIDED TO THE SHOULDER, AND CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE AIR CONDITIONER BRACKETS BROKE. THIS IN TURN, CAUSED THE AC COMPRESSOR TO FALL AND RIP A HOLE INTO THE OIL PAN.*AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089429August 19, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
FATALITY INVOLVING 1991 FORD ESCORT. *MR THE CONSUMERS AUNT WAS DRIVING AND WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND THE CONSUMERS MOTHER WAS KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED TO KNOW IF THE VEHICLE WAS CHECKED OR CORRECTED FOR THE PROBLEM. (INSPECT THE BOLT LENGTH BEFORE DRIVEN OR DEMONSTRATED OR DELIVERED THE VEHICLE UNTIL THEY HAVE BEEN INSPECTED) THIS WAS THE CONSUMER'S AUNT'S FIRST ACCIDENT UNTIL THE PROBLEM WITH THE ACCELERATOR. THE THROTTLE LINKAGE WAS POSSIBLY DEFECTIVE. RECALL# 90V076000 *SC THERE WAS ALSO A LEAKAGE PRESENT AT THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER UPON INSPECTION. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#10089303August 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART, THE VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088160August 18, 2004
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
I TOOK MY 1998 FORD ESCORT TO GAGNE FORD IN PRINCETON, WISCONSIN, TO HAVE THE OIL CHANGED. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED ME THAT THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING THE TIE RODS. "OUTER TIE ROD ENDS. RIGHT OUTER IS LOOSE. LEFT OUTER IS SIEZED." SINCE THERE IS ONLY 23,200 MILES ON THE CAR, I CHECKED FOR RECALLS. ARE PEOPLE JUST HAVING THIS REPAIR DONE AND NOT REPORTING IT? DO I REALLY NEED THIS WORK DONE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087914August 16, 2004
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
LARGE CHUNKS OF TREAD CAME OFF THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, AND CRACKS HAD DEVELOPED ON THE SIDE WALL. THIS RESULT IN THE VEHICLE SHAKING SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10080085August 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, WHIC EVENTUALLY CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CONSUMER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL, AND STARTED UNDER THE DASHBOARD. *AK *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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