Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#10024948August 1, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE LET OFF A HOWLING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THE FRONT AXLE PREMATURELY FAILED. *AK THE LEFT WHEEL BEARING ON THE FRONT WENT OUT PREMATURELY, PER MECHANIC. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026245August 1, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THERE WAS A GAS LEAK WHERE THE GAS TANK WAS MOUNTED TO THE VEHICLE ON THE FRONT. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS UNKNOWN. *AK THE GAS TANK LEAKED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE HARD PLASTIC WHICH WAS USED TO SECURE THE MOUNT OF THE HEAT SHIELD AND COVER TO THE PLASTIC TANK WHICH WAS HOT WELDED TO THE SOFTER PLASTIC TANK AND OVER TIME THE STRESS ON THE MOUNT CAUSED THE CRACK. THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FOR THREE YEARS. FORD STATED THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER # WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (#97V144000). *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031558July 30, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE IS FAILING PREMATURELY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031584July 30, 2003
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE'S REAR SEAT BELTS ARE LOCKING IN THE RETRACT POSITION AND WOULDN'T RELEASE. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO PROPERLY RETRAIN CHILDREN IN CSS. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM NEEDS REPLACEMENT IN ORDER THE CORRECT PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030235July 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
1995 FORD ESCORT WAGON,REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE(BROKEN) EVEN THE REPLACEMENT SPRINGS ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING, WHY DON'T THESE LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR? WHAT RENUMERATION CAN I EXPECT FROM FORD?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028953July 23, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
WE HEARD A CLUNKING SOUND IN THE REAR END. TOOK TO THE MECHANIC AND THE REAR SPRINGS ARE COMPLETELY SHATTERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029970July 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER STATES CONECTING ROD TO THE CRANKSHAFT BROKE, CAUSSING THE ENGINE TO FAIL. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028732July 21, 2003
SUSPENSION
THE CAR IS A 2001 FORD ESCORT ZX2. THE CAR IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY, SHAKES (VERY STRONLY) AND IS TURNING OFF BY ITSELF WHY DRIVING. I HAD COMPLAINED ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS TO FORD (MIDWAY FORD ISUZU) 8100 WEST FLAGLER, AND THEY DONT SEEM TO GET THE PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028614July 19, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY CAR AT 12,000 MILES, IT HAS SHAKEN AND VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. WHEN I RUN MY DEFROST OR A/C THE PROBLEM GETS WORSE AND MY CAR STALLS OUT. I HAVE REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 30,000 MILES AND REPLACED EVERYTHING THE DEALERSHIP INSTRUCTED. ON JULY, 18, 2003 I MADE MY FINAL ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FORD DEALER AND AGAIN SPECIFIED THE PROBLEM AND SHOWED THEM EXACTLY WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING. I PICKED IT UP LATER THAT AFTERNOON THEY HAD REPLACED THE VALVE AGAIN THAT I HAD JUST REPLACED IN JANUARY 2003. I TURNED ON MY CAR AND RAN THE A/C AND I SAW NO IMPROVEMENT. SO I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A MANAGER WHO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT MY CAR SHOULDN'T STALL ANYMORE BUT THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN DO TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. BASICALLY, WE PURCHASED A $13,000 DOLLAR CAR THAT NEVER RAN RIGHT AND CAN NOT BE REMEDIED. NO ONE HAS A SOLUTION AND I'M EXPECTED TO BE SATISFIED WITH A CAR THAT SHAKES NON-STOP. IF FORD KNOWS THIS IS OCCURING THEY NEED TO NOTIFY CUSTOMERS BEFORE THEY PURCHASE THE VEHICLE, INSTEAD OF LETTING THEM DRIVE AWAY IN A CAR THAT CAN NEVER BE FIXED. I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR FORD AND WILL NEVER PURCHASE A VEHICLE FROM THEM AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029602July 16, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE
THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A FOLLOW UP TO A LETTER WHICH WAS SENT REGARDING A VEHICLE FIRE. *MR *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028415July 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
I WAS DRIVING MY 1997 FORD ESCORT AT 70MPH DOWN INTERSTATE 75 WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. HERE TO FIND OUT THE TRANSMISSION WAS WHAT LOCKED UP THE GEARS JUST LOCKED UP TIGHT CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK. I AM 48 YEARS OLD AND HAVE A CDL DRIVERS LICENSE. I DRIVE A 40FT. BOOKMOBILE EVERYDAY FOR A LIVING. MY COMPLAINT IS FORD NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS BECAUSE A LESS EXPERIANCED DRIVER WOULD HAVE ROLLED THE CAR OR BEEN RUN OVER BY OTHER TRAFFIC. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITH A USED ONE AT A COST OF 887.24. I CONTACTED FORD 2 TIMES AND THEY DO NOT CARE. JUST TOLD ME THERE WAS NO RECALL SO THE PROBLEM WAS ALL MINE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029631July 10, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STALLING OUT.*MR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO IDLE AND ALMOST STALL AT EVERY STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICE FIVE TIMES FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. *TS. THE SPARK WIRES WERE REPLACED THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS CLEANED, THE FUEL INJECTOR WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM CONTINUED, THE DEALER THEN DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS CARBON BUILD UP, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN THE NEW HEADS SHOULD HAVE REVISED VALVE GUIDES AND EXHAUST VALVES TO PREVENT CARBON BUILD UP *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026929July 10, 2003
AIR BAGS
CONSUMER NOTICED A MONTH AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AIR BAG LIGHT FLASHED ON AND OFF. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. DEALER HAS NOT DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026763July 8, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM BEHIND, AND DRIVER SIDE STRAP BROKE FROM THE FRAME OF THE SEAT BELT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029630July 7, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
CONSUMER REQUESTING RESTITUTION FOR A HOUSE FIRE THAT WAS CAUSED BY A VEHICLE FIRE.*MR *TS. PRIOR TO THE FIRE THE VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATOR AND THE BRAKES SQUEAKING. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025385July 3, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
REAR SPRINGS ON MY ESCORT I BELIEVE TO BE CHEAPLY MADE. BOTH HAVE BUSTED. I HAVE FOUND THAT MY ESCORT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE. THERE ARE MANY OTHER ESCORTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022103July 3, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
WHEN THE VEHICLES CRUISE CONTROL WAS SET THE VEHICLE STALLED WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE LIGHT, FUEL LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK *CB *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026523July 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 55MPH ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025331July 2, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE A 1998 FORD ESCORT I ONLY HAVE 19.099 MILES. I PURCHASE THIS CARD ON NOVEMBER OF1998, THEREFORE THE DRIVING TIME WILL BE 4 YEARS ON THIS NOVEMBER. MY ENGINE WENT DEAD. THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT MY CAR NO LONGER HAS ANY WARRANTY.*AK I HAVE EXPLAINED THAT I HAVE EXPENDED $14.000 FOR THE USE OF THIS NEW CAR FOR 4 YEARS. AN AS FAR I COLD SEE. THE ENGINE WAS ALREADY DEFECTIVE FROM THE MANUFACTURER. BECAUSE IF I HAVE DRIVEN THIS CAR 20.000 MILES ON THE FIRST TWO YEARS THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE WOULD HAD GONE LONG BEFORE THAT. AND YOU WOULD HAVE RECOGNIZED THAT THIS ENGINES A LEMON AND I WOULD HAVE A REPLACEMENT THEN. I HAVE THIS CAR SERVICE BY THEM. THEY HAVE ALL SERVICE RECORDS OF MY VEHICLE ENGINE CHECKS. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT WENT WRONG WHEN THERE WERE SERVICING MY CAR ALL THIS TIME? I DO NOT HAVE A CAR NOW WHEN I MOST NEED IT.YOU SEE THE REASON I BOUGHT A NEW CAR WAS BECAUSE MY WIFE BECAME DISABLE AND I NEED IT A DEPENDABLE CAR. MY WIFE HAS MS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026603July 2, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
PROBLEMS WITH WIRING HARNESS RESULTING IN VEHICLE FIRE. *MR WHILE THE CONSUMER PROCEEDED THROUGH A STOP LIGHT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACT ERRATICALLY, THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT LATER CAUGHT FIRE AWAITING DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR. THERE WAS A RECALL RELATED TO THIS FAILURE BUT THE CONSUMER DIDN'T RECEIVED THE NOTICED PRIOR TO THE FIRE (RECALL # 02V323000). THE CONSUMER ALSO REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT. *SCC *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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