Ford Escort Complaints

3,936 consumer complaints on file.

#8003840February 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 30-40 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND VEHICLE JUST SHUT DOWN AND THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK THE GAS TANK WAS LEAKING AFTER REPLACED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003808February 8, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR VEHICLE ACCELERATES VERY HIGH, MORE THAN NORMAL. IF TAPPING ACCELERATER IT WILL GO BACK DOWN TO NORMAL OR CUT OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003656February 6, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
AFTER TURNING VEHICLE OFF KEY GOT STUCK IN IGNITION. NO MATTER WHAT CONSUMER DID , KEY WOULD NOT COME OUT. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003657February 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE GETS STARTED UP IT WILL NOT MOVE OUT OF PARK. VEHICLE WILL JUST SIT THERE AND NOT MOVE ANYWHERE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003130January 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. CONSUMER SHUT ENGINE OFF, RESULTING IN VEHICLE NOT RESTARTING. CONSUMER TRIED TO INVESTIGATE, AND FOUND THE ANTIFREEZE FLUID OVERFLOWING, AND CAUSING ELECTRICAL WIRES TO MELT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757475January 29, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHEN YOU TRY TO USE THE WASHER FLUID IT LEAKS ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR CAUSING THE HOOD TO BECOME DISCOLORED FROM THE WINDSHEILD WASHER FLUID. ALSO WHENEVER YOU ARE AT A STOP THE CAR STARTS TO SHAKE, THEY FORD SAY THAT IT IS FROM THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND THAT IT IS NOT HAZARDOUS SO THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT. LAST THEIR IS PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISION, WHENEVER YOU ARE MOVING SLOW OR IN A STOP POSITION AND START TO MOVE THE CAR JERKS REALLY BAD. IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE SOMEONE RAN INTO YOU OR THAT YOU RAN SOMETHING OVER. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO THE COMPANY, BUT THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT. I HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE ECAXT SAME CAR HAVE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002938January 28, 2002
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH STEERING WHEEL MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN A MINOR COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002867January 25, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HIT PILE OF SAND AND LOSS CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND THEN IT A TREE, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, HOWEVER THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK *TT
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002796January 24, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
AN ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT IS OCCURRING WITHIN VEHICLE WHICH IS CAUSING VEHICLE BATTERY TO COMPLETELY LOSE POWER. *AK CONSUMER STATES RADIO CAUSED BATTERY TO DRAIN AND SPEAKERS TO POP, RADIO REPLACED 3 TIMES, EXPERIENCING OTHER ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMING WHEN THE HEATER IS ON OR WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, RADIATOR HAD TO BE REPLACED, ENGINE LIGHTS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY, AND POOR ACCELERATION WHEN GOING UP A HILL. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564114January 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE EXHIBITED A FIRE BY AN UNKNOWN SOURCE IN THE IGNITION COLUMN PER FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATION. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564036January 18, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER CRASHED INTO A TRUCK AND WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE IN WHICH NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT UNTIL THE SECOND IMPACT, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#757049January 18, 2002
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:LEAF SPRING ASSEMBLY
NO ABUSE AT ALL. REPORTED TO DEALER. THEY SAID TO SAVE RECEPT IN CASE OF RECALL. BOTH SPRINGS FAILED INSIDE PLASTIC PROTECTIVE SLEEVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900785January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AND COULD SMELL THE ELECTRICAL WIRE BURNING, CONSUMER DISCONNECTED A FUSE TO STOP THE FIRE, THE WIRE WAS BURNED FROM UNDER THE DASH BACK TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, CLAIM 05-4562-613. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900786January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FIRE STARTED ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE AND BURNED THROUGH THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE, CLAIM 27-6082-040. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900787January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
DASH WAS ON FIRE AND ALL WIRING WAS BURNED, CLAIM 31-3120-259. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900788January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
CONSUMER CAME BACK TO VEHICLE AFTER A DAY OF WORK AND THE INTERIOR WAS SMOKEY, DASHBOARD AND INTERIOR WERE BURNED, ADJUSTER STATED ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CLAIM 05-4953-366. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900789January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE DRIVING TO THE STORE, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO A LOOSE WIRE, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 40-2555-468. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6900790January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE SHOP ASKED THE CONSUMER TO RETURN THE VEHICLE IN 2-3 DAYS, DURING THIS TIME A FIRE OCCURRED IN THE CENTER MODULE LOCATED IN THE CONSOLE, LATER WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE DEALERSHIP, SOMEONE NOTICED THE MODULE WAS AGAIN SMOLDERING, CLAIM 28-3088-664. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900792January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE ALARM WENT OFF, ACCORDING TO ONE DEALERSHIP THE WIRING SHORTED OUT THE HORN AND CAUSED THE AIRBAGS TO NEED REPLACEMENT, HOWEVER ANOTHER DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE WIRING BURNED INTO THE HORN, CLAIM 40-2507-626. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900793January 17, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRE AT DASH PANEL, CLAIM 18-0486-942. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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