1991 Ford Escort complaints

THEIR ARE THREE BRAKE LIGHTS. FROM WITHIN THE CENTER LIGHT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT BECAUSE BRAKE LIGHT MELTED THE PLASTIC. ALSO, DEALER REPLACED BOTH STEERING TIE RODS. *AK

WITH REGARD FUEL LINES AND THROTTLE LINKAGES; IT IS POSSIBLE VEHICLE HAS BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS SO THAT I CAN HAVE THEM FIXED. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS CAR? IT WASN'T UNTIL YESTERDAY THAT I FOUND THIS GREAT INFORMATIONAL WEB-SITE THAT I CAME ACROSS THIS INFORMATION. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THIS GREAT WEB-SITE. THANK YOU. DAN & DAWN MCMULLAN (719) 635-4917 AND DAN'S CELL PHONE (719) 338-2429. *AK

THE IGNITION LOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN HOUSING EXPERIENCED FAILURE, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (93V057000). HOWEVER, REPAIRS WERE NOT DONE DUE TO THE RECALL NOTICE, BUT EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. *YC

THE TRAILING ARM SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY CAUSED A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENTWHICH SPREAD UNDER THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE REAR SPRINGS BROKE. HAD NO WARNING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC, WHO NOTICED THE BROKEN REAR SPRINGS. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT SPRINGS. THE REAR SPRINGS WERE REPLACED. *AK

REAR WINDOW BRAKE LIGHT SHORTED CAUSING SMOKE.

STEERING COLUMN CAME APART AND THE SHAFT WAS LOOSE CAUSING STEERING DIFFICULTY PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE. (91E-019)

I HAVE ANOTHER ESCORT A 1996 4 DOOR AND THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT FAILED ON IT ALSO

NO SUMMARY LISTE DFOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

REAR BRAKE LIGHT GETS HOT, CAUSING THE PLASTIC COVER TO DRIP ALL OVER PASSENGER'S IN THE REAR. ALSO, THERE IS AN ODOR WITHIN THE VEHICLE, AND SMOKE IS COMING FROM THE LIGHT. *AK

ON 1/19/1999 I WAS STRANDED WHEN THE CAR WOULD NOT START. MY HUSBAND CHECKED THE FUEL INJECTION FUSE AND REPLACED IT. HE GOT IT HOME AND IT REFUSED TO START. HE THEN DISCOVERED A GAS LEAK. WE HAD IT TOWED TO LEE ADAMS TIRE AND SERVICE CENTER. THEY CALLED US AND TOLD US THAT THE FUEL PUMP HAD BEEN ARCING AND WE WERE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FUEL PUMP, THAT THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE PUMP, THE AUTOMATIC SHUTOFF SWITCH, AND THE FUEL RELAY SWITCH, SO FAR. IT IS NOW 1/24/1999 AND I HAVE HAD TO RENT A CAR AT 60.00 A DAY OUT OF POCKET. I DIDN'T KNOW OF THE RECALL ON MY CAR UNTIL I GOT ON THE COMPUTER AND CHECKED YOUR SITE. THE DEALER DID NOT INFORM ME OF THE RECALL. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME 375.00 SO FAR IF THEY CAN GET IT FIXED BY MONDAY 1/25/1999 AND 240.00 IN RENTAL FEES! WHAT DO I DO NOW? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SITE, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL. DW

FUEL LEAK FROM THE SEAMS OF THE FUEL TANK.

TRACK GETS STUCK ABOUT HALFWAY AND THE SEAT BELT LIGHT STAYS ON. CONSUMER NOT STRAPPED IN SAFELY. BELT DOES NOT GO BACK PROPERLY. WHEN TRACK IS ALL THE WAY BACK, IT HAS TO BE RELEASED MANUALLY. DEALER CONTACTED AND NO WARRANTY. REPAIRS WOULD BE A OWNERS EXPENSE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

STU TISCHLER REPORTS. ALL SEAT BELTS,SHOULDER AND LAP, DON'T RESTRAIN THE PASSENGER IN ALL POSITIONS. THEY GIVE WHEN TUGGED ON. DEALER IS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE WIRING IN THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM.

FUEL GAUGE KEEPS REGISTERING FULL. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

WAS PULLING AWAY FROM STOP LIGHT WHEN BLACK SMOKE APPEARED FROM DASHBOARD. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, & CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK. VEHICLE AT MECHANIC. WIRING FROM FUEL PUMP HAD SHORTED OUT. WIRING HARNESS HAS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE FREEWAY THE VEHICLE JUST CUT OFF WITH NO WARNING. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. *AK

DUE TO THE WIRING HARNESS THAT MELTED, CAUSING CRACKS TO DEVELOP ON THE SOLDER JOINT OF THE FUEL RETURN SENDING UNIT WHICH CAUSED A FIRE (RECALL #92V117). MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE IS NOT UNDER RECALL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE ON STREET, STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, LIGHT CHANGED, VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE./ REPAIRMAN INFORMED CONSUMER THAT A PART IN TRANSMISSION WORE OUT, CAUSING VEHICLE NOT TO MOVE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

ALSO, MY ESCORT HAS HAD A WATER LEAK FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. WHEN I CONTACT KEY FOR, I WAS TOLD THAT NO OTHER REPORTS OF THIS KIND HAD BEEN MADE. WHEN I CONTACTED A LOCAL BODY SHOP, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS COMMON IN ESCORTS AND THAT THE FORD COMPANY WAS AWARE OF THIS, BUT NO EFFORT WAS BEING DONE TO CORRECT IT. IN THE MEANTIME, I RUN AROUND WITH A CATHS LITTER BOX IN MY CAR SO WHEN IT RAINS MOST OF THE WATER GETS IN THE LITTER BOX AND NOT ON MY FLOOR BOARD. HAVE ANY REPORTS OF THIS NATURE BEEN MADE?

MSS AIR FLOW SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HESITATE/STALL.

LOCATION OF FUEL LINE WHICH IS NEAR SWAY BAR AREA ON VEHICLE CAUSES FUEL LINES TO DEVELOP PIN HOLES, RESULTING IN FUEL LEAK. *AK

THE FUEL TANK SENDING UNIT DEVELOPED A SHORT, PLASTIC COMPONENTS WERE MELTED AND FUEL LEAKED FROM TANK.

WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE THE BELT WILL NOT RETRACT OR SLIDE FOR THE LOCK DOWN POSITION FOR ENTRY, NOW THE BELT DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE DRIVER'S SIDE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. *AK

RECALL # 92V117000 FUEL SYSTEM. WHEN THE FUEL TANK IS FULL OR CLOSE TO FULL, FUEL LEAKS FROM THE TANK. PROBLEM CORRECTED UNDER RECALL IN DECEMBER OF 1992. THE FUEL TANK HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR ABOUT ONE MONTH. DEALER NOT WILLING TO CORRECT PROBLEM FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, SMOKE COMES FROM THE THIRD REAR BRAKE LIGHT. DEALER FOUND AN OIL PAN GASKET LEAK, AND STATED THAT THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. DEALER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. OWNER STILL EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKE LIGHT CONTINUING TO SMOKE. OWNER HAS DISCONNECTED THE BRAKE LIGHT. *AK

HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT BULB MELTED THE SOCKET.

ROLL PINS SECURING IGNITION LOCK FAILED.

WHILE DRIVIG SOMETHING INVOLVING THE GEAR SLIPPED INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION WHICH BROKE THE CASE AND THE SHAFT. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAKED IN THE ROAD, AND THAT IS A SAFTY DEFECT. THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, AND WILL NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK

SOCKET IN THE MIDDLE TAIL LIGHT IN THE BACK WINDOW MELTED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

SUDDEN ACCELERATION RESULTING IN A COLLISION.

TIRES FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT.

CRANK SHAFT SENSOR CORRODED.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL INTERMITTENTLY.

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER SMELLED ELECTRICAL SMOKE IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE, WHERE MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL WAS FLOWING OUT OF FUEL TANK BECAUSE THE WIRES THAT LEAD UP TO THE FUEL SENSOR WERE BURNING WHICH BURNED A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, AND STARTED TO BURN A HOLE IN THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE FUEL PUMP CAUSED THE MELTING OF THE WIRE HARNESS, RESULTIN GIN A FIRE.

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION TRAVELING 20 TO 30 MPH, AND UPON IMPACT THE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO ENGAGE, CAUSING THE OCCUPANT TO BE PUSHED INTO THE STEERING WHEEL. ALSO HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

THE SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WILL NOT RETRACT. THE BELT IS STUCK IN THE BACK POSITION AND WILL NOT COME FORWARD. THE OWNER REPLACED THE BELT 2 YEARS AGO FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED AT THIS TIME. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WITH BOTH DOORS OPENED, AND RIGHT SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CAME BACK, TRAPPING 7-YEAR OLD CHILD, WHO SUSTAINED BRUISES ON HIS THROAT AND NECK. REAR BELT WAS REPLACED, BUT FAILED AGAIN WITHIN 6 MONTHS. IN ADDITION, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT GOT CAUGHT HALF WAY IN TRACK AND NO LONGER WORKS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DID NOT HOLD DRIVER DURING A COLLISION. DRIVER'S CHEST HIT THE RIM OF THE STEERING WHEEL, RESULTING IN AN INJURY.

ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK AT FULL THROTTLE AND BRAKES WOULD NOT STOP VEHICLE.

THE DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP IN THE FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK OUT AND CAUSING A FIRE. *AK

WIRING HARNESS FAILURE CAUSED BURNING, THIS WAS A RECALL RELATED FAILURE, HOWEVER CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, DEALER INSTALLED A FUSE TO THE NEW HARNESS TO PREVENT BURNING.

AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS.

POWER DOOR LOCKS DON'T WORK PROPERLY. ALSO, IGNITION LOCK MOVES AROUND AND KEY DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHEN IGNITION SWITCH WAS TURNED.OWNER NOTES THAT DEALER NOTED VEHICLE TRIED TO START BY ITSELF WITH IGNITION TURNED OFF. *AK

VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING UNDER DASHBOARD, WIRNG HARNESS WIRES BURNT, TRACED BURNT WIRES TO SENDING UNIT WHERE SHORTED OUT, WIRES REPLACED BY AUTO REPAIR SHOP, NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL #92V117000. *AK