1991 Ford Escort complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ALSO REPLACED TORQUE CONVERTER. *AK

PASSIVE RESTRAINT SEAT BELTS FAILED 3 TIMES. *AK

DESIGN OF VEHICLES EXHAUST SYSTEM ALLOWS EXHAUST CONDENSATION TO DRIP DIRECTLY ONTO THE TRAILER ARM, WHICH CAUSED THE TRAILING ARM TO RUST OUT.

THE FUEL PUMP SHORTED OUT IN THE GAS TANK AND MELTED THE WIRE ALL THE WAY TO THE DASHBOARD. *AK

DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS JAMMED, PREVENTING THE SEAT BELTS FROM TRAVELING ALONG THE PATH FROM AN OPEN TO A CLOSED/SECURE POSITION. REPLACED THE MOTORIZED BELTS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THERE ARE GAS FUMES COMING FROM VEHICLE. THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE . MANUFACTURER INFORMED OWNER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED THE IN THE RECALL. *AK

VEHICLES FRONT PASSENGERS SEAT BELT WILL SOMETIMES WORK AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT THE SEAT BELT WILL STOP HALF WAY WHEN TRYING TO OPEN THE DOOR. *AK *JB

TRANSMISSION FAILED/REPLACED, REPLACEMENT SLIPS.

FUEL PUMP FAILS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT WARNING.

THIRD BRAKE LIGHT WIRES/BULBS ARE CORRODED, PLASTIC CASING GOING AROUND LIGHT FIXTURE MELTED, NOT CHECKED BY DEALER. *AK

DRIVER PASSIVE RESTRAINTS: SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE IS INOPERATIVE, MOTOR STOPPED WORKING BELT IS JAMMED. TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR AND THEY SAY IT WAS JAMMMED AND THEY HAD TO REPALCE THE ENTIRE UNIT.

WHILE DRIVING THE FAULTY IGNITION SYSTEM CAUGHT ON FIRE.FIRE WAS DUE TO A POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL SHORT. *AK

THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE BELT IS STUCKED IN THE MIDDLE OF RETRACTOR. THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

CAR ENGINE STARTED TO ACCELERATE WHILE PERSON WAS DRIVING BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT CAR STILL CONTINUED TO MOVE. PERSON HIT CAR AN HILL THEN CAR STOPPED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD BROKE.

DRIVER'S MOTOR BELT TRACKING FAILED.

LAP BELT BUCKLE FAILS TO LATCH.

RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD BROKE DUE TO WEAR.

CONSUMER STATED WHEN DRIVING AT 30 TO 35 MPH THE RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD END BROKE WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COME TO A RAPID STOP. *AK

FUEL PUMP FAILED, CAUSING SMOKE.

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT TRACK CABLE BROKE, MAKING THE DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT INOPERABLE. *AK

FUEL PUMP REPLACED.

FUEL PUMP FAILED.

OWNER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR HER WIRING HARNESS, SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE VEHICLE REPAIRED. WHEN OWNER GOT VEHICLE BACK IT CAUGHT FIRE. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT THE WORK HAD NEVER BEEN DONE.MFG RECALL 94B55.

GETTING INTO VEHICLE, THE MOTORIZED BELT FAILED TO WORK; TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, INFORMED IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIMES & COSTS $400 TO FIX. *AK

WHEN MAKING A RIGHT TURN THERE IS A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM REAR END BECAUSE A WELD SEPARATED NEAR GAS TANK, COULD BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO TURN THE CAR OFF THE CYCLE COME APART FROM THE CAR, SOMETIMES THE KEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE IGNITION . *AK

SEAT BELT FAILED TO SECURE DRIVER DURING A REAREND ACCIDENT, RESULTING IN EXTENSIVE NECK/SHOULDER/CHEST INJURIES AND A BROKEN STERNIUM. *AK

THE IGNITION PIN FALLS OUT OF THE IGNITION SWITCH. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT ON MY VEHICLE, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE RECALL STATES REGARDING IGNITION ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER. *AK

THERE WAS A SHORT IN THE FUEL T PUMP AND CAUSED A FIRE. THE CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT THE TIME. *AK

MOTORIZED SHOULDER STRAPS TIGHTENED TOO MUCH AND TOO QUICKLY ALMOST STRANGLING DRIVER'S WIFE; ALSO, STARTER , SITUATED IN A "HEAT SINK" BENEATH MANIFOLD/NEXT TO FIREWALL, OVERHEATED AND BURNED ITSELF OUT. *AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPS.

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY THE VEHICLE FILLED UP WITH SMOKE AND JUST SHUT DOWN. TOOK TO IT TO DEALER , REMOVED DASH STEERING COLUMN AND ALL HEATER ACCESSORIES AND FOUND MELTED WIRES IN STEERING COLUMN AND MAIN GROUND LUG AT FUSE BOX. *AK

UNPROTECTED FUEL PUMP MOTOR CIRCUIT CAUSED WIRES TO BURN DUE TO AN OVERDRAW OF POWER.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, IT WOULD STALL OR SHUT DOWN, WAS INFORMED IT WAS ELECTRICAL OR FUEL PUMP. *AK

THE JACK FAILED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DROP. *AK

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE OFF POSITION AND THE VEHIICLE WAS RUNNING, CONSUMER HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY CABLE TO TURN THE VEHIICLE OFF, CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REPLACED THE IGNITION .

THE VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN TURNING THE IGNITION ON AND WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 35 TO 40 MPH; ALSO, IT SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING BURNING. *AK CONSUMER STATES WHEN SHE TURNS ON IGNITION THE VEHICLE HESITATES FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN SHE HAS TO WAIT FOR 15 MINUTES BEFORE SHE CAN DRIVE THE VEHICLE, IT ALSO STALL WHEN AT A STOP SIGN OR A LIGHT, CONSUMER ALSO STATES LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN SHE TURNS ON THE IGNITION.*JB

ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMP, SENDING UNIT TANK HAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE WIRING TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

TRANSMISSION REPLACED.

STARTER KEPT ENGAGING WITH ENGINE RUNNING, WIRES UNDERHOOD BURNED OUT, FUSE STILL INTACT, NO SAFETY DEVICE TO CUT OFF SWITCH. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE STARTER SOLENOID WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE ENGINE WAS RUNNING, THIS CAUSED A STRANGE SOUND UNDER THE HOOD, CONSUMER SHUT OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVED THE KEY, THE STARTER CONTINUED TO TURN THE ENGINE, THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN COLD ENGINE STARTS TWICE THE STARTER DISENGAGED AFTER 3 OR 4 MINTUES AFTER THE FOURTH TIME IT THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL AS CONSUMER KEPT DRIVING TO THE STOP, THE NEXT MORNING MECHANIC STARTED IT UP AND THE WIRES WERE BURNED AND CHARRED AND OTHER DAMAGE OCCURED INCLUDING THE TACHOMETER.*JB

WHILE NOTICING BURNING SMELL, NEXT DAY LIGHT ON DASH PANEL WENT HAYWIRE, THEN NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM STEERING COLUMN, SPARKS CAME FROM UNDER DASH, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK

INNER TIE ROD FAILED, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE DASHBOARD WHICH RESULTED IN THE OWNER BEING AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE IN FEAR OF HAVING A COLLISION. *AK

THE FUEL GAUGE IS NOT WORKING RIGHT; ALSO THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS OFF ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING .*AK CONSUMER STATES FUEL GUAGE READS FULL ALL THE TIME, FRONT WHEEL BOUNCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR A VIBRATING SOUND, SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STOPPED WORKING.*JB

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT MALFUNCTIONED.(1ST VEHICLE ON 601623)

ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK

WHEN STARTING UP THE VEHICLE IT OVERHEATED AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION . THE IGNITION SWITCH BURNED UP. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RETRACTOR. THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. *AK