Seat BeltsCrash
Filed Apr 21, 1995NY
DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS DID NOT HOLD UPON IMPACT; DRIVER FELL FORWARD; VEHICLE WAS REARENDED DURING BUMPER TO BUMPER TRAFFIC. TT
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1992 Ford Escort complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1992 record →
Vehicle Speed Control › Cables
Filed Apr 21, 199500
THROTTLE CABLE STICKS IN WIDE OPEN POSITION. CAUSING VEHICLE TO SURGE. TT
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Apr 15, 1995KS
ANTILOCK BRAKE COMPRESSOR/ACCUMULATOR FAILED. *AW
Electrical System › Alternator/Generator/Regulator
Filed Apr 7, 1995TX
WHEN STARTED, ENGINE SMOKED TURNED OFF IGNITION, ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN, HAD TO DISCONNECT BATTERY CABLE TO ABORT FIRE, DUE TO ALTERNATOR FAILURE. TT
Vehicle Speed Control › Cruise ControlCrash
Filed Apr 3, 1995NY
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, VEHICLE ACCELERATED, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT 1ST TIME, ALMOST HIT A PERSON 2ND TIME, REPLACE THROTTLE SENSOR/IDLE SPEED CONTROL. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed Mar 30, 1995MI
THE AIR BYPASS WOULD STICK CAUSING THE CAR TO RUN AT A HIGHER RPM, THIS IS A 5-SPEED IF IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC IT WOULD ACT LIKE A STUCK THROTTLE. TT
Power Train › Driveline › Differential Unit
Filed Mar 13, 199500
BOLT IN SPIDER GEAR LOCATED IN DIFFERENTIAL CAME THROUGH, RESULTING IN FAILURE. EVEN THOUGH ENGINE WAS RUNNING NO POWER TO VEHICLE. TT
Steering › Steering Wheel/Handle Bar
Filed Feb 15, 1995AL
STEERING COLUMN SEVERELY VIBRATES WHILE VEHICLE IS STATIONARY; OWNER TOLD BY FORD THAT IT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE; CANNOT BE CORRECTED. TT
Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch
Filed Feb 13, 1995FL
UNABLE TO OPEN DOOR FROM INSIDE WHEN DOOR LOCKED. TT
Vehicle Speed Control › Accelerator Pedal
Filed Feb 10, 1995MD
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS CAUSING A HIGH IDLE. TT
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jan 25, 1995WA
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATES UPON ENGAGING CLUTCH. *AW
Seat Belts › Front › Anchorage
Filed Jan 12, 1995NM
SAFETY BELT BROKE WITHIN TWO YEARS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE. TT
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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