1994 Ford Escort complaints

SRS LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS REPAIRED AIR BAG CIRCUIT. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIOAL INFORMATION.*AK

WE HAD AN ACCIDENT JULY 19,2001. OUR AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. WE HAVE BOTH FRONT AND REAR DAMAGE.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALLED . IT WAS SERVICED 15 TIMES FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE. *AK

THE LIGHT ON THE DASH HAS BEEN OUT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW, JUST THE PART WHERE THE METERS ARE ENCASED. THE SEATBELTS HAVE BEEN GOING BAD OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 3 YEARS. THE LEFT FRONT SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT ALWAYS RETRACT, NOR DOES THE RIGHT FRONT SHOULDER STRAP. IN THE BACK, THE LEFT REAR SHOULDER STRAP NO LONGER RETRACTS SO THAT IT IS NOW FOREVER LOOSE AND FLOPPY...USELESS. DEALERSHIPS HAVE INFORMED US THAT SERVICING THIS PROBLEM IS UPWARDS OF $500 . WE HAVE HEARD OF OTHER OWNERS OF ESCORTS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. TO US THIS APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT AND SHOULD BE SERVICED AT NO CHARGE TO THE CONSUMER, BUT THE DEALERSHIPS INFORM US THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO RECALL.*AK

SPRING SNAPPED AT 60 MPH ON FLAT SMOOTH ROAD NO BUMPS. RUINED LEFT FRONT TIRE. *AK

KEY WAS STUCK IN IGNITION, DEALER REPLACED IGNITION. ON 12 AUG 2001, CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO SHUT OFF ENGINE, KEY WOULD NOT TURN. CONSUMER HAD A MECHANIC DISCONNECT BATTERY. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME.*AK

THE AIR BAG HAS BROKEN 3 OF MY RIBS AND FAILED TO DEPLOY BEFORE I HIT MY HEAD ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD THAT IS WHAT A POLICE HAD TOLD ME. I HAD BURNS AND ALOT OF BRUISING DUE TO THE AIR BAG IN MY CAR. PLUS ALOT OF HEADACHES AND NECK INJURIES BECAUSE OF THAT FAILURE TO DEPLOY SOON ENOUGH AND THEN WHEN IT DID LOOKOUT. THEY NEED TO RECALL AND RETROFIT THESE CARS WITH THE AIRBAGS THAT WONT HARM A WOMEN LIKE ME THAT IS OF SMALLL STATURE AND THAT 9 AND 3 POSITION DOESNT WORK MY ARMS STILL GOT BURNED. I STILL GOT HURT AND MY FEELING ON THESE THINGS IS I HATE THEM. IF I COULD HAVE THEM TAKEN OUT I WOULD. OR BE ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF WHEN I AM DRIVING. ALL OWNERS SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION WETHER THEY WANT THEM ON OR NOT. NOONE SHOULD MAKE THAT DECISION FOR THE OWNER OF THE CAR EXCEPT THEM.I HAD 3 ACCIDENTS ALL WITH AIRBAGS DEPLOYING AND THERE IS NOT ONE INCIDENT WHERE I DIDNT GET BRUISES OR BURNS OR BROKEN RIBS AND MY NECK KNOCKED OUT OF WHACK.*AK

DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT WILL NOT MOVE. SEATBELT SUPPOSE TO MOVE FORWARD AND BACKWARD AUTOMATICALLY. ALSO, LATCH HAS TO BE UNBUCKLED MANUALLY TO GET OUT OF SEATBELT. CONTACT DEALER. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY AND CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE IT MADE A NOISE AND STALLED OUT. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS NOT PULLING LIKE IT SHOULD. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED INTAKE VALVE SEAT COVER BROKE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS AT A STOP WHEN IT WAS REARENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50 MPH BEFORE SLAMMING ON BRAKES AND SKIDDING FOR 188 FEET INTO THE VEHICLE. AT IMPACT, BOTH FRONT SEATS AND REAR SEAT BROKE AND FELL BACKWARDS. WHILE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS FALLING BACKWARDS, A 7 YR.OLD CHILD SITTING IN REAR PASSENGER SEAT WAS IN FOWARD MOTION WHEN HEAD RESTRAINTS OF FRONT PASSENGER SEAT HIT CHILD IN CHEST ,TEARING VALVE IN HEART AND PUNCTURING LUNGS . LATER, CHILD DIED DUE TO INJUIRES.DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. CONSUMER CONTACTED A LAWYER WHO SENT AN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO INSPECT VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED SEATBELTS WERE IN WORKING CONDITIONS, AND REAR PASSENGER SEAT WAS PUSHED BACK, AND IWAS SITTING UNEVEN. ALL SEATS IN VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE AND WERE BROKEN. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE MOTORIZED TRACK FOR SHOULDER BELT HAS FAILED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THAT IT WOULD COST $350.00 TO REPAIR VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS STOPPED WORKING, NEEDS TRACK AND MOTOR REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER HAS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH TWICE. THIS WILL BE THIRD TIME REPLACING IGNITION SWITCH. FORD CLAIMS THERE IS NO RECALL OR COMPLAINTS. VEHICLE IS STALLING AND KEY DOESN'T WANT TO COME OUT OF IGNITION. *AK FIRST ONE WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *SLC

DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SHOULDER RESTRAINT MECHANISM FAILED MIDTRACK. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT INTERSECTION WAITING FOR LIGHT TO CHANGE, AND VEHICLE IN BACK OF HER HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM BEHIND, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DEPLOYED/PUNCTURED, AND CHEMICALS FROM AIRBAGS CAUSED THIRD DEGREE BURNS ON RIGHT SIDE OF HER FACE. HER EYE SIGHT WAS DAMAGED, AND VEHICLE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

I TOOK THEM BACK TO FIRESTONE AND THE PEOPLE WERE VERY RUDE. I HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH MY TIRES. ALL I WANTED WAS TO GET MY TIRES FIXED BUT THEY WERE VERY, VERY RUDE. I WILL NEVER RETURN TO FIRESTONE.*AK (TIRESIZE: P195/60R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P195/60R15 )

DRIVER AND PASSENGER AUTOMATIC SEAT BELTS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM RETRACTING MECHANISM. ALSO, GEARS WILL NOT SHIFT INTO REVERSE, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MOTORIZED SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE IS STUCK IN MIDDLE OF TRACK, SEAT BELT PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED DUE TO SAME PROBLEM. CJ

SEAT BELT WIRES WERE BURNING WHILE BEING IN USE ON DRIVER'S SIDE. MOTOR HAS SEIZED UP, BUT IT HAD KEPT RUNNING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURIES TO DRIVER'S SIDE OCCUPANT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

DEFECTIVE DRIVER SEATBELT GETS STUCK IN SEAT BELT TRACK ON DRIVER'S DOOR WHICH WONT PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. HAD TO REPLACE SHOULDER BELT RUNNER AND MOTOR. *AK

ALOT OF TROUBLE WITH HEATING SYSTEM,THIS MAKES THE 4TH TIME IN A YEAR FOR REPAIRS?

DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SEAT BELT STUCK AT TOP OF DOOR. *AK

DRIVER' SEATBELT ATTACHED TO THE DOOR IS STUCK IN A "L" SHAPE, WHICH WON'T PROTECT OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT LOCK PROPERLY, DEALER REPLACED ASSEMBLY. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NON SENSOR AND OR RETRACTOR OF SEAT BELTS. *AK CAUSE OF FAILURE MAY BE DEALER'S MAJOR REPAIR WORK. *YH

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS HANGING FROM CEILING OF CAR, BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY.*AK ENGINE FAILED AND REPLACED. CONSUMER CONCERN THE ODOMETER READING WILL NOT MATCH. *YH

SINCE THE ENGINE HAS BEEN REPLACED I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROMBLEMS WITH MY VECHILE,

RETRACTOR TO THE SEATBELT ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES BROKE. SHE HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER AT THIS TIME. WIRE ON THE RETRACTOR IS STICKING OUT OF THE BELT BUCKLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY

MY OWNERS MAINTENANCE SCHEDUAL CALLS FOR THE TIMING BELT OF THE 1.8L ENGINE(ONLY)TO BE CHANGED AT 60K, WERE THE 1.9L ENGINE TIMEING BELT IS NOT LISTED. MADE MYSELF A REAL PAIN TO HAVE IT CHANGED. I WAS TOLD THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED IN MY VIEHICLE. NOW THAT THE BELT HAS BROKEN, I AM TOLD THAT IT IS MAY OWN STUPID FAULT. I LIKE TO DO THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE ON THE CARS. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS; WHERE DO I GO WRONG? I KNOW THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED, BUT WHY PUT IT IN THE OWNERS MANUAL NOT TO?

DEALER DAMAGED STEERING COLUMN DURING TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY REPLACEMENT. BECAUSE OF THE COST INVOLVED, DEALER ONLY AGREED TO REPLACE ASSEMBLY WITH ONE FROM A LOCAL SALVAGE YARD. (COLLAPSEABLE PINS WERE SHEARED DURING STEERING WHEEL REMOVAL). BECAUSE OF T

SEAT BELT SENSORS AND RETRACTORS ARE INOPERATIVE. NLM

PE00 020; CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THERE IS A LINE AROUND THE SIDEWALL IN TWO SEPARATE PLACES LOCATED ON TWO FRONT TIRES. *AK

MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE HAS ALWAYS READ HIGH SINCE I'VE HAD THE CAR. IN AN ATTEMPT TO COOL DOWN THE ENGINE WHILE I'M IN TRAFFIC, I HAVE TO TURN ON THE DEFROSTER. TO KICK IN THE ENGINE FAN. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS BROKEN AND WILL NOT MOVE BEYOND THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE MOTOR SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BURN OUT OR MELT THE PLASTIC INCASING. *AK

SEAT BELT FAILED DURING VEHICLE ACCIDENT RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER (HEAD,NECK AND BACK). *MJS

VEHICLE INVOVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CONCRETE CURVE AT A IMPACT OF 20-25 MPH, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

MOTOR BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE STOPPED OPERATING. BELT STOPPED MIDWAY, AND REMAINED THERE WITH MOTOR STILL RUNNING. MOTOR WAS DISCONNECTED TO KEEP IT FROM BURNING UP. DRIVER HAD NO RESTRAINT. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

DRIVER SIDE MOTORIZED SEATBELT LOCKED HALFWAY ON THE TRACK. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND DEALERSHIPS NOR FOMOCO WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP US OUT WITH THEIR MISTAKE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS. *AK

THE HEATER CORE WAS FIRST REPLACED ON 8/20/98 BECAUSE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL, WAS REPLACED AT FORD DEALER IN HOME TOWN, THEN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER THE HEATER CORE HAD TO BE REPLACED AGAIN BECAUSE ONCE REPLACED THIS TIME FOUND IT HAD POSSIBLY BEEN BENT WHILE INSTALLING SO IT CRACKED, AND IT AGAIN CRACKED WITHIN A YEAR AFTER BEING REPLACED BY A DIFFERENT MECHANIC, FORD SAID THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT SINCE WE HAD IT REPLACED BY A DIFFERENT MECHANIC, BUT THIS MECHANIC REPLACED THE PART FOR FREE. *AK

MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS, BOTH ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE, FAILED. ALSO, PLASTIC BUMPER GUARDS BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK *ML

SEAT BELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE DO NOT MOVE BACK AND FORTH ON THE RAIL. THE BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS IN CLOSED POSITION. WHILE PASSENGER'S SIDE BELT IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIL. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. COSTLY REPAIR JOB, FORD SHOULD ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR DEFECT AND PAY FOR REPAIR. *AK *ML

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH, HITTING A POLE, AIR BAG ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL, BUT DID NOT DEFLATE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLES ACTIVE SEAT AND SHOULDER BELTS ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT HAVE GOTTEN STUCK, LEAVING THE DRIVER UNPROTECTED IN CASE OF VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE CANNOT ACCELERATE WITHOUT EXPERIENCING SURGES OR WITHDRAWALS IN POWER WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED AND REPAIRED VEHICLE THREE TIMES, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT INTO HIGH OR LOW GEARS, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK