1995 Ford Escort complaints

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VEHICLE WAS HIT FROM THE REAR WHILE PARKED, AND WAS PUSHED INTO TRAFFIC AND THEN WAS HIT FROM THE FRONT BY A JEEP. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS MOTORIZED SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT OR ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *ADJ

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT APPROX 50-55 MPH IMPACT ON THE DRIVER SIDE. VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER ON ITS ROOF. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HIT FROM THE REAR OR FRONT IN ORDER FOR AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. *AK

SEAT BELT GUIDE BROKE OFF FROM THE SIDE OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. NLM

ELECTRICAL HARNESS AT REAR LIFT GATE FAILED, WIRES CRACKED AND ARCING TOGETHER. REAR BRAKE LIGHT WOULD STAY ILLUMINATED WHEN PARKED OR MOVING WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL INTERACTION. POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD AS REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHEN BRAKES ACTUALLY APPLIED. *AK

LEFT FRONT MOTORIZED SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY SPORADICALLY FAILS. THERE ARE OVER 50 COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL YEAR ALON ON YOUR WEBSITE AND NO INDICATION OF AN INVESTIGATION. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR 2 YEARS AND IS EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLOSION. UPON 60 MPH IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

INTAKE MANIFOLD CAME LOOSE,DESTRYING PISTON,CYLINDER & ENGINE BLOCK, CAUSING CAR TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION. MAJOR ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVOIDED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

CRACKES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN AN ODOR . OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT THE FUEL ODOR. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACATRUR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

MOTORIZED SEATBELT IS STUCK AND WON'T BUCKLE WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. MANUFACTURER REPLACED SEATBELT MOTOR ONCE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INTERMITTENTLY GOES FORWARD TO THE OPEN POSITION WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT GO BACK AGAIN UNTILED FORCED BY DRIVER.

ON 05/19/99, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AS WELL AS THE SEATBELTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING AT ALL.THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS TO WARN OF A PROBLEM OTHER THAN A POSSIBLE FUSE BURN OUT. LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER, THE VEHICLE BURNED.THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A 2 CAR GARAGE.THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BURNED ALONG WITH THE GARAGE IN WHICH IT WAS HOUSED.THE VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO IT HAD SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE.ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME WERE ASLEEP AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. *AK

TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY STARTED TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AT 31,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUME R THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVER'S SEA TBELT DOES NOT RETRACT ON THE TRACK. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

FAILED IN 50 PREVIOUS REPORTS FROM 1995-FIX THIS [XXX] THING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

CONTINUED AND IIGNORED SAFETY ISSUE BY FORD...PLEASE FIX AND NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DOES NOT WORK. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY SAID THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $700.00. THEY COULD NOT EVEN FIX THE SEATBELT BECAUSE FORD HAS THE PART ON BACKORDER AND COULDN'T EVEN TELL THEM WHEN THE PART WOULD COME IN. I TOOK THIS TO MEAN MANY FORD ESCORT WAGONS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, THE PART YOU ATTACH THE SEATBELT TO IS POSITIONED AT THE FRONT SO I CAN'T EVEN MANUALLY PUT MY SEATBELT ON. I PRAY EACH DAY I DRIVE THE CAR THAT I DON'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS BROKEN. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

REAR SEATBELTS WILL NOT RETRACT BACK INTO POSITION ,AND WILL STAY PULLED OUT, CAUSING A LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT. THEREFORE, THEY REMAIN IN THE FULLY EXTENDED POSITIONS AT ALL TIMES. THIS FAILURE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A GRADUAL ONE. AT ONE MOMENT THE SEAT BELTS WORKED AND THEN THEY DID NOT. I BELEIVE THERE IS A DESIGN AND OR MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY AND THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE INJURY.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVERS NECK. NM

FUEL TANK CRACKED AND LEAKING.NOT DUE TO DRIVER ERROR!! RADIATOR CLOGGED UP AND WHEN ENGINE RAN HOT, WARNING LIGHTS AND GAUGES FAILED. THIS CAUSED A CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. *AK

BOTH AUTOMATIC SEATBELTS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE BELT IS STUCK IN MIDDLE POSITION, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE BELT MOVES WITHOUT WARNING OR DOOR OPENING. *AK

SINCE OUR SHOULDER HARNESS BROKE, WE'VE SEEN OTHERS IN OUR AREA, SAME MODEL, SAME YEAR WITH BROKEN AUTOMATIC MOTORIZED SHOULDER HARNESS'.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60MPH ON AN INTERSTATE WHEN A 3/4 CAR INCIDENT HAPPENED. VEHICLE WAS HIT ON BOTHE SIDES AND THEN REAR ENDED THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS RELEASED FROM THE RAIL, CONSUMER WAS LAID INTO THE BACK SEAT, THE SEAT BACK WAS BROKEN/ BENT/DISTORTED, CONSUMER WAS INJURED. THERE IS AN OPEN IVESTIGATION ATTHIS TIME-(IE-98-074). *AK

MY 1995 FORD ESCORT LX FUEL TANK IS SPLITTING IN HALF. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FUEL LEAKS OUT NO MATTER HOW LITTLE IS IN THE TANK, OR IF THE CAR IS OR ISN'T RUNNING. FUMES DO BUILD UP INSIDE VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM WAS NOT A RESULT OF ANY DAMAGE OR SCRAPE. THE TANK IS SPLITTING ALONG THE MOLDING LINE. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIL. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

BATTERY FAILED.

AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE IS STUCK ON THE RAIL IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SEAT BELT RECTACTOR FAILED AND CAN NOT BE REPAIRED DUE TO LACK OF PARTS.

WHILE DRIVING HATCHBACK LIGHT COMES ON, BUT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE HATCHBACK. HOWEVER, LIGHT IS STILL ON. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

DURING VEHICLE ACCIDENT NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG.

IE98074; DRIVER'S SHOULDER BELT IS JAMMED AND DOES NOT OPERATE AT ALL. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH AND EXPERIENCED SUDDEN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS THAT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD OF THE VEHICLE, AND CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO SKID. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

/PASSENGER'S SHOULDER BELT AND REAR SIDE SEAT BELT DON'T WORK. WHEN USING THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT, THE SEAT BELT WILL GET TIGHT WHILE SEAT BELT IS ON, AND THEN GETS LOOSE. ALSO, THE SLIDE TO USED TO TIGHTEN/ADJUST THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT WON'T STAY TIGHT. *AK *ML

NOT A TIRE PROBLEM, ALL ARE UP TO SPECK. BAD SHAKE IN STEARING WHEEL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/70/14 )

SHOULDER TRACK STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF DOOR AND FAILED AT THAT POINT

THE PARK ON THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT LOCK IN PARK WHEN PLACED IN PARK. THE VEHICLE CAN ALSO BE REMOVED FROM PARK WITH OUT APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ASH TRAY PLACEMENT, ASH FALLS ON THE CONSOLE AND WORKS ITS WAY INTO THE MECHANISM. *AK.ET.

TRANSMISSION FAILED TWO TIMES, SECOND FAILURE RESULTING IN LEAKAGE.

DUE TO DEFECTIVE COMUTER COMMAND CENTER, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO GO, AND THEN IT WOULD STALL AGAIN. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

MOTOR SEAT BELT ON DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO OPERATE. SEAT BELT WOULD NOT SLIDE ON THE TRACK. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH VEHICLE SHAKES AND HAS BAD VIBRATION. IT SEEMS LIKE THE FRONT END IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. THERE IS A TSB, AND FORD STATES THERE IS GOING TO BE A RECALL, BUT HAS NO SOLUTIONS. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING STEERING PROBLEMS. WHEN DRIVER STEERS STEERING WHEEL IN ONE DIRECTION, IT TURNS INTO THE OTHER DIRECTION. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH STEERING. WHEN CONSUMER MANEUVERS THE STEERING WHEEL IN ONE DIRECTION, VEHICLE TURNS IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. THE CONSUMER OWNS TWO OF THE SAME VEHICLES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WON'T WORK DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CABLE IS BROKEN AND THE SEAT BELT WON'T MOVE. *AK *ML

MY SHELL HAS MECHANIC INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK ORDER ON THIS PART. I AM CONCERNED THAT SINCE THERE IS A SHORTAGE THERE MAYBE A SITUATION ENDEMIC TO THIS MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS THE SECOND TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH THIS CAR. THE VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY ON THE FIRST OCCASION. THE CURRENT COST OF REPAIR IS ESTIMATED AT $500.00. HAPPY HOLIDAYS, JOKL JOHNSON