1998 Ford Escort complaints

ONGOING P[ROBLEM WITH EXHAUST SMELL COMING INTO VEHICLE WHEN HEATER/DEFOGGER ARE TURNED ON. DEALER / MANUFAXCTURER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABS LOCKED UP RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION. YH

LEASED VEHICLE: WHILE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIRS SHOP. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THATE DRIVESHAFT BUSHING WAS DETERIORATING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.ALSO, DEALER REPLACED POWER STEERING RACK BUSHING *AK

WHILE DRIVING TANSMISSION DISENGAGES.THE DEALER IS AWARE OF THE THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

THE TRANSMISSION FAILS TO SHIFT INTO GEAR. WOULD BE MAKING LOUD NOISES. VEHICLE WAS NOT DRIVABLE. THE ENGINE HAD BLOWN. WAS RUNNING ON 2 CYLINDERS (25 AUG 99). HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. THE MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WOULD NEED TO ORDER A ENGINE. SO FAR NO ENGINE.

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG, AND SHUT OFF VALVE FAILED DURING ACCIDENT RESULTING IN HEADACHES FROM HITTING HEAD ON MIRROR, NECKACHES AND UPPER BACK PROBLEMS. NLM

WHILE GOING EAST A CAR GOING WEST DECIDED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, CONSUMER HIT NEXT DRIVER ON PASSENGER'S SIDE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VECHICLE WAS PARKED ON A HILL IN AN INCLINE POSITION AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS IN A UPRIGHT POSITION, VECHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT A TREE. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN AN UPHILL POSITION WITH EMERGENCY BRAKE ON, VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND HIT A TREE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY., SHE ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES AND APPLIED BRAKES, PEDAL WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND THE VECHICLE SWERVED INTO TRAFFIC AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT NOT HIGH ENOUGH. DRIVER SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES BY GOING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. HOWEVER,AIR BAG ON PASSENGER SIDE DEPLOYED FULLY, AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED LESS SEVERE INJURIES. *AK

STEERING COLUMN COUPLING MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HIGH SPEED BETWEEN 60 TO 65MPH AND ANOTHER VECHICLE JUMPED IN FRONT OF HIM. CONSUMER MADE A SUDDEN STOP TO AVOID HITTING VEHICLE. HE SWERVED AND FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES, SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG/ ARM AND PELVIC BONE. WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES RIGHT FRONT WHEEL GRINDS. THIS HAPPENS UNDER ANY KIND OF BRAKING SITUATION. BRAKE PADS AND SHOES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND ROTORS TURNED. THIS HELPED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 500 MILES, AND THEN PROBLEM STARTED OVER AGAIN. THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THE VEHICLE WILL BE SERVICED FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

BRIEF SUMMARY OF DEFECTIVE SAFETY GEAR: 09/26/98 THIS VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 35-40MPH AND REAR-ENDED A TRUCK, NEITHER AIR-BAG DEPLOYED. NOW, 9/17/99, ATRUCK TRAVELING 35-40MPH REAR-ENDED THIS VEHICLE CAUSING ABOUT A 20MPH SMASH TO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT AND AGAIN, NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AND THE FUEL PUMP CUT-OFF SWITCH FAILED TO FUNCTION. THIS TIME HOWEVER, THE DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE RECEIVED DOUBLE THE WHIP-LASH EFFECT THAT COULD HAVE BEEN KEPT TO THE SINGLE INFLICTRD IN A REAR-END COLLISION INVOLVING ONLY TWO VEHICLES. A NEEDLESS NECK INJURY HAS BEEN SUFFERED THIS TIME AND I FEEL THAT IF THE AIR-BAGS WERE DEPLOYED, THE ELIMINATION OF THE FORWARD WHIP WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A FACTOR OF THE NECK INJURY.

THE MOTOR SEIZED UP WHILE AT A STOP . THE DEALER IS REPAIRING THE VEHICLE. *AK

DURING COLLISION NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG RESULTED IN INJURY TO CONSUMERS FACE WHEN HITTING THE WINDSHIELD AND MIRROR. MJS

VEHICLE HESITATES CONSISTENTLY DURING ACCELERATION AND SOMETIMES SPARK-KNOCK AND SURGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE FORWARD MOMENTUM. NLM

NO FAILURES LISTED.

INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. WOULD START REVVING AT STOP LIGHT/SIGN. MANUA CLUTCH MAKES NOISE. SPEED NOT A FACTOR. THE BRAKES WOULD JERK & JIGGLE WHEN APPLIED. HAD RATTLE IN RIGHT FRONT AFTER REPAIRS. WAS INFORMED THAT WAS NORMAL. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER LEAKS ON THE FOOT OF THE DRIVER. IT HAS LEAKED TO THE POINT THAT IT HAS GAVE THE CARPET A MUSTY SMELL AND IT (THE CARPET) HAS WATER DAMAGE. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO THE DEALER TWICE AND THEY HAVE NOT PROPERLY FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW IT HAS TO BE TAKEN IN AGAIN FOR THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM.

WHEN PUTTING ON BRAKES AND WHEN GOING FORWARD A LOUD POPING NOISE CAN BE HEARD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY WHICH RESULTED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A CADILLAC. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. THERE WAS "NO AIR IN THE BAGS" WHICH CAUSED INJURIES TO DRIVER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN# *AK

IN A CRASH, I WAS HIT BY A CAR GOING APPROX. 40 MPH, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. HOWEVER, FOR 4 DAYS FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THERE WAS AN OVERWHELMING ODOR OF PROPELLANT IN THE CAR. THIS ODOR BROUGHT ON A SEVERE ASTHMA ATTACK FOR ME. ALSO, THE CAR HESITATES AND LOSES POWER WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR KICKS IN. THE CAR LOSES POWER ENOUGH SO THAT IT SLOWS ITSELF DOWN WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. ALSO IT IS VERY ALARMING WHEN IT KICKS ON WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP SIGN OR STOPLIGHT. THE HESITENCY AND POWER LOSS CAUSES GREAT CONCERN FOR THE WELFARE OF THE CAR. *AK

NUTS THAT HOLD CLAMPS WHICH HOLD POWER STEERING UNIT HAVE COME OFF, CAUSING POWER STEERING TO BECOME LOOSE, AND WOULD NOT RETURN BACK TO THE CENTER. *AK

ENGINE TIMING GEAR CHAIN DROPS OFF WHEN IN THIRD GEAR AT 3300 RPM'S. DOZEN VISITS, NO REASON FOUND AS TO WHY. *AK

BRAKES PULL TO THE LEFT WHEN ENGAGING. *YC

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT TO CHANGE GEARS ONCE IT HAS WARMED UP A BIT. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & IT WAS TEST DRIVEN FOR OVER A WEEK. MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF NON DOWNSHIFTING. *AK

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IN TWO FRONTAL IMPACT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THE CRASHES. DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#.

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE UPPER CONTROL ARM BROKE WHILE DRIVING, AND CAUSED A LOSS O CONTROL AND A CRASH. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE HESITATED/REVVED, AND FINALLY ACCELERATED, ALMOST CAUSING A REAR END COLLISION. DEALER COULD DETERMINE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION, AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

POOR DESIGN OF EXTERIOR REAR VIEW MIRRORS CAUSES THE DRIVER TO ADJUST MIRRORS WITH HANDS.

WHEN DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND WON'T GO OFF. CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

BRAKES DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAVE BEEN IN THE SERVICE CENTER 3 TIMES FOR THIS VIBRATION AND 1 SPECIAL SERVICE BULLETIN.I WAS ALSO TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AFTER HAVING MY IAT SENSOR REPLACED IN MY TRANSMISSON AND HE TOLD ME SOMETIMES THEIR SERVICE TECHNICIANS REPLACE PARTS THAT. *AK

SMELL COMES FROM A/C-HEATER VENTS WHEN EITHER ONE IS TURNED ON. MAKES PASSENGER NAUSEOUS. .WAS TOLD BY MY 2 YR. OLD TO TURN OFF, MAKING HIM FEEL SICK. REPORTED TO DEALER. TWICE. NO PROBLEM FOUND. 97/98 COUGAR SAME PROBLEMS AS REPORTED BY FRIEND. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OF 65 MPH THE WINDOWS VIBRATE. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS TRIED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM 4 TIMES. CONSUMER IS STILL EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BLOWER MAY BE SUCKING THINGS UP INTO THE VEHICLE. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER THINKS FIRE MAY BE STARTED IF THINGS ARE TRAPPED INTO THE COMPRESSOR. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE SPINNED OUT OF CONTROL, HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE BY THE PASSENGER'S SIDE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. BEFORE THE IMPACT, CONSUMER NOTICED SPEED OF 50 MPH. DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK IN PLACE, AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. MANUFACTURER. NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER HEARS A LOUD NOISE EVERYTIME SHE STARTS THE VEHICLE. DEALER CANNOT FIND THE CAUSE. *AK

WHEN YOU TRY TO STOP THE CAR TAKE LONG TIME TO STOP,WATER LEAK FROM WINDSHELD,TRUNK,FRONT END LEFT SIDE MAKE LOUD NOISE,CAR MAKE NOCKING NOISE,WHEN HIT SPEED BUMB STARIO CHANGE ON IT'S OWNE TO TAPE,FRONT DRIVER DOOR LEAK& MORE.

MISSING JACK IN THE CAR. YH

THE VEHICLES THAT ARE EQUIPPED WITH THE REFUELING VAPOR RECOVERY SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE WHILE FUELING WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE. MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT STATES IT IS THE GAS STATION FILLER WHICH IS "TOO HEAVY". *AK.ET.