1998 Ford Escort complaints

WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE STALLS WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, HAS A NO START CONDITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH CONSUMER HIT A VEHICLE HEAD-ON, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. *AK

WIPER CONTROL TOO NEAR STEERING WHEEL DUE TO DESIGN.

SEATBELT WILL NOT RETRACT FROM THE DOOR. *YC

WINDOW SILL FAILED. *YC

FUEL TANK PRESSURE SENSOR FAILED.

FUEL GAUGE FAILED.

RADIATOR LEAKING. *YC

ENGINE IDLE REMAINS AT HIGH RPM'S WHILE CHANGINE GEARS. MJS

DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. NLM

HORN FAILED. *TT

FUEL PUMP FAILED. YH

CUSTOMER IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE INTERIOR SYSTEM : MAP LIGHT, BOTH DRIVER AND PASSANGER SIDE MIRROR IN VISOR AND REAR DOOR HATCH LIGHT ARE ALL MISSING IN THIS MODEL YEAR. YH

POWER WINDOWS FAILED. *YC

BRAKES DISCS WORN OUT. YH

REAR DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE WOULD NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE. YH

HEATING SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO FAILURE OF CABLE CONNECTING DIAL TO CONTROL PANEL. YH

TRANSMISSION MOUNTS BROKE, CAUSING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NLM

DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR FAILED. NLM

ENGINE SENSOR FAILED. YH

ENGINE TIMING IS MISSING, SLIGHT HESITATION. MGM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS OR TURNING, THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD LOCK UP WITHOUT ANY WARNING. WOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. WHEN STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP, VEHICLE WOULD GO INTO A SLIDE. CAN TURN VEHICLE OFF & RESTART IT & STEERING WHEEL WOULD WORK JUST FINE. HAS TAKEN TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THAT THE RACK & PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CALLED THE MANUFACTURER & NOTHING WAS DONE. CLAIMS IMAGINATION. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 4 DIFFERENT TIMES SO FAR. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON,AND DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

ABS BRAKE FAILURE. DEALER NOTIFIED , AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY. CONSUMER BELIEVES THAT IT IS NOT NORMAL FOR BRAKES TO WEAR OUT AT 25000 MILES OF WEAR. CONSUMER NEEDS HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK

WHEN I TOOK CAR IN WAS FIRST TOLD IT WAS THE CALIPERS AND THAT IT WAS NORMAL, TOOK IT BACK AND I WAS TOLD THEY WERE TO BUSY TO LOOK AT IT BUT IT WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, THE STARTER HAD TO GO OUT BEFORE THEY WOULD CHECK IT OUT, TURNED OUT TO BE A LOOSE AXEL BOLT AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE WHOLE FRONT AXEL.

BRAKES GRINDING AND GLAZING CONSTANTLY , TAKING LONGER TO GET STOPPED, OTHER TIMES IT GRIPS TO HARD, WHEN I TAKE IT IN THEY DELAZE THEM, AND TELL ME IT IS NORMAL, I'VE TAKEN IT IN TWICE IN DEC FOR PROBLEM SO FAR, TAKING BACK AGAIN FRIDAY. I'M AFRAID IT'S GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF I HAVE TO MAKE A QUICK STOP. WAS FINE FOR THE FIRST 5 MONTHS, BUT THEY INSIT IT IS NORMAL.

THE DRIVER AND PASSNEGER SIDE WINDOWS VIBRATE, AS WELL AS THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. TO STOP RATTLING YOU MUST GENTLY PUSH ON ONE OF THESE 3 THINGS. OTHER UNDISTINGUISHABLE VIBRATIONS ARE HEARD FROM WITHIN THE CAR. *AK

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR ON JULY 15TH AND STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT BEFORE CROSSING THE TRACKS AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ATTEMPTED TO GO FORWARD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT GO FORWARD. I FLAGGED THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME TO BACK UP AND I COULDN'T GO BACKWARDS. I PANICKED BECAUSE IT WAS EARLY MORNING RUSH HOUR AND MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS WITH ME BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE CAR SLOWLY WENT FORWARD. I CALLED SERVICE AND MADE THE APPOINTMENT TO TAKE THE CAR IN ON JULY 22 WHICH WAS THE EARLIEST THEY COULD GET ME IN. ON THE MORNING I WENT TO TAKE THE CAR IN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AND I LOOKED AT THE DASHBOARD AND REALIZED THAT THE INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ALL ON. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND HAD MY FIANCE' WITH ME. I TOOK THE CAR IN AND NEEDLESS TO SAY IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WHICH THEY SAID WOULD BE BRAND NEW AND ON THE RECEIPT IT SAYS REMAN TRANSMISSION AND THAT THERE WAS ALSO A LEAK AT THE EMV VALVE WHICH THE

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ON GOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE VIBRATION. WHENEVER VEHICLE IS RUNNING IT WOULD VIBRATE. BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP AND CONDITION STILL UNRESOLVED. *AK

CAR DID NOT STOP WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED. BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED VERY CLOSE TO FLOOR BEFORE FEELING SLOWING WAS FIRST FELT.

TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL.

CONSUMER COMPLAINED OF ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE NOT STARTING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON SIX OCCASIONS. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED & PARTS REPLACEMENT MADE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE INTTERMITTENTLY POPPING NOISE WHICH APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. WHEN MAKING A TURN IT APPEARS TO BE COMING FROM THE FRAME. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FIVE OCCASIONS, AND WAS INFORMED CAUSE CANNOT BE FOUND/DUPLICATED/OR IF PROBLEM GET WORTH, BRING THE VEHICLE BACK IN. *AK

WIRING ASSEMBLY FAILED.

THE ENGINE ON THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING BECAUSE OF A LOSS OF OIL IN THE VEHICLE. DEALER IS IN THE PRCESS OF REPLACING ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 5 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND WHILE THE VEHICLE IS PARKED, IT SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, CAUSEING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ABOUT 35-40MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED THE CORNER, HEADING NORTH & SPEEDING, DRIFTED INTO ESCORT'S LANE. ESCORT DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES TO AVOID VEHICLE, & VEHICLE PULLED LEFT. IT SKIDDED ACROSS THE ROAD & HIT A POLE. ABS DID NOT WORK. RIGHT BRAKES HAD DISINTERGRATED. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, BUT SEAT BELT HELD. DRIVER HAS BRUISED KNEE. VEHICLE TOTALED BY INSURANCE CO.

OWNER TALL; HEADREST DOES NOT COME UP TO MEET HEAD, REACHES NECK AREA ONLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR JUST LOST POWER, THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE. WHEN DRIVER TURNED OFF THE KEY IT WORKED FINE. ABOUT ONE MONTH LATER, WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VEHICLE JUST IDLED. CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR PROBLEM LAST WEEK. THE VEHCLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP, AND THE COMPUTER MODULE WAS REPROGRAMMED. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS CAUSED INJURY (NECK & BACK) TO DRIVER DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

THE VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER, BUT THE REAR DEFROSTER IS INOPERABLE WHICH CAUSES VISUAL PROBLEMS IN THE REAR, MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATED THERE IS A KNOCK WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, AND DRIVING AT 60 MPH, ALSO ENGINE IS CONSUMING 4 QUARTS OF OIL, ALSO VEHICLE OVERHEATED.*JB

WHEN WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND WAS AT STOP SIGN, ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT COLLIDED WITH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER ADDED THAT THE OTHER VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN ABOUT 35 MPH AND AIR BAGS DID DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EMITING ODOR/FUMES INSIDE CAR AS WELL AS OUTSIDE CAUSING PASSENGER TO FEEL SICK AND ONE TO PASSOUT.

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM LEAKS CONTINUALLY INTO VEHICLE.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING BLINKERS, HORN AND HEAD LIGHTS NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY.

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN TWO SERIOUS COLLISION AND DRIVER DID NOT SUFFER ANY SERIOUS INJURIES.

WHEN IN A PARKING LOT VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. ALSO, AT A STOP SIGN THE VEHICLE HESITATED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. THE VEHICLE IS VERY HARD TO START ON COLD MORNINGS DUETO ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE FAILURE.

VEHICLE WAS IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE SPEED WAS 5-10 MPH WHEN LEAVING A PARKING LOT AND CROSSING THE HIGHWAY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY

CONSUMER EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURE. INTERMITTENTLY BRAKES WOULD SQUEAK OR GRIND. WHEN APPLYING BRAKE PEDAL THE VEHICLE WOULD EITHER KEEP GOING OR HAVE A DELAY BEFORE STOPPING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP AND PROBLEM CANNOT BE RESOLVED. *AK