1999 Ford Escort complaints

WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35MPH BRAKE CALIPERS WOULD START TO RUB AGAINST THE BRAKE PADS, CAUSING THE BRAKE PADS TO WEAR OUT EXCESSIVELY. IT WOULD SOUND LIKE METAL TO METAL GRINDING NOISE. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT BY HITTING A SNOW DRAFT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SPIN AROUND INTO A DITCH AND STRIKE A CONCRETE BARRIER UPON IMPACT, SEAT BELT AND AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHILE TRAVELING AT 20MPH BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING OVER 60MPH. BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS FAILE D TO OPERATE PROPERLY, AND THEY WERE THROWN TO THE BACKSEAT OF VEHICLE .VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS ONE FATALITY, AND ONE INJURY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING DOWN ROAD, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN AND MAKING A STOP, VEHICLE VIBRATES REAL BADLY. IT FEELS LIKE THE VEHICLE IS ABOUT TO STALL OUT. CONTACTED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE THIRD TIME. THEY SAID THIS IS A NORMAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS TOO TIGHT AND KEEPS MOVING UPWARD TO THE NECK. YH

WHILE SWITCHING LANES A CAR FROM THE BACK TAPPED BUMPER AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CAR HIT GUARDRAIL STRIGHT ON AT ABOUT 50 MPH, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR FRONT END CRASH, A FIRE STARTED BEHIND THE LEFT HEADLAMP, AND ENGULFED THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED FROM THE FIRE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. REPORT GIVEN BY JULIE GOOD, INSURANCE CLAIM REPRESENTATIVE. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY VEHICLE WILL NOT ENGAGE INTO REVERSE. WHEN IT DOES ENGAGE IT WILL ACCELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY. DEALER HAS REPAIRED AND INSPECTED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TMES, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT LATCH ASSEMBLY SHATTERED AFTER BEING UNDER LOAD IN FRONT END COLLISION. *AK

THE VEHICLE WILL NOT PROPERLY ENGAGE INTO REVERSE. WHEN IT DOES ENGAGE IT ACCELERATES SUDDENLY . DEALER HAS INSPECED AND REPAIRED THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. *AK

ENGINE SHUTS DOWN WHEN AC IS ON AT STEADY HIGHWAY SPEEDS, VEHICLE ALSO EXPERIENCES SURGING INTERMITTENTLY, UNABLE TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS. MJS

FRONT END HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE'S FRONT END AT ROUGHLY 15 TO 20MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE IN MILWAUKEE PREPARING TO GO HOME MADE A STOP AT THE STOP SIGN THEN MADE A TURN, TRAVELING ABOUT 12-15 FT AND STEERING BROKE, SENDING THE AUTOMOBILE OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT A TREE. NO INJURIES. *AK

CONSUMER TRIED TO REDUCE SPEED TO AVOID REAR ENDING ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT STOPPED IN FRONT OF HER VEHICLE, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE. DURING COLLISION BOTH AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT. *AK *YC

VIBRATION OCCURRED AT IDLE WHILE STOPPED AT RED LIGHTOR STOP SIGN WITH TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE GEAR. VIBRATION IS FELT IN DRIVER'S SEAT/STEERING WHEEL AND FLOORBOARD. VIBRATION APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY ENGINE IDLE BEING TOO SLOW AND VIBRATING THROUGH DRIVER'S COMPARTMENT. ENGINE WA SCLOSE TO STALLING ONA COUPLE OF OCCASIONS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT IT WAS NOT RAINING, THERE WERE TWO CARS IN FRONT. CONSUMER SAW ONE OF THE CARS SWERVE TO THE LEFT AND THE OTHER TO THE RIGHT AS THOUGH THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID HITTING SOMETHING. THEN CONSUMER SAW A CAR STOP DEAD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD NO WHERE ELSE TO TURN. THE CAR IN FRONT HAD A FLAT, NO HAZARD LIGHTS WERE ON. CONSUMER REAR ENDED THE OTHER VEHICLE AT ABOUT 50MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER FELT THAT IF AIRBAG HAD OF DEPLOYED CONSUMER'S HEAD WOULD NOT HAVE HIT THE WINDSHIELD. *AK

WHEN PULLING OFF THERE IS A KNOCKING AND RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

BRAKES FAILURE AT INTERSECTION. PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR WITH NO RESISTANCE, AND CRASH OCCURRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND NONE OF THE VEHICLES SEAT BELTS, FRONT OR REAR, HELD THE PASSENGERS. ALL 3 PASSENGERS WERE THROWN FORWARD. DEALER SAID THE OWNER WAS AT FAULT FOR SEATBELTS NOT WORKING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25-30 MPH THE VEHICLE HAD A DIRECT FRONTAL IMPACT AND DRIVER'S/PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, WHICH DID NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN THIS CRASH. THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT GOT VERY LOOSE AFTER IMPACT. YH

WHILE DRIVIN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. CONSUMER REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE,AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN CONSUMER OFF THE ROAD AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE , AND HIT A TREE. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. WAS TOLD THAT THE FUEL LINE, WHICH WAS PARTLY PLASTIC, WAS KNOCKED LOOSE AND FUEL LEAKED ON IT, CAUSING A FIRE. CONSUMER DIDN'T CONTACT DEALER. *AK

WHILE SITTING AT A STOP AND MAKING A LEFT TURN ANOTHER VEHICLE REAR ENDED CONSUMER'SVEHICLE, IN WHICH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS AIR BOUND ABOUT 50 FEET, CAUSING DRIVER'S SEAT AND PASSENGER'S SEAT TO GO BACKWARDS. ALSO, SWITCH FOR THE GAS UNIT SYSTEM DIDN'T SHUT DOWN, AND THE MOTOR KEPT RUNNING. *AK

THE VEHICLE STALLS AND VIBRATES FROM THE FRONT END. DEALER SAID PROBLEM IS COMMON.

ON-GOING / INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH ENGINE STALLING WHENEVER VEHICLE CAME DOWN TO A SLOW SPEED OR AT A STOP AND PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR PEDAL. VEHICLE BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 25 MPH CONSUMER REAR ENDED A PARKED VEHICLE. SEAT BELT DID NOT HOLD HER BACK, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

THE VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE INTERMITTENTLY, AND WILL START UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

CONSUMER HIT A LAMP POST HEAD-ON AT 61 MPH, AND NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH A CAR WAS COMING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND MADE A ILLEGAL LEFT TURN, CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SLOW DOWN AND HIT THE OTHER CAR ON PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR AND BACK DOOR. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DIPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. WHEN TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING GEARS IT SHIFTS LOUD AND HARD. EEC TEST FOUND TR SENSOR OUT OF RANGE AND CONNECTION FULL OF WATER. REPAIRS WERE MADE BUT PROBLEM STILL EXIST. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH A DEER RAN OUT IN FRONT. VEHICLE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING DEER. IT WENT OFF THE SHOULDER. BROUGHT VEHICLE BACK TO THE ROAD AND VEHICLE TIPPED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEN CAME BACK ON ALL FOUR, AND CONTINUED DOWN THE ROAD OUT OF CONTROL HIT AN EMBAKMENT HEAD-ON. NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACT DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.

WHILE IN REVERSE POSITION, THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH DOWNSHIFTED TO SECOND GEAR AND WAS MAKING A RIGHT, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD NO BRAKES/NO POWERSTEERING, AND VEHICLE WENT ACROSS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD ABOUT 137 FEET AND END UP ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. *AK

OWNER'S CHILD BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE SEATBACK IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE CHILD'S HEAD BEGAN TO BLEED DUE TO A BOLT THAT HOLDS THE SEATBACK ON IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WAS STICKING THROUGH THE SEAT. THIS COULD INJURE A PASSENGER IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE IF INVOLVED IN A REAR END COLLISION. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

AFTER PROCEEDING FROM A STOP SIGN VEHICLE SEVERELY PULLS TO THE RIGHT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A/C UNIT IS BLOWING OUT HOT AIR, AND THERE IS WATER LEAKING OUT OF THE A/C UNIT. WATER IS GETTING ON THE FLOOR UNDER THE PASSENGER'S SEAT. DEALER CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHENEVER THE CAR IS SHIFTED INTO GEAR IT JUMPS FORWARD, AND THEN BACK OUT OF GEAR AGAIN. DEALER SAYS IT NEEDS NEW TRANSMISSION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING ABS BRAKES ON DRY PAVEMENT PEDAL WENT THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A COLLISION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 55 MPH CAR SUDDENLY CUTOFF/STALLED WHEN TRYING TO START BACK UP.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED COMPLETE SHUT DOWN DUE TO A DEFECTIVE STARTER, REPAIRS WERE DONE, HOWEVER VEHICLE STILL EXPERIENCE FAILURE CAUSING DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FAILURE WHICH RESULTED IN SMOKE. *YC

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR END. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

BRAKE SHIFT INTERLOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE. CANNOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK AFTER STARTING CAR. REQUIRED TO USE MANUAL OVERRIDE PROCEDURE OF STICKING A SCREWDRIVE DOWN A SMALL HOLE NEAR THE GEARSHIFT. (THIS PROCEDURE IS LISTED IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL). DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ON A NEW CAR. FUSES CHECKED W/O PROBLEM.

WHEN DRIVING UP HILLS, THE ENGINE CUTS OFF CAUSING FAILURE. VEHICLE HAS TO GET ON LEVELED PAVEMENT IN ORDER TO BACK UP. DEALER CAN'T FIND PROBLEM. *AK *ML

WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATES IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT, ALSO WHILE DRIVING OVER 45 MPH VEHICLE PULLS TO RIGHT WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DEALER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE A PROBLEM WITH STEERING. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND SHE WAS BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP HER PURSE WHENSHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE, THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 40MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE STALLING. VEHICLE WOULD STALL NO MATTER WHAT THE SPEED MAY BE WHILE MOVING OR AT A STOP. VEHICLE BEEN INSPECTED ON SIX OCCASIONS BY DEALER, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. SEEKING HELP OR PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 25-35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED VEHICLE IN FRONT THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN'S SIDES.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK