1995 FORD ESCORT Complaints

UPON RECEIVING SAFETY INSPECTION, WAS INFORMED THAT REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN. *LA

1995 FORD ESCORT STATION WAGON - REAR SPRINGS CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH CRACKED AREAS. REPLACED AND NO COMPENSATION BY FORD FOR DEFECTS. FORD MOTOR REFUSED TO OFFER ANY COMPENSATION FOR THE DEFECTIVE REAR SPRINGS. *LA

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH HEARD A PUFF, LOOKED DOWN, AND SAW A FLAM COMING OUT FROM UNDER VEHICLE. HE GOT OUT, AND STARTED TO PULL AS MUCH AS HE COULD OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN HIS FRIEND CAME ALONG, WHO WAS DRIVING A WATER TRUCK, AND THEY TOGETHER PUT THE FLAMES OUT. CONSUMER HAD NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER.*AK

THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SYMPTOMS OF RECALLS #97V144000 AND RECALL#97V145000 RELATED TO A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC FUEL TANK. THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER RECALL BECAUSE IT WAS A RECALL THAT DID NOT INCLUDE NEW MEXICO. *AK *NLM

MY FAMILY PURCHASED TWO BRAND NEW 95 AND 96 FORD ESCORTS IN 96. STARTING A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE 95 FORD ESCORT STARTED SMELLING OF GAS. IT WAS NOTED THAT ON THE GAS FILLER ASSEMBLY, BETWEEN THE METAL FILLER TUBE AND THE METAL GAS TANK, THE RUBBER TUBING WAS CRACKED AND GAS WAS SPREAD ON THE TANK AND ALSO WHEN THE CAR WAS MOVED, THERE WAS GAS ON THE DRIVEWAY. WE CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN 3 YEARS AND 36,000 MILES AND SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THIS. WE ALSO LOOKED UNDER OUR 96 FORD ESCORT AND THOUGH THERE WAS NO LEAK, IT HAS CRACKING AS WELL. IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THIS, WE'D APPRECIATE IT. *PH

CONSUMER SMELLED GAS AND NOTICED A LEAKAGE FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FUEL TANK HAD SPLIT. RELATED RECALL 97V144000, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO THE VIN. *AK THE SERVICE DEALER FOUND A SPLIT/CRACK IN THE GAS TANK AND THE VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL#97V144000. *SCC **CONSUMER REQUEST CALL BACK FROM ODI INVESTIGATOR**

CONSUMER STATED THAT HIS WIFE HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WIFE SUSTAINED WRIST INJURIES BY THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS WAS NORMAL. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME DEFECT WITH THE FUEL TANK AS STATED IN RECALL # 97 V 144 000, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK *JB *NLM

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT A LOW SPEED SHE HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE, AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER SAID A SPRING BROKE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *PH

THERE WAS A GAS LEAK WHERE THE GAS TANK WAS MOUNTED TO THE VEHICLE ON THE FRONT. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO FILL THE GAS TANK. THE CAUSE OF THE LEAK WAS UNKNOWN. *AK THE GAS TANK LEAKED THROUGH A CRACK IN THE HARD PLASTIC WHICH WAS USED TO SECURE THE MOUNT OF THE HEAT SHIELD AND COVER TO THE PLASTIC TANK WHICH WAS HOT WELDED TO THE SOFTER PLASTIC TANK AND OVER TIME THE STRESS ON THE MOUNT CAUSED THE CRACK. THE CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FOR THREE YEARS. FORD STATED THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER # WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (#97V144000). *SCC *JB