1995 FORD ESCORT Complaints

1995 FORD ESCORT WAGON,REAR COIL SPRING FAILURE(BROKEN) EVEN THE REPLACEMENT SPRINGS ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING, WHY DON'T THESE LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR? WHAT RENUMERATION CAN I EXPECT FROM FORD?*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LEAK AND OVERHEAT. CONSUMER FEELS A FIRE MAY START AS A RESULT. *AK

I HAVE SMELLED GAS FOR ABOUT 1.5 TO 2 YEARS AFTER FILLING UP, THOUGHT IT WAS DUE TO OVERFLOW. FILLED UP AND NOTICED LARGE POOL OF GAS UNDER CAR. TOWED VEHICLE TO HOUSE BECAUSE OF LARGE LEAK COMING FROM FRONT MOUNT OF PLASTIC GAS TANK. *NLM

PROBLEM WITH FUEL TANK LEAKAGE. *MR THE CONSUMER OBSERVED A FUEL LEAK ON THE GROUND. THE FUEL TANK WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE FUEL TANK WAS DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED WITH A NEW DESIGN. *SCC *JB

THE FRONT AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CONTINUOUSLY FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN THE BELT BEING INOPERATIVE. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB

ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES WERE REPLACED, DUE TO THE TREAD SEPARATING. *JB ALL FOUR OF THE TIRES ON VEHICLE WERE REPLACED, DUE TO THE TREAD SEPARATING. *MR

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DID NOT LOCK, WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER NOT TO BE RESTRAINED. *JB

THE FRONT SHOULDER HARNESS SEATBELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE IS STUCK MID-TRACK, WHICH CAUSES THE SEATBELT TO REST ACROSS YOUR NECK. DURING ANY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT, THIS WOULD CAUSE THE DRIVER TO BE IMPROPERLY RESTRAINED OR NOT RESTRAINED AT ALL, RESULTING IN SERIOUS INJURY, EVEN DEATH. A CALL (AND TRIP) TO THE DEALER GOT ME NOWHERE, THEY SAY I WILL HAVE TO PAY OVER $500.00 TO HAVE THE SEATBELT AND ITS COMPONENTS REPAIRED AND/OR REPLACED. *NLM

THE LEFT FRONT SAFETY BELT BROKE WITHOUT WARNING. *JB THE LEFT FRONT SLIDING TRACT OF THE SEAT BELT WERE REPLACED. SCC

FUEL TANK LEAKED FUEL ONTO HOT EXHAUST PIPE. MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO COVER VEHICLE IN SAFETY DEFECT RECALL. *TT