1995 FORD ESCORT Complaints

WHEN PUTTING KEY INSIDE OF IGNITION SWITCH KEY GOES ALL THE WAY AROUND THE CYLINDER. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO DEALER. *AK

AT TIMES VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUT OFF WHEN TRAVELING AT 45-50 MPH, EVERYTHING WILL SHUT DOWN.*AK

DOOR TO GARAGE WAS OPENED AND THERE WAS A GASOLINE SMELL.SAW A PUDDLE OF FUEL ON THE GROUND THAT HAD LEAKED FROM VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED FUEL TANK HAD DEVELOPED A HOLE IN IT THAT CAUSED THE LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

MY CAR WOULDN'T PICK UP SPEED LIKE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO. FORD MAINTENAINCE PUT NEW TIMING BELT ON ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND IT HASN'T BEEN STARTING RIGHT SINCE *AK

I COULD NOT PUT AN ACCURATE DATE OR MILEAGE BECAUSE I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE 100,000 MILE CHECK UP. AT THAT TIME THE DEALER (VARSITY FORD) TOLD ME THE SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. HOWEVER, I HAD NO INDICATION THEY WERE BROKEN (THE CAR STOPS BOUNCING AT LESS THAN 2.5 BOUNCES). I HAVE NOW TAKEN IT TO A LOCAL SHOP, ILLI'S AUTO IN ANN ARBOR, MI, AND HE CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE FRACTURED. SINCE I HAVE NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT, IT MAKES NO SENSE. THE REPAIR BILL IS $963.00. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO HAD TO HAVE THE REAR SPRINGS (MOUNTS AND STRUTS) REPLACED FOR THE SAME REASON. FURTHERMORE, THE REPAIR PLACE MY FRIEND TOOK HIS ESCORT TO SAID THAT REPLACING THE REAR SPRINGS HAS BECOME A "STANDARD REPAIR". THIS SHOULD NOT BE. MY OFFICE-MATES 1995 FORD CONTOUR HAD FRONT SPRINGS THAT BROKE. THEY DID A RECALL ON THOSE. YOUR HELP IS APPRECIATED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SLOWLY DIED FIRST THE RADIO SHUT OFF THEN THE WIPERS STOPPED, LIGHTS SHUT OFF THEN THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED ON ABOUT 8 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE I HAD MY 2 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE CAR. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND HAD OVER $1,200 PUT INTO IT IN THE LAST YEAR AND THE PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED. THE MECHANIC AT FORD TOLD ME IF I WANTED THE CAR TO BE SAFE I'D BE BETTER OFF GETTING A NEW CAR. I HAVE SINCE FOUND OUT THE CAR HAD BEEN WRECKED BEFORE I PURCHASED IT BUT I WAS NEVER TOLD THAT BY THE DEARLERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY WITHOUT RUNNING AND THE KEYS WERE NOT IN THE IGNITION AND THE FOUR WAYS WILL START FLASHING AS WELL AS IT HAPPENS AS I AM DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. FORD TOLD ME THE LAST TIME IT WAS THERE TO BE FIXED THAT THE STEERING COLUMN WAS COLLAPSED BUT WHEN I HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC GO TO CHANGE THE STEERING COLUMN HE FOUND THAT IT WASN'T COLLAPSED AND THAT FORD HAD LEFT OUT 5 BOLTS THAT HELD IT IN AND IT WAS ONLY IN THERE WITH 2 BOLTS WHICH WERE NOT TIGHTENED AND COULD BE TURNED BY HAND WHICH WAS CAUSING THE COLUMN TO ABLE TO BE PULLED OUT TOWARDS THE DRIVER BY ABOUT 3 INCHES AND THEN PUSHED BACK INTO PLACE.*AK

COIL SPRING BROKEN AT BOTTOM, BEHIND PLASTIC COVER. WAS TOLD THIS FAILURE IS COMMON IN ESCORT WAGONS.*AK

REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A HOST OF COIL SPRING BREAKAGE ON THIS AND SIMILAR FORD MODELS. THEY WERE RECOMMENDING THAT ALL CUSTOMERS WITH SPRING PROBLEMS WRITE TO FORD IN HOPES OF FORCING A RECALL - HA!. *AK

RECALL 97 V 145 000/FUEL TANK: VEHICLE IS LEAKING FROM FUEL TANK. NOTIFIED DEALER, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THAT RECALL DUE TO VIN. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER.*AK

WHILE ADJUSTING DRIVER'S SEAT STEERING COLUMN WAS PULLING TOWARDS CONSUMER . DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK