1997 FORD ESCORT Complaints

FRONT LEFT TIE ROD WAS REPLACED BY DEALERSHIP BECAUSE COMPONENT WAS EXPERIENCING EXCESSIVE WEAR, AND WERE VERY NOISY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. *AK LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. *SLC

DASH LIGHTS BEGAN TO FLASH AND THERE WAS AN ODOR THAT SMELLED LIKE A FIRECRACKER, VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE NEXT DAY WHEN CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE AND FIRE COMING FROM THE FLOORBOARDS, CLAIM 35-W686-849. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE SHOES AND ROTORS 4 -5 TIMES. DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO DISC BRAKE CALIPERS CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING IN THE COUNTRY VEHICLE WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR EXAMINATION BY DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THAT TWO REAR COIL SPRINGS HAD BROKEN, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE CAN BE PUT INTO GEARS WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES, ALSO, AT TIMES GEARS WILL NOT RELEASE FROM PARK POSITION, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN ALARM SOUNDED, DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE WIRING SHORTED OUT THE HORN, ANOTHER DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE WIRING BURNED INTO THE HORN, CLAIM 40-2507-626. *SLC

HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND ENGINE IDLING. LOUD NOISE SUCH AS METAL ON METAL EMINATED FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE TOWED TO FORD DEALER. ADVISED BY DEALER THAT PART POORLY DESIGNED AND NEW DESIGN IN STOCK FOR REPLACEMENT. THERMOSTAT REMAINED OPEN NOT ALLOWING ENGINE TO REACH OPERATING TEMPERATURE. WHEN REPLACED, THE ORIGINAL THERMOSTAT CAME OUT OF HOUSING IN THREE SEPARATE PIECES. FUEL PUMP MADE WHINING NOISE FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY WHICH CAUSES WIRES TO BLOW A FUSE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

MY CONCERN IS THAT FORD MAY HAVE DEFAULTED FUEL TANKS FOR THIS CAR MODEL. I DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING, OR DO ANYTHING TO CAUSE MY FUEL TANK TO LEAK GAS. THE LEAK IS RIGHT ON THE SEAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TANK, WHERE THE MANUFACTURER HAD PUT IT TOGETHER. I FILL UP MY TANK ONE DAY AND NOTICE GAS POURING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WAS LEAKING BEFORE I NOTICED IT, THEREFORE I WAS DRIVING AROUND A TIMEBOMB JUST WAITING TO BLOW UP. BY THE SIMPLE ACT OF SOMEONE FLICKING A CIGARETTE OUT OF THEIR WINDOW, OR IF SOMEONE RAN INTO ME. MY CAR COULD BLOW UP AT ANY TIME. THAT IS WHY I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT TO PREVENT SUCH DEATH FROM HAPPENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.*AK