1995 FORD ESCORT Complaints

CONSUMER HIT A DEER DRIVING AT 55 MPH. THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE EXPERIENCED DEPLOYMENT IMMEDIATELY, BUT THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG EXPERIENCED A DELAY WHICH RESULTED IN INJURY TO DRIVER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC

BRAKES FAILED AS I WAS GETTING ON FREEWAY. CARS HAD STOPPED AHEAD, I WAS PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, CAR SLOWED A LITTLE BUT WOULD NOT STOP. I TRIED GETTING ONTO SHOULDER BUT CARS WERE GOING AROUND ME ONTO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE OF RUSH HOUR MORNING TRAFFIC. CONTINUED PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO RESULTS. BRAKES FINALLY ENGAGED BUT LOCKED AND CAR SLID INTO 1999 LINCOLN, RESULTING IN FRONT-END DAMAGE. BRAKES WORKED AFTER CRASH. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE SUDDEN FAILURE AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK. *AK

SEAT BELTS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY. WOULD ACT INDEPENDENTLY, RELEASING ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. TRIED TO EXIT VEHICLE AFTER STOPPING, & SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RELEASE. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP & INFORMED BY MECHANIC NOT UNDER WARRANTY & WOULD NOT REPAIR. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALL OF SUDDEN VEHICLE STOPPED. HAD VEHICLE TOWED HOME, AND MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT BY THE SOUND OF THE ENGINE A ROD WAS BLOWN. CONTACTED THE DEALER/MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD OUT OF WARRANTY. *AK

AFTER TUNE UP AND TIMING BELT WAS FIXED A WEEK AND HALF LATER, AROUND THE 16TH OF OCTTOBER, CAR KEPT CUTTING OFF IN TRAFFIC, AND THEN IT JUST WOULD NOT START. HAD TO BE TOWED. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, CAR JUST DIED. LUCKILY, CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET OFF MAIN STREET. *AK

IN COLD CLIMATE DRIVER'S SEATBELT MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE SEATBELT NOT TO RETRACT, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. DEALER HAD ADDED ANLUBRICANT ON DRIVER'S SEAT BELT, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS MALFUNCTION, CAUSING THE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY UNEXPECTEDLY AND RESULTING IN A CRASH. NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

FUEL TANK CRACKED, CAUSING FUEL SPILLAGE . A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. ALSO, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

THERE WERE INTERMITTANT SPEEDOMETER NOISES WHICH SOUNDED LIKE A RATTLING SOUND. THE DEALER HAD BEEN NONE RESPONSIVE ABOUT ALL PRIOR PROBLEMS SO ANOTHER DEALER WAS CALLED CONCERNING THE SPEEDOMETER FAILURE AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. NO EXPLANATION WAS GIVEN EXCEPT THAT IT HAPPENS.

SNOWED THE NIGHT BEFORE. TRIED TO USE WIPERS IN INTERMIT FUNCTION. THEY FAILED TO WORK. DELAY SWITCH ALSO FAILED TO WORK. WASHER FUNCTION ALSO FAILED. WIPERS WILL NOT RETURN TO DOWN POSITION UNLESS TIMED RIGHT. WIPERS STILL WORK IN LOW AND HIGH OPERATION THOUGH.