2000 FORD ESCORT Complaints

I'VE HAD MY FORD ESCORT ZX2 FOR A YEAR NOW. I BOUGHT IT USED FROM A DEALERSHIP. RECENTLY I'VE NOTICED A MAJOR DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE. IT IDLES LOW, THE HORSEPOWER IS GONE, AND WHEN SITTING FOR PERIODS OF TIME IT HAS PROBLEMS STARTING. LAST WEEKEND I HAD A FORD CERTIFIED MECHANIC PERFORM A COMPUTER AND MECHANICAL DIAGNOSTIC ON IT TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM. HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. SO, HE CHECKED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR IT AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN ON ITS VARIABLE CAM TIMING DTC. HE FELT THAT THIS WAS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE ENGINE STALLED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT ENGINE BLEW OUT. *AK

DUE TO A POOR DESIGN AIR CONDITIONER HOSE WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE'S RADIATOR. THIS CAUSED A HOLE IN THE AIR CONDITIONER HOSE, WHICH CASED FREON TO ESCAPE, AND POSSIBLY CAUSE HARM TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE BUT WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*AK

MY DAUGHTER HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT RELEASE. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND A 2000 HONDA ACCORD CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND HIT HER HEAD ON ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK

MY CAR HAS HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE 40,000 MILES AND NOW AT 102,000 MILES I'M HAVING TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN. THIS CAR HAS HAD EXCELLENT CARE AND MAINTENCE AND NO REASON FOR THIS. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND LOUD NOICE STARTED SO I STOPPED AND HAD IT TOWED FORD SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR WAS NO GOOD KNOW. THIS CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTOR TILL THEN.

WHILE THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IDLING, THERE IS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE THROW OUT AND MAIN BEARING ON THE CRANK SHAFT. *NM THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 60, 000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM CRACKED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

ON NUMEROUS OCASSIONS FROM AUGUST, 2002 THROUGH THE PRESENT (FEBRUARY 7, 2004), WE HAVE HAD THE FUSES LABELLED "STOP" AND "HAZARD" HAVE BLOWN WHILE DRIVING. THIS RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING FAILURES: (1) WHEN THE "STOP" FUSE BLOWS, THE STOP LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION (WHICH IS UNKNOWN TO THE DRIVER AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH IF THE PERSON FOLLOWING DOES NOT REALIZE WHEN THE CAR HAS ITS BRAKES APPLIED); (2) THE "STOP" FUSE BLOWING ALSO CAUSES THE SHIFT LOCK TO NOT FUNCTION, RENDERING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE UNLESS THE OVERRIDE IS APPLIED; (3) WHEN THE "HAZARD" FUSE BLOWS, THIS RESULTS IN AN IMMEDIATE STALLING OF THE CAR, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF IT OCCURS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD CAUSE A FATALITY; (4) THE "HAZARD" FUSE BLOWING ALSO RESULTS IN THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS FAILING TO FUNCTION, SO OTHER DRIVERS DO NOT EVEN KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. I HAVE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF FUSES TO TEMPORARILY FIX THESE PROBLEMS.*AK

FORD ESCORT I WAS HAVING RUNNING A MISS DURING WARRANTY ALSO WHEN ON A LONG TRIP WE HAD A LOSS OF POWER WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY LOOKED AND DID NOTHING. SO THEY SAID IT WAS JUST THE CAR. AT 36,000 MILES WE HAD STALLING AT INTERSECTIONS AND HARD STARTING I HAD REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND EVERYTHING WAS OK NOW. WE AT NO TIME RUN FUEL BELOW 1/4 OF A TANK. I CONTACTED FORD THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CARE BECAUSE IT WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT DURING WARRANTY THEY COULD HAVE FIXED IT FORD DID NOT. NEXT WE WERE IN CLOSE CALLS FOR ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CAR. EVEN DURING WARRANTY THE LACK OF POWER I COMPLAINED. THEY DID NOTHING. NOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS FIXED I FEEL FORD SOLD US A CAR WHICH DID NOT PERFORM AS AGREED AND DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE TOOK IT IN 7 TIMES TO FIX THIS DURING WARRANTY. THANK YOU DANIEL KING *LA