1997 FORD ESCORT Complaints

TIMING BELT WAS BROKE HAD REPLACED IT CAR ONLY RUNS ON 2 CYLINDERS CAR NOT RUNNING. *AK

IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE FAILURE RESULITING IN IDLE BEING ERRETIC WILL RACE UP TO 2,500 RPM BY IT'S SELF AND WHEN IN GEAR SUDDEN ACCELERATION ALSO ENGINE FAN WILL NOT SHUT OFF EVEN WHEN KEY IS OFF

IN OCT OF 1998 HORN STARTED TO ACTIVATE AND WON'T STOP UNLESS DRIVER UNPLUGGED IT, CONSUMER WAS OUT OF AN AIRBAG AND HORN FOR A MONTH, CONSUMER SA0ID THATCURRENTLY PROBLEM WAS BACK, AND DEALER WASTRYING TO CHARGE CONSUMER $700.00 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK THE DEALER HAD REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION TWICE. *YH

VEHICLE WOULD START TO SPUTTER WHEN STARTED. WOULD NEED TO GIVE GAS TO GET VEHICLE RUNNING & THEN MOVING. AT OTHER TIMES, VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHILE DRIVING. CAN SMELL ANTI-FREEZE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES TO DEALER & MECHANIC REPLACED HEAD GASKET THE LAST TIME. *AK THE HEAD GASKET FAILED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER BEING REPLACED. *YH

IF MY CAR WASN'T SITTING STILL WHEN THIS PART CAME LOSE I COULD HAVE BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED WITH THIS CAR. IT SHREDDED THE BELT THAT WAS ATTATCHED TO THIS AND CAME TO REST ON MY TIMING BELT AND IT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I KNOW THAT THE WARENTY IS UP AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT THE DEALERSHIP CAN DO BUT I FEEL AS THOUGH THE CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN! *AK

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS BURNING AND PULLED OVER, THERE WAS A SHORT WITH A WIRE IN THE DASH, CAUSING A FIRE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CLAIM 60-C180-623. *SLC

WHILE PARKED WITH NO PASSENGERS BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT REASON. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WITHIN 4 MTHS HAD PROBLEM W/ TRANSMISSION, TOOK 4 MINS FOR DEALER TO SAY THERES NOTHING WRONG, WHEN I GOT MY NEW TIRES FOR PEPBOYS I HAD TO FIX MY BRAKES, TRANSMISSION,SUSPENSION, EVEN GOT SPEED TICKETS FOR NO REASON,I KEEP MY CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND I STILL HAVE MY ENGINE LIGHT ON AND I HAVE ABOUT 70% OF THE SAME PROBLEMS OTHERS HAVE IN THE NHTSACMPLT SECTION. I THINK THE ESCORT SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR SO MANY UNSAFE PROBLEMS.( DOT NUMBER: UJ956KLP12 TIRE SIZE: P19570R14 )

BOTTOM PULLEY/CRANKSHAFT HAS SLOWLY SEPARATED AND CUT INTO THE FIREWALL.*AK WHEN TURNING LEFT, THE ENGINE TILTS AND THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY CUTS INTO THE RIGHT FENDER. THE MECHANIC SAYS IT IS DUE TO DEFECT. *YH