1995 FORD ESCORT Complaints

INTAKE MANIFOLD CAME LOOSE,DESTRYING PISTON,CYLINDER & ENGINE BLOCK, CAUSING CAR TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY INTERSECTION. MAJOR ACCIDENT NARROWLY AVOIDED. *AK

CRACKES HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE FUEL TANK, RESULTING IN AN ODOR . OWNER HAS CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT THE FUEL ODOR. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACATRUR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

MOTORIZED SEATBELT IS STUCK AND WON'T BUCKLE WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. MANUFACTURER REPLACED SEATBELT MOTOR ONCE, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER HARNESS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INTERMITTENTLY GOES FORWARD TO THE OPEN POSITION WHILE DRIVING AND WILL NOT GO BACK AGAIN UNTILED FORCED BY DRIVER.

ON 05/19/99, THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AS WELL AS THE SEATBELTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING AT ALL.THERE WERE NO INDICATOR LIGHTS TO WARN OF A PROBLEM OTHER THAN A POSSIBLE FUSE BURN OUT. LESS THAN 24 HOURS LATER, THE VEHICLE BURNED.THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A 2 CAR GARAGE.THE ENTIRE VEHICLE BURNED ALONG WITH THE GARAGE IN WHICH IT WAS HOUSED.THE VEHICLE PARKED NEXT TO IT HAD SEVERE SMOKE DAMAGE.ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME WERE ASLEEP AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. *AK

TRANSMISSION INTERMITTENTLY STARTED TO SLIP OUT OF GEAR AT 31,000 MILES. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUME R THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF A RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

DRIVER'S SEA TBELT DOES NOT RETRACT ON THE TRACK. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH THE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

MY AUTOMATIC SEATBELT DOES NOT WORK. I TOOK IT IN TO HAVE IT FIXED AND THEY SAID THE WHOLE THING NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $700.00. THEY COULD NOT EVEN FIX THE SEATBELT BECAUSE FORD HAS THE PART ON BACKORDER AND COULDN'T EVEN TELL THEM WHEN THE PART WOULD COME IN. I TOOK THIS TO MEAN MANY FORD ESCORT WAGONS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. ALSO, THE PART YOU ATTACH THE SEATBELT TO IS POSITIONED AT THE FRONT SO I CAN'T EVEN MANUALLY PUT MY SEATBELT ON. I PRAY EACH DAY I DRIVE THE CAR THAT I DON'T GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

FAILED IN 50 PREVIOUS REPORTS FROM 1995-FIX THIS [XXX] THING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR