1992 FORD ESCORT Complaints

FUEL TANK AND FUEL PUMP ARE LEAKING FUEL DUE TO CRACKS. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR MANY PROBLEMS, DEALER FOUND A LEAK IN THE HEAD GASKET CAUSING THE RADIATOR TO NOT CYLCLE COOLANT CAUSING VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT, STALL, AND SHUT DOWN, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON. *SLC

FUEL LEAKS FROM THE NECK OF TANK WHILE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN OR WHEN IS PARKED. TECHNICIAN SAID THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ANOTHER ESCORT.*AK

ABOUT 8 OR 9 MONTHS AGO REAR SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE STOPPED RETRACTING. ALSO, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, REAR SEAT BELT ON PASSENGER'S SIDE STOPPED RETRACTING. BELTS WERE HANGING OUT OF THE RETRACTOR. PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO DEALERSHIP, AND PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE PARKED UNDER DASH FIRE OCCURRED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS BEFORE SMOKE WAS NOTED BY A PASSER BY. EXPENSE OF REPAIR EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK CRACKED AND DEVELOPED A HOLE ABOVE THE HEAT SHIELD WHICH WAS LOCATED OVER THE MUFFLER. THIS MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. VERY COMMON PROBLEM. PLELASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

UNIBODY HAS RUBBED A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS DUE TO A FLAW IN THE DESIGN, GAS HAS BEEN LEAKING ON THE EXHAUST PIPE. I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED. I WILL ALSO CONTACT THE FORD MOTOR CO. AND THE CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY. I FEEL THERE WAS A GREAT POTENTIAL FOR INJURY OR DEATH

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, NOTICED FLUID UNDERNEATH AND REALIZED IT WAS GASOLINE. FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. DROVE VEHICLE TO THE MECHANIC, AND THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AND DRIVER STEPS OFF THE ACCLERATOR PEDAL VEHICLE ENG IDLES "HIGH AND SUDDENLY ACCLERATES WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. DRIVER NEEDS TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE TO STOP THE IDLING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CAR WAS EMITTING A SLIGHT GAS ODOR. MECHANICS AT GREASE MONKEY NOTED A LEAK ON THE TOP OF THE FUEL TANK. I TOOK THE CAR TO AN AUTO REPAIR MECHANIC--THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY. REPLACED FUEL TANK AT A COST OF 580.04. THE REPAIRS TOOK OVER A WEEK BECAUSE THE PART WAS ON BACK-ORDER FROM THE FACTORY.