1992 FORD ESCORT Complaints

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION ON FOUR OCCASIONS, ONE INCIDENT RESULTED IN VEHICLE COLLISION, VEHICLE CRASH INTO GARAGE, RECALL ON 1991 ESCORTS (90V-076) HOWEVER VEHICLE DENIED DUE TO YEAR BUILT. MJS

REAR SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AND DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THIS WOULD CAUSE INJURY DURING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

PROBLEM FIRST NOTICED ON 10/16/99 WHILE TIRES WERE BEING CHANGED ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN HOW LONG REAR SPRINGS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. MECHANIC ADVISED THAT HIS SHOP HAD REPLACED REAR SPRINGS ON AT LEAST SEVEN OTHER ESCORTS. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS UNDER THE HOOD CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS NOT DETERMINED THE CAUSE. *AK

GAS GUAGE ON THE DASH CONSOLE DID NOT WORK, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE FUSE TO THE GUAGE BLEW OUT, CAUSING THE FUEL PUMP TO GO BAD. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

+A PART OF THE GAS TANK WHERE THE BRAKES SCREW IN THERE IS A PIECE MISSING, CAUSING THE GAS TO LEAK .DEALER WAS CONTACTED ,AND VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE OWNER'S COST. *AK

BOTH REAR AXLE LEAF SPRINGS BROKEN. TOOK CAR IN FOR BRAKES TO BE SERVICED AND BRAKE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT BOTH SPRINGS WERE BROKEN. I HAD TO REPLACE REAR TIRES BECAUSE THEY WERE CUPPED BADLY IN THE SPRING OF 1999 AT WHICH TIME TIRE CENTER MECHANIC SAID PROBLEM DUE TO THE BALANCE OF THE TIRES. BRAKE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS PROBABLY THE BROKEN SPRINGS. TIRES ARE STARTING TO CUP AGAIN. ESTMATE COST TO REPAIR AT $500.00 PER ADAMS TIRE CENTER

THE FUSE BLEW IN VEHICLE. EVERYTHING HAD SHUT DOWN. THIS HAPPENS AT LEAST EVERY 2 WEEKS OR SO. BEEN TO DEALER AT LEAST 6 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR PROBLEM. THE FUSE WAS REPLACED, BUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS NEVER CHECKED. *AK

I AM REPORTING ON A PRIOR RECALL THAT "SUPPOSEDLY" DID NOT AFFECT MY CAR. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 92V117000. I HAD BEEN HAVING A FUEL LEAK AROUND THE TANK AREA FOR AWHILE AND COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. IT WOULD ONLY DO IT WHEN THE TANK WAS FULL OR 3/4 FULL. I THEN CAME ACROSS RECALL # 92S54 WHICH DESCRIBED MY PROBLEM. I TOOK MY CAR INTO A FORD GARAGE AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VIN # WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I THEN CALLED THE FORD HOME OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE MY CAR WASN'T INCLUDED, THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. I EXAMINED THE CODES ON THE FUEL PUMP AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS INDEED THE DEFECTIVE ONE. I THEN REPLACED THE ASSY (WHICH CURED THE PROBLEM). I VIEWED THE OLD ONE (WHICH I STILL HAVE) CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS A CRACK IN THE SOLDER JOINT BETWEEN THE FUEL PUMP MOUNTING PLATE AND THE FUEL RETURN TUBE. I THEN REGISTERED A COMPLAIN BY PHONE TO YOUR OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD RECEIVE A COPY OF MY COMPLAINT BY MAIL IN APPROX. TWO WEEKS. IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING. I WOULD APPRICIATE A RESPONSE. THANK YOU. *AK

FORD CUSTOMER SAID THAT MY VIN SERIES WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A PREVIOUS RECALL FOR SAME PROBLEM WITH OTHER 1992 ESCORT GAS TANKS. *AK