2000 FORD ESCORT Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT. DEALER FOUND SERPENTINE BELT HAD SNAPPED, CAUSING BRACKET TO WATER PUMP HOUSING TO BREAK. TENSION ROD AND WATERPUMP HOUSING WERE REPLACED AT COSNUMER'S COST. *AK

VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM REAR AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HEAD/EYES, AND NECK. VEHICLE AT DEALER'S BODY SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING UP ON ROAD, GOING WRONG WAY. VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO CRASH. DUAL AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY. *AK

VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF INTERMITTENLY, USUALLY AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP. *AK POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE. *SLC

ENGINE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM.

MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S31/REAR WHEEL BEARING CLAMP LOAD: UNABLE TO GET DEALER, WORTHINGTON FORD, LOCATED IN LONG BEACH, CA; PHONE# 562/420-3333, TO HONOR RECALL DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PART. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS: *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT RESTRAINTS DID NOT RETRACT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. AK

CONSUMER WAS SENT RECALL NOTICE 00V228001/ SEA TBELT BUCKLES. BUT WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN TO DEALER FIRST, HAD TO LOOK IF SEAT BELTS WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT .*AK

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35-40 MPH IMPACT WITH A DODGE 4X4 PICK UP, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURY REPORTED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT CONSUMER INSURANCE COST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK

UPON PRESSING THE ACCERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD (OR BACKWARD, IF IN REVERSE). WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL LINKAGE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TAKING UP, DELAYING, THEN THE VEHICLE DOES A SMALL FAST JUMP OR ACCELERATION. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS MANUVERING IN CLOSE PLACES LIKE PARKING LOTS. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER. THEY AGREED THE SYSTEM WAS "TOUCHY" BUT SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS MODEL! MY WIFE AND I BOTH FEEL THIS IS NOT CORRECT. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED ON ALL VEHICLES OF THIS MODEL BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT!