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1982 Ford Escort Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Oct 8, 1996
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
3
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Apr 24, 1996

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1982 Ford Escort. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Body & structureElectricalSteering+1 more
Filed Oct 8, 1996

IGNITION SWITCH LOCKED UP WITH KEY IN IT, WOULD NOT RELEASE KEY. (SECOND VEHICLE ON 509613, 601627)

NHTSA ID
601624
Incident
Oct 8, 1996
Electrical
Filed Jul 1, 1996
Fire reported

IGNITION SWITCH FIRE.

NHTSA ID
505816
Incident
Jun 23, 1996
Electrical
Filed May 13, 1996
Fire reported

UNDERHOOD FIRE WHILE PARKED IN PARKING LOT; VEHICLE TOTALED; CAUSE UNKOWN. *AK

NHTSA ID
984309
Incident
Oct 15, 1995
Steering
Filed Apr 24, 1996
Fire reported

VEHICLE PARKED AND SUDDENLY BURST INTO FLAMES. *AK

NHTSA ID
983418
Incident
Feb 10, 1996

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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