Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full
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Our database holds 21 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1984 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.
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WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS PRESSED THERE WAS A DELAY IN ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER HAD TO SLAM ON THE GAS PEDAL TO GET THE VEHICLE TO MOVE. THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TOT HE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FUEL INJECTORS WERE CARBONATED UP. *NLM
THE SEAT BELT BROKE, THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE ISSUE, HOWEVER CONSUMER WAS NEVER INFORMED.*JB
VACUUM PUMP (BRAKES) HOUSING IS BROKEN AND PUMP DOES NOT WORK. CONTACTED FORD IN SEPT 2001 BUT HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS IN THEM HELPING TO LOCATE THIS PART. NO SALVAGE YARD OR AUTO PARTS STORE HAS IT. CAR IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITH BRAKES IN THIS CONDITION.
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT JUST STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUTWARNING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED IT WAS THE IGNITION. WHEN THE TFI OVERHEATED IT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STOP RUNNING. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT WILL NOT CONNECT. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATBACK BROKE AND WILL NOT GO UP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NHTSA RECALL# 09V095000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 89S66. CONSUMER GOT A RECALL NOTICE ON VEHICLE, AND DEALER DIDN'T HAVE PARTS. ALSO, DEALER WILL PUT ANOTHER ENGINE IN CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, BUT CONSUMER HAD TO PAY 1300.00 OUT OF POCKET FOR EXHAUST THAT GOES WITH ENGINE.*AK
RECALL 89V095000; ENGINE GASKETS; WHEN THE RECALL WAS ISSUED GILBERT TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO KENDALL MOTORS. KENDALL MOTORS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND THER WAS NO PROBLEM. NOW THER IS A LEAKAGE COMING AND CAUSED BY THE RECALLED PART AND KENDALL MOTORS WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK *SLC
VEHICLE FIRE. *DH
IGNITION SWITCH SHORTED, CAUSING FIRE. *DSH
DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE IGNITION SWITCH THE VACUUM PUMP FAILED. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. *AK
VEHICLE STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY, DRIVER SHIFTED TO NEUTRAL, TRIED TO RESTART AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK
VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AND PARKED, UNDER THE HOOD ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *AK
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAR AN IT DIED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTOR MECHANISM HAS FAILED, DIFFICULT TO LATCH SEAT BELTS. *AK
VEHICLE FIRE AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK
CRACKED ENGINE GASKET PRIOR TO RECALL (89V-095). *AK
PLASTIC SLEEVE COVERING FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES FAILED, BROKEN PIECES FELL IN THE LATCHING MECHANISM. TT
VEHICLE FIRE, 2ND VEHICLE FROM 489423. *TW
WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. *AW
CAR HAS A CRACKED ENGINE HEAD WHICH IS CAUSING FUMES TO COME OUT THE BACK. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT
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.
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