Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
Data refreshed
Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1993 Ford Escort submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 19 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE AT A USED LOT. AFTER 90 DAYS THE TRANSMISSION PUMP WENT OUT. BOUGHT IT WITH 48,000 MILES. WENT TO TWO DIFFERENT MECHANIC SHOPS, AND THEY SAID IT HAD TOO MUCH WEAR FOR THAT AMOUNT OF MILEAGE. THE EXHAUST SYSTEM CAME OFF, THE SHOCKS WERE BAD, THE TIRES WERE AL DEFECTIVE, AND THE BRAKES FAILED. THE DEALER FROM WHO THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WAS OUT BUSINESS. *AK
WHILE HAVING, THE VEHICLE IN THE REPAIR SHOP FOR SERVICE ON OTHER PARTS, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT COIL SPRINGS ON THE REAR SUSPENSION FAILED. ALSO, THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF PROBLEMS ON FORD, ESCORTS CONCERNING THE REAR SPRINGS BEING DEFECTIVE. *AK THERE WAS INTERMITTENT FRONT WHEEL WHINES. THE SERVICE MECHANIC COMMENTED ABOUT THE MANY BROKEN SPRINGS ON THIS MAKE/MODEL. (BOTH REAR SPRINGS WERE FOUND BROKEN) *SC *JB
HEARD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM REAR STRUTS. FOUND BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN. REPLACED BOTH SPRINGS AND REAR STRUTS.TRYING TO RECALL WHEN THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED I REMEMBERED 2 INSTANCES WHILE DRIVING MY CAR I HEARD LOUD UNEXPECTED BANGING NOISES. THINKING I HAD HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD, BUT NOT SEEING ANYTHING IN THE ROAD PRIOR TO THE NOISES OR IN MY MIRROR AFTER HEARING THE NOISES, I SHRUGGED IT OFF. IT APPEARS THEY WERE MY COILS . CAR WAS NOT OVERLOADED, DRIVEN HARD, OR ON A ROUGH ROAD. THEY LET GO AT SEPARATE TIMES ON SMOOTH ROADS WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH. I HAVE READ WERE THIS IS A NOT- UNCOMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. *LA
CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING 25MPH VEHICLE WAS RIDING ROUGH. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, ADJUSTABLE ARMS AND BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED. *AK
THE "REAR LATERIAL LINK", WHICH IS PART OF THE REAR SUSPENSION ON THE FORD ESCORT HAS A PROBLEM WITH BREAKAGE WHICH CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. MY SON'S BROKE AT 35MPH AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL.*AK
BOTH REAR LEAF SPRINGS BROKE ON THE VEHICLE. *JB
CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING COULD FEEL THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT RIDING SMOOTH AND COULD FEEL ALL BUMP ON THE ROAD, WHERE TOOK VEHICLE A MECHANIC WHO FIND OUT THAT REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN. NLM
WHEN ATTEMPTING TO HAVE VEHICLE PASSED FOR PA. INSPECTION THEY REFUSED TO PASS IT SAYING THE COIL SPRINGS WERE BROKEN.I HAD THEM REPLACED & VEHICLE PASSED.IF THIS IS ENOUGH OF A SAFETY PROBLEM TO CONCERN PA. INSPECTION ,WHY NOT A RECALL. SERVICE MGR.SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 1993 ESCORTS.OUR SON HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH HIS.*AK
CONSUMER OWNES SAME KIND OF VEHICLE BUT WITH DIFFERENT YEARS. REAR SPRINGS HAVE BROKEN AND HAVE PUSHED INWARD OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAS CHECKED AND FOUND PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THESE VEHICLES. *AK *YD
BROKEN SPRINGS CAUSED STRUTS TO BE REPLACED ALONG W/NEW SPRINGS. *AK
BOTH REAR SPRINGS BROKEN. NLM
I HAD THE REAR SUSPENSION INSPECTED BY TWO DIFFERENT GARAGES DUE TO MY CAR RIDING ROUGH. BOTH GARAGES TOLD ME THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS ARE BROKEN WHICH IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCORTS. BOTH GARAGES TOLD ME THAT THEY REPLACING THE REAR SPRINGS ALL THE TIME ON THIS MODEL. I HAVE CHECKED FOR RECALLS ON THIS DEFECT BUT HAVE FOUND NOTHING. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON OCCURRENCE I FEEL FORD SHOULD REPLACE THE SPRINGS AND THE CONSUMER SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY. *AK
REAR SPRINGS ON BOTH SIDES BROKE. MECHANIC SAYS THIS IS COMMON ON THIS TYPE CAR. *AK
GASOLINE WAS SMELLED OUTSIDE VEHICLE AND UNDERSIDE SHOWED WETNESS. MENTIONED PROBLEM TO SCHULTZ FORD AS THE PRIMARILY USED SERVICE AREA. PROBLEM SURFACED FOLLOWING A REPAIR ON WHEEL ALIGNMENT (REAR WAS NOT ALIGNED ON LAST SERVICE) AFTER THIS, PROBLEM SURFACED. HAD INDEPENDENT REPAIR STATION CHECK AND WAS TOLD TO CHECK FOR FORD'S RECALL NOTICE AS "CORRECTION IS VERY EXPENSIVE" WITH PLASTIC FUEL TANK.
REAR COIL SPRING ON REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BROKE, CAUSING A POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK
BRAKES FAILED.
INDEPENDENT FRONT SUSPENSION FAILURE CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS PRIOR TO RECALL, RECALL REPAIRS REFUSED DUE TO VIN NUMBER. *DH
THE REAR WHEEL WASN'T REALIGNED. TT
WHEN DRIVING CAR PULL TO THE LEFT WAS DRIVING PUT CRUISE CONTROL ON AT 60 MPH START TO GET OFF EXIT CRUISE CONTROL WOULDN'T GO OFF HAD TO CUT CAR OFF. 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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
Data on this page last refreshed .