Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. 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. 25 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
THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.WHEN I'M GOING ARROUND 55 TO 60 MILES AN HR. WHEN I BACK OUT OF DRIVE WAY SHIFT INTO DR. AND START OUT AS IF I WAS IN THIRD GEAR WITH NOT MUCH POWER. THIS HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS OR THE TEMP. IS COLD. WON'T COME OUT OF PASSING GEAR AND RPM'S AT 4000. *AK
AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH
DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION FAILED. YH
VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 20 MPH, WHEN A NOISE WAS HEARD AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. OVERDRIVE BLEW OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
WHEN THE TRANSMISSION IS COLD IT SHIFTS PERFECTLY, HOWEVER WHEN IT HEATS UP, IT REFUSES TO SHIFT OUT OF LOW GEAR UNTIL IT HAS HAD SEVERAL HOURS TO COOL DOWN
TRANSMISSION FAILED FOUR TIMES.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GERAR AND DISABLED VEHICLE TO MOVE ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK
CAR STALLS.
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
MANUAL TRANSMISSION, 5 SPEED, WHEN VEHICLE IS IN 5TH GEAR AND SLOWING DOWN, TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP AND CANNOT MOVE THE VEHICLE. *AK
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, WOULD NOT SHIFT IN REVERSE, NEARLY HAD AN ACCIDENT. TAKES A WHILE BEFORE IT HAPPENS. SHIFTED INTO 1ST AND MOVED A BIT THEN REVERSE WORKED. TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP TWICE. *AK
CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES*YD
VEHICLE HAS MANUAL TRANSMISSION; DRIVER STATES THAT VEHICLE LOCKS UP IN 5TH GEAR, IN AN EMERGENCY SHE EITHER HAS TO KILL ENGINE OR INCREASE ENGINE REVS TO UNLOCK 5TH GEAR. *AK
WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED THE VEHICLE CLUTCH WENT OUT WITH NO WARNING, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STOP IN TRAFFIC. *AK
AT 18,000 MILES HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION , PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
THE CAR DISENGAGES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
WHEN AIR CONDITIONER IS ON CAR ACCELERATES AND DECELERATES ON ITS OWN. TT AIR CONDITIONER ALSO MAKES NOISES AND HAS AN ODOR. TRANSMISSION TAKES 3 TO 4 ATTEMPTS BEFORE ENGAGING IN REVERSE. STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT LOCK. HATCHBACK DOES NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY. FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE LENSE IS CRACKED. FRONT BUMPER IS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY. DOORS ARE NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY, CAUSING THEM NOT TO CLOSE PROPERLY. WINDOW SEAL BROKE CAUSING WIND NOISE. *SLC
VEHICLE FAILS TO GO INTO REVERSE INTERMITTENTLY. *DH
TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE INTERMITTENTLY. TT
MANUAL TRANSMISSION GEAR BOX CAN'T SHIFT INTO 2ND/4TH/REVERSE GEARS. TT
PURCHASED CAR AS A PROGRAM CAR AND THE TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT TWICE, THE TIME AT FIRST 32,000 MILES AND RIGHT KNOW THE TRANSMISSION IS AT 52,000 MILES . TT
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE, ERRATIC PERFORMANCE OF VEHICLE. TT
TRANSMISSION REFUSED TO SHIFT INTO 2ND, 4TH AND REVERSE GEARS. *TW
CAR CAUGHT FIRE. 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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