Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Ford Escort submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 30 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.
The 25 most recent of 30, in the owner's own words
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 FORD ESCORT. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH HE DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THE BRAKE LINE WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID. THE CONTACT REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000. *TR
WHEN ON HIGHWAY 55 MPH OR MORE TRANSMISSIONS ACTS LIKE IT GOES INTO NEUTRAL HAVE NO OVERDRIVE OR DRIVE THEN ALSO SLIPS IN AND OUT. ALSO HAVE LIKE POWER SURGES WHEN USING THE HEATER IN THE CAR THE ENGINE REVS UP AND DOWN LIKE YOU ARE STEPPING ON THE GAS PEDAL EVEN WHEN IN PARK HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE OF THESE ISSUES YET. ALSO HAVE HAD THE REAR WIPER MOTOR AND STUFF REPLACED AND STILL DO NOT GET WASHER SOLVENT TO REAR WIPER THE BRAKE LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF BACK WINDOW DOES NOT WORK EITHER CAUSES STILL UNKNOWN IT IS A 1995 FORD ESCORT LX WAGON WITH ONLY 73000 MILES 1.9 L. *NM
TIRED TO WORK WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER OF HONDA TO NO AVAIL. THEY WON'T HELP ME AND THE SOLD THE VEHICLE AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN WORKING CONDITION. *NO AFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK
WHILE APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE BOOSTER BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED, THIS WAS TSB NUMBER 98-5A-15. NLM
WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED FOR BRAKES AND TECHNICIAN FOUND A BROKEN REAR SPRING LEAF WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH STEERING WHEEL GOT STUCK. AT TIMES STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, AND LOST CONTROL. VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED. CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. ALSO, UPON IMPACT, NEITHER OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
DESPITE REPAIRS TO THE BRAKES, THEIR IS NO RESOLUTION TO THE CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH THE LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE BULLITEN 980318985A19 THIS HAS OCCURRED BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE THE BRAKES FIXED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THIS SEEMS TO MAKE THIS CAR UNSAFE. *AK
BRAKES FAILED WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED, BRAKES WORKED AFTER ACCIDENT WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON. *AK
I AM A FEMALE AND THE AUTO PLACE TREATS ME LIKE I KNOW NOTHING BUT, I HAD RECEIVED ALOT OF INJURIES AND I WANT TO KNOW THE REASON BEHIND THIS AND TO GET SOME HELP TO FIND OUT WHY IT DID. *AK
BRAKES FAILED AS I WAS GETTING ON FREEWAY. CARS HAD STOPPED AHEAD, I WAS PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL, CAR SLOWED A LITTLE BUT WOULD NOT STOP. I TRIED GETTING ONTO SHOULDER BUT CARS WERE GOING AROUND ME ONTO THE SHOULDER BECAUSE OF RUSH HOUR MORNING TRAFFIC. CONTINUED PRESSING BRAKE PEDAL WITH NO RESULTS. BRAKES FINALLY ENGAGED BUT LOCKED AND CAR SLID INTO 1999 LINCOLN, RESULTING IN FRONT-END DAMAGE. BRAKES WORKED AFTER CRASH. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE BRAKES WOULD HAVE SUDDEN FAILURE AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK. *AK
SINCE WE BOUGHT THIS USED PROGRAM VEHICLE, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIRES AT LEAST 4-5 TIMES, THE BACK TOP BRAKE LIGHT NUMEROUS TIMES (FUSE) THE BRAKES AT LEAST TWICE AND WHEN MY SON WAS HIT DURING THE WINTER THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND HE HAD BACK INJURIES HIS PASSENGER HAD CHEST PAINS FROM THE SEAT BELTS, WE DID REPLACE THE TIMING BELT THIS YEAR AND THAN IN JULY THE ENGINE STOPPED WORKING AND THE MECHANIC (PRIDE AUTO) STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS DAMAGED THIS OCCURED WHILE DRIVING APPX. 25 HRS PER MILE. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO HELP US STATING THAT WE GOT 99,000 MILES OUT OF IT. WE ARE VOLUNTARILY RETURNING THE VEHICLE, THEY ARE GIVING US A HARD TIME ABOUT IT.
ELECTRICAL HARNESS AT REAR LIFT GATE FAILED, WIRES CRACKED AND ARCING TOGETHER. REAR BRAKE LIGHT WOULD STAY ILLUMINATED WHEN PARKED OR MOVING WITHOUT BRAKE PEDAL INTERACTION. POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD AS REAR BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT WHEN BRAKES ACTUALLY APPLIED. *AK
TWO BOLTS THAT SUPPORT THE BRACKET TO THE EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE CABLE CAME OFF, CAUSING THE BRACKET TO SHEAR THROUGH THE BRAKE LINE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
BRAKE ROTORS, PADS AND CALIPERS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES.
REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED.
BRAKES FAILED, FLUID LEAK FROM THE MASTER CYLINDER AFTER REPAIR WORK.
PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BRAKE PAD/SHOE ASSEMBLY.
BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING RIGHT REAR BRAKE TO LOCK.
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 25-30 MPH REAR END COLLISION IN WHICH THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. ALSO, THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT AND THE DRIVER'S/ PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A NOISE IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM. *AK
BRAKES MAKE A LOUD NOISE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, VIBRATION IN FRONT AND FRONT WHEELS, WOBBLES AT SPEED 50MPH. *AK
REAR HATCH ADJUSTED. *SD
REPLACEMENT OF FRONT BRAKES DUE TO WEAR AND 0MISSION OF RETAINING CLIPS. *AK
BRAKES HEAT UP AND LOCK UP REPEATEDLY W/NUMEROUS BRAKE COMPONENTS REPLACED. VEHICLE TOWED TO VARIOUS DEALERS. TT
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AW
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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