Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1984 Ford Escort

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

3
Open recalls
21
NHTSA complaints
6
Defect investigations
13
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

21 filed
0
Crashes
8
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    7
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    4
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    2
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    1
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
    1
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL Injection SYSTEM:INJECTORS
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
89V095000·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1989-06-12

EXTERNAL CRACKS ABOVE THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER (1984 MODELS) OR ROCKER ARM COVER GASKETS SPLITTING (1985 MODELS) COULD ALLOW OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

RiskENGINE OIL LEAKING ONTO A HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD COULDRESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.

FixREPLACE CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS (1984 MODELS); REPLACE ROCKER ARM COVER GASKETS (1985 MODELS).

84V123000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1984-10-10

THE BRAKE LINE MAY BE POSITIONED TOO CLOSE TO AN ENGINE BRACKET. NORMAL ENGINE MOVEMENTS MAY CAUSE THE BRACKET TO RUB AGAINST THE BRAKE LINE.

FixTHE BRAKE LINE WILL BE INSPECTED AND REROUTED IF NECESSARY.

83V134000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1983-12-20

THE BOLTS THAT ATTACH THE D-SHAPED RING FOR THE SHOULDER BELT ARE INADEQUATELY SUPPORTED BY THE MATERIAL IN WHICH THEY ARE MOUNTED. THE ATTACHMENT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 210, "SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES".

FixDEALERS WILL INSTALL NEW ATTACHING HARDWARE TO IMPROVE THE STRENGTH OF THE MOUNTING.

NHTSA investigations

6 actions
EA88038·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1988-08-29 → 1990-05-11

REAR SAFETY BELT FIT

DP88007·SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER1988-01-11 → 1988-08-24

REAR SEAT BELT COMPLIANCE

PE87028·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1987-05-01 → 1988-01-21

STALLING

EA87005·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1986-12-01 → 1989-10-31

FIRES

Led to recall89V095000

DP86016·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE1986-07-24 → 1986-08-07

STALLING

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