Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 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
56
NHTSA complaints
7
Defect investigations
24
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

56 filed
1
Crashes
26
Fires
6
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    14
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2

Recalls

3 campaigns
89V170000·SEATS1989-10-13

THE FORWARD OUTBOARD PEDESTAL OF THE SEAT TRACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURE.

RiskTHIS COULD RESULT IN A LIMITED DEGREE OF ROCKING MOTIONOF THE DRIVERS SEAT ASSEMBLY UPON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, WHICH COULDCAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

FixINSTALL A REINFORCEMENT ON ALL MODELS AND A NEW SEAT TRACK AS NECESSARY

87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

87V060000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1987-04-27

LUG NUTS COULD GALL AND POSSIBLY SEIZE ON THE WHEEL STUDS WITHOUT PROVIDING ADEQUATE CLAMPING LOAD ON THE WHEELS.

RiskWHEEL STUDS COULD FRACTURE CREATING A RISK OF A WHEELSEPARATING WITH LITTLE FOREWARNING.

FixREPLACE WHEEL LUG NUTS AND IF NECESSARY, REPLACE WHEELS AND WHEEL STUDS.

NHTSA investigations

7 actions
PE91025·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-12-17 → 1991-04-10

FUEL PUMP FAILURE

PE90063·SEAT BELTS1990-03-21 → 1990-07-31

SAFETY BELT D-RING

EA90008·SEAT BELTS1989-12-27 → 1991-12-31

FAILED PASSIVE RESTRAINT

PE89143·SEAT BELTS1989-07-18 → 1989-12-27

PASSIVE BELT FAILURE

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

REAR SAFETY BELT FIT

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