Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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.

2
Open recalls
143
NHTSA complaints
5
Defect investigations
25
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

143 filed
6
Crashes
56
Fires
8
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    33
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    13
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    9
  • Seat Belts
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    7
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL Pump
    6
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    6

Recalls

2 campaigns
96V071000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION1996-04-25

THE IGNITION SWITCH COULD EXPERIENCE AN INTERNAL SHORT CIRCUIT.

RiskTHIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING, SMOKE, AND POSSIBLY FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN AREA OF THE VEHICLE.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH.

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.

NHTSA investigations

5 actions
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

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

REAR SEAT BELT COMPLIANCE

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