Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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.

1
Open recalls
152
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
27
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

152 filed
9
Crashes
60
Fires
9
Injuries reported
2
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    31
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    9
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    9
  • Seat Belts
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    6
  • Exterior LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
    5

Recalls

1 campaign
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.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
DP91003·ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING1990-11-29 → 1991-01-31

ENGINE STALLING

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

FAILED PASSIVE RESTRAINT

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