Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1990 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
101
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
30
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

101 filed
5
Crashes
42
Fires
8
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    16
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    10
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    7
  • Seat Belts
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    4
  • Seats
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    3

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.

89V174000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD1989-10-13

SPECIAL PRIMER THAT PROMOTES THE BONDING OF A URETHANE ADHESIVE TO THE GLASS WAS NOT APPLIED TO THE WINDSHIELDS BEFORE INSTALLATION.

RiskOMISSION OF THE PRIMER COULD CAUSE THE WINDSHIELD NOT TOBE PROPERLY ADHERED TO BODY, AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH FMVSS 212.

FixREMOVE AND PROPERLY INSTALL WINDSHIELD USING SPECIAL PRIMER.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA95002·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1995-02-24 → 1996-09-30

FIRES IN STEERING COLUMN

Led to recall96V071000

PE94089·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1994-11-25 → 1995-03-24

FRONT BRAKE FIRES

PE94078·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1994-11-04 → 1995-02-24

FIRES IN STEERING COLUMN

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