Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1998 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
375
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
125
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

375 filed
84
Crashes
11
Fires
78
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    59
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    26
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    24
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    15
  • SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS
    15
  • AIR Bags
    14
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    13
  • Electrical System
    12

Recalls

1 campaign
04E048000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT2004-07-12

CERTAIN TRW DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELTS MANUFACTURED ON DECEMBER 6 AND 9, 2002, FOR USE AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR 1997 FORD ESCORT 4-DOOR AND STATION WAGON PLATFORM VEHICLES, FORD'S P/N F7CZ54611B09AAC. THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES EXHIBIT A NO-LOCK CONDITION WHICH DOES NOT COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 209, SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM MAY NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO THE SEAT OCCUPANT, WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY.

FixTRW WILL NOTIFY THE CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED THE REPLACEMENT SEAT BELT ASSEMBLIES FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON AUGUST 27, 2004.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
DP01001·AIR BAGS2001-04-19 → 2001-11-01

AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT

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