Ford Escort
Registered from 1996 to 2002.
About this model
The North American version of the Ford Escort is a range of cars that were sold by Ford from the 1981 to 2003 model years. The direct successor of the Ford Pinto, the Escort also largely overtook the role of the European-imported Ford Fiesta as the smallest vehicle in the Ford model line in North America. Produced across three generations, the first generation was a subcompact car; the latter two generations were compact cars. Becoming highly successful in the marketplace, the Escort became the best-selling car in the United States after 1982, a position it would hold for much of the 1980s.
From the Wikipedia article Ford Escort (North America), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 2001 | 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway |
| 2000 | 1126 kg · 2500 mm wheelbase · 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.8 motorway · Coupe, 2-door |
| 1999 | 1126 kg · 2500 mm wheelbase · 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 1998 | 1126 kg · 2500 mm wheelbase · 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 1997 | 1145 kg · 2500 mm wheelbase · 9.0 L/100km (EPA) · 10.2 L/100km city · 7.6 motorway · Sedan, 4-door |
| 1996 | 1071 kg · 2500 mm wheelbase · 9.4 L/100km (EPA) · 10.7 L/100km city · 8.1 motorway · Hatch, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Water intrusion into airbag monitor
Engineering analysis, opened June 2002, closed December 2002.
Integrated air bag monitor water
Preliminary evaluation, opened January 2002, closed June 2002.
Air bag non-deployment
Defect petition, opened April 2001, closed November 2001.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Ford filed 24 bulletins about the 2002 Escort.
- Engine and engine cooling: 6
- Electrical system: 5
- Visibility: 4
- Power train: 2
- Equipment: 1
- Exterior lighting: 1
- Fuel system, other: 1
- Seat belts: 1
- Other: 3
- Replace timing belt idler pulley during 2.0l zetec engine cylinder head replacement - service tip. *tt · February 2006
- General (pcm) power train control module programming procedures. *tt · April 2005
- Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair. *tt · April 2005
- Malfunction indicator lamp (mil) illuminated - system lean diagnostic trouble codes (dtc's) - service tips. various models including 2004 f-series. *tt · April 2005
- Climate control a/c service tech tips. *eh · April 2005
- Rear window defroster grid/integral antenna diagnosis and repair - terminal tab repair. *tt · January 2005
- Trw vehicle safety systems, inc. is recalling certain service replacement seatbelt retractors (driver's side front retractor in gray) manufactured in december 2002 and sold as a service replacement… · November 2004
- Inoperative electric rear window defroster (heated backlite) grid lines, integral antenna concerns. *tt · September 2004
16 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.