{"count":153,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10817765,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"01/05/2016","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"POWER TRAIN,ENGINE","summary":"TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND DOES NOT SHIFT CORRECTLY. TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE DRIVING AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. TENSIONER ARM BROKE WHILE DRIVING SHREDDING THE BELT. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10781190,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/07/2015","dateComplaintFiled":"10/09/2015","vin":"3FAFP13P9YR","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"THE FIRST DEFECT IS ABOUT THE SHIFTING GEARS LIGHT. I CAN NOT SEE THE SHIFTING GEARS AT NIGHT UNLESS I TURN THE CAR'S LIGHT ON OR SOMETIMES I USE A LIGHT APP TO SEE THEM. THIS IS BECAUSE THE SHIFTING GEARS DON'T SHOW UP ON THE SCREEN AND ALSO THERE'S NO LED LIGHTS FOR THE SHIFTING GEARS  THE OTHER PROBLEM I WANT TO REPORT IS THAT THESE CARS HAVE ALWAYS HAD LOUD NOISES AND I AM SUSPECTING THERE'S TRANSMISSION/ENGINE DEFECTS. NOW I AM LEFT WITH A DISABLED VEHICLE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION JUST DECIDED TO BREAK ON ME, I DROVE IT PERFECTLY FINE THE DAY BEFORE IT BROKE DOWN. THE NEXT DAY, AS I WAS USING THE CAR, I TURNED IT ON AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME REALLY HARD AND THE CAR WAS MOVING SUPER SLOWLY SO I DECIDED TO PARK IT RIGHT BACK. AFTER I TOLD A MECHANIC EXPERT ABOUT IT, HE TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION IS GONE. I DON'T HAVE NO MONEY TO REPAIR IT BECAUSE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT COST A LOT OF MONEY. FORD SHOULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE AND FIX THE MANY DEFECTS THEY CAME UP WITH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10680515,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/2014","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/2015","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 FORD ESCORT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE LANES AND CRASHED INTO A VAN. THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITH SUCH AN EXTREME FORCE THAT THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FACE, CHEST, AND RIGHT ARM THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION WHERE IT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10462342,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/19/2012","dateComplaintFiled":"06/19/2012","vin":"3FAKP1131YR","components":"TIRES","summary":"MY WIFE WAS RETURNING HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL WHERE OUR DAUGHTER RECEIVED OUTPATIENT CHEMO THERAPY . AT THE FIRST LIGHT LEAVING THE HOSPITAL THE CAR STARTED SHAKING. MY DAUGHTER THOUGHT HER DOOR WAS OPEN , SO SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND CLOSED IT TO VERIFY THE DOOR WAS CLOSED. THEY ENTERED THE HIGHWAY AND WENT ABOUT 1/4 MILE AND THE CAR MADE A RUMBLING NOISE AND 1 OR 2 MINUTES LATER THE CAR FELT LIKE IT WAS DRAGING SOMETHING. MY WIFE PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND CALLED ME. I WENT DOWN TO ASSIST HER IN CHANGING THE FLAT TIRE.THE TIRE SIDE WALL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE SEPERATED IN SEVERAL PLACES  . THERE ARE 11 PLACES WHERE THE BELTS SEPERATED CAUSING INSTANTIOUS FAILURE.. ALL SEPERATIONS OCCURED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANYTHING PUNCTURING THE TIRE TO CAUSE IT TO GO FLAT. THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY OBJECDT CONTACTING THE TIRE ANYWHERE EXCEPT FOR NORMAL TIRE WEAR ON THE TREAD SURFACE OF THE TIRE. I HAVE THE TIRE IF YOU WANT TO ANNALISE IT.LUCKILY THEY WERE NOT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED YET WHERE THEY COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE CAR IS MAINTAIINED REGULARY AND THE TIRES ARE IN ALMOST NEW CONDITION.  THE CORRECT TIRE SIZE IS NOT LISTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE IT IS IRONMAN 195 60 R15. DOT CODE 53JL  OTHER NUMBERS INCLUED ON THE TIRE ARE  SH09   4409  INSIDE A BOX  IS:  C4  FOLLOWED BY  0248560S  IMAX. ON THE INSIDE OF THE TIRE IS A CIRCLE WITH E4 INSIDE OF IT  FOLLOWED BY 0244851. I THINK THAT IS ALL OF THE IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON THE TIRE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"IRONMAN","productModel":"P23575R15","size":null,"manufacturer":"Asphalt Hercules Tire & Rubber Co LLC"}]},{"odiNumber":10365161,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/08/2010","dateComplaintFiled":"11/09/2010","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"FORD ESCORT 2000 COUPE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON; I.E., MY WIFE GOT IN THE CAR AND BEFORE SHE EVEN STARTED THE ENGINE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROSTER SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10295502,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/13/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"12/13/2009","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"BURN OUT MOTOR. *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10259624,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/2009","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2009","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,EQUIPMENT","summary":"VEHICLE DROPS IN RPM WHILE STOPPING...UPON RESEARCH OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM...THIS IS ON THE FORD ESCORT ZX2...ALL MODELS FROM 1999-TO NOW... *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"AUTOMATIC","manufacturer":"AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10215755,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/03/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/23/2008","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"HAVE EXPERIENCE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM FOR YEARS.  A BLOWER CONTINUES TO RUN EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF, CAUSING THE RADIO AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT TO WORK PROPERLY.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10214294,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2008","dateComplaintFiled":"01/09/2008","vin":"3FAFP13P9YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD ESCORT.  IN AN ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE NEW TIRES AND AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PUT ON A LIFT, THE TIRE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT BOTH REAR SPRINGS FAILED.  THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS REGARDING THE SPRINGS.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,009 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10212617,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"12/23/2007","vin":"1FAFP34P0YW","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"I WENT TO START MY CAR ONE NIGHT AND THE KEY WOULD NOT FIT IN THE IGNITION. MY COUSIN HAS TRIED WORKING ON IT AND HE CAN'T EVEN GET THE OLD IGNITION SWITCH OUT OF THE CAR TO REPLACE IT WITH A NEW ONE. I HAVE BEEN OUT OF A CAR FOR A WEEK AND AFTER RESEARCHING FOUND THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS NOT FIXED. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10210413,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2007","vin":"1FMRU17L9YL","components":"TIRES","summary":"THE TREAD ON A TIRE FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME. THE TREAD PEELED OFF AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY BUMPER, AIR CONDITIONER, WASHING FLUID RESVERVOIR, SPARE TIRE AND HEADLIGHT/FOGLIGHTS ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"1987","productMake":"GENERAL","productModel":"GENERAL","size":null,"manufacturer":"GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10207850,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":3,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"11/03/2007","vin":"1FMRU17L9YL","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AND BURNED UNTIL IT WAS TOTALED. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE DONE TO MY HOUSE. MY FAMILY ALSO SUFFERED FROM MENTAL TRAUMA.  *TR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10195397,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"07/05/2007","vin":"1FMSU43F8YE","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE DIED DURING TRAVEL WITH NO WARNING, FORD ISSUED RECALL. HOWEVER DUE TO THE LIMITED NUMBER  OF CONSUMERS WITH  THIS YEAR AND  SPECIFIC MODEL COMPLAINTS WERE OVERLOOKED.  DEALER SHOULD OFFER RECOURSE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10192751,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"06/08/2007","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR","summary":"2000 WINDSTAR. ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.  HAVE HAD CAR LOOKED AT 4 TIMES AND TOLD \"PROBLEM\" (A SEAL IN THE MECHANISM) WAS REPLACED AND PROBLEM FIXED.  BUT IT'S NOT - ABS LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON.  EXPENSIVE TO \"FIX\".  ALSO, BRAKE FLUID LEAKS AND HAVE HAD TIMES WHEN DRIVING AND BRAKE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING AND DELAYED STOPPING.  LUCKILY HAVE NOT HAD ACCIDENTS WHEN THIS HAS HAPPENED.  HAVE ALSO HAD BRAKE PADS WEAR OUT - NO PRE-WARNING ON THIS MODEL WINDSTAR WHEN BRAKE PADS ARE WEARING OUT.  HAD TO HAVE BRAKE PADS REPLACED, AND ROTORS REPLACED - AGAIN AND EXPENSIVE FIX TO A PROBLEM WITHOUT WARNING.  ALSO, BRAKES KEEP SQUEALING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED - AM TOLD THIS IS AIR IN THE LINES (HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT LINES FLUSHED BUT PROBLEM STILL KEEPS HAPPENING).  ALSO, WHEN STEERING AFTER THE LAST TIME ABS LIGHT PROBLEM \"FIXED\" THERE IS A GRATING STEERING NOISE WHENEVER WHEEL IS TURNED.  WARRANTY HAS RUN OUT - BUT PROBLEM WITH ABS STILL EXISTS AND I CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER $700. BILL TO \"FIX\" PROBLEM.  2000 WINDSTAR SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR THIS ABS PROBLEM AND IT SHOULD BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGE BY FORD.  AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PROBLEM - AND FEEL THAT I AND MY CHILD ARE DRIVING IN AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10190261,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"05/09/2007","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD FOCUS.  THE VEHICLE'S RIGHT WHEEL MADE A LOUD NOISE AND VIBRATED WHILE IN MOTION.  THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS.  THE WHEEL IS CURRENTLY WOBBLING AND MAKING A POPPING AND CRACKING NOISE.  THE MECHANIC HAS NOT YET DIAGNOSED THE CAUSE OF FAILURE.  SAFETY CAMPAIGN # 01I017000(WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS)  INVOLVES THE SAME FAILURE, HOWEVER, THE CAMPAIGN EXPIRED ON DECEMBER 31, 2002.  THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT WILLING TO PERFORM THE REPAIR FOR FREE.  THE VIN IS UNKNOWN.  THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 153,000.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10189304,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/19/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/30/2007","vin":"1FMRU1567YL","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"AFTER CAR WAS DRIVEN TO WORK APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES. MY EMPLOYERS SECURITY DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED ME THAT MY CAR HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, WHILE PARKED ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER ARRIVING TO WORK. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND PUT OUT FIRE, AND IT  RELEASED A REPORT STATING FIRE DEFINATELY STARTED IN UNDER THE THE HOOD IN ENGINE AREA.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10189124,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/27/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"04/27/2007","vin":"3FAFP13P3YR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD ESCORT.  THE ABS LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS.  WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE LIGHT WOULD REMAIN ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY THE DEALER AND WAS NOT EXPERIENCING ANY BRAKE FAILURE.  THE CURRENT MILEAGE  IS 71,642, AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.*AK  UPDATED 05/23/07. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10183226,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2007","dateComplaintFiled":"02/22/2007","vin":"1FMPU18L5YL","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"FORD 2000 EXPITITION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND OCCURED IN MY DRIVEWAY AROUND 7AM AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON AND THE LAST TIME USED AROUND 10:30 PM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10181508,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/26/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"02/03/2007","vin":"1FMPU16L2YL","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"#8 SPARK PLUG POPPED OUT OF HEAD CAUSING THE THREADS TO STRIP IN HEAD & BUSTED COIL PACK. CONVERTER WAS GLOWING RED & POPPING.  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10165243,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/08/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"08/11/2006","vin":"3FAKP113XYR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING THE DRIVER TO HIT AND FRACTURE THE WINDSHIELD AT 35 MPH.  THE ACCIDENT WAS A REAR END COLLISION.  THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEATBELT.  THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO THE CRASH.  PICTURES WERE AVAILABLE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10152000,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/28/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"03/06/2006","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN EAST GRAND FORKS, MINNESOTA ON 02/28/06 I WAS GOING NORTH ON 5TH AVE N.E. AND T-BONED THE OTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON 10TH ST N.E. THEY FAILED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ALL THE WAY OUT THEY POPPED OUT OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASH ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BUT THE AIR BAG LAYED IN MY LAP AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND VEHICLES CAME TO A REST I STILL HEARD THE AIR BAGS TRYING TO INFLATE ON IMPACT MY DRIVERS DOOR ALSO FLEW OPEN AND MY SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DID NOT LOCK I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE VEHICLE. *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10147132,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/30/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2006","vin":"1FMPU16LXYL","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"(1) NOTHING REMARKABLE HAPPENED LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE.  THE TRUCK WAS IDLING WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED.  (2) THE FAILURE WAS THE #3 SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT OF THE HEAD WHICH ALSO DAMAGED THE COIL IN MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION 5.4L ENGINE, WHICH HAD 82000 MILES.  (3) THE HEAD WAS REPAIRED WITH AN AFTERMARKET KIT THAT ALLOWED A NEW SPARK PLUG TO BE INSTALLED.  OLD SPARK PLUG HAS BEEN DISCARDED.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10144719,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/07/2005","vin":"1FMFU18L7YL","components":"VISIBILITY,STRUCTURE","summary":"BATTERY KEPT DRAINING AND THE IGNITION CHIMED WITH KEY REMOVED.  HEATER BLOWER RAN AFTER IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF AND TOUCH KEY PADS STUCK CAUSING LIGHTS TO STAY ON.  ALL OF THESE SYMPTOMS WERE ATTRIBUTED TO A WATER LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD WHICH LEAKED INTO A ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BLOCK BEHIND DRIVER'S SIDE DASHBOARD CAUSING A SHORT CIRCUIT.  THE ELECTRICAL BLOCK MELTED AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO BLOCK AND WIRING AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED.  WINDSHIELD WAS REMOVED AND RESEALED TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF LEAK.    *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10143011,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/17/2005","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"2000 FORD CONTOUR SPORT SE. DASHBOARD HAS WARPED TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS INTERFERING WITH THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTING PROCESS. THE WARPING CAUSES PART OF THE DASHBOARD TO PRESS UP AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD TRAPPING WARM AIR UNDERNEATH AND NOT ALLOWING WARM AIR TO REACH THE WINDSHIELD DRIVER VIEWING AREA. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 76,000 MILES. PROBLEM BEGAN AT ABOUT 50,000 MILES.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10142505,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/21/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2005","vin":"1FMPU16L3YL","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DURING A RAINY DAY I FOUND WATER LEAKING INTO MY EXPEDITION THROUGH THE SUNROOF AND THE TRIM AROUND THE WINDSHIELD.  THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START AS THE THEFT LIGHT WAS BLINKING.  WHEN WE WOULD GET IT STARTED AND THEN ONCE IT WAS TURNED OFF, THE HEAT/AIR WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN.  ALSO, THE ODOMETER NUMBERS WOULD BLINK.  WE IMMEDIATELY TOOK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD BOTH THE SUNROOF AND WINDSHIELD WERE LEAKING AND THE GEM MODULE AND FUSE BOX WERE DESTROYED.  THE REPAIRS WERE MADE INCLUDING A NEW WINDSHIELD FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY $1200.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10135920,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/11/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"09/08/2005","vin":"1FMRU1662YL","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"WATER LEAKING IN TOP RIGHT OF WINDSHIELD, DOWN TO THE DASH.  EVIDENTLY IT LEAKED TO THE CONTROL BOX AND SHORTED OUT THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.  CAUSED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10125555,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2005","vin":"1FMPU18L6YL","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"I CONTACTED FORD ONCE IN JAN. '05 AND AGAIN IN FEB. '05 ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH ON MY 2000 EXPEDITION. THEY SAID I WOULD GET IT IN THE MAIL SHORTLY. ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS AND STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ASAP AT THEIR COST NOT MINE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10123902,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/07/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2005","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"DT: CALLER'S SON WAS IN AS ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT,  REAR AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND AT THE SPEED OF 30 MPH. CAR WAS THROWN 150 FEET WITH NO SKID MARKS. CALLER'S SON WAS SEVERELY INJURED, AND HAS BEEN  IN  REHABILITATION. DEALER HAS NEVER CALLED THEM BACK. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CALLED MANY TIMES,  AND DID NOT RETURN CALLS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10120767,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/18/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/2005","vin":"","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"WHEN I ARRIVED BACK TO MY VEHICLE, EVERYTHING FROM THE ENGINE TO THE DASHBOARD WAS COMPLETLY BURNT.  WHAT A SURPRISE WHEN YOU COME BACK FROM DINNER.  I SPOE TO THE WITNESS WHO MADE THE 911 CALL.  SHE STATED THAT SHE HEARD A POPPING NOISE, BUT IGNORED IT UNTIL SHE GOT TO HER DOOR AND HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN.  SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE TURNED AND LOOKED, SHE SAW SPARKS COMING FROM THE FRONT GRILL, SO SHE WENT INSIDE TO CALL THE POLICE.  THE WITNESS STATED THAT AS SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE POLICE, SHE LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW, TO DISCOVER THERE WERE FLAMES TO THE 3RD FLOOR OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING. MY TRUCK HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN HOURS, AND THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS DRIVEN, IT WAS TO THE STORE ON THE CORNER. THERE WAS NO ENGINE NOISE,CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON IN THE DASH, OR ANY SIGNS THAT MY TRUCK WOULD GO UP IN FLAMES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10120228,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/08/2005","vin":"1FMPU16L8YL","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,VISIBILITY,INTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"WATER LEAKING THROUGH WINDSHIELD INTO ELECTRONIC SYSTEM (GEM MODULE).  THIS HAS CAUSED VEHICLE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE FOLLOWING DURING RAINY WEATHER, AND SOMETIMES LONGER, EVEN IN BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. WIPERS QUIT WORKING DURING RAINY WEATHER WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF RAIN STORM.  HEAD LIGHTS, PARKING LIGHTS AND HIGH BEAMS DON'T WORK AT ALL IN RAIN.  INTERIOR LIGHTS INCLUDING DASH BOARD LIGHTS QUIT WORKING. HEAD LIGHTS AND WIPERS ALL QUIT WORKING IF RADIO IS TURNED ON.  REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY WON'T WORK.  4 X4 WON'T TRANSFER IF USED, STAYS IN ONE GEAR AND GETS STUCK, WHICH I AM SURE IS CAUSING DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION.      TWO DAYS AFTER A RAIN STORM,  MY EXPEDITION WAS OUTSIDE TRYING TO START ITSELF.  I WAS INSIDE WHEN I HEARD THE NOISE.  IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE WAS OVER STARTING THEIR VEHICLE.  IT WAS THAT GRINDING SOUND OF THE STARTER BEING OVER TURNED.  WHEN I WENT OUT SIDE TO MY DISBELIEF IT WAS MY EXPEDITION!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10118164,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/20/2005","vin":"2FMZA5143YB","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"SMELLED SMOKE AFTER IGNITION. FOUND ELECTRICAL FIRE AFTER OPENING UP THE HOOD AT A SERVICE STATION. THE ATTENDANT QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. TOWED THE CAR TO PREMIER FORD. OUR INSURANCE ADJUSTER FROM TSC DIRECT INSPECTED MY VEHICLE. HIS REPORT WAS THAT THERE OIL DRIPPING FROM A DEFECTIVE MASTER CYLINDER THAT CAUSED THE WIRING TO HEAT UP. THUS, CAUSING THE FIRE. WE THINK THAT FORD SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT COULD WARRANT A RECALL. HOWEVER, THEY DENY THE CLAIM BECAUSE WE ARE OVER THE 3-YEAR WARRANTY. THIS SHOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THEREFORE, WE SHOULD BE REIMBURSED FOR THE FULL COST OF THE JOB, LABOR AND TOWING EXPENSES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10116244,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2005","vin":"1FMRU1564YL","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"UPON EXITING THE GROCERY STORY ON TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2005 I FOUND MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION ON FIRE.  FORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A BATTALION OF FIREMEN SHOPPING AT THE TIME & THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE VERY QUICKLY.  BECAUSE THEY WERE THE FIRE CAPTAIN ASKED ME IF I HAD HAD THE CAR SERVICED, IN PARTICULAR THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER, AS THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE POINT OF ORIGIN.  I SAID NO.  A PASSERBY MENTIONED THE RECALL (WE HAD ONLY JUST RECEIVED A LETTER IN THE MAIL) AND AFTER REMEMBERING THE CONTENTS OF THE LETTER WE RECEIVED DID WE REALIZE THIS FAULTY PART WAS THE CAUSE.  WE HAD OUR CAR TOWED TO THE FORD DEALER WHERE WE BOUGHT IT AND HAD ONLY GOTTON THE RUN AROUND SINCE.  THE FIRE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO OUR VEHICLE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AS WELL AS LEFT FRONT TIRE AND AREA BETWEEN THE ENGINE & TIRE.  THIS WAS DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE FIREMEN WHEN FIRE BROKE OUT.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10117190,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/29/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/31/2005","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE LEFT REAR SHOULDER/LAP BELTS CONSTANTLY TIGHTENED  ON  9 YEAR OLD CHILD WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH  ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SEAT BELT GOT SO TIGHT THAT THE CONSUMER SAUGHT ASSISTANCE FROM A NEAR BY POLICE OFFICER, WHO HAD TO CUT THE SEAT BELT TO FREE THEIR CHILD. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10114136,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2005","vin":"1FMRU1569YL","components":"VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WINDSHIELD WILL NOT WORK DEPENDING ON WEATHER. ALSO AIR CONDITIONER AND RADIO WILL NOT WORK DEPENDING ON WEATHER.  I'VE HAD IT TAKE VEHICLE TO FORD 3 TIMES, THEY COULD NOT FIX IT. REPLACED MARGALIN AND OTHER PARTS.  ACCIDENT HAS NOT ACCURRED, BUT I'M TRYING TO PREVENNT ACCIDENT.  I HAVE 4 KIDS AND MARRIED.  IT'S SCARY FOR WIPERS TO STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10112024,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/08/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2005","vin":"1FMPU18L6YL","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE REAR OUTBOARD SEATBELTS DISENGAGE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.  FORD HAS ALREADY HAD A RECALL ON THE 2001 EXPEDITION REGARDING THIS PROBLEM.  I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER BOTH HAVE REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.  DO TO THE SAFETY CONCERNS OF THIS ISSUE AND THE OTHER RECALL FORD SHOULD REPLACE THESE SEATBELT LATCHES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10112071,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/23/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2005","vin":"1FMSU43F2YE","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON OUR 2000 FORD EXCURSION. OUR BROTHER INLAWS 1999 EXCURSION AND AN 2004 F350 HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10111966,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/12/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/22/2005","vin":"1FMRU1560YL","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"1) PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, WE HAD NO UNUSAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE.  FEBRUARY 1, 2005 THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISCONNECTED PER FORD RECALL.  )  FEBRUARY 12, 2005 THE 2000 FORD EXPEDITION WAS TAKEN TO A CAR WASH.  WHEN IT  REACHED THE END OF THE WASH CYCLE, THE ATTENDANT GOT IN THE VEHICLE TO PULL IT FORWARD AND THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED (6000 RPM) AND TRAVELLED OFF THE  CAR WASH LOT AND OVER A 5 LANE HIGHWAY BEFORE HITTING AN EMBANKMENT AND STOPPING.  ) THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED BY THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR REPRESENTING OUR INSURANCE.  OMPANY.  BOTH OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AND FORD WAS MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED.  THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS DEALING WITH THE CAR WASH BUT FORD DID  NOT WANT TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE TO EITHER PROVE OR DISPROVE IT WAS A MANUFACTURING  ERROR.  OUR BELIEF IS THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT IS RELATED TO MANUFACTURING AND THAT FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED ON FEBRUARY 12TH TO OUR VEHICLE.  LIVES WERE IN DANGER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10111796,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/29/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/18/2005","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THIS COMPLAINT IS TAKEN C/O  LINDA BARTKO.  AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PERFORMS ERRATICALLY,  ALLOWING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL.   GEARS FAIL TO ENGAGE WHEN SHIFTED.   OWNER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, AND NEITHER ONE COULD DETERMINE THE CAUSE.   CONSUMER WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER, BUT NO RESOLUTION WAS GIVEN.  ONE DEALERSHIP WAS SHULTS AT  412-828-2300. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10110508,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/09/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/14/2005","vin":"1FAFP34P8YW","components":"STEERING","summary":"STERING COLUMN LOCKED,HAD TO BE TOWED.TOW DRIVER SAID THIRD ONE HE HAD THIS WEEK,CAR IS NOW AT FORD DEALOR. IT WILL BE REPAIRED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108409,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/27/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/2005","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY GIRLFRIENDS MOTHER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH IN HER 2000 FORD ESCAPE, AND HIT AN ELK.  LUCKELY NO HARM WAS DONE TO HER, BUT HER AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF.  MY CONCERN IS THAT MAYBE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE ESCAPES, AND WOULDN'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO BE INJURED OR KILLED FROM THE PROBLEM.  I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF SOMEONE COULD CONTACT ME IN SOMEWAY SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM.  THERE WAS ABOUT 5,000 DOLLARS IN DAMAGE, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE CRUSHED LIKE AN ACC.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10108166,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/28/2005","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"(1)  MY WIFE DROVE OUR 2000 FORD EXPEDITION TO THE GROCERY STORE ON JANUARY 5TH, 2005.  WHEN SHE CAME OUT, ABOUT 25 MINUTES LATER, THE FIRE ENGINE HAD ARRIVED AND WAS TRYING TO PUT OUT THE FIRE UNDER THE HOOD.  THEY HAD TO BREAK THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW TO GET TO TO THE HOOD RELEASE.  2)  HE INSURANCE FIRE INVESTIGATOR CLAIMED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN ALTERNATOR ELECTRICAL SHORT.  BUT AS WE NOW KNOW FORD HAS ACKNOWLEDGED A PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH OVERHEATING AND CAUSING FIRES.  3)  WE BELIEVE THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH PROBLEM FORD FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED HAVING. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10107805,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"01/24/2005","vin":"1FAHP3436YW","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"IGNITION KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN MY FORD FOCUS 2000. A PROBLEM MANY HAVE HAD ON THIS TYPE OF CAR.   *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10106102,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2005","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY 2000 FORD EXPEDITION CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY. THE SUV HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 5+ HOURS. OUR NEIGHBOR GOT UP TO USE THE RESTROOM AROUND 11:45 AND NOTICED FLAMES SHOOTING FROM OUR SUV. THE FIRE COMPLETLY DESTROYED OUR TRUCK.  THE FIRE GOT SO HOT IT MELTED THE HOOD,FRONT TIRES AND THE FRONT CAB. OUR TRUCK  WAS IN GOOD CONDITION NO MAJOR MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. HOW DOES A TRUCK BURSTT INTO FLAMES  WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10105891,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2005","vin":"2FMDA5341YB","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"JUST RECENTLY I HAD TO HAVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REBUILT & A NEW PLANETARY GEAR INSTALLED. THERE WAS NO WARNING - THE VAN JUST SIMPLY STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. REVERSE WAS THE ONLY GEAR THAT WOULD WORK. IF YOU KNOW HOW I CAN NOTIFY FORD ABOUT PLEASE ADVISE SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED BUT IT HAS LESS THAN 75,000 MILES ON IT. AT THE TIME THE TRANSMISSION FAILED, THE MILEAGE WAS 72901. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10104349,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/25/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/2004","vin":"1FAFP68G2YK","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"DETAILS: THE VINYL COVERING ON THE DASHBOARD IS PEELING AWAY FROM THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE. IT HAS, OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT 5 MONTHS, PEELED BACK FAR ENOUGH THAT IT OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OUT OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD DEFROST VENT TRIM NO LONGER FITS INTO PLACE. THE DEFROSTER NO LONGER WORKS PROPERLY, AS THE VINYL NOW OBSTRUCTS THE AIR FLOW. THE VINYL IS ALSO IN SUCH A POSITION AS TO POTENTIALLY IMPEDE THE FUNCTION OF THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER THE DASH, FORD WILL NOT COVER THE FULL COST OF THE REPLACEMENT ($1200). THE DASH ON A 4 YEAR CAR SHOULD NOT WARP SO BADLY IT LOOKS LIKE A PRINGLES CHIP. THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW WITH POTENTIAL SAFETY CONCERNS, AND SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10104274,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/11/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/21/2004","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CRASH WITH INJURIES,  FRONT END DAMAGE TO 2000, FORD, ESCORT ZX2   HEAD INJURIES DUE TO LOW AIRBAGS.  BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER HAD HEAD INJURIES BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS PROVIDED NO HEAD/NECK PROTECTION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10102960,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"12/14/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THIS IS A 2000 FORD EXPEDITION. LAST YEAR THERE WAS A FIRE STRARTED BY A RELAY FAILURE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS REPAIR WAS $2300.00, $435.00 WAS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WE PURCHASED. IN THE PAST MONTH I HAVE NOTICED PAINT FAILURE LEADING TO RUST ON THE ROOF, AND LAST FRIDAY THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING. CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. FORD SAYS WE NEED A NEW ENGINE WHICH WILL COST $5,500.00. THE ENGINE HAS 71,000 MILES ON IT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 65,000. WHEN THE ENGINE FAILED, IT EFFECT THE BREAKING AND POWER STEERING. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND FORD NEEDS TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10099305,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2004","vin":"3FAKP1130YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE BELT TENSIONER PULLEY BROKE FROM THE ARM.  THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THE PART BROKE.   *AK   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10097722,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/17/2004","vin":"1FAHP3834YW","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"VEHICLE SURGED WHILE BEING PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND AGAIN IN A PARKING LOT.  THE RPM GAUGE WENT BEYOND  NORMAL RAMIFICATION.    AFTER CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE MANUFACTURER THEY AGREED TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM.  *AK  PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DETECTED.  *TC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10099906,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/12/2004","vin":"3FAKP1130YR","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"CONSUMER'S WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED OVER INTO CONSUMER'S  VEHICLE LANE AND HIT IT HEAD ON.  THE DRIVER 'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO HOLD THE DRIVER IN. UPON IMPACT,  BOTH FRONTAL AIRS BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.  DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES.  THE AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, BUT THE DRIVER REFUSED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.  SHE WENT ON HER ON THE SAME DAY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED  BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10097778,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/23/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"10/26/2004","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER  COMPLAINED ABOUT A  BRAKE PROBLEM.  CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE FROM A USED CAR DEALER, WHO DID NOT ASSIST THE CONSUMER IN REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER SERVICED THE BRAKES, BUT DID AN INSUFFICIENT JOB, THUS MAGNIFYING THE PROBLEM EVEN GREATER. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE HAD A BRAKE PROBLEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10087914,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/13/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/16/2004","vin":"3FAKP1130YR","components":"TIRES","summary":"LARGE CHUNKS OF TREAD CAME OFF THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, AND CRACKS HAD DEVELOPED ON THE SIDE WALL. THIS RESULT IN THE VEHICLE SHAKING SEVERELY WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"},{"type":"Tire","productYear":"9999","productMake":"FIRESTONE","productModel":"MS","size":null,"manufacturer":"FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10086733,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/09/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/12/2004","vin":"3FAKP1133YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I WOULD LIKE TO REFERENCE ODI CASES # 8016196, 1451010 AND PARTICULARLY 881231 IN REFERENCE TO MY FORD ESCORT.  WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED, MY POWER STEERING, AC AND ALTERNATOR WENT OUT WHEN THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE.  THE BELT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE WATER PUMP TENSIONER, WHICH LITERALLY SNAPPED AWAY FROM THE WATER PUMP HOUSING AND BROKE THE WATER PUMP HOUSING IN 3 PIECES.  MY MECHANIC ALSO SAID HE HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS - BUT HE FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT FORD HAD THE WATER PUMP HOUSING IN STOCK IN THEIR PARTS DEPARTMENT.  THE WATER PUMP, THE HOUSING, THE TENSIONER AND THE SERPENTINE BELT WERE ALL REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S COST.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10086190,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"08/04/2004","vin":"3FAFP3134YR","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"MY FORD FOCUS IGNITION LOCKED UP ON MY CAR AND I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO FORD WEST DEALERSHIP AND WAS CHARGED $40.00 FOR TOWING.  I THEN HAD TO PAY $398.00 TO HAVE MY IGNITION REPAIRED WHICH SEEMS TO BE A COMMON DEFECT WITH FORD FOCUS. I SAW ON THE INTERNET WHERE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD FOCUS.  I FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REIMBURSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT THIS A DEFECT PROBLEM WITH FORD.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10082968,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/24/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"07/29/2004","vin":"3FAKP1133YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I'VE HAD MY FORD ESCORT ZX2 FOR A YEAR NOW.  I BOUGHT IT USED FROM A DEALERSHIP.  RECENTLY I'VE NOTICED A MAJOR DECLINE IN PERFORMANCE.  IT IDLES LOW, THE HORSEPOWER IS GONE, AND WHEN SITTING FOR PERIODS OF TIME IT HAS PROBLEMS STARTING.  LAST WEEKEND I HAD A FORD CERTIFIED MECHANIC PERFORM A COMPUTER AND MECHANICAL DIAGNOSTIC ON IT TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM.  HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING.  SO, HE CHECKED SERVICE BULLETINS FOR IT AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A BULLETIN ON ITS VARIABLE CAM TIMING DTC.  HE FELT THAT THIS WAS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10080142,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/29/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/29/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING OVER 50 MPH THROUGH A WATER PUDDLE ENGINE STALLED. DEALERSHIP SERVICED VEHICLE, AND NOTICED  THAT ENGINE BLEW OUT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10079631,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/22/2004","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"DUE TO A POOR DESIGN  AIR CONDITIONER HOSE WAS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE'S  RADIATOR.  THIS CAUSED A HOLE IN THE AIR CONDITIONER HOSE, WHICH CASED  FREON TO ESCAPE, AND POSSIBLY CAUSE HARM TO THE CONSUMER.  DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE BUT WILL NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10072948,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"05/21/2004","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"MY DAUGHTER HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT RELEASE. SHE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND A 2000 HONDA ACCORD CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND HIT HER HEAD ON ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10072496,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/2004","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"MY CAR HAS HAD 4 TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE 40,000 MILES AND NOW AT 102,000 MILES I'M HAVING TO PUT A NEW MOTOR IN. THIS CAR HAS HAD EXCELLENT CARE AND MAINTENCE AND NO REASON FOR THIS. I WAS DRIVING THE CAR DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND LOUD NOICE STARTED SO I STOPPED AND HAD IT TOWED FORD SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR WAS NO GOOD KNOW. THIS CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE MOTOR TILL THEN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10065527,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/16/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"04/29/2004","vin":"3FAFP11371R","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE THE VEHICLE IS SITTING IDLING, THERE IS A SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL.  THE DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND REPLACED THE THROW OUT AND MAIN BEARING ON THE CRANK SHAFT.   *NM   THE DEALER DID NOT HAVE MORE OPTIONS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.   *SC  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10065445,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/01/2004","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER  HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION PREMATURELY. VEHICLE ONLY HAD 60, 000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10064754,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/23/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"03/23/2004","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT  PASSENGER SIDE SUSPENSION LOWER CONTROL ARM CRACKED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10063447,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"03/17/2004","vin":"1FAFP565XYA","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"VEHICLE SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD AT A RAPIDLY INCREASING RATE.  *LA THE CONSUMER THEN SHUT OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL, PUMPED THE BRAKES AND THE PLACED HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES, ONLY TO DISCOVER THE SPEEDOMETER SOARING TO 95 MPH.   THE CONSUMER PLACED THE GEAR INTO NEUTRAL AND THE N THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS FRAYED, HOWEVER TWO WEEKS LATER THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME IT WAS DETERMINED THAT SNOW WAS IN THE CARBURETOR.  THE VEHICLE SURGED AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME.  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10058853,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/10/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/24/2004","vin":"","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"LEFT FRONT WHEEL MAKES NOISE OVER BUMPS. STEERING IS OFF BECAUSE OF IT AND IT FEELS LIKE IT IS GOING TO BREAK ANY SECOND.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10058729,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/17/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2004","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"THIS IS ERGENT!!! ON 2000-2001 FORD FOCUS MODELS HAVE A TERRIBLE FAULTY IGNITION. WHEN I INSERT MY KEY IN THE IGNITION IT DOES NOT TURN AND MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED..I THINK THIS IS WORTHY ENOUGH TO BE A RECALL MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION. THERE HAVE BEEN DEATHS DUE TO THIS FAULTY IGNITIONS ON FORD FOCUS CARS..CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TAKE ACTION ON THIS PROBLEM MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OF THIS IGNITION FAILURE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10056781,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/07/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"02/08/2004","vin":"3FAFP13P8YR","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ON NUMEROUS OCASSIONS FROM AUGUST, 2002 THROUGH THE PRESENT (FEBRUARY 7, 2004), WE HAVE HAD THE FUSES LABELLED \"STOP\" AND \"HAZARD\" HAVE BLOWN WHILE DRIVING.  THIS RESULTS IN THE FOLLOWING FAILURES: (1) WHEN THE \"STOP\" FUSE BLOWS, THE STOP LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION (WHICH IS UNKNOWN TO THE DRIVER AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH IF THE PERSON FOLLOWING DOES NOT REALIZE WHEN THE CAR HAS ITS BRAKES APPLIED); (2) THE \"STOP\" FUSE BLOWING ALSO CAUSES THE SHIFT LOCK TO NOT FUNCTION, RENDERING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE UNLESS THE OVERRIDE IS APPLIED; (3) WHEN THE \"HAZARD\" FUSE BLOWS, THIS RESULTS IN AN IMMEDIATE STALLING OF THE CAR, WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF IT OCCURS IN TRAFFIC AND COULD CAUSE A FATALITY; (4) THE \"HAZARD\" FUSE BLOWING ALSO RESULTS IN THE TURN SIGNALS AND THE HAZARD LIGHTS FAILING TO FUNCTION, SO OTHER DRIVERS DO NOT EVEN KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM.  I HAVE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF FUSES TO TEMPORARILY FIX THESE PROBLEMS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10054794,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/31/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/24/2004","vin":"3FAFP13P0YR","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE","summary":"FORD ESCORT I WAS HAVING RUNNING A  MISS DURING WARRANTY ALSO WHEN ON A LONG TRIP WE HAD A LOSS OF POWER WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY LOOKED AND DID NOTHING.  SO THEY SAID IT WAS JUST THE CAR. AT 36,000 MILES WE HAD STALLING AT INTERSECTIONS AND HARD STARTING I HAD REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND EVERYTHING WAS OK NOW.  WE AT NO TIME RUN FUEL BELOW 1/4 OF A TANK. I CONTACTED FORD THEY SAID THEY DID NOT CARE  BECAUSE IT WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. I FEEL THAT DURING WARRANTY THEY COULD HAVE FIXED IT FORD DID NOT. NEXT WE WERE IN CLOSE CALLS FOR ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CAR. EVEN DURING WARRANTY THE LACK OF POWER I COMPLAINED. THEY DID NOTHING.  NOW THAT THE PROBLEM IS FIXED I FEEL FORD SOLD US A CAR WHICH DID NOT PERFORM AS AGREED AND DID NOT CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEM WE TOOK IT IN 7 TIMES TO FIX THIS DURING WARRANTY.  THANK YOU   DANIEL KING   *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10069164,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I AM EXPERIENCING STALLING PROBLEMS WHEN I STOP AT LIGHTS OR THE VEHICLE IS IDLING. IT LOOSES COMPRESSION. I HAD IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY AROUND 35,000 MILES..NOW AT 47,000 MILES I'M EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. ORIGINALLY THEY REPLACED WIRING HARNESS AND AIR INTAKE VALVE SO FAR PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED AS TO WHY IT'S STALLING AGAIN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10070296,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/15/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN","summary":"TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. THE CAR HAD 2400 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BEEN PRE OWNED. THEY SOLD IT TO ME SAYING IT WAS NEW BUT SOMEONE ELSE PUT 2400 MILES ON IT. NOW I FELL THATS THE REASON WHY MY TRANSMISSION FAILED PREMATURELEY. FORD HAS DENIED ME A AWA BECAUSE THEY SAID I'M NOT A LOYAL CUSTOMER JUST BECAUSE I GOT MY TRANSMISSION SERVICED SOMEWHERE ELSE. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT PLEASE E-MAIL/CALL ME AT ANY TIME TO TELL ME WHAT STEPS I COULD TAKE TO HAVE FORD PAY SOME/ALL OF THE COST OF REPAIR TO MY TRANSMISSION. THANKS AGAIN, KEON WALKER","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10070580,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/15/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2004","vin":"3FAFP13P1YR","components":"SUSPENSION,TIRES","summary":"I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN SO MANY TIMES TO EVEN COUNT. 9 TIMES SINCE MAY 28TH FOR THE SUSPENSION.  THEY HAVE REPLACED CV JOINT 3 TIMES, STRUTS, AXLE SUSPENSIONS ALL ON THE LEFT SIDE.  FRIDAY, JULY 11TH THE HAVE REPLACED THE RIGHT SIDE.  AND YESTERDAY JYLY 14TH THE CRACKING NOISE IS BACK.  THE EXACT NOISE IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR MANY TIMES.  WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE CAUSED MY TIRES TO GO BALD.  BUT FORD DOES NOT BELIEVE THIS.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10054073,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/08/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"01/14/2004","vin":"","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHEN MAKING LEFT/RIGHT TURNS THROTTLE  STUCK. VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGH RATE. CONSUMER MANAGED TO STOP VEHICLE BY DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL NUMEROUS TIMES. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10049212,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/25/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/2003","vin":"3FAFP11351R","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"1 WEEK AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT RAN ROUGH WHEN THE HEATER OR AIR WASS ON.  THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND THE TACHOMETER CONTINUALLY MOVES UP AND DOWN FROM LESS THEN 1RMP TO 2 RMP.  RUNS REALLY ROUGH DOESN'T WANT TO DRIVE.  FEELS LIKE A VERY OLD CAR. THE CLUTCH IS FUNNY. THE CAR IS A LEMON!!!!  I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER APPROX. 4 TIMES.  LAST TIME THEY TOLD ME THAT THE ARROW SETTING ON THE HEATER TAKES MORE OF A DRAW ON THE ENGINE HOW STUPID WAS THIS ANSWER.  THE OTHER SCENARIO THEY GAVE ME WAS THE GAS I WAS USING.  WHAT YEAR ARE WE IN?     *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10049151,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/28/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/2003","vin":"3FAKP1133YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY 2000 FORD ZX2 IDLER PULLEY BROKE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE BELT TENSIONER AND WATER PUMP HOUSING.  THE MECHANIC SAYS THAT THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL, HE HAS NEVER HEARD OF SUCH PROBLEMS WITH ANY VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FLUKE OR A DESIGN FLAW.  COULD YOU CHECK INTO IT.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10048159,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/17/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/18/2003","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN,VISIBILITY,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,EQUIPMENT","summary":"WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WHENEVER THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED  THE VEHICLE  REVVED, BUT DID NOT ACCELERATE.  THE CONSUMER  HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW.  ONE TRANSMISSION  HAD BEEN REPLACED  BY THE DEALER.   *AK   THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED AND SHIFTED HARSHLY, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE WITH THE BRAKING AT ALL TIMES, THE PLASTIC MOLDING INTERIOR OF THE DRIVER MIRROR WAS LOOSE, THERE WAS A SLOW START WHEN COLD OR DAMP WEATHER IS PRESENT,THE VEHICLE WOULD EXPERIENCE ROUGH IDLE AT THE STOP POSITION, THE CD PLAYER HAD BEEN LOOKED AT THREE TIMES, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS LOOKED AT THREE TIMES AND REMAINED INOPERATIVE.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10044877,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/28/2003","vin":"3FAKP1133YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELTS  WILL NOT BUCKLE, EXCEPT  THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON DRIVER'S SIDE.  TOOK  VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. HOWEVER, THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT COMPLY  WITH  WARRANTY STANDARDS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10041608,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2003","vin":"1FAFP3433YW","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER","summary":"CAR STALLS, OR HAS SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER WHEN FUEL DROPS BELOW 1/4 TANK. ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI TODAY.  *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10041442,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/25/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"10/08/2003","vin":"3FAFP13P3YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AT 36,150 MILES (150 MILES OVER WARRANTY)  THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2000 FORD ESCORT FAILED COMPLETELY.  IT WOULD GO FORWARD ON ALL GEARS, INCLUDING PARK AND REVERSE.  THEN, IT WOULD NOT GO INTO 2ND WITHOUT MANUAL SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC SHIFTER.  THE DEALERSHIP APPEARS TO BE TRYING (NOTE:  APPEARS) TO GET FACTORY PARTICIPATION, HOWEVER, WHEN I CONTACTED FORD NATIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY DECLINED SUPPORT AS IT WAS PAST WARRANTY.    READING OTHER NTSB COMPLAINTS, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD ESCORTS, THEY APPEAR TO BE DESIGNED TO LAST EXACTLY THROUGH THE WARRANTY PERIOD AND NO LONGER.  THAT'S A TERRIBLE TESTIMONY FOR AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURING. *LA","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10042859,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/14/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/28/2003","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER TRAVELING THROUGH EIGHT INCHES OF WATER THE ENGINE BLEW OUT AT 14000 MILES. *AK  *NM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10039390,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/20/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2003","vin":"3FAKP1137YR","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNDER DASHBOARD BURNT UP","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10037591,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/07/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/10/2003","vin":"3FAKP1137YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"ALUMINUM CASTING CRACKED ON AIR CONDITIONER BRACKET CAUSING THE SERPENTINE BELT TO COME OFF MAKING THE CAR UNDRIVEABLE.   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10036655,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/19/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/26/2003","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 2000 FORD ESCORT ZX2 HAS GONE BAD.  I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AND THAT IT CAN OCCUR FROM 15,000 MILES+.  THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE 2 BANDS THAT CONTROL THE 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH GEARS HAVE BROKE.  AND IT IS GOING TO COST ME AT LEAST $1,000 TO FIX IT.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10033582,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/11/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/11/2003","vin":"","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. TOOK VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE WAS RUNNING WITHOUT WARRANTY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10026605,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/02/2003","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE DURING CRASH.  NEITHER OF THE VEHICLES AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON SEVERE FRONTAL IMPACT.  AS A RESULT THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED.  THE CONSUMER IS QUESTIONING THE  AIR BAGS OF FORD VEHICLES, INCLUDING 2000, AND THOSE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA.  *MR      *CB   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10023753,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/21/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/25/2003","vin":"3FAKP1130YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"ON JUNE 21, 2003,  I WAS OPERATING THE VEHICLE AT APPROX. 30 MPH. I ATTEMPTED TO SPEED UP AND FOUND THAT THE ACCELERATOR WAS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE I WAS FORCED TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHERE A TOW TRUCK PICKED IT UP AND TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. APPROX. 6 MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS TIME I BEGAN NOTICING A \"SPASMODIC HESITATING MOTION\" IN THE CAR WHENEVER I ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE FROM AN IDLE POSITION. I ASSUMED THAT A TUNE-UP WAS NEEDED AND TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. I WAS TOLD THAT THE HESITATION COULD NOT BE DETECTED, NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE,   AND BASED ON THE MAKE AND MODEL OF THE VEHICLE I WAS NOT REQUIRED A TUNE-UP UNTIL 100,000 MILES HAD BEEN REACHED. I CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. FOR A WHILE I EVEN RELENTED AND DECIDED THAT PERHAPS THE PROBLEM WAS IN MY HEAD. FINALLY, FEBRUARY 2003  I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER FORD DEALERSHIP DUE TO THE PROBLEM AND THE MECHANICS RE-CALIBRATED THE CAR'S COMPUTER SYSTEM UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT A ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE TOOK PLACE AND EVERYTHING WAS OPERATING AS NORMAL, AND IN FACT AT THAT TIME THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS EVEN TOPPED OFF. THE \"SPASMODIC HESITATING MOTION\" OF THE VEHICLE UPON ACCELERATION CONTINUED UP UNTIL THE ABOVE DATE WHEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILED COMPLETELY. AT THIS TIME, THE MECHANIC ADVISOR AT THE DEALERSHIP DOES NOT BELIEVE THE HESITATION OF THE CAR UPON ACCELERATION AND THE COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE TRANSMISSION ARE RELATED.   *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10023105,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/06/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/15/2003","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 FORD ESCORT ZX2 NEEDED TO REBUILT AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES AND THREE MONTHS BEYOND THE NORMAL WARRANTY.  I SPOKE WITH FORD MOTOR CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE AND THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY.  HOWEVER, I FEEL SINCE THE VEHICLE HAD THIS MAJOR TYPE OF PROBLEM SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED FORD SHOULD CONSIDER THIS AND REPAIR THE VEHICLE. FORD'S UNWILLINGNESS TO ASSIST ME LEAVES A VERY SOUR TASTE FOR ME.  I INVESTIGATED THE HISTORY OF THESE VEHICLES BEFORE PURCHASING THIS UNIT AND FOUND THAT THEY HAD TRANSMISSION TROUBLE EARLY IN THE FIRST YEARS OF PRODUCTION.  NOW, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEM FIRST HAND.  SECONDLY, THE OTHER U.S. AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS HAVE LONGER POWER TRAIN WARRANTIES.  THIS SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT FORD IS UNWILLING TO STAND BEHIND THEIR POWER TRAINS AND WE SHOULD EXPECT THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM AT 40,000 MILES???????    *NLM. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10022707,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/09/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"06/09/2003","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"BRAKE LIGHT PROBLEM. BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON.  CONSUMER  TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC ,AND WAS TOLD  THAT  BULBS WER FINE, BUT SHE WILL HAVE TO BRING IT BACK IN BECAUSE MECHANIC MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THE SWITCH, AND IF THAT DOES NOT WORK, SHE MAY HAVE TO TAKE IT TO A FORD DEALER/MECHANIC.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10020773,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/26/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/30/2003","vin":"1FAHP3839YW","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"FUEL PUMP FAILED ON MY 2000 FORD FOCUS ZTS (@ 45,000 MILES) CAUSED STALLING WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. CURRENTLY (@ 47,000 MILES) RPM'S ARE ERRATIC AND VEHICLE STALLS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10020516,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/23/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2003","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"WHILE DRIVING, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED.            *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10004028,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/24/2003","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE MASTER CYLINDER FAILED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE AHEAD.  *JG","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10003868,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/21/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/15/2003","vin":"NOT AVAILAB","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THAT THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN VEHICLE IS GOING DOWNWARD. ALSO STATED THE HE HIT A DEER AND AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY UPON COLLISION. TS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":10002140,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/22/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/2003","vin":"","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CONSUMER STATED THAT THE IGNITION WOULD JUST LOCK UP FOR NO REASON AT ALL.   PH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8023689,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/22/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"12/04/2002","vin":"3FAP1132YR2","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP WHICH CAUSED CONSUMER TO CRASH INTO A TRUCK, THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. TS  *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":769943,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"11/20/2002","vin":"","components":"TIRES","summary":"IT SEEMED TO BE THE TREAD THAT WAS DAMAGED, ONLY REPLACED IT.  DT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":767761,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/26/2002","vin":"3FAKP1137YR","components":"VISIBILITY,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"TWO SAFETY PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRIC WINDOWS AND DOOR LOCKS.   THE POWER WINDOWS AND MECHANICAL DOOR HANDLE INTERMITTENLY WORKS.    MR","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8018146,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/02/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2002","vin":"","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"THERE IS A NOISE COMING FROM  BRAKES WHEN DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND  DEALER REPLACED  ROTORS, BUT  SOLUTION  WAS NOT WORKING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8016196,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/08/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"08/13/2002","vin":"3F1KP11B7YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE, LOST CONTROL OF STEERING.  CONTACTED DEALER. A PART  OF THE PULLEY  BROKE, CAUSING OTHER  COMPONENTS   TO FALL OFF,, TIMMING BELT, ETC.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8014966,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/23/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/29/2002","vin":"3FAKPII37YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"AT 30MPH AND  WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND DIED.. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566727,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/24/2002","vin":"3FAKP113XYR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED, THERE IS A HISSING NOISE, ALSO, IF THE BRAKE PEDAL IS REPEATEDLY DEPRESSED, SLIGHTLY RELEASED AND DEPRESSED AGAIN, THE BRAKE PEDAL WILL CREEP TO THE FLOOR, DEALER STATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS NEEDED REPLACED AND UNTIL THEY WERE REPLACED HE WOULD NOT INVESTIGATE THE BRAKE PEDAL CREEP.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":764420,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/18/2002","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 45 AND 60 THERE IS A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE CAR, ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN HITTING SMALL ROAD BUMPS. THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT IN THE ENTIRE CAR AND NOT JUST THE STEERING WHEEL. AT SPEEDS OF 56 AND 57 MPH THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT ON SMOOTH ROADS. ALL TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND ALL WHEELS AND TIRES BALANCED BY FORD. THE FRONT STRUTS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPLACED BY FORD WITH NO HELP TO THE VIBRATION PROBLEM. THE VIBRATIONS ARE MORE INTENESE AT TIMES BUT ALWAYS THERE AT CERTAIN SPEEDS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":566645,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"07/11/2002","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"CONSUMER STATES THAT THE LEFT AND REAR SEAT BELTS JAMMED IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":763709,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/28/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"07/01/2002","vin":"3FAFP13P1YR","components":"STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"DEALER REPLACED PARTS; PARTIAL FIX OF PROBLEMS. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":763141,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":2,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/25/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/16/2002","vin":"3FAKP113XYR","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762907,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/10/2002","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"AIR BAGS  SMOKED AND SINGED REQUIRED OCCUPANT TO CRAWL OUT PASSENGER SIDE AS DRIVERS SIDE CAVED IN. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8010966,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/30/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"06/03/2002","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"AT 20MPH  SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE RUBBING AGAINST  TIRE, CAUSING A BLOWOUT.  CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762548,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/02/2002","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"THIS CAR HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS, I HAVE TRADED IT IN NOW, BUT I THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762190,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":5,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2002","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"MY DAUGHTER HYDROPLANED AND WAS SLUNG INTO A GUARD RAIL. ON IMPACT TWO SEATBELTS POPPED OPEN. THE AIRBAGS OPENED BUT DIDN'T PREVENT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. I THOUGHT AIRBAGS WERE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD.*AK *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":762190,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":5,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2002","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS","summary":"MY DAUGHTER HYDROPLANED AND WAS SLUNG INTO A GUARD RAIL. ON IMPACT TWO SEATBELTS POPPED OPEN. THE AIRBAGS OPENED BUT DIDN'T PREVENT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. I THOUGHT AIRBAGS WERE SUPPOSED TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM HITTING THE WINDSHIELD.*AK *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8009647,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/13/2002","vin":"3FAKP1136WR","components":"POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"WHILE DRIVING  TRANSMISSION SLIPS/ VEHICLE MOVES SLOWLY, AND  ENGINE REVS, BUT  VEHICLE IS BARELY MOVING.  TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AKI","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8008345,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/23/2002","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELTS IN REAR WILL JAM UP. WILL LOCK SOMETIMES AND THEN AGAIN WILL NOT LOCK. DEALER CONTACTED  HAVE TO REPLACED SEAT BELTS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8007547,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/12/2002","vin":"PLEASE PROV","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WITH NO WARNING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":759725,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/24/2002","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"MY CAR HAS A VERY BAD VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL,WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE,IT CAN BE FELT EVERY WHERE IN THE CAR. WE HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER THEY JUST SAY ,IT IS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF MY VEHICLE ,I HAVE TRYED TO SEE WHAT CUSTOMER RELATIONS AT FORD MOTOR CO CAN DO AND THEY SAY THE SAME THING.I THINK THEY ARE JUST PUT ME OFF UNTILL THE WARRANTY RUNS OUT. ALSO FOUND A SHEARED OFF NUT AND BOLT   LAYING ON THE FRT DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR BOARD, THE FORD DEALER SAID THEY LOOKED UNDER THE DASH AND FOUND NONE MISSING,THEY SAY THE BOLT WAS TRACT IN THE VEHICLE FROM SOMEONES  SHOE. NOTE.MY CAR WAS IN THE DEALER BODY SHOP ON NOVEMBER 2000,AND I FOUND THE BOLT IN FEB 9,  2002,GEE ARE THEY TRYING TO SAY WE HAVE NOT SWEPT THE CAR OUT FOR OVER  15 MOS. I DON'T THINK SO.COULD THIS CAR BE AN ACCIDENT    WAITING TO HAPPEN?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8005198,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/01/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"03/08/2002","vin":"PLEASE FILL","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. REPLACEMENT IS BEING DONE EVERY 7,000 MILES.  DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":8001753,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/04/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"01/08/2002","vin":"N/A","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"INSTRUCTIONS IN  OWNER'S MANUAL FOR REPLACING BRAKE  LIGHT INDICATES SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS THAT HAVE CAUSED ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH OPERATION OF  BRAKE LIGHTS.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":755137,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/29/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"11/30/2001","vin":"3FAFP13P2YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"SLIPS GOING IN AND OUT OF DRIVE OR REVERSE, WHEN GOING TO STOP AT ALL, IT GOES FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL ALL BY ITSELF., ALSO SLIPS A LITTLE BIT WHILE DRIVING, NOT ALWAYS.   I FEAR THAT THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHICLE. I AM AFRAID THAT IF I'M DRIVING ALONG WITH MY TWO YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR AND I GO TO STOP FOR SOMTHING RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD, OR WHAT EVER, THAT I WONT BE ABLE TO MOVE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK AND THIS BIG HUGE SEMI RUNS INTO THE BACK OF MY CAR, KILLING MY SON. SORRY, BUT I WELL THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT EXTRA RISK. I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT THOUGHT IN ANY OTER VEHICLE, BUT IT IS LIKE 100 TIMES MORE WITH THIS ONE. TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER 3 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR THE SAME THING. TWO OUT OF THE THREE TIMES, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. THE THIRD TIME THEY GOT IT TO DO WHAT IT WAS DOING TO ME, BUT YET THAT WAS NORMAL...SO THEY SAY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":898134,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/24/2001","vin":"N/A","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO OPERATE VEHICLE IN RAIN OR SNOW BECAUSE REAR END OF  VEHICLE CAUSES  VEHICLE TO SLIP AND SLIDE, AND IT IS DIFFICULT FOR CONSUMER TO CONTROL STEERING. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":752902,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/19/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/2001","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"SUSPENSION","summary":"WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT,MY2000 ESCORT ZX2,I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A VERY EXCESSIVE VIBRATION FELT WHILE THE CAR IS RUNNING. IT CAN BE FELT  EVERYWHERE IN THE CAR.FRONT SEATS,BACK SEATS,EVERYWHERE. YOU CAN EVEN SEE THE STEERING WHEEL IN A VIBRATING MOTION,AND CAN SEE IT IN THE OUTSIDE DOOR MIRROR.YOU CAN STAND OUTSIDE THE CAR,AND THE FRONT BUMPER AND BODY PANELS ARE SHAKING ALSO.I HAVE HAD THE CAR INTO THE DEALER SEVERSL TIMES AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THAT THIS VIBRATION IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ESCORT ZX2.SO THEY DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I GUESS THEY THINK IF THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE SAME THINGS EVERY TIME I TAKE THE CAR IN, THAT I WILL GIVE UP,AND TRADE THE CAR IN ON SOMETHING ELSE,THEN THEY WOULD BE OFF THE HOOK. BUT THEY ARE WRONG,BECAUSE OTHER THEN THE BAD VIBRATION, MY WIFE AND I LOVE THE CAR. I JUST WANT IT FIXED. WHAT DO YOU THINK.   THANKS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":750695,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/18/2001","vin":"","components":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING","summary":"SINCE THE EARLY 1960'S , I HAVE BEEN VERY AWARE OF MANY FORD PRODUCTS THAT THE BRAKE/SYOP LIGHTS FAIL TO ACTIVATE WHEN THE VEHICLE S BRAKES ARE APPLIED TO STOP OR SLOW THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DRIVEN FOR A LIVING SINCE THE EARLY 60'S AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS TODAY ON MANY FORD PRODUCTS THE SAME AS IT ALWAYS HAS. I HAVE PERSONALLY STOPPED AND TOLD MANY OF THOSE DRIVERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING REAR-ENDED DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEHIND THEM NOT BEING ALERTED TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SLOWING/STOPPING. AT ONE TIME I WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH LOCATET UNDER THE DASH THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ACTIVATE THE BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS PUSHED. I DO NOT KNOW IF ANY CORRECTIONS WERE EVER MADE TO THAT  PROBLEM BUT AS RECENTLY AS THIS WEEK I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING A FORD THAT DID NOT HAVE WORKING BRAKE LIGHTS WHEN IT STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME. I AM RETIRED FROM THE BELL SYSTEM AND AS A REQUREMENT TO OPERATE A COMPANY MOTOR VEHICLE WE WERE GIVEN TRAINING ANNUALLY CALLED SMITH SYSTEM DEFENSIVE DRIVER TRAINING AND ALONG WITH ALL THE EXCELLENT SKILLS WE WERE TAUGHT WE WERE ALSO TOLD TO NOT FOLLOW A FORD WHENEVER POSSIBLE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS JUST STATED. IF I CAN BE OF ANY ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME. THANKS FOR DOING WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR SAFETY. RON WOGULIS","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":893752,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/23/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/2001","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON  HIGHWAY THERE WAS A STALLED VEHICLE ON  HIGHWAY INSIDE   RIGHT LANE , AND  SHE RAN INTO  BACK OF  VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":748993,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/23/2001","vin":"1FTYR10VXYP","components":"TIRES","summary":"NOTIFIED THE DEALER OF THE PROBLEM . THE FIRST PERSON NAMED TOM  SAID THAT I HIT A CURB  THE PERSON AT THE NEXT  DEALER  LOCATION SAID  HE WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE AND THAT SOMETHING WAS PROBABLY WRONG INSIDE . THE SIDEWALL HAD A LARGE BUBBLE AND  APPEAR  AND  IT GREW FROM THE THREAD TO THE RIM  AT THE TIME  THER WAS ONLY 9500 MILES ON THE TRUCK . THIS TRUCK IS DRIVEN BY VERY FEW PEOPLE . MY ESTIMATE  OF MILEAGE PUT ON FROM OTHERS DRIVING THIS TRUCK IS AROUND 500 MILES THE REST ARE MINE. I DON'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR A TIRE  THAT HAS 90% MORE WEAR LEFT .  THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH WITH THE TIRE AND EVEN THOUGH THEY WORKED WITH ME A PROBLEM DOES EXIST  AND  THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED  INTO . PLEASE  CALL ME AND LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP WITH. THANK YOU. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 038059  TIRESIZE: 22570R15)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9003179,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/06/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"07/18/2001","vin":"1FMZU62X7YU","components":"TIRES","summary":"DRIVERS SIDE BACK TIRE BLEW OUT FRO NO APPARENT REASON, TRIED TO GET OFF THE ROAD, TO NO AVAIL DUE TO SPEED.  ONCE REACHED 10MPH WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE FREEWAY SAFELY.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":743779,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2001","vin":"3FAKP1132YR","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":560713,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/09/2001","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"UPON EXITING THE VEHICLE THE CONSUMER CONSTANTLY GETS AN ELECTRIC SHOCK, THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE SEAT MATERIAL IN THE VEHICLE.  NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884764,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"3FAKP113XYR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN","summary":"INTERMITTENTLY  CLUTCH CATCHES LOW, AND AT OTHER TIMES IT CATCHES HIGH. VEHICLE STALLS OUT AND DIES.   DEALER HAS INSPECTED  VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":884390,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/27/2001","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON A CITY STREET AT  ABOUT 25MPH AND ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE  HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT,  DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK   BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":742472,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/15/2001","vin":"1FDAW56F1YE","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,TIRES","summary":"EMERGENCY FLASHERS CANNOT BE USED FOR MORE THAN A FEW MINUTES WITHOUT OVERHEATING THE COMPONENT THUS CAUSING A COMPLETE FAILURE OF EMERGENCY FLASHERS, TURN, PARKING, BRAKE LIGHTS,RUNNING LIGHTS. TIRES DEVELOP MAJOR CUPPING AND FEATHERING THUS CAUSING SEVERE BOUNCE AND VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING AND HANDLING. (DOT NUMBER: 71532B  TIRESIZE: 19.5)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":881231,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/08/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/23/2001","vin":"1235453FAKP","components":"STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH POWER STEERING WENT OUT. DEALER FOUND SERPENTINE BELT HAD SNAPPED, CAUSING  BRACKET TO WATER PUMP HOUSING TO BREAK. TENSION ROD AND WATERPUMP HOUSING WERE REPLACED AT COSNUMER'S COST.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":880561,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/24/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/14/2001","vin":"3FACP1137YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS STRUCK FROM  REAR AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH.   UPON IMPACT,  DRIVER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO LOCK, AND  DRIVER  SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HEAD/EYES, AND NECK. VEHICLE AT DEALER'S BODY SHOP.  FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":880208,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2001","vin":"3FAKT1134YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF INTERMITTENLY, USUALLY AS SOON AS IT WARMS UP.  *AK  POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE.   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":880265,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/04/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"02/09/2001","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"CONSUMER  WAS TRAVELING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND ANOTHER VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING UP ON ROAD, GOING  WRONG WAY.  VEERED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE,  CAUSING  IT TO CRASH.   DUAL AIRBAGS DIDNT DEPLOY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":558886,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/11/2001","vin":"","components":"WHEELS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE WHEEL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT FELL OFF, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH.   *CJ","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877929,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/10/2001","vin":"3SAKP11384R","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"ENGINE STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING.  TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE  PROBLEM.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":877236,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/03/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"01/02/2001","vin":"1FAFP3439YW","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S31/REAR WHEEL BEARING CLAMP LOAD: UNABLE TO GET DEALER,  WORTHINGTON FORD, LOCATED IN LONG BEACH, CA; PHONE# 562/420-3333,  TO HONOR  RECALL DUE TO UNAVAILABILITY OF PART. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":876679,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"12/08/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"12/18/2000","vin":"2FAKP1135YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION.  UPON IMPACT  RESTRAINTS DID NOT RETRACT, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.   DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874737,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/09/2000","vin":"3FAKP1131YR","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS SENT RECALL NOTICE 00V228001/ SEA TBELT BUCKLES.  BUT WHEN VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN  TO DEALER FIRST, HAD TO LOOK IF  SEAT BELTS  WERE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT .*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":874623,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"11/07/2000","vin":"2CP3FAKP113","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 35-40 MPH IMPACT WITH A DODGE 4X4 PICK UP, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NO INJURY REPORTED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE AT CONSUMER INSURANCE COST. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":734735,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/19/2000","vin":"3FAKP1138YR","components":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","summary":"UPON PRESSING THE ACCERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE JUMPS FORWARD (OR BACKWARD, IF IN REVERSE).  WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL LINKAGE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS TAKING UP, DELAYING, THEN THE VEHICLE DOES A SMALL FAST JUMP OR ACCELERATION.  IT IS VERY DANGEROUS MANUVERING IN CLOSE PLACES LIKE PARKING LOTS.  I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALER.  THEY AGREED THE SYSTEM WAS \"TOUCHY\" BUT SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THIS MODEL!  MY WIFE AND I BOTH FEEL THIS IS NOT CORRECT. THIS SHOULD BE FIXED ON ALL VEHICLES OF THIS MODEL BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873261,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/18/2000","vin":"3FAKP1131YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE AT A STOP/LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING ABOUT 30-35 MPH REAR ENDED THIS VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO GO FORWARD AND HIT VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT,  DRIVER'S AND  PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND DID NOT PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THIS CRASH.  THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END.  NO PRIOR PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":873010,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":true,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/11/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/15/2000","vin":"3FAFP13P5YR","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WAS DRIVING VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 40MPH WHEN  AIR BAGS PARTIALLY DEPLOYED. ONE ON  DRIVER'S SIDE WAS IN FLAMES. THEN,  PASSENGER'S SIDE STARTED TO BURN. NO INDICATIONS OF AIR BAG AREAS BEING HIT OR  VEHICLE HITTING ANYTHING WHEN IT HAPPENED. VEHICLE WAS A RENTAL FROM ENTERPRISE.*AK  THE DRIVER SAYS SOME ONE HIT HIM JUST BEFORE THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732466,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY  CAME OUT TO FIND SUNROOF SHATTERED.  NOTHING FOUND THAT COULD DO THIS COULD THIS BE A STRESS PROBLEM?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732466,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY  CAME OUT TO FIND SUNROOF SHATTERED.  NOTHING FOUND THAT COULD DO THIS COULD THIS BE A STRESS PROBLEM?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":732467,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/25/2000","vin":"","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY  CAME OUT TO FIND SUNROOF SHATTERED.  NOTHING FOUND THAT COULD DO THIS COULD THIS BE A STRESS PROBLEM?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730844,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2000","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I'M NOT SURE THAT MY CAR PROBLEM WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A FAILURE, BUT I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE WITH SEVEN MILES ON IT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A ROUGH IDOL.  MY ENTIRE CAR WOULD VIBRATE.  I NOTIFIED MY DEALERSHIP AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AND SHORTLY AFTER MY ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.  THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED MILES AFTER THE REPLACEDMENT WERE FINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND WORSE THAN BEFORE.  I AGAIN CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO FOR ME.  THIS VIBRATION HAPPENS WHEN I AM IN PARK, DRIVE AND REVERSE.  MY ENTIRE CAR IS SHAKING AND PEOPLE IN THE BACK SEAT CAN FEEL IT IN THE FLOORBOARDS.  MY STREERING WHEEL SHAKES AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE WHEN I TURN MY AIR OR DEFROST ON .  I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR WITH BARELY OVER 4000 MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":730844,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/2000","vin":"3FAKP1134YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I'M NOT SURE THAT MY CAR PROBLEM WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A FAILURE, BUT I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE WITH SEVEN MILES ON IT.  AT APPROXIMATELY 400 MILES I BEGAN EXPERIENCING A ROUGH IDOL.  MY ENTIRE CAR WOULD VIBRATE.  I NOTIFIED MY DEALERSHIP AT APPROXIMATELY 3000 MILES AND SHORTLY AFTER MY ENTIRE ENGINE WAS REPLACED.  THE FIRST FEW HUNDRED MILES AFTER THE REPLACEDMENT WERE FINE, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM IS BACK AND WORSE THAN BEFORE.  I AGAIN CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING MORE THEY COULD DO FOR ME.  THIS VIBRATION HAPPENS WHEN I AM IN PARK, DRIVE AND REVERSE.  MY ENTIRE CAR IS SHAKING AND PEOPLE IN THE BACK SEAT CAN FEEL IT IN THE FLOORBOARDS.  MY STREERING WHEEL SHAKES AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE WHEN I TURN MY AIR OR DEFROST ON .  I DON'T FEEL THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR WITH BARELY OVER 4000 MILES.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":869676,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"09/06/2000","vin":"3FAKP1135YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"VEHICLE CUT OFF  SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO WARNING DURING ANY SPEED.  DEALER HAS LOOKED AT THIS, TRYING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, BUT NOTHING WORKED.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":729543,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"08/30/2000","vin":"1FDXE40S3XH","components":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"I HAVE BROUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIR 5/6 TIMES, AND IT STILL ISN'T RIGHT!","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":868535,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/24/2000","vin":"3FAKP1135YR","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGS,SEATS","summary":"BRAKES FAILED, RESULTING IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER.  ALSO, REAR SEAT COLLAPSED.   DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":866533,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/22/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/01/2000","vin":"3FAKP1136YR","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"CONSUMER'S HUSBAND GOT IN  VEHICLE AND CLOSED  DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR AND  WINDOW SHATTERED.  NO INJURIES.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":863439,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/12/2000","vin":"","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 25MPH AND UPON  APPROACHING A TOP LIGHT,   CAR STARTED LOSING POWER. THEN  CONSUMER TRIED TO PUT IT INTO  DRIVE AND REVERSE, AND IT WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING.  THERE WAS TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE GROUND.   VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP.  THEY TOLD  CONSUMER THAT COOLANT LINE CLAMP CAME APART.  TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS THREE QUARTS LOW.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":861482,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/05/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2000","vin":"","components":"AIR BAGS","summary":"WHILE DRIVING ON A LOCAL ROAD TRAVELING 30MPH, RAN A STOP SIGN AT AN INTERSECTION WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE COMING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND HAVING THE RIGHT AWAY WAS REARENDED BY CONSUMER'S VEHICLE,  HITTING IT ON THE  SIDE. UPON IMPACT,NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":9000718,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/27/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/03/2000","vin":"2FAFP74W0YX","components":"TIRES","summary":"LOTS OF WIND NOISE, TIRES OUT OF ROUND","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":720796,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/13/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/30/2000","vin":"3FAKP1139YR","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"CAR STARTS DRIVING ROUGH AND SHAKING. FIRST TIME AT 350 MILES AND THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP AND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO WITH GAS.  SECOND TIME AT 1215 THEY REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS. THIRD TIME AT 1600 MILES THEY COULDN'T DETERMINE WHAT WAS HAPPENING OR CAUSING BUT QUESSED SOMETHING TO DO WITH 3RD CYCLINDER.  THEY DROVE IT TILL IT HAPPENED AGAIN AROUND 1900 WITH A BLACK BOX AND IT SHOWED EVERYTHING IT WAS DOING.  THEY HAVE DECIDED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE MOTOR.  WE WANT A DIFFERENT CAR BUT THEY SO FAR WON'T DO THAT.  THIS STARTED AT 350 MILES AND SEEMS TO HAPPEN ABOUT EVERYTIME WE REFUEL AND DRIVE A FAR DISTANCE.  DURING THE WEEK IT ONLY GOES SHORT TRIPS IN TOWN. HOW LEMONY DOES IT HAVE TO BE???","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"ESCORT","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":717849,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"01/25/2000","vin":"1FAFP33P3YW","components":"VISIBILITY","summary":"THE CONDENSATION PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY SEVERE IF IT STARTS RAINING WHILE I AM DRIVING.  I HAVE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE I LITERALLY CANNOT SEE OUT THE WINDOWS.  I CONSIDER THIS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD.  THE DEALERSHIP IS UNWILLING TO HELP ME.  I FEEL THE CAR SHOULD BE REPLACED BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP 8 TIMES AND THEY TELL ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, AND THAT I JUST NEED TO INSTALL AN AIR CONDITIONER.  THIS AMOUNT OF CONDENSATION IS NOT NORMAL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]},{"odiNumber":714317,"manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"11/04/1999","vin":"1FMNU43S7YE","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC","summary":"WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE TRUCK PULLS FAR TO THE LEFT. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2000","productMake":"FORD","productModel":"FORD","manufacturer":"Ford Motor Company"}]}]}