1990 Ford Escort problems
NHTSA has received 128 complaints about the 1990 Ford Escort, and 45% of them involve electrical system. After that come engine (9%) and fuel system (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 128 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 45% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 49
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 49 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 98% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1990 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Ford Escort with enough data (43 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Owner states while driving vehicle she had an accident, vehicle hit tree, owner notes that the rear sfety belt on the passenger's side came loose and son wa sthroen out of his seat before vehicle hit tree. Also, seat back collapsed and hatchback came open.
The car starts fine when cold. After driving to town sometimes won't start right off,sometimes it does. Mostof the time I have to try and try.some times when it does start it revs up then dies. Then try to start again, sometime the same thing sometime will start. When started it runs just fine.