1993 Ford Escort steering problems
Owners reported steering problems in 15 complaints for the 1993 Ford Escort, 3% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 15 3% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 1 injury, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Driver had lost control of vehicle, possibly fell asleep and ran off the road , car went over enbankment and hit head-on against rocks. Driver was thrown from vehicle through windshield about 30-35 feet due failure of automatic seatbelt. Automatic seat belt was in forward postion on the automatic rail, and both doors were completely closed. Also battery was thrown from the vehicle . Defect resulted in death of driver.
Other problems reported for the 1993 Ford Escort
- Seat belts 112 complaints
- Fuel system 54 complaints
- Cruise control 53 complaints
- Electrical system 40 complaints
- Brakes 38 complaints
- Engine 34 complaints
- Transmission 24 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 23 complaints