1995 Ford Escort problems
NHTSA has received 725 complaints about the 1995 Ford Escort, and 22% of them involve seat belts. After that come fuel system (20%) and air bags (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 725 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 106 and 27
- Injuries and deaths
- 94 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 100,000 miles 95 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 3 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 21 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 13 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 95 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 100,000 miles. For seat belts specifically, the median reported mileage is about 106,000 miles (20 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 106 complaints mention a crash; 27 complaints mention a fire; 94 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 87% 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 1995 ranks 1st most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Ford Escort with enough data (398 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
Consumer was traveling around our about 4 MPH to 11 MPH when was involved in a head-on collision, hitting a tree in which both driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed, upon deployment of the driver side air bag, the impact killed the driver.
Air bag deployed after driver hit head on windshield and front driver and passenger seat belt did not retract. Other passenger recieved back injuries. Tt
Dual airbags did not deploy upon front end impact, vehicle broadsided another moving vehicle, approximately 45 to 55 MPH. There were three injuries due to accident. *slc
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford escort. He noticed a fuel leak near the heat shield. The current and failure mileages were 61,708. The consumer provided photos of the defect. Updated 09/18/07
Tl*the contact owns a 1995 ford escort. After smelling gasoline, the contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic and was informed that there was a fuel leak. She was advised not to drive the vehicle; therefore, it was towed to a local ford dealer. The dealer also discovered a fuel leak and stated that the cost for the repair would be approximately $1,000. The vehicle was towed back to the local mechanic and they replaced the gas tank at the cost of $780.