1998 Ford Escort seat belts problems
Owners reported seat belts problems in 17 complaints for the 1998 Ford Escort, 4% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 4% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 12 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 9 crashes, 12 injuries.
What owners wrote
While waiting to make a turn another car hit consumer's vehicle on right side. Dashboard cracked, but none of frontal airbags deployed. Also, seat belt came loose. The driver was injured during the accident.
Tl*the contact owns a 1998 ford escort. While driving between 35-40 MPH, rear ended another vehicle. At the time of the crash, the air bags failed to deploy. Both occupants were wearing seat belts, but that did not prevent them from being thrown to the front of the vehicle and injured. The driver sustained injuries to the head and face. A police report was filed.
Other problems reported for the 1998 Ford Escort
- Air bags 76 complaints
- Engine 55 complaints
- Suspension 52 complaints
- Electrical system 51 complaints
- Transmission 38 complaints
- Brakes 37 complaints
- Fuel system 26 complaints
- Steering 17 complaints