2000 Ford Escort problems
NHTSA has received 128 complaints about the 2000 Ford Escort, and 18% of them involve engine. After that come air bags (15%) and transmission (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 128 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 31 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 43 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 43 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 | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 16 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 43 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 51,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 31 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 43 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 97% 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 2000 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Ford Escort with enough data (91 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
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. The driver says some one hit him just before the airbag deployed.
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.
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.
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.