Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCORT / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002094613 Incident Date: Jun, 13 2002
Consumer's City: AUSTIN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCORT Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seats
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3FASP11J2TR Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 18 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When talking to a machine shop there is a tech bulletin stating that ford on 94-97 when they baked the powder metal for their intake seats something went wrong and that all seats in head should be replaced. the people at the machine shop said they had to even replace all the pistons in the motors due to the damage caused by the defective seats. and it is all a ford error and they know it