Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCORT / 1997

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003111141 Incident Date: Jan, 27 2003
Consumer's City: JACKSONVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCORT Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FALP13P7VW Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 08 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While parked horn went off on its own. owner had taken fuse out to stop horn from blowing. spoke to dealer & informed small plastic piece had worn away between horn & air bag module. it needed to be replaced. seems to be a very common problem and was obviously a hazard (could possibly prematurely activate or fail to activate the airbag). no solution for this problem has been address by the manufature to my knowledge! outside temperature is not a factor at all, occurs on hot, cold or rainy days. *ak