Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / ESCORT / 2002

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005009171 Incident Date: Feb, 14 2005
Consumer's City: OWENSBORO Consumer's State: KY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: ESCORT Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 28 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Stopped at light, heard noise like a pop, went to go car would not move. got out looked under car hole in transmission parts lying on ground. towed to a mechanic asked why this would happen? mechanic stated defective transaxle, rear end gears go out literally pop out of transmission. jasper will not rebuild these transmissions due to defective only place to get new is from ford which would have cost $3300 to replace. found used repairs cost over $1300. mechanic stated just had a 1999 escort in repaired before it put hole in transmission. no warning or anything but noise that day. *jb