1995 Ford Escort engine and engine cooling problems

54 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 1995 Ford Escort — 9% of all complaints for this model year.

Engine and Engine Cooling complaints

share of all complaints

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median reported incident mileage

1 / 3

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“The ignition switch has had to be replaced 5 times on my car. I'm a single mom and on limited income and have had to go without car months at a time. I have to have the switch replaced for around $150 each time plus towing. I have not kept the old parts because I did not know I needed to. On this…”
filed Mar 29, 2005
“While driving, the engine light illuminated on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to an independent shop where they replaced a plastic sensor, which had melted on the intake manifold. Please provide further information. *jb”
filed Sep 7, 2004

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Some engine assemblies with aluminum cylinder heads repaired in-vehile have been found to leak coolant and/or oil from the cylinder head gasket area. *tt
0214 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jan 21, 2002
Engine oil system priming procedures, service tips for reports of premature engine failure. *tt
01246 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Dec 10, 2001
Concerns with premature failure occuring on the 1.9l motorcraft remanufactured longblock assembly and shortblock assembly due to ingestion of foreign objects remaining in the transferred intake system from the original…
00188 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Sep 4, 2000