1988 FORD ESCORT Engine And Engine Cooling Problems

CAR HAS BEEN STALLING REGARDLESS OF SPEED. TOOK TO MECHANIC TO DETERMINE PROBLEM. MECHANIC HAS (SO FAR) IDENTIFIED BAD HEAD GASKET. I AM SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE AND IT HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES ON IT. VERY FEW MILES FOR AN EXPENSIVE HEAD GASKET REPAIR!! *JB

Mileage: 67,000

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAS STALLED 4 TIMES. INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP REPLACED IGNITION MODULE 4 TIMES.*AK *JB

KNOCKING NOISE IN THE ENGINE BEGAN - DEALER CONTACTED AND STATED NOISE PROBABLY DUE TO BENT ROD. KNOCK SEEMS TO LESSEN DURING COLD WEATHER AND WHEN OIL IS SERVICED. WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP INTERMITTENTLY DURING OPERATION. REPLACED THE WIPER MOTOR - PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY TIME AND ANY SPEED.*AK

RADIATOR COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONED WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING WIRE HARNESS TO CATCH ON FIRE, AND BLOW THE FUSEABLE LINK THAT SHUTS FUEL PUMP OFF. THIS COMPLETELY CAUSED VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN. FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF CONSUMER'S HOUSE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME TO THE SCENE AND DETERMINED THAT THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A DEFECT IN THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. *AK *ML

VEHICLE STALLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 10-40 MPH. HAD A TUNE UP THE THAT DIDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HESTITATES AND STALLS.

EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED.

REPLACED THREE WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELTS BEFORE 75,000 MILES.

REPLACED THREE WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELTS BEFORE 75,000 MILES.

THE TIMING BELT FAILED.

WATER PUMP WAS NOISY AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.

PCV VALVE FAILED. NLM

THE VEHICLE HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE BEING DRIVEN. *AK

DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE WAS ON HOT WHEN THE VEHICLE "DIED."

INTERMITTENT STALLING.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPAIR AFTER RECALL.

HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO LEAK.

TIMING BELT FAILED.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH STALLING.

CATALYTIC CONVERTER CLOGGED, CAUSING FUMES TO ESCAPE INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT AFTER RECALL REPLACEMENT. *DH

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE OWNER WENT INTO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT AND IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THE OWNER WENT INTO THE STORE AND WHEN SHE CAME OUT AND IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAD A FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAR, SMELLED SMOKE, WAS ON HER WAY HOME, PARKED CAR IN DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK