Vehicle profile
1985 Ford Escort
GT · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 225 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.6L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 3-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
3 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- Most-affected system
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING — 1 of 3 (33.3%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1985 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
89V170000
SEATSTHE FORWARD OUTBOARD PEDESTAL OF THE SEAT TRACK OF DRIVER'S SEAT MAY BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FATIGUE FRACTURE.
Consequence: THIS COULD RESULT IN A LIMITED DEGREE OF ROCKING MOTIONOF THE DRIVERS SEAT ASSEMBLY UPON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, WHICH COULDCAUSE AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy: INSTALL A REINFORCEMENT ON ALL MODELS AND A NEW SEAT TRACK AS NECESSARY
13/10/1989
89V095000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINEEXTERNAL CRACKS ABOVE THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER (1984 MODELS) OR ROCKER ARM COVER GASKETS SPLITTING (1985 MODELS) COULD ALLOW OIL TO LEAK ONTO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.
Consequence: ENGINE OIL LEAKING ONTO A HOT EXHAUST MANIFOLD COULDRESULT IN AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE.
Remedy: REPLACE CRACKED CYLINDER HEADS (1984 MODELS); REPLACE ROCKER ARM COVER GASKETS (1985 MODELS).
12/06/1989
85V054000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLTHE THROTTLE LEVER MAY NOT RETURN TO IDLE POSITION DUE TO MISALIGNMENT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER SHUT OFF SWITCH TO THE THROTTLE LEVER PIN. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: A JAMMED THROTTLE COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF ACCELERATOR CONTROL, WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND AN ACCIDENT.
Remedy: ADJUST SHUTOFF SWITCH AND ASSURE PROPER ALIGNMENT TO THROTTLE LEVER PIN.
01/05/1985
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"year": 1985,
"make": "Ford",
"model": "Escort",
"trim": "Escort",
"submodel": "GT",
"horsepower": 225,
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"transmission": "Automatic 3-spd",
"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Compact Cars",
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"recall_count": 3
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