1998 Ford Escort: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists no recall campaign for the 1998 Ford Escort. NHTSA has 371 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
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Recall campaigns
No NHTSA recall campaign names the 1998 Ford Escort. The model year has a page because NHTSA has 371 complaints for it.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
371 complaints, 466 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 1998 Ford Escort
- All 1998 vehicles
| Component | 1998 Escort | All 1998 vehicles | Escort, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 163.1 | 49.3 | 97.6 | 76 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 120.2 | 131.3 | 110.3 | 56 |
| Suspension | 111.6 | 81.5 | 62 | 52 |
| Electrical System | 109.4 | 79.1 | 174.1 | 51 |
| Power Train | 94.4 | 94.3 | 64.2 | 44 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 73 | 114.6 | 53.9 | 34 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 47.2 | 34.1 | 77.9 | 22 |
| Steering | 36.5 | 55.6 | 34.4 | 17 |
| Seat Belts | 36.5 | 22.9 | 130.6 | 17 |
| Visibility | 34.3 | 60.4 | 27.8 | 16 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 84
- Complaints that report a fire
- 10
- Injuries in the complaints
- 78
- Deaths in the complaints
- 1
- Date of the newest complaint
- 18 Oct 2010
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DP01001 | Defect petition | AIR BAG NON-DEPLOYMENT | Air Bags | 19 Apr 2001 | 1 Nov 2001 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 1998 Ford EscortThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 1998 Ford Escort: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/escort/1998/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- FORD MOTOR COMPANY
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many recall campaigns does the Ford Escort have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 35 recall campaigns for the Ford Escort, model years 1981 to 2003. None of them names the 1998 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 1998 Ford Escort name most often?
- Air Bags: 76 of 466 component mentions, or 163.1 per 1,000. For all 1998 vehicles the figure is 49.3 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1998 Ford Escort open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.