1990 Ford Escort defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1990 Ford Escort. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• FIRES IN STEERING COLUMN
  Engineering Analysis EA95002 · opened Feb 24, 1995 · closed Sep 30, 1996 · led to recall 96V071000

  Electrical fires in the steering column.

• FRONT BRAKE FIRES
  Preliminary Evaluation PE94089 · opened Nov 25, 1994 · closed Mar 24, 1995

  There is no summary currently available

• FIRES IN STEERING COLUMN
  Preliminary Evaluation PE94078 · opened Nov 4, 1994 · closed Feb 24, 1995

  There is no summary currently available