NHTSA Complaint #756888 — 1999 FORD ESCORT

CAR BECOMES IDLE THEN SHUDDERS/VIBRATES (REPEATS) WHEN STOPPING. CAR NOW STALLING OCCASIONALLY WHEN STOPPED AND HAS STALLED WHILE DOING 35 MPH. PROBLEMS STARTED LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. CAR IN THE SHOP ON 6-7 OCCASIONS TO FIX THESE PROBLEMS - CAR STILL NOT FIXED. SINCE THE CAR HAS STALLED DURING MOTION, CONSUMER FEELS VERY UNSAFE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FREEWAYS. THE PROBLEMS ARE GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I AM UNSATISFIED WITH NOT ONLY THE CAR QUALITY, BUT THE MECHANICAL AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.*AK. CONSUMER STATES SEVERAL COMPONETS WERE REPLACED THAT REMEDIED THE PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND THEN THE PROBLEM RESURFACED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING AND THE ENGINE BEGAN MAKING NOISES AND WOULD THEN STALL, THE DEALER STATED THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE LOOSE THAT WAS CAUSING THE VIBRATIONS, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED ALONG WITH THE STALLING.*JB