Vehicle profile
1996 Ford Escort
Hatchback · Compact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 88 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 1.8L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Compact Cars
- Doors
- 2
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1996 Compact Cars
- 0.27× the 3.76 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1996 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
06E026000
EXTERIOR LIGHTINGCERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES, AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT.
Consequence: WITHOUT THE AMBER REFLECTORS, THE VEHICLE WILL BE POORLY ILLUMINATED, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy: PRO-A MOTORS WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND OFFER TO REPURCHASE THE LAMPS. THE RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 3, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT PRO-A MOTORS AT 323-838-2988.
23/03/2006
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"year": 1996,
"make": "Ford",
"model": "Escort",
"trim": "Escort",
"submodel": "Hatchback",
"horsepower": 88,
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"drive_type": "FWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
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"recall_count": 1
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