2001 Ford Escort ZX2 review from North America

With a ZX2 depending on the which one you buy, I bought the wrong type supposedly. My timing belt shredded without warning. Which got me stuck 30 miles from my home. They told me that with this car, if the timing belt goes then the 4th valve in the motor goes. They also had problems when fixing a number of different parts that caused them to break. Over all in the past 6 months I have put over $2500 into my car. Not very cheap for a college student. The button on the shifter keeps sticking causing me to be stuck at a location until I can finally get it to work. I just had this piece fixed a few months ago and this is the 2nd time it has happened since it was fixed. Water leaks into this vehicle like it was a convertable with its top down. The moon roof leaks, it's a 2 door car and water leaks through the back windows. It holds moisture and I somehow got water into the backseat floor (causing MOLD!!) I have tried many things to get this to dry and nothing seems to work. It also leaks into the trunk real bad. The moisture is making the trunk smell musty.

The leather seats are starting to wear. Not the quickest getting from 0-60. When trying to make it speed up quicker it sounds like the engine will explode. The handling is decent and it gets good gas mileage (27mpg). I wouldn't recommend this car to ANYONE!!!