1998 Ford Escort ZX2 review from North America

We've fixed the belt 3 times to figure out that the pump needed to be replaced at about 60,000 miles.

I guess the third times the charm in all case scenario's. So far the car runs great when the belt isn't broke! It turned out that the pump needed to be fixed. The thing that got me about the belt breaking is that everyone I asked to help put it back on said, "oh, OK that'll be easy,30 minutes, top!" Well it took one guy 3 hours before he gave up. Well, there weren't any pictures that served as examples for how to put the serpentine belt on the right way. There were pictures for other models, but not this one. So, after finally getting the belt on the right way by going to the shop, it slipped right back off. So, my mom stepped in and took the car to the dealership and they put it back on, saying that we shouldn't have used a generic belt. Well, wouldn't you guess not twenty minute's after my parents picked the car up from the shop the damn belt broke again! So, this time teh dealership kept it for about two days and returned the $75.00 for belt, but charged about $300.00 for the pump! Can't really win for losing, you know? Well, my mom added up that after all the tune up work and fixing the doggone belt, my parents caome out of about $1000.00! YOu can e-mail me at taztart@msn.com for a picture of the serpentine belt.