Faults:

Clicking front brakes.

Inadequate A/C when car idles.

Engine vibrations.

Sloppy auto trans.

Steering column components.

General Comments:

I REALLY like this car. It is extremely fun to drive and fits me very well. However I am disgusted at the poor service I have gotten from Ford in regard to this car. I tried two different dealerships and still wasn't satisfied.

Faults:

Headlights stopped working. Connectors had fused. Trouble was with the bulbs themselves, caused a short circuit and fused them.

Electric beam leveller quit. Not a standard piece of equipment on a US Escort, but it was replaced with no trouble.

General Comments:

It's an amazing car. Never had any major problems with it at all. She is very peppy, sporting 125 horsepower in its little Single Overhead Cam engine (The 1999 Escort SEi had an uprated engine over the LX and 98, 97 models). Passes very well on the highway.

Of course it does not have nearly the performance of my previous car, the Escort XR4Ti. But it's a good little saloon. Suggest them to ANYONE!!

Faults:

Left rear strut leaking fluid. Dealer replaced it under warranty.

General Comments:

The performance for the money is outstanding! The car performs as well as others costing as much as $6000 more!

Faults:

The ONLY bad thing on my car has been the drivers side window.. when I first got it, it whistled when I was driving, and rattled when it was rolled down. I got it fixed under warranty and that was it.

General Comments:

I love the car. It's a great car for what you pay for it.. along the lines of a Cavalier/Sunfire but there aren't 1,000,000 of them on the street at any given time. It's got enough engine in the car to make it fairly quick...

I love this car.

Faults:

Mostly transmission problems, in fact it has been transmission problems since day one. A/C has went out twice.

General Comments:

This car is a cheap piece of junk, it's not put together right or anything. I mean for god's sake, the bumper looks likes it is about to fall off or something. I hate this car and I wish I would never have bought it.

Faults:

I have had zero problems so far. Knock on wood!

General Comments:

In the past 25 years I've owned 13 vehicles. The ZX2 is by far my favourite. For $13,200, a really nice package. Reliable, good on gas, sharp looking, great handling, plenty of giddy up. Also, amazing performance results after $1,500 in performance mods. The ZX2 is a fine little ride!

Faults:

Fuel gauge stopped working at 13,000 miles.

General Comments:

Very good car. It has a lot of power, handling is second to none in its price class. The S/R package makes this thing a Miata beater in the twisties, and although not as refined, this car can put to shame a Honda Civic in power and handling, even though buying a Civic would have put me back another 3000 bucks, compared with what I paid for this car.

EXCELLENT VALUE!

Faults:

The only problem I had with my car was with the road noise.

General Comments:

This is by far the best car I have ever owned. I drive my car every day, and I drive pretty hard. This car is fun to drive, cheap to run and quick on its feet. I have never had it in the shop outside of oil changes. It has a sporty ride to it that challenges all import compact cars on the market.

Thanks Ford for making such a great car.