1988 Ford Escort Reviews

Nothing has actually gone wrong with the car since my ownership. The gearbox seals (small leak) and front shock absorbers had to be replaced (leak) after a month (the car had been stood in dry storage for 3 years before I started using it!)

Been using the car for 2 years now, and clocked up 26,000 with no problems!!

Has been well maintained all its life, and I've continued to look after the car with good oil (5w30w PS), plugs, filters etc...

The Escort also has NO RUST!!... It has never been taken out in the rain since I acquired it, I've continued to wash and wax the car on a regular basis, and the paintwork still looks stunning and no rust has appeared!

This is my first car, and it's been a great experience, very fun to drive even for such a small engine. I'm glad I've experienced a semi old car, as I feel its made me a better driver for the future (I got the car at 18).

I don't plan to sell it any time soon; with only 45,800 miles on the 1.3 OHV engine, the car runs very smoothly and returns great MPG.

Top speed: 100MPH!! (Scary)

To see a video of my car on Youtube paste this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSZkmKpye3c

I can highly recommend a Ford Escort Mk4. Find one that's been well looked after, and continue to maintain it!

Alternator went out.

Three collisions, including 2 deer and a Subaru.

Replaced suspension.

Not the prettiest car, but dang this thing could take a beating!

It actually belonged to a friend of mine, but it amazed me so much I had to put it up here. We drove this through High School and it held up to our constant beatings, we would fly down old dirt roads in the backwoods of Maine at 60-70-80 mph and the handling on this lil racecort was as nimble as ever!

When purchased it was in like new excellent condition, with only 32000 miles on it, but at the end of its life it was soooo beat up you couldn't recognized it! With its lights hanging out by the harnesses and all.

It only died, I regret, because we filled the top end with dirt and pinned the throttle til it died. I do regret having done this now, and I am always searching for another racecort, but I haven't found another like it.

Makes horrible grinding sound at 25-30mph.

When wheels cut left, the front right tire scrapes the body of the car.

Paint is in horrible shape.

Even though tires are in good enough shape, when making some turns the car squeals.

VERY slow going off the line. The highway, you can forget about that.

Cannot drive it for over 10 minutes without it overheating.

Sunroof is broken, it won't open right.

Gas gage is broken.

Dashboard has cracks.

Car sometimes doesn't start, I have no idea why. (It's not the battery or it overheating, I looked into that)

Interior is extraordinarily small, and there is no back seat, it's literally a ledge with a pole running on the edge of it.

Seats are very uncomfortable, absolutely no leg room.

Car gets extremely hot in summer... its unbearable.

It runs like a snail stuck in molasses, and the more I drive it the worse it gets. It should NOT run like this with only around 40,000 miles on it basically.

Great car, no problems through high school or college.

A/C quit working at 70K.

More room than you think. Fantastic for car trips.

Died on me at 10,000 miles. Dealer brought back to life,

At 11,500 miles it began to idle slower until finally it would not idle at all.

Dealer said he "fixed" it.

13,500 it started to idle slow again, dealer again, again he said "Fixed it".

16000 miles slow idle, again back to dealer again, said he drove it all over town, didn't do anything.

Went to pick it up and cranked it, and it started doing it again.

Got on the freeway and tried my dangest to blow the friggin thing up. All it did was keep running, but it still would not idle.

20000 miles, slow down more on idle and I raised it up several times over the course of 6 months until I finally traded it off for an Olds Cutlass with a quad 4. Hey don't laugh, it ran like a bat out of torment.

Ran strong, never used a drop of oil, but it never did idle; it would always die.