1998 Ford Escort Finesse from UK and Ireland - Comments

3rd Jun 1999, 07:09

What things have gone wrong with the car?

Rust in door pillars, around hinges and on edge of boot - not bad for 6 months old, imagine what it will be like when it's 2 years old. Come on Ford!

Dealers are great until they have your money, then wait forever, then go fix it yourself type attitude.

Still waiting to hear if they will fix my rust!

04/08/1999 Further to my rust in door pillars problem reported earlier.

FORD engineer has inspected the car. FORD have point blank refused to retify the rust. They say it is not their problem. I'm in appeal with them right now. This has been on going for months now.

General comments?

Hope the Focus doesn't end up like this wonderful rot box.

In general good car, shame about the quality.

Finally Zetec's a great engine.

04/08/1999 Don't ever buy Escort.

Don't ever buy Ford.

The quality is crap.

Their warranty is crap.

Their help line is crap.

The whole experience of buying a new Ford is crap

I'm buying Japanese next.

To hell with Ford.

Q1 is a joke. You have been warned!


14th Nov 2004, 07:15

Ford are crap. Rattle, grind, rust. Exceptionally poor quality across the entire range.


22nd Jun 2007, 17:24

Ford is a brilliant car company they brought us classics like the capri, the sierra, the cortina and the escort which is a great car and much better than any japanese rubbish.

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