2002 Ford Escape Seat belts Problems

“The front side harness seatbelt fell apart. Only the lap belt restraint works now. I was driving down the road, noticed the harness felt very loose, once arrived at my destination, went to unfastened the seat belt and it fell apart in my hands, the ends are frailty like it became unsewn. It appears to have come unraveled. I was told by the dealership that this was not under warranty and would cost around $300 to repair.”

“My 2002 Ford Escape was bought new in march of 2002. The problem with it accelerating at low speeds started about 6-7 months later. Returned to the dealership many times to have it checked but was told every time there was nothing wrong. I've had one accident as a result of this problem. I still own the same Escape and still have the problem with it . I was told that there were no complaints of this nature with these models but have since learned that there have been many. …”

“On my new Ford Escape 2002 bought 8-2002. My gas pedal stuck, my brakes were leaking fluid my ignition has broke. My passanger side rear door will not open or close properly and has opened while the vehicle is in motion. There is a vibration in my left front end and my air bag warning light stays on at times my driver side saftey restraint has sheared and had to be replaced”

“I have a 2002 Ford Escape xlt with appoxamately 48000 miles on it. I feel that I need to bring to someones attention what I have learn at my local Ford authorized sevice facility (putnam lincoln-mercury) about the pretensioners. I must note that the vehicle had recently hit in the rear bumper causing very minimal damage and not causing the airbags or pretensioners to go off. However, shortly thereafter, I was on a 400 mile trip and the airbag light began to blink on and off, flickering often times. I took the car to the dealershiip upon my return home for diagnosis. …”

“Dt: the contact drove through a patch of snow in the road and the vehicle's rear end spun around and hit another vehicle. The contact believed that the ABS sensor, that was replaced by the dealership ,caused this accident. The contact sustained injuries do to the seat beat buckle breaking during the accident.”