{"vehicle":{"id":"1982_ford_escort","year":1982,"make":"Ford","model":"Escort"},"may_apply":true,"as_of":{"us":"2026-10-19","ca":"2026-10-19"},"recalls":[{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1985074","date":"1985-06-14","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THE REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MAY ALLOW TWISTED WEBBING TO ENTER THE RETRACTOR HOUSING. TWISTED WEBBING MAY WEDGE BETWEEN THE RETRACTOR SPOOL AND HOUSING PRODUCING  A JAMMED RETRACTOR CONDITION WHICH INTERFERED WITH WEBBING RETRACTION AND WITHDRAWAL.","mfr_campaign":"S5G","units":43561,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":"Safety TC","match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1985074"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"85V067000","date":"1985-05-21","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER","summary":"REAR SEAT BELT RETRACTORS MAY ALLOW TWISTED WEBBING TO    ENTER THE RETRACTOR HOUSING AND JAM THE RETRACTOR.                                                                                                                CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: A JAMMED RETRACTOR WOULD INTERFERE WITH WEBBING           RETRACTION AND WITHDRAWAL.  THIS WILL DISCOURAGE SEAT BELT USAGE.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":515000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":"1982-05-01","built_to":"1983-08-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/85V067000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1984078","date":"1984-06-19","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"WHEN SEVERELY LOADED BY A FRONTAL IMPACT, THE SEAT BELT WEBBING MAY CONTACT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT SEAT-BACK STELL REINFORCEMENT PLATES.  THIS MAY CAUSE THE SEAT BELT WEBBING TO BE ABRADED, CUT OR COMPLETELY SEVERED, THEREBY SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE RISK OF SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURIES.","mfr_campaign":"489","units":32541,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1984078"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"84V071000","date":"1984-06-15","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"SEATS","summary":"SEAT FRAME STRUCTURE COULD SEVER FRONT SEAT BELTS IF VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, DEPENDING ON FORCE OF IMPACT.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":261400,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":"1980-08-01","built_to":"1983-08-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/84V071000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1984076","date":"1984-06-06","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"THESE VEHICLES DO NOT COMPLY WITH CMVSS 1103 - EXHAUST EMISSIONS. VEHICLES AFFECTED: 1.6 L ENGINE AND ATX TRANSMISSIONS","mfr_campaign":"U7P","units":16741,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1984076"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1983060","date":"1983-06-22","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"TWO DOOR MODELS.  FATIGUE CRACKS MAY OCCUR IN THE DOOR LOCK PILLARS AT THE FRONT DOOR LATCH STRIKER REINFORCEMENT ATTACHMENT LOCATIONS. THE FATIGUE CRACKS MAY PROPOGATE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE DOOR LATCH STRIKER ATTACHMENT MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CREATING THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DOOR MAY NOT BE SECURELY RETAINED.  THIS CONDITION IS OBSERVABLE BY VISIBLY NOTICEABLE CRACKS ON THE DOOR LOCK PILLAR ADJACENT TO THE STRIKER ASSEMBLIES.","mfr_campaign":"469","units":55191,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1983060"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"83V063000","date":"1983-06-22","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","summary":"DOOR LOCK PILLARS COULD DEVELOP FATIGUE CRACKS FROM NORMAL USAGE OF DOOR, AT THE POINT WHERE DOOR LATCH STRIKER REINFORCEMENTS ARE ATTACHED.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":610000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":"1980-07-01","built_to":"1983-03-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/83V063000"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"83V013000","date":"1983-02-17","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE PORTION OF THE ROOF ABOVE FRAME (RAIL) TO WHICH THE SHOULDER BELT IS ANCHORED MAY HAVE A SLOT THAT CAN COMPROMISE THE STRENGTH OF THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHOR UNDER CERTAIN SEVERE LOADS. (THE SUSPECT AREA IS NOT VISIBLE.) CONSEQUENTLY, SOME VEHICLES INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL MAY NOT MEET THE 3000 POUND ANCHORAGE STRENGTH REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD 210, \"SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY ANCHORAGES\".","mfr_campaign":null,"units":245000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":"1980-08-01","built_to":"1982-06-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/83V013000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1983015","date":"1983-02-11","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"STATION WAGONS.  THESE VEHICLES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH CMVSS 210 - BELT AHCHORAGES.","mfr_campaign":"458","units":16499,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1983015"},{"source":"nhtsa","country":"us","campaign":"82V045000","date":"1982-05-11","manufacturer":"FORD MOTOR COMPANY","component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","summary":"ON THE INVOLVED VEHICLES, A THERMAL LIMITER IN THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR CIRCUIT OF THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER ASSEMBLY MAY NOT FUNCTION AS INTENDED. IF THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES JAMMED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING IN THE MEDIUM-LOW BLOWER SPEED, THE RESISTOR COILS CAN OVERHEAT CAUSING MELTING AND POSSIBLE IGNITION.","mfr_campaign":null,"units":113000,"do_not_drive":false,"park_outside":false,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":"1981-08-01","built_to":"1982-03-01","url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/nhtsa/82V045000"},{"source":"tc","country":"ca","campaign":"1982045","date":"1982-05-10","manufacturer":null,"component":null,"summary":"VEHICLES WITH OPTIONAL AIR CONDITIONING.  THE AIR CONDITIONER BLOWER MOTOR THERMAL LIMITER MAY NOT OPERATE AS INTENDED WHEN THERE IS A MOTOR BLOCKAGE OR MALFUNCTION.  THUS, IF THE BLOWER MOTOR BECOMES JAMMED WHEN THE SYSTEM IS OPERATING IN THE MEDIUM-LOW BLOWER SPEED MODE, THE RESISTOR COILS MAY OVERHEAT CAUSING MELTING AND POSSIBLE IGNITION OF THE POLYPROPLENE EVAPORATOR HOUSING WITH ASSOCIATED VEHICLE DAMAGE.","mfr_campaign":"439","units":1010,"do_not_drive":null,"park_outside":null,"notification":null,"match":"exact","models":["ESCORT"],"built_from":null,"built_to":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/recalls/tc/1982045"}],"lookup":{"nhtsa":"https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls","tc":"https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng","maker":null},"attribution":["Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."]}