1999 Ford Escort: check engine light

6 of the 325 complaints about the 1999 Ford Escort describe check engine light.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 2%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 22 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Check engine light by model year

2001
1
1999
6
1998
4
1997
11
1996
9
1995
5
1993
4
1992
1
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Aug 28, 2006 · Acceleration, Transmission · 99,000 miles · WI

When pressing gas accelerator pedal, car does not move. Car hesitates when starting from a stop. Occasionally (about 1 of 2 times) the car will shut down and check engine lights and other service lights appear. The transmission was replaced once already on 11/29/00. Transmission further complained about on 1/15/01 and 8/9/01 - told there was no problem. The car has been towed by aaa twice in past two weeks. 5 mechanics cannot diagnosis the problem. Also, when car is idling, in gear, the whole car shakes.

Filed Jul 5, 2005 · Engine, Seat belts · 8,300 miles · CA · crash · 2 injuries

Noticed that engine warning light was coming up on and off, changed spark plugs,wires, light would go off for a period and than come back on. I was driving down the freeway between 65-70 miles/hour when I hured a loud bang , pulled off the freeway, I had the car taking to a local ford dealership, service writer told me that the valve seat in the head had seperated and fell into the motor. He also told me that the 1.9 motor had a flaw in the head and ford motor company new about this problem for many years. Than he showed me another escort that6 had the same exact problem and that this was not the first car he seened with this problem. Second problem: I have had to replace 3 transmitions with in a year, which was covered by ford motor company and possibly a 4th. I don't know because the motor went. Third problem: while at a stop sign a was rear ended an about 30-35 miles/hour, my seat bellt did not hold me and my seat collepsed on top of my child who was in a car seat behind me. The car was in the shope about the week before the motor went and they told me that the problem had to do with the transmition but I believe that the computer in the car new that the valve was prepering to fail. I was also told that the ford motor company had redesigned the head, so this problem could not happen again.

Filed Feb 25, 2005 · Engine · 550 miles · GA

In 1999 we purchased a ford escort. Within the first 6 months, the check engine light came on. We took it in and they said there was nothing wrong with the car, that sometimes a new car would do that just by going over a bump. Within the next two years the car developed some really weird problems. Diagnostics were done, parts changed and money paid. No change. The car will stall after being driven for a while, especially in the summer. Now it stalls constantly. We have taken it to five different mechanics plus the ford dealership again, and no one can tell us what the problem is. Diagnostics are constantly being done. Parts changed "just to see" and more and more money has been spent and nothing has changed except it is getting worse. My daughter is now expecting her first child and the car is hers. We are afraid to let her drive it anymore because of its instability. Ford keeps telling us to bring it back to them and they'll diagnose the problem...they haven't been able to yet and now they won't even respond anymore. So ford is ultimately the problem...along with their car. We don't know what to do now. We can't sell the car this way. We can't afford to buy another one without selling this one first. Do we have any recourse at this point?

Filed Jul 3, 2003 · Acceleration · 53,700 miles · MI

When the vehicles cruise control was set the vehicle stalled which caused the engine light, fuel light and brake light to illuminate. The dealer inspected the vehicle but could not duplicate or correct the problem. *ak *cb

Filed Oct 23, 2002 · Engine · WI

The check engine light appears on the dashboard the mechanic fix it three months ago and the problem is still there the dealership is aware of the problem. Mr

Filed Oct 18, 2000 · Electrical · CA

Vehicle has continuously stalled. Dealer was contacted and vehicle was brought in due to vehicle would turn off while idle, vehicle would not go when the gas pedal was pushed and then finally the vehicle just would not start. Dealer informed that the wiring harnest as well as the computer needed to be replaced. This was able to be figured out after the third time due to the fact that the check engine light did not come on until the third time, in which the dealer informed that they could now find what was wrong, unlike previous times when the car would not stall for them.