1999 Ford Escort: won't start

Filed Oct 27, 2004 · Electrical · 54,000 miles · UT

My car has 55000 miles and its a 1999 escort.y transmission needs to be replaced. I have replaced the timing belt, this at less than 55000 miles? I was driving on a very busy street and the car died and would not restart. The shop replaced the timing belt and the pully's. Now I have gone to work monday morning and came out to go home, the car would not start again, just tried to turn over. I had it towed to the shop again, now its the fuel pump. There is no way that any of these problems should have started to happen yet on this car. There are major problems with it, I need some resolution on the problems that are happening.

Filed Sep 17, 2003 · Airbags · MN

Consumer called complaining about having problems with the vehicle having electrical problems. The vehicle was taken into a dealer and stayed over night. The consumer went to pick up the car and when he got in the car it would not start. The mechanic told him to get into the vehicle. When he started it he realized that the air bag light was on. He was told to pump the gas pedal at which time both frontal air bags deployed. The manufacturer was contacted, as well as the dealer, and told consumer that it was caused for after market products that were install in the vehicle.

Filed Feb 7, 2001 · Fuel system · NC

Sometimes vehicle will not start and sometimes it will, fuel pump replaced twice, nov/00 & jan/01. Cj

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.

Filed Jan 7, 1999 · Electrical · NY

The car will inconsistently not start. I have been having this problem since july of 1998 (it began mildly and continued to get worse), and the dealer has been contacted. They have replaced one part, but after several weeks after the problem began again. Now I am waiting for ford to come out with some computer configuration. When you turn the key sometimes it will be totally dead, sometimes it will begin to idle, as long as you keep pumping the accelerator (recommended by my dealer), however, the second you remove your foot from the accelerator the car "shuts off."once the car does start (usually after trying 10 times) it runs very rough. When I have brought the car into the dealer they have attempted to duplicate the problem, but are unable to do so. About 10 days before christams, I brought the car into my dealer and they again, for the third time or so attempted to duplicate the problem. They returned my car to me the following day when I learned of a possible computer configuration that ford was coming out with. It is important to not that the problem was duplicated when they first changed the initial part. They have run various tests and feel that the part replaced (fuel injection censoring)is not causing the problem after all. This is where I currently stand with my car. Some mornings it starts and some it does not. I have had occurrences where the car will start in the morning, I will drive 20 min. To work. Park the car and attmept to start it 4 hours later and it will not start. There have been times that it will not even start after 20 minutes of resting times.