Starter Problems of Ford Escort

Brought my car in for the wiring recall and I told the dealer that there was spark knocking in the engine when it first starts and under hard acceleration. When I drive into my parents drive way my parents tell me that they know I am there because of the radio interference on the tv screen. I know a lot about electricity and I know that this is caused by noise and or shorts, bad connections what have you. I am very concerned about this because I know that the car has resistor plugs. We have also replaced the computer once and now this recall thing! we also had to replace the rear springs. When its really cold out and go to start the car the starter does not disengage and grinds on the fly wheel. It takes forever for it to warm up and it does not rarely ever warm up when its idling you have to drive it to get any heat. But overall its only left my wife stranded once. That's better than our last vehicle!! but now I wonder if this car is a ticking time bomb waiting to happen. Ford may not be my next choice of vehicle in the future that is if it doesn't kill me first!.

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Vehicle has stalled 5 times, at any speed. Dealer has replaced alternator 4 times/ starter, and battery once. Cannot remedy. Consumer is afraid to drive vehicle.

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Vehicle experienced complete shut down due to a defective starter, repairs were done, however vehicle still experience failure causing difficulty in shifting and electrical component failure which resulted in smoke.

Consumer complained of ongoing problem with vehicle not starting. Vehicle been in/out dealer shop on six occasions. Vehicle was inspected & parts replacement made, but problem is still occurring.

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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.