Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||||
| 04191 | 12/13/2004 | 04244 | 10014052 | Safety belt buckle and pretensioner diagnostic trouble code (dtc) b1877, b1881, b1885 or b1886. *tt | 04/27/2005 |
| 05310 | 02/21/2005 | 10012954 | Safety belt web stop button service. *eh | 04/05/2005 | |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT | |||||
| 17343 | 11/01/2003 | 10008176 | Front safety belt slow to retract and/or missing web stop button. *tt | 07/22/2004 | |
| SEAT BELTS - FRONT - RETRACTOR | |||||
| 042421 | 06/07/2005 | 051611 | 10014138 | Safety belt retraction speed. *tt | 04/28/2005 |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEAT BELTS | |||
| 04/01/2008 | 46000 | ||
| Airbag light flashes and then stays on. warning code is 46. took vehicle into ford dealership to fix this aproximately 4 years ago. not sure what service was performed, but the issue was never fixed. light went on again a year later and has gone on and off for years. due to time and cost , could not bring vehicle in for repair a second time. was recently told by ford service rep that i would probably pay $400 to fix. may be seatbelt pretensioner. was informed that airbags would not deploy if this was not fixed.this is a known issue and there was a tsb (technical service bulleton)regarding this issue. in my research i found that there are many ford escape owners having the same problem. due to the high cost to repair, and with so many people out of work, many consumers may not have this work done, which is a safety hazard. to date, i am not able to pay for this repair. due to safety issue this poses there should be a recall for this. | |||
| 07/26/2011 | 137009 | ||
| I own a 2004 ford escape and have had the seatbelt harnesses fixed 3 times. one was just fixed 18 days ago and needs to be replaced yet again. there is a wiring problem with the seatbelt harness. it has been the passenger front seat each time. | |||
| 12/08/2010 | 42800 | ||
| After driving about 10 miles my airbag warning light came on. on the way back, it again came on after about 10 miles - it flashed a few times and then stayed on. the ford dealer tested the car and said the warning light was caused by both front pretensioner connectors costing $397.99. i looked up pretensioner on the internet and saw many complaints specific to 2004 ford escapes. there were also solutions such as disconnecting the light, ignoring the light, and rigging the wires under the seat. my concern is that this is a wide spread defect that may lead to lack of safety and highway death. it is an expensive repair that consumers may ignore. | |||
| 02/25/2010 | 64474 | 1 | |
| 1. the rear passenger seat belt was not retracting the way it should when my son would unbuckle from his booster seat. i would have to feed the belt through to have it retract. 2. it happened every time we unbuckled his seat. 3. we switched his seat with my daughter's, as she is still in a car seat and is latched to the car itself, and was not using her seat belt. we called ford and it was no longer under warranty and they recommended that we get the part fixed through them because if it fails again, it will be under warranty. it cost us $223 to have his seat belt replaced. i asked ford to check the other seat belt, on the driver's side (back seat) and they agreed that one has to be replaced too, because it too retracts slowly and catches when trying to buckle it. we didn't know that it wasn't right, until we moved our son to that side. again, we don't use the seat belt because of the latch system on our daughter's car seat. it will cost us another $223 to have that one fixed too. we are going to wait until we have to move our daughter to a booster before having it fixed. but we find it interesting that both rear seat belts need to be replaced and when for the majority of the time we've owned the car, the 2 car seats were latched in and we didn't use the seat belts. *tr | |||
| 12/01/2008 | 90000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford escape. the contact noticed that the air bag warning indicator would constantly illuminate on the instrument panel. the auto shop replaced the seat belt pre-tensioner connectors at the cost of $480.48. there had been no other failures since the repair. the failure mileage was 90,000 and current mileage was 91,731. updated 02/24/09. *lj updated 02/26/09. *jb | |||
| 01/01/1901 | 1 | ||
| 2004 ford escape with gear selector and airbag warning light issues. consumer states that mechanic determined that there was a faulty wiring harness for the front seat belts. he gave the ok to replace the wiring harness. *kb the gear selection at the base of the steering column did not light up at night. *jb | |||