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Originally posted by crzychx
I had a Ford Escort for 7 years & it was great until about the 5th year at which point it began breaking down all the time. The Service Engine Soon light came on at least once a month & sometimes for really no reason at all. The car was nickel & diming me to death for 2 years! The transmission was failing by the time I finally traded it in. I'm so glad to be rid of that car. For the longest time I thought it might be a problem with just my Ford Escort, until my best friend got a Ford Focus (2005) and has been having similar problems. Luckily hers is still under factory warranty so she has somewhere to turn.
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I had a '99 Ford Escort ZX2 up until July. I had both the tape deck and air conditioning go out twice. These aren't major mechanical failures but still problems nonetheless. Especially since the tape deck broke within 7 months of owning the car.
Right before I got my new car, my Ford stalled on me when I was in a parking lot. I had been looking into a new car for a while but it was then that I decided I would buy a new one that weekend...while my Ford was still working and worth something.
My friend had the same exact car as me. The transmission died on her last month at 70,000. The transmission shouldn't have gone out at 70,000. My boyfriend's Camry has close to 100K on it and it's still going strong!
And the ZX2 was supposed to be one of the better Ford cars in terms of mechanical issues since it was essentially the same car as the Mazda MX6.
I bought a '05 Honda CRV and I absolutely love it. No complaints here. It's big so I feel safer when I'm on the road but it's a small SUV so I still get great gas mileage. Plus, it's a Honda so I know it will last forever. It's very spacious and I was easily able to fit 4 of my very tall friends into it last night.