Definite high performance with the high price
Nothing has gone wrong with my car, just performed normal maintenance.
This car handles great and punches off quick.
However a installation adapter kit for an aftermarket stereo costs a pretty penny.
I'll also be putting on performance parts.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 18th May, 2004
Fun to drive, love the car, hate the clunker
Driver's idler arm failed.
Emergency brake cable failed twice.
Engine rocks, but motor mounts are fine.
CD changer skips in some slots.
It is my third Escort and each one has been a love/hate relationship.
No rattles, no chirps, no squeaks unlike my previous two Saturns.
Quality is generally not an issue. All the toys are fun to use and drive with.
This is my second Escort where the engine seems to move and lurch or clunk making it difficult to enjoy the drive. Ford Zone said they wanted to drill out the motor mounts and try increasing the space (?)...go figure that out.
Seats are not comfortable on long trips.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 18th May, 2004
Glad I chose this car; its solid construction and safety features saved my life!
Clear coat began to bubble and chip off of the spoiler.
Seats starting to wear badly.
I was impressed with the reliability of my ZX2. I never had any problems with it, even though I was hard on it and a little lax about taking it in for scheduled maintenance.
This car saved my life! Head on collision with a brick wall, going 35 m.p.h. and I walked away with scratches!!! I'm very thankful that this car is built solidly and the safety features worked well.
I would highly recommend the 2000 ZX2.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 21st March, 2004
Something built to go straight the the scrap heap
Front struts not only gave out, but started making noise around 25k miles.
Both motor mounts have given out causing the engine to rock making it hard to drive at low speeds smoothly.
Clutch chatters.
Tires have been rotated and are not wearing evenly.
Brake rotors on front are warped.
Car seems to get good mileage (30mpg) but I have been beat by Geo Metro's getting onto the freeway. This little car will not get out of it's own way at all. Mine is the ZX2 with the little fin on the rear trunk, CD changer (factory), AC and all the power goodies. No sunroof though. The car has not cost me anything in repairs, yet, but you can tell is it falling apart. I feel bad for the person who buys it from the dealer I traded it in to. It still had less than 30k miles on it, but I can bet when it hits anything over 50k miles, it will really start falling apart to the point were you just cannot drive it unless you repair it. It is not like I abused the car either, just drove it.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? No
Review Date: 4th December, 2003
Can this possibly be the same car that consumer reports gives best marks for reliability?
And can this be the car that is said to be quite fast off the line, 8 seconds to sixty, that it gets beat by a metro?
What did you do to this car? I just bought my second ZX2 and I have no doubt it's the best car for the buck going. My 2000 ZX2 has 145,000 miles on it and it'll still dust cars with bigger motors. GEO Metro? Not in a million years would a GEO Metro stand a chance at the line against either of my Z's. I can't explain your troubles, but I'd bet my house both my ZX2's would clobber any 4 cylinder Chevy going in both value and at the line.
25th Jul 2005, 19:24
If you got rear-ended at 50 mph and struck anything in front of you and are alive to write this comment, I would say the car did a pretty good job of saving your skin, too, airbag failure or not. I have heard about shops stealing airbags from cars and replacing them with wadded up plastic grocery bags. Are you sure you were not the victim of a scam like that?