Ford Contour Complaints

3,154 consumer complaints on file.

#735352October 28, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS, HAD IT ON COMPUTER EVERY TIME, NO CODES FOUND. CAR RUNNING WITH NO POWER. CAR IS MISSING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#557045October 27, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
VEHICLE IS MAKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, MAKES NOISES IN GEAR AND WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, DEALER CLAIMED THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEMS BUT SOON AFTER REPAIR THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735283October 27, 2000
TIRES
INSIDE TIRE WALL BLEW. NOISE LIKE AN EXPLOSION. NO ROAD HAZARD HIT DURING HISTORY OF CAR. MANUFACTURER SAID DAMAGE HAD TO BE CAUSED BY ROAD HAZARD SINCE A DEFECTIVE TIRE NEVER LEAVES THEIR PLANT. THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 215/50ZR16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 215/50ZR16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735230October 26, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WHEN IT RAINS ALOT SERPENTINE BELT SKIPS AND I LOSE STEERING POWER. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED I NEARLY STRUCK A CONCRETE WALL. I CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANAGER PLAYED DUMB SAYING THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF A DEALER NOTICE. I CHECKED YOUR WEB PAGE AND THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN. I AM AFRAID IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN AT SPEED OR ON A CURVE THAT I OR MY CHILDREN COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873896October 26, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
EA00025, WHILE REFUELING IT WON'T REFUEL OR IT'S VERY HARD TO FUEL VEHICLE. COMMON PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735118October 25, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE FORD DEALER TWICE AND THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIX MY CAR. YET THEY FIND IT NECCESSARY TO KEEP MY CAR FOR WEEKS AT A TIME. I AM AT THE POINT TO WHERE I WANT THEM TO TAKE THIS CAR BACK AND GIVE ME A NOTHER ONE. PLEASE HELP ME. I HAVE NO MORE RENTAL CAR FEES AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT MY SITUATION LIKE OH WELL. THAT IS NOT FAIR TO ME. IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ANY KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL ELEVIATE MY PROBLEM PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735121October 25, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/70R14 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556839October 24, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING, CONSUMER TOOK THE PROBLEM TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND THAT SOME WIRES HAD MELTED AND MUST HAVE SHORTED SOMETHING OUT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735025October 24, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
I CAN TELL BY THE MARKS ON THE PASSANGER SIDE DOOR THAT THE WINDOW ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO MY BUYING THE CAR. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW GOT STUCK DOWN AND SEEING THE COST OF THE PART AND LABOR I COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET IT FIXED SO THE GUY JUST PUT THE WINDOW IN THE UP POSSISION FOR ME. THE BACK DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW IS SO LOOSE THAT I CAN'T ROLL IT DOWN BECAUSE IT RATTLES TOO MUCH. THE GAS PEDEL STICKS ALL THE TIME. I CAN BE GOING WHATEVER SPEED L;IMIT AND HAVE TO HIT THE GAS REAL QUICK TO GET IT TO SLOW DOWN AND WHEN I GET READY TO GO THE PEDEL IS STUCK AGAIN AND I HAVE TO PUSH HARD AND THEN IT ALL OF A SUDDEN GOES WITH A JERK. THIS HAS BEEN THE CAR FROM HELL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#873587October 23, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN THROUGH A SMALL AMOUNT OF STANDING WATER AT LOW SPEED, ALL POWER STEERING WAS LOST. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP. OWNER WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784950October 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
AIR FLOW SENSORS FAILED.*ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#556226October 17, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
A HOSE BROKE ON THE RADIATOR DRAINING VEHICLE OF ALL FLUID AND RUINING THE ENGINE, NONE OF THE GAUGES INDICATED ANY INTERNAL FAILURE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734498October 17, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
I WROTE A LETTER TO FORD (DATED AUGUST 18) LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I WAS NOT HAPPY ABOUT HAVING TO PAY OVER $700 FOR AN ALTERNATOR (WHICH WAS SUPPOSEDLY ONLY 1 YEAR OLD) AND AN AIR FLOW SENSOR. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN JUNE 1999 AND DIDN'T FEEL THAT I SHOULD BE REPLACING EITHER AFTER ONLY A YEAR. PLEASE SEE LETTER ATTACHED. THIS MORNING (10/17/00), MY CAR WOULDN'T START UNTIL I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734508October 17, 2000
TIRES
THESE TIRES ARE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734431October 16, 2000
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM, SEATS
1)DRIVER'S POWER SEAT ROCKS FROM FRONT TO REAR, REPLACING SEAT TRACK MADE PROBLEM WORSE. 2) VENTS LOCATED TO CLEAR SIDE WINDOW OF FOG DO NOT OPERATE WHEN HEAT SELECTOR KNOB IS SET TO HOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734471October 16, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. TRIED TO OVERCORRECT THE CAR AND TURNED THE WHEEL TOO HARD, THE BRAKES LOCKED AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND ROLLED IT ON ITS ROOF. THERE WAS SUFFICIENT FRONTAL IMPACT THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED, BUT DIDN'T. ALSO, IT WAS A NEW CAR, SO THE BRAKES SHOULD NOT HAVE LOCKED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#872991October 13, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH HORN UNABLE TO OPERATE PROPERLY WHEN NEEDED. BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE RESOLVED. DEALER REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING MORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734106October 12, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE PLASTIC LENS IN THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY DEGRADED TO THE POINT THAT LIGHT COMING FROM THE HEADLIGHT WAS HARDLY DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE LIGHT COMING FROM THE AMBER PARKING LIGHTS. VEHICLES BEHIND MY CAR, WHILE DRIVING WOULD CAST A SHADOW IN FRONT OF MY CAR. I REPLACED THE LIGHT BULBS ON THE FRONT OF MY CAR TO NO AVAIL. THE PROBLEM REMAINED THE SAME. I JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW HEADLIGHT HOUSINGS AND INSTALLED THEM TO REPLACE THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. FORD USED A VERY INEXPENSIVE OR UNTESTED PLASTIC WHICH FAILED/DEGRADED QUICKLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734150October 12, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
CAR HAS ALWAYS STALLED AND I WAS TOLD BY A MECHANIC THAT IT WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS MADE LIKE A STICK SHIFT SO IT STALLS AT STOP SIGNS AND LIGHTS SOMETIMES. NOW MY CAR IS STALLING AS I START GOING THROUGH LIGHTS AND I WAS ALMOST HIT BY A CAR FROM BEHIND
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#734157October 12, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED HAVE HAPPENED MORE THAN 10 TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN 3 WELL KNOWN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPS, AND NO ONE CAN LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS, THEN THE PROBLEM IS THERE. UNLESS THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHILE IT'S IN THE SHOP NO ONE CAN SEEM TO LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. BUT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAN ONLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES BEFORE IT STALLS AGAIN. WE THEN HAVE TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND RECHARGE, AND THE VEHICLE WILL WORK AGAIN. THEN DRIVE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES, AND IT STALLS AGAIN. THIS, AS I SAID, HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS. I HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR 4 DAYS DURING THIS TIME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, AS NOW I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA FORD RECALL, AND I FEEL LILKE MY VEHICLE MAY HAVE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS IN THE WIRING COMPONENTS. THANK YOU SINCERELY!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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