Ford Contour Complaints

3,154 consumer complaints on file.

#730479September 6, 2000
TIRES
TIRE CAUSED CAR TO PULL HARD TO LEFT AND SHIMMY IN STEERING. DEALER REPORTED TIRE WAS BAD BUT OFFERED NO HELP. I REPLACED ALL FOUR WITH NEW MICHELIN TIRES.*AK( DOT NUMBER: UNLNOWC TIRE SIZE: 205/70/15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869724September 6, 2000
TIRES
PE00-020; FIRESTONE FIREHAWK GTA, P20560R15, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR FORD CONTOUR 1998 WITH 14,300 MILES . ALL 4 TIRES CRACKED FROM TREAD ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED TO GO SLOW ON ROADS, AND AVOID HIGHWAYS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869757September 6, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
INTERMITTENTLY IGNITION SWITCH MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. DEALER HAS REPLACED IGNITION SWITCH, HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554329September 5, 2000
TIRES
CONSUMER EXPERIENCED VIBRATION WHILE DRIVING AND WAS ADVISED BY REPAIR SHOP THAT THERE WAS A FLAW WITH THE TIRE AND IT WAS REPLACED, CONSUMER IS NOTICING VIBRATION AGAIN AND FEELS THAT SAFETY IS COMPROMISED WITH THESE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND WANTS THEM REPLACED WITH ANOTHER BRAND. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730269September 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
THOUGH THIS CAR IS ONLY SLIGHTLY OVER 3 YEARS OLD, I HAVE HAD 5 RECALLS ON IT, HAD TO REPLACE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS ($400), CONSOLE CLOCK LIGHT HAS BURNED OUT, HAD TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD DUE TO EXTENSIVE CRACK CAUSED BY SMALL STONE CHIP,ETC. CURRENT CAM TIMING JOB ESTIMATED AT $1,000. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH TROUBLE WITH A VEHICLE IN MY LIFE. ASKED FORD'S TO COVER 1/2 OF COST; WAS REFERRED TO DEALER, WHO "DECLINED." IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO ABOUT THIS LEMON??
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554325September 5, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DURING VEHICLE COLLISION NEITHER PASSENGER NOR DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#869619September 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
LOSS OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING. PROBLEM HAVE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER'S SHOP ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND STILL UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE OR DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729523August 30, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
3RD GEAR SYNCRONIZER FAILED. TRANSMISSION IS DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO 3RD GEAR. GRINDING SOUND PRESENT WHEN SHIFING INTO 3RD, EVEN WITH THE CLUTCH PEDAL PUSHED ALL THE WAY IN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869112August 30, 2000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
LIGHT ON THE DASH AND TAILIGHT WILL GO OUT INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO HEADLIGHT SWITCH. NHTSA RECALL 99V103000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S14 REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED IN NOVEMBER 1999 ,BUT DEFECT HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER OR MANUFACTURER HAVE REFUSED TO FIX IT AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869132August 30, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
WHILE USING AIR CONDITIONER IT STOPPED BLOWING AIR , AFTER BEING REPAIRED AIR WAS NOT COMING FROM THE VENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729446August 29, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
THE BLOWER FAN WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER BECAUSE OF A RECALL. IT LASTED ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND PROCEEDED TO BREAK AGAIN. THIS TIME THE DEALER STATED THAT I HAD TO REPLACE THE FUSE PANEL IN THE CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE REAFFIRM THE DEFECT. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY RARELY HAD TO REPLACE A FUSE PANEL. IN ADDITION TO THIS REPAIR, BOTH POWER WINDOW REGULATORS WENT OUT ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FRONT SIDES OF THE CAR. THE COMPANY THAT DID THE REPAIR SAID THIS IS VERY COMMON IN FORD VEHICLES. I CONTACTED THE REGIONAL OFFICE OF FORD AND THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME ANY RESTITUTION ON THESE REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729485August 29, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL, COLUMN, DASH BOARD, AND NOW I CAN FEEL IT IN THE DRIVERS SEAT ,VIBRATE WHEN CAR IS AT A COMPLETE STOP. VIBRATION LESSENS SLIGHTLY WHEN THE CAR IS PLACED IN PARK. THE FORD SERVICE DEALER IN WARNER ROBINS, GA DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS "CORRECTION DIAG AND NEEDS AIR BAG, RADIATOR SUPPORT AND STEERING WHEEL DAMPER" I WAS ALSO ADVISED NONE OF THE REPAIRS WERE COVERED UNDER MY ESP PLAN AS THESE WERE EXTERNAL PROBALMS AND THE WARRANTY ONLY COVERS INTERNAL. MY WARRANTY RUNS AT AT EITHER 72000 OR ON NOV 10, 2000. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE AIR BAG SPECIFICALLY. WILL IT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD, OR SHOULDN'T OR NOT AT ALL? I ASKED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IF THEIR RECORDS INDICATE ANY SERIOUS DAMAGE WOULD BE DONE IF I DID NOT HAVE THE REPAIRS DONE AND THEY TOLD ME NO. THIS I DON'T BELEIVE AS I FEEL THE PROBLEM GETTING WORSE. HOW WILL I BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE CAR IF THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO GET WORSE? I FEEL FORD SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM, IF IT IS A MAJOR DEFECT IT COULD RESULT IN A MAJOR LAWSUIT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729026August 25, 2000
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH POWER WINDOWS, FRONT LEFT SIDE, THIS CAR HAS HAD 5 PREVIOUS OWNER'S
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729115August 25, 2000
TIRES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
FUSEBOX: BOUGHT CAR IN JULY 1999, HAD TO HAVE THREE RECALLS FIXED, ONE OF THEM WAS ON THE AIR BAG SENSOR, WE WENT AND HAD ONE OF THE RECALLS CORRECTED, THE NEXT WEEK WE WERE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE REMAINING TWO FINISH, ON WEDNESDAY OF THAT WEEK THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED WORKING WHILE WE WERE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, WE HAD THE MECHANIC CHECK IT THAT FRIDAY WHEN THEY FIXED THE AIR BAG SENSOR, THE MECHANIC SAID THE FUSE BOX WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, HE REPLACED THE FUSE BOX (FREE OF CHARGE) AND WE WENT ON OUR WAY, THEN ON 8/14/2000 AS WE WERE AGAIN DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 55 THE AIR CONDITIONER DIED AGAIN, WE READ THROUGH THE CAR MANUAL AND FOUND THE CORRECT FUSES TO THE BLOWER MOTOR AND A/C, WE CHANGED THOSE FUSES, THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, WE THEN CHANGED THE RELAYS, (WHICH WERE VERY HARD TO GET REPLACEMENTS FOR), THAT DIDN' T FIX IT EITHER, FINALLY WE TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALER AND HAD THEM CHACK IT, THEY SAID THERE WAS A FUSE IN THE FRONT (WHICH THE OWNERS MANUAL SAID SHOULD ONLY BE CHANGED BY AN AUTHORIZED FORD MECHANIC) THAT HAD BLOWN AND WHEN IT DID IT FUSED THE FUSE TO THE CONNECTOR AND THAT THE ENTIRE FUSE BOX WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, THIS TIME AT A COST OF OVER $400.00 TIRES: WE HAVE JUST HAD TO REPLACE TWO FIRESTONE FIREHAWK GTA P205/60R15 90T M+S TIRES BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS COMING AWAY FROM THE SIDEWALL AT THE SEEM, IT WAS SO BAD THERE WERE SMALL FLAPS OF THE TREAD THAT STUCK STRAIGHT OUT LIKE SOMEONE HAD PEEL A BANANA.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P205/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868737August 25, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES
ON JULY 8, VEHICLE WAS VIBRATING. TOOK TO DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM. CONSUMER NOTICED PROBLEM AGAIN ON JULY 11 WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRVEWAY AND COMING UP TO A STOP SIGN. CONSUMER LET OFF BRAKE, AND CAR WAS BOUNCING AND VIBRATING. ENTIRE TIRE WAS FLIPPING AROUND. TOWED TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID TIE ROD WAS BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868556August 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES WITH NORMAL FORCE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, CAUSING A CRASH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868603August 24, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE STICKS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE SUDDENLY . DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868466August 23, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
ACCELERATOR CABLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAS STEERING PROBLEM TOO, BUT THE DEALER WOULD NOT FIX IT UNLESS THE OWNER PAYS FOR THE REPAIR. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868467August 23, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ENGINE CHECK LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868385August 23, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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