Ford Contour Complaints

3,154 consumer complaints on file.

#559494February 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740570February 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I GOT THIS CAR IN APRIL 96. I HAVE HAD IT IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE CAR JUST COMPLETELY LOSES POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING AT ALL. IT LOCKS UP THE STEERING AND BRAKES. IT HAPPENS AT ALL SPEEDS AND IN VARYING TEMPERATURES. THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. THE MOST RECENT EPISODE WAS JAN 14, 2001. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO TOW THE CAR, OTHER TIMES IT WILL START BACK UP. THIS LAST TIME IT STARTED BACK UP AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES. FORTUNATELY, OTHER DRIVERS HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION, AND I HAVEN'T BEEN KILLED. THIS CAR HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED: CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALWAYS ON...DEALER CANNOT FIND PROBLEM, BUT CHARGES $110 TO DIAGNOSE IT EACH TIME!....THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL CABLE BROKE IN 2000. AGAIN, FORTUNATELY, I WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND NO CARS NAILED ME. THE PAINT ON THIS CAR IS BEGINNING TO PEEL/CRACK EVEN THOUGH IT IS GARAGE KEPT. I HAVE HAD TO PUT 3 SETS OF BRAKES ON THIS CAR...HAVE ALSO HAD THE DASH AND TAIL LIGHTS GO OUT (WHICH THEY DID FIX) ALSO THE AC KNOB BROKE (WHICH THEY FIXED) I HAVE TAKEN IT IN FOR ALL KNOWN RECALLS. FORD HAS NEVER RESPONDED TO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE COMPLETE POWER LOSS I KEEP EXPERIENCING AND THE DEALER JUST SUGGESTS TOTALLY USELESS REPAIRS THAT COST ALOT AND DO NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879970February 6, 2001
SEATS
WAS DRIVING WHEN DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO CONTACT VISIBILITY WITH ROAD. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & INFORMED SOMEONE WILL GET IN TOUCH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740531February 6, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THE STANDARD TRANSMISSIONS BY FORD BECAUSE THERE IS DEFENITELY SOMETHING DEFECTIVE WITH THIS TRANSMISSION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559406February 5, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
PANEL LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS FAILED, PART (F5RZ-14A411-BA) WAS REPLACED IN 8/99 ACCORDING TO RECALL (99V-103), PART FAILED 1 YEAR AND 5 MONTHS LATER, OWNER WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMIBURSED FOR REPAIRS ON 1/12/01. CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879747February 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM STARTED TO ACT UP, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE INSIDE VEHICLE STARTED TO REACH THE OVERHEATING AREA, AND THEN ENGINE BLEW. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND GALLONS OF WATER AND ANTIFREEZE HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE RADIATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879764February 5, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHILE IN VEHICLE CONSUMER WENT TO CLOSE WINDOW, AND CONSUMER'S NEPHEW HAD HIS FINGER IN WAY, AND WINDOW TOOK CHILD'S FINGER RIGHT OFF. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS UNWILLING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#740409February 4, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
THIS VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAD TO REPLACE WITH A NEW VEHICLE IN JUNE 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740414February 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879685February 2, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE WILL SURGE FORWARD EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING STILL, CONSUMER HAS MANY CLOSE CALLS DUE TO VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD, DELAER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM 5 TIMES, HOWEVER HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559301January 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, INTERIOR LIGHTING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, AIR BAGS
AFTER NOTICING A WHINING SOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN SECOND GEAR AND AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ON 10/10/98, ON 8/3/2000 THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF SUDDEN AND VIOLENT SLIPPING, ON 8/28/00 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BECAUSE OXYGEN SENSOR HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED WHILE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, SENSOR RECONNECTED/REPLACED. CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879468January 31, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
ONE OF FRONT AND TWO OF REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE, CONSUMER STATES THE SPRINGS WERE SO SHARP THEY COULD OF RUPTURED TIRES.*AK THE REAR STRUTS AND THE TWO REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER AT CONSUMER'S COST. *YH *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879478January 31, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEADLIGHT COVER TURNED YELLOW IN COLOR, CAUSING POOR VISIBLILITY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879486January 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
RECALL 98V233000/TRANSMISSION. EVEN THOUGH CONSUMER IS SUFFERING THE SAME PROBLEM THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879318January 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, NOT ABLE TO START VEHICLE AGAIN. IN FOR REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. 2 CABLES UNDER HOOD HAD MELTED. ALSO SEAT BELT CASING ON REAR MIDDLE SEAT FELL APART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879390January 30, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES SUDDENLY/ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND FUSE BETWEEN BLOWER AND HEATER POPPED OUT. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME BRAKES WERE APPLIED SUDDENLY. WOULD HAVE NO CODES. WOULD PUT 80 AMPS FUSE IN & SAME THING HAPPENED. HEATER MOTOR WOLD STILL BE RUNNING & ABS LIGHT ON. FRONT END BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP. BACK BRAKES DID NOT WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879397January 30, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHEN FILLING GAS TANK WITH FUEL FUEL WOULD SPIT BACK OUT. DOOR CHIME FAILS TO WORK WHEN KEY IS IN IGNITION. HEATING SYSTEM WOULD GO OFF, AND THEN ON WHENEVER HEAT IS ON.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740069January 29, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879173January 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
FIRST START OF DAY WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FAN MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING ABOUT $4000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739992January 26, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
MY FORD CONTOUR HAS BEEN STALLING OUT AND DYING ON ME WHILE MOVING ALONG IN TRAFFIC, AT STOP SIGNS, AND WHILE STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHTS. THE LOUD FOG HORN SOUND USUALLY BEGINS WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN TO STOP OR WHILE I AM STOPPED, BUT IT HAS BEGUN EVEN WHEN I AM AT FULL DRIVE SPEED OF APPROX. 35 MILES PER HOUR. THE STALLING OUT AND DYING SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE ARE VERY COLD. THE CAR ALSO TENDS TO REV ITSELF (UP TO 1500 RPMS) WHEN I'M STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN, ETC. AFTER I HAD THE MAF SENSOR REPLACED THE FIRST TIME, BACK IN JAN. 2000, THE CAR CONTINUED TO REV ITSELF AND TRIED TO STALL OUT. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE AUTO SERVICE CTR. AND WAS TOLD THEY NEEDED TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTER AND THAT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEMS. WHILE THE CAR DID NOT REV ITSELF AT STOP OR IDLE, AS MUCH AS BEFORE, IT DID STILL CONTINUE TO REV AT A FULL STOP. THE VEHICLE HAS ALSO BEEN ROARING LIKE A FOG HORN AND COMPLETLY STALLED OUT AND DIED ON ME WHEN I WAS STOPPED AT STOP SIGNS, TRAFFIC LIGHTS, IN PARKING GARAGES IN LONG LINES OF TRAFFIC, AND WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT SLOW SPEEDS. I RECENTLY TOOK THE VEH. BACK TO THE SERVICE CTR. AND WAS TOLD IT WAS AGAIN THE MAF SENSOR AND THAT A REPLACEMENT WOULD INDEED FIX THE PROBLEMS. THE CAR IS STILL ROARING AND STALLING/DYING ON ME WHEN I'M OUT IN TRAFFIC. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I CERTAINLY CONSIDER IT A SAFETY HAZARD. I FINALLY WENT TO THE NHTSA WEBSITE AFTER THE 2ND MAF SENSOR (01/01) DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEMS. SERVICE BULLETINS ON THE NHTSA INDICATE THE SAME PROBLEMS (STALLING/DYING OUT) ARE HAPPENING IN OTHER CONTOURS. NOW, THE FORD SERVICE CTR. IS TELLING ME THAT I NEED A DUCT AND RESONATOR ASSEMBY (PART # F-6RZ-9B659-CA) TO CORRECT THE NOISE AND STALLING OUT PROBLEMS THAT I WAS TOLD THE MAF SENSOR WOULD CORRECT. EVIDENTLY, THE ENTIRE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM HAS A REAL PROBLEM IN THIS CONTOUR. PLEASE REVIEW AND DO A RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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