Ford Contour Complaints

3,154 consumer complaints on file.

#844652August 9, 1999
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD STEERING COLUMN JUST LOCKED UP.CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844696August 9, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WIRING MELTED AND BURNED, CAUSING A SMELL COMING FROM THE VENTS WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844702August 9, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, TOOK OFF GOING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN, AND TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. COASTED VEHICLE TO THE SIDE.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844713August 9, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
HAD AN ACCIDENT ON 08-AUG-99, AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844511August 6, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. TRIED TO GO FORWARD, HIT ACCELERATOR LIGHTLY AND DIDN'T MOVE, SECOND TIME, TOOK OFF AND WENT INTO GARAGE. PASSENGER'S MIRROR CAME OFF. DEALER CONTACTED, AND WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. BUT, COULDN'T REMEDY THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844555August 6, 1999
SUSPENSION
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND STOPPING AT A STOP, THEIR IS ALOT OF VIBRATING WITHIN THE STEERING AND THE DASHBOARD RATTLES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844471August 5, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, SUSPENSION:FRONT, TIRES
BRAKES WOULD MAKE GRINDING NOISES WHEN APPLIED. THE TIRES ARE GOING BALD. STEERING WHEEL FEELS REAL LOOSE WHN GOING OVER BUMPS OR TURNING. THE FRONT END SUSPENSION WOULD JERK & PULL TO THE LEFT. WILL BE CONTACTING DEALER TO HAVE VEHICLE CHECKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547736August 3, 1999
AIR BAGS
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION, RESULTING IN BACK INJURY TO CONSUMER. MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#844134August 3, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INTERLOCK SYSTEM BECAME INOPERATIVE. ANYONE CAN MOVE THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, WHICH MAY CAUSE A VEHICLE TO ROLL AWAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709551August 3, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
ENGINE OVERHEATED WITH NO WARNING LEFT US STRANDED IN MEMPHIS, TN IN ICE STORM, RUINED ENGINE. HAD TO REPLACE ENGINE, DEALERSHIP COULD NOT TELL US WHY THIS HAPPENED. THE ENGINE CONTAINED WATER AND OIL AT THE TIME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844089August 2, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, AND THEIR IS A LOSS OF POWER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#844098August 2, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DRIVING 60MPH. HEARD POPPING NOISES. VEHICLE UNCONTROLLABLE. WENT OFF ROAD & DOWN 30FT EMBANKMENT & FLIPPED OVER TWICE. MECHANIC CHECKED & NOTICED LEFT FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT HAD FALLEN OUT. THIS CAUSED A LOSS OF CONTROL. 4 PEOPLE WERE INJURED & EVERYONE WAS WEARING SEAT BELTS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#782713July 31, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
BATTERY DRAINED SEVERAL TIMES POSSIBLY DUE TO RECALL RELATED COMPONENT FAILURE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843992July 30, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE DASHBOARD . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843699July 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WAS NOT ABLE TO MOVE. METAL IS IN THE TRANSMISSION FLUID.CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843817July 29, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WAS TRAVELING 60MPH & DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HAD SWERVED FIRST LEFT & WENT OFF ROAD & THEN SWERVED TO THE RIGHT INTO 30FT DITCH. VEHICLE TOWED TO MECHANIC & WAS INFORMED THE LEFT BALL JOINT HAD BROKEN WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. DRIVER/PASSENGERS SUFFERED INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#709396July 29, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SINCE I PURCHASED THE 95 FORD CONTOUR I HAVE HAD ABOUT ONE GOOD YEAR OF USE. LAST YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE THE MAIN CENSOR AND NOW THE GEARS ARE SLIPPING FROM FIRST TO SECOND ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. BECAUSE THIS CAR IS USED I AM NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I FEEL THIS CAR IS A SAFETY RISK BECAUSE I HAVE TO MANUALLY SHIFT IT AND IF I LET IT SHIFT ON IT'S OWN IT HESITATES WHICH COULD CAUSE A POSSIBLE CAR COLLISION. IT UNEXPECTEDLY BURSTS INTO TRAFFIC AND DRAGS AT TIMES. I HAVE PROBABLY HAD THIS CAR LAYED UP AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE IT. I CAN GET HELP FROM NOONE BECAUSE I'M A SECOND OWNER AND OVER THE WARRANTY LIMIT EVEN THOUGH 22,000 MILES OF THE WARRANTYWAS PUT ON BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER. I MAY HAVE NO RECOURSE BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD REPORT THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD GREAT HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE DEFECTS OF THIS CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843354July 26, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL TANK CANNOT BE FILLED UP FULLY. WHENEVER THEIR IS AN ATTEMPT TO FILL THE TANK, GAS SPLURGES EVERY WHERE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843382July 26, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS, INTERIOR LIGHTING
TAIL LIGHTS ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DO NOT WORK. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843424July 26, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
THE TIRE FELL OFF DUE TO A DEFECTIVE FRONT KNUCKLE , RESULTING IN HITTING OTHER PARKED VEHICLE, DAMAGES TO VEHICLES COSTED $3,564.03 *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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