Ford Contour Complaints

3,154 consumer complaints on file.

#881791February 28, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WATER PUMP STOPPED WORKING WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND CAUSED ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND STOP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881809February 28, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 34MPH WHEN BRAKES DIDN'T HOLD. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WENT UP AND DOWN. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559937February 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE FEELS AS IF IT'S GOING TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881589February 27, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER WHILE DRIVING. 3 DEALERS HAVE INSPECTED, BUT COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT OR CAUSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881622February 27, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND OWNER REPLACED COOLING FAN. A WEEK LATER, RECALL 00V36700/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S440VM13 ARRIVED AFTER REPAIRS WERE DONE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. MECHANIC REFUSED TO REPAIR ENGINE COOLING FAN DUE TO OWNER HAVING IT REPAIRED. INDICATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. OWNER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WHO AGREED WITH MECHANIC. WAS INFORMED NHTSA WOULD BE NOTIFIED, TOLD NOT TO CONTACT NHTSA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741539February 26, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
PREMATURE FAILURE OF WATER PUMP (PLASTIC IMPELLOR DISINTEGRATION). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881390February 26, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
CONSUMER NOTICED FLAT TIRE. CALLED TOW TRUCK WHO FOUND FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN AND WENT THROUGH THE TIRE. *AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881475February 26, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LOCK HAD STOPPED WORKING. DOOR COULD NOT BE LOCKED OR UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE. CURRENTLY, SAME PROBLEM HAD STARTED ON REAR PASSENGER DOOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741513February 25, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS, INTERIOR LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE RIGHT AND LEFT TAIL LIGHTS AND INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS FAILED. THE TERMINALS ON THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH SHOW SIGNS OF HEAT DAMAGE. THIS IS THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 99V103000 (MFG CAMPAIGN # 99S14) APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN 1995-1998 FORD CONTOUR VEHICLES. THIS RECALL DOES NOT APPLY TO MY FORD CONTOUR (VIN # [XXX]) ACCORDING TO TWO FORD DEALERS. THE SYMPTOMS OF THIS RECALL EXACTLY DESCRIBE THE CURRENT SYMPTOMS OF MY FORD CONTOUR AND IT IS QUESTIONABLE AS TO WHY THIS RECALL IS NOT CURRENTLY APPLICABLE TO MY VIN #. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881245February 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH ENGINE OVERHEATED, CAUSING "HEAD GASKET" TO GO OUT. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT COOLING FAN WAS OPERATING, BUT COULD NOT CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT FAN WAS WORKING AT TIME OF INCIDENT. THERE WAS A RECALL 00V367000 REGARDING THE COOLING FAN. CONSUMER COMPLAINT WAS IN REGARD TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY INOPERABLE FAN. *AK ALSO, THERE WAS A HEAD GASKET RECALL BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN NUMBER. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881309February 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT. TECHNICIAN REPLACED THERMOSTAT. THEN, DAYS TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER FOR A RECALL NOTICE THAT HAD RECEIVED FOR COOLING FUSE WHICH HAD TO BE REPLACED. DUE TO FUSE HEAD GASKET WAS DAMAGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881349February 23, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
TRANSMISSION GEARS HAVE DETERIORATED. DEALER IS REPAIRING VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#785307February 22, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT WHEN UNBUCKLING THE BELT AND EXITING THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER STATES IT'S HAPPENED DAILY FOR 2 MONTHS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881156February 22, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
HEAD LAMPS ARE DIM. THEIR IS SOMETHING FORMING ON LENS THAT IS CAUSING THIS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881167February 22, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. HE PARKED AND VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED. FIRE MARSHALL STATED THAT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880993February 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT COLLISION OCCURRING DRIVER'S AIR BAG FELL FROM STEERING WHEEL, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881024February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, WOULD NOT TURN OVER. RAISED HOOD OF VEHICLE AND TRIED TO RESTART VEHICLE. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT A FIRE STARTED AND WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT OUT BY CONSUMER. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS IN POSSESSION OF VEHICLE FOR 2 MONTHS, AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT A PIECE OF MOTOR THAT WAS INITIALLY BURNED, HAS BEEN REPLACED. *AK PREVIOUSLY CONSUMER HAD THE WATER PUMP AND TIMING BELT REPLACED DUE TO ENGINE STALLING, THERE WAS ALSO A COOLANT LEAK, THERE IS A RECALL REGARDING ENGINE FIRES (00V367). *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881034February 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING, ENGINE OVERHEATED, DEALER STATED THAT VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL DUE TO VIN, CONSUMER FEELS THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880863February 20, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP/MECHANIC FOR A "ROARING" NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END. THIS NOISE WOULD BECOME LOUDER WITH SPEED. DEALER STATED THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH BEARINGS OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880889February 20, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
CONSUMER COMPLAINED, EXHIBITING FEATURES OF NHTSA RECALL #95V232000. THERE IS A STRONG FUEL SMELL COMING FROM VEHICLE. RANDOM OCCURRENCE, NO SPECIFIC CAUSE FOUND. *AK THE FUEL SMELL COMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE ONLY WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE ROLLED DOWN. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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