1995 Ford Contour complaints

HEADLAMP LENSES TURNED YELLOW AND HAZED OPAGUE SO LIGHT OUTPUT IS POOR!*AK

TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTION BECAME DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE. LEVER WOULD INDICATE DRIVE AND WOULD ACTUALLY BE IN 1ST OR 2ND GEAR. LEVER BECAME STIFF AND DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. CONTACTED FORD ABOUT NHTSA RECALL FOR PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL. DON'T UNDERSTAND. PROBLEM IS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED AND COVERS THE MANUFACTURERING PERIOD INDICATED IN NHSTA 98V233000. *AK

THREE OF THESE TIRES FAILED WITH TREAD SEPARATION AND WERE REPLACED. I JUST NOTED THAT THESE TIRES WERE MADE AT FIRESTONE'S DECATUR PLANT WHICH PRODUCED THE RECALLED WILDERNESS TIRES. IT SEEMS THEIR PROBLEMS MAY BE WIDER THAN JUST THE EXPLORER ISSUE.*AK

THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW GRINDS WHEN GOING UP, THE GLASS TRACKS ARE UNEVEN GOING UP CAUSING THE REAR EDGES TO COME OUT OF THE TRACK, THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE REGULATOR AND MOTOR 5 TIMES, THE CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS DEFECT IS AN ENGINEERING FLAW, THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

DROVE INTO A SPACE, BEFORE TURNING OFF THE IGNITION, PUT GEAR SHIFT IN PARK, CAR SUDDENLY LUNGED FORWARD, ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, RAN INTO A TREE

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED A STRONG FUEL ODOR INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN SYSTEM, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AFTER RECEIVING RECAL ON 00 V 367 000/ ENGINE COOLING FAN CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. UPON RECEIVING VEHICLE BACK FROM DEALER,. TWO DAYS LATER, VEHICLE OVERHEATED. HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO DEALER. DEALER STATED NOTHING THEY DID WOULD HAVE CAUSED VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT. CONSUMER INSISTED HE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM UNTIL IT WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS ON ENGINE COOLING FAN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH 3 YEAR OLD RELEASED SEATBELT, APPLIED BRAKE, AND SEATBELT WRAPPED AROUND CHILD'S NECK. CONSUMER TRIED TO GET SEAT BELT OFF CHILD'S NECK, BUT IT KEPT RETRACTING, CHOKING THE CHILD. SHE FINALLY HAD TO CUT SEAT BELT.*AK

SUSPENSION PROBLEM

DRIVER' S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE INOPERABLE. SEAT BELT LATCHES HAVE FALLEN COMPLETELY APART WHICH PREVENTS THE LATCH FROM BUCKLING IN HOUSING MECHANISM. *AK FRONT SEAT BELTS WERE RECALLED FOR SAME PROBLEM. DEALER REPLACED TWICE AND HAVE NO PROBLEMS. REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT RECALLED SO THEY WERE NOT REPLACED. *YH

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE BURNED WIRING UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON BEFORE VEHICLE STARTED OVERHEATING. DEALER STATED IT WAS WIRING HARNESS, BUT NO WARRANTY WILL COVER IT. CONSUMER INSISTED MORE INFORMATION THAT DEALER DIDN'T GIVE.*AK

THE ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-367 RESULTING IN A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD WHILE IN MOTION. NLM

THERMOSTAT HAS BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES FOR OVERHEATING. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HEAD GASKET HAD CRACKED, AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

CAR HAS OVERHEATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, ENGINE LIGHT ON CONSTANTLY, BLOWN HEAD GASKET THE LAST TIME CAR OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN ENGINE FAILURE. DEALER IS TRYING TO SAY THAT THE RECALLED COOLING FAN DIDN'T RESULT IN DESTRUCTION OF ENGINE. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED WITH THE DEALER SERVICE AND IN FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP DEPT.

HORN ASSEMBLY IS INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK CONSUMER STATES THE HORN NEVER WORKED PROPERLY, FORD STATED THAT SINCE THE AIRBAG IS LOCATED OVER THE HORN, THE REPAIR WOULD BE COSTLY. *SLC

WHEN MAKING A LEFT OR A RIGHT HAND TURN WHOLE ASSEMBLY MOVES. ALSO, SPRINGS SHIFT, CAUSING POOR STEERING CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN TVEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

PLASTIC PUMP IMPELLER UNSUITABLE FOR APPLICATION. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S REAR SPRING WAS FOUND BROKEN, THE CONSUMER SAYS THAT THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS FROM OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME MAKE FOR REAR SPRING CORROSION AND BREAKING. *YH

THE CAR WAS GOING DOWN THE STREET, ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR, WHEN SUDDENLY THERE WAS ALOT OF SMOKE. THE CAR WAS IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER.THAT IS WHEN THE FIRE WAS FIRST NOTICED.THE FIRE DESTROYED THE ENTIRE CAR. THE CAR WAS TOTALLED. *AK

I HAVE WRITTEN TO FORD TO REQUEST A REFUND OF REPAIR WORK DUE TO INFERIOR SPRINGS. I AM ALSO SENDING A WRITTEN STATEMENT TO YOU (NHTSA). *AK

AIR CONDITIONER HAD QUIT. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC. DURING THIS REPAIR MECHANIC FOUND WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALL PLASTIC COATING WAS FALLING APART WHEN BEING TOUCHED. WIRES WERE EXPOSED, AND ONE CIRCUIT HAD SHORTED OUT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING. SHE SAW SMOKE COMING IN THROUGH VENTS OF VEHICLE. SHE PULLED OVER AND LIFTED UP HOOD, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE UNDERNEATH ALTERNATOR. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED.*AK THIS IS THE SECOND FIRE VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED, THE FIRST FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE ENGINE COOLING FAN, WAS LATER DECIDED TO BE A RECALL, NO ONE IS SURE OF THE CAUSE OF THE SECOND FIRE. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING NOTICE VEHICLE RUNNING ROUGH. ALSO, NOTICE LITTLE OVERHEATING NEXT DAY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. DEALER STATED HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK CONSUMER ALSO STATES THE FLYWHEEL WAS REPLACED.*JB

INSULATION ON WIRES IS CRACKED, AND WIRES ARE EXPOSED, MOSTLY WHERE COOLING FAN IS LOCATED. *AK

CONSUMER EXPLAINS THAT ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, MECHANIC ORDERED PART WHICH WAS PART OF A RECALL AND REPLACED, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ONCE AGAIN DUE TO SHORT IN THE WIRE. *JG

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE VEHICLE ROLLED SEVEN TIMES, THE AIR BAGS EXPERIENCED NO DEPLOYMENT, CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

WATER PUMP PROPELLOR DISINTEGRATED AND CAUSED ENGINE TO EXTREMLY OVERHEAT WITH IN A MATTER OF MINUTES WITH NO WARNING AT ALL. *AK

TOOK CAR IN FOR RECALL #00S44.THE FIRST TIME OUTSIDE TEMP. RISED ABOVE 85 DEGREES THE FAN FAILED CAUSING ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE OPERATING ON THE HIGHWAY @ABOUT 45 MPH.VEHICLE HAD TO BE ABANDONED . WHITE SMOKE POURED OUT OF THE EXHAUST LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINE MAY BE DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF HEAT. I WANT CAR REPAIRED AND LOANER PROVIDED UNTIL MY CAR IS RETURNED TO ME. *AK

FIRST THE A/C STARTED FLOODING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. RESULT THE CONDENSER WAS REPLACED BY PLANTATION FORD, WHO TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE VEHICLES. THEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED LURCHING IN REVERSE. RESULT $2000, AND AGAIN FORD TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CONTOUR. FINALLY THE ENGINE QUIT ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. MUCH LATER FORD ISSUE A RECALL FOR THE COOLING FAN FUSE, AAND THE WIRING HARNESS. BOTH OF WHICH I WAS NOT INFORMED ABOUT, BUT HAD TO LEARN FROM A MECHANIC. AND WHEN I DID TAKE THE CAR TO PLANTATION FORN THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT TELL IF THE HEAD GAASKET WAS BLOWN BECAUSE OF THE COOLING FAN FUSE, AND THAT THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS RECALL HAD EXPIRED AT 100,000 MAKING MY VEHICLE INELIGIBLE SINCE IT HAD 106,000. I HAVE E:MAILED YOU PICTURES OF THE HARNESS, WHICH ARE SO BRITTLE, AND CORRODED I WOULD BE SCARED TO START ANY MOTOR WITH IT FOR FEAR OF A FIRE.

CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN ENGINE COOLING FAN RECALL 00V367000. CONSUMER MADE THREE APPOINTMENTS TO HAVE VEHICLE SERVICED; HOWEVER, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT APPOINTMENTS WERE NEVER PUT INTO COMPUTER AND SERVICE WAS DENIED. ON MAY 19TH, 2001 THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN UNDERHOOD WIRING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

ENGINE CONTINUALLY OVERHEATED AND WOULD STALL WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH 78,200 MILES ON ENGINE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. SECOND ENGINE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AND STALLING APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES AFTER ENGINE COMPONENTS HAD BEEN REPLACED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 00V367 FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN AFTER THESE PROBLEMS HAD HAPPENED, AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL BECAUSE IT HAD OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. *AK *JB

WITH 3 TO 4 CAR LENGTHS IN OPTIMAL DRY DAYLIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE CAR FAILED TO STOP AT A CRUISING SPEED OF 35MPH, THE CONDITION OF THE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. *AK

KEY WILL PULL OUT OF IGNITION WHILE RUNNING, CAN LEAVE IN GEAR WITHOUT SHUTTING OFF IGNITION. *AK

RECALL COMPONENT FAILED, 00V367, CAUSING HEAD GASKET TO BLOW, NOW ENGINE NEEDS REPLACED. *JB

REAR END OF VEHICLE HAS DROPPED DUE TO REAR COIL SPRINGS RUSTING AND BREAKING. DEALER SAID COULD CAUSE A BLOWOUT.*AK

OUTER RING IS PLASTIC AND IT WORE OUT, CAUSING ENGINE TO QUIT RUNNING. CONSUMER WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN, THERE WAS A CRUNCHING SOUND, AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. CONSUMER WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS TOO MUCH TENSION AGAINST PULLEY, CAUSING IT TO FAIL. *AK THE OUTER RING BROKE OFF OF THE CENTER METAL PART OF THE PULLEY IN SEVERAL PIECES, MECHANIC STATED HE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING PART BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A LOT OF THEM FAIL. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL COME ON DASHBOARD.*AK

COMSUMER NOTICED THAT CIGARETTE LIGHTER MALFUNCTIONED, AND AIR CONDITIONER FAN SWITCH DID NOT WORK.*AK

VEHICLE BECAME AIRBORN OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AT 55MPH, AND WHEN HITTING GROUND VEHICLE RAN INTO A DITCH, AND FLIPPED OVER ABOUT 7 TIMES. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

INDICATOR ON TRANSMISSION IS MISSING BECAUSE OF A DEFECT, AND CONSUMER CAN NOT TELL WHICH GEAR VEHICLE IS IN. THERE IS RECALL 98V23300. *AK FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LOCKS AS SOON A PASSENGER MOVES, CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET IT FIXED, HOWEVER DEALER STATES THAT THER IS NO PROBLEM. *SLC

ENGINE SPUTTERED ALOT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, WHO FOUND WIRING HARNESS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, WIRES HAD MELTED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO REPLACED ENGINE COOLING FAN. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN IN JUNE OF 2000. AT THIS TIME, ENGINE COOLING FAN NEEDED REPLACEMENT AGAIN. VEHICLE NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL.*AK

SPEEDOMETER HAS FAILED PREMATURELY AT ONLY 80,000 MILES, CAUSING INCORRECT READING OF SPEED. IT IS NOT REGISTERING THE MILES.*AK

I WAS NEVER INFORMED ABOUT ANY RECALLS UNTIL AFTER THE CAR WAS DAMAGED AND DECLARED A TOTAL LOST. NO AFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WIRING HARNESS THAT CONNECTS TO BATTERY DISINTEGRATED, CAUSING COVER TO EXPOSE THE WIRES WHICH COULD LEAD TO A FIRE.*AK

INSULATION OF WIRES IN WIRING HARNESS CRACKED AND HAD TO BE "SHAKEN" SOMETIMES IN ORDER TO START VEHICLE. ALSO, TURN SIGNAL CAME ON BY ITSELF, AND AFTER THAT WIRES STARTED SMOKING. CONSUMER THEN PULLED A FUSE WHICH STOPPED WIRES FROM SMOKING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD STALL AT LIGHTS, TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC AND HE REPLACED TIMING BELT, AND SOMETHING WITH IDLE. *AK