1995 Ford Contour complaints

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE, AIRCONDITIONER WENT OUT, SMELLED SOMETHING MELTING, SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD WHEN OPENED, TOLD IT WAS AIR, COULD DRIVE, BLEW 2 HEAD GASKETS DUE TO COOLING SYSTEM NOT WORKING, COST OVER 600$. FAN ONLY RUNS ON HIGH AND LOW. HEATER MOTOR GOING OUT. MANUAL TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. BACK DOORS SQUEAK REALLY LOUD, AND OIL DON'T WORK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON ALWAYS. AIRBAG LIGHTS ON ALWAYS. BACK SEAT BELT BROKE. ALTONATOR GOING OUT. RADIATOR LEAKS THEN STOPS, LEAKS THEN STOPS. FAN MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN RUNNING.

CONSUMERS SON LEANED FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELT LATCH CAME OUT OF THE BUCKLE, CONSUMER TRIED TO REFASTEN THE BELT BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY BUCKLED. NLM

WHEN DRIVING ON WET ROADS AND GOING THROUGH STANDING WATER CONSUMER LOOSES POWER STEERING, THE POWER STEERING BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, A SPLASH GAURD WAS INSTALLED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. NLM

AIR CONDITIONER, HEATER, AND DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK, CONSUMER SOMETIMES CAN NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO WINDOWS FOGGING UP. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH A PARKING LOT SMOKE PERMEATED PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT OPENED HOOD, AND STATED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE HAD OCCURRED. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. UNDER INVESTIGATION AT PRESENT. 059749 # FIRE DEPARTMENT, REPORT STATION 46 LOOP, 1604 US 281 NORTH, STONE OAK, TX. *AK

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

GASOLINE SPURTS BACK OUT OF THE FILLER LINE EVERYTIME I GAS UP. IT IS NECESSARY TO JUST LET THE GAS TRICKLE IN FROM THE PUMP TO AVOID THIS. *AK

COOLING FAN MALFUNCTIONED AND STARTED A FIRE.*AK

IN OCT 1999 AMERICAN FORD TOLD US THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SUSPENSION SPRING WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. COSTIN US $262 FOR FIX. NOW A YEAR LATER THEY TELL US THE REAR SPRING IS BROKEN AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS TIME FOR A COST OF $400 APRX. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH REAR DIFFERENTIAL BLEW OUT. ALSO AXLE TOPPLED OUT. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THERE HAD BEEN TROUBLE WITH CD4E TRANSMISSIONS. *AK

ENGINE COOLING FAN BURNED OUT, CAUSING OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENTS TO FAIL AND TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE NEEDED.*AK

WHEN TRUNK WAS SHUT REAR PASSENGER'S WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. CONTACTED DEALER ABOUT A RECALL THAT CONSUMER SAW, AND DEALER SAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. *AK

ALL 4 COIL SPRINGS HAVE BROKEN. FORD CAMPAIGN 98M04 COVERS THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS FOR 2.0L ENGINE VEHICLES. THERE IS NO RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN FOR THE REAR SPRINGS. THE DEALER AND THEIR FORD SERVICE REP CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY MY 2.5L ENGINE VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER 98M04, THOUGH THE SAME DEFECTIVE STEEL IS USED IN BOTH. I HAVE RESEARCHED FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRING FAILURES FOR MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF 1995 CONTOUR/MYSTIQUE OWNERS HAVE COMPLAINED OF BOTH FRONT AND REAR COIL SPRING FAILURES. THESE OWNERS, NOT COVERED UNDER 98M04, HAVE RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY. MY DEALER HAS REPORTED VERY LITTLE COOPERATION FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY WHILE INVESTIGATING MY VEHICLE'S COIL SPRING PROBLEM.

TIRE BLOWED OUT ON DRIVER SIDE - FRONT ON INTRRSTATE. TOTAL TIRE PEELED JUST LIKE FIRESTONE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS TORN UP DOWN TO THE RIM. WHEN I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR WHEN IT FIRST HAPPEN, THE DEALTER I CARRIED IT TO TOLD ME NOT TO GET IT FIX, TAKE IT BACK WHERE I PURCHASED IT BECAUSE IT WAS A BAD DEFECT IN THE TIRE. TIRES DON'T JUST PEEL LIKE THAT. THIS TIRE PEELED JUST LIKE A RECAP TREARING UP THE RIM, MESSING UP THE TRACTION CONTROL AND ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYATEM, SCTRACHED UP THE FENDER, TORE THE PLASTIC UNDERNEATH SURROUNDING TIRE, HAD WIRES HANGING DOWN, BROKE THE HEADLIGHT AND TORE UP THE SIDE SKIRT ON THE CAR. I CARRIED IT BACK WHERE I GOT IT FROM AND WHEN THE MANAGER CAME TO LOOK AT THE TIRE, HE STATED THAT THE TIRE SHOULDN'T HAVE TORN UP LIKE THAT. THE TIRE HAD CUTS ALL OVER IT,. I TOOK PICTURES OF MY CAR AND THE TIRE. IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE FOR ME TO SEE A TIRE THAT TORN UP. THERE WAS A LOT SOUND AND THE STEEL BELT WAS TORN UP LIKE STRINGS. THE TOP PEELING OF THE TIRE WAS LEFT IN THE ROAD. IT THREW ME IN THE OTHER LANE ON TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I HURT MY BACK AND GOT SHOOK UP REAL BAD. I;M SSTILL HAVING NIGHTMARES BECAUSE THEIR WAS AN 18 WHEELER RIGHT BEHIND ME. IT WAS GOD'S WILL HE DIDN'T HIT ME. THEY SAID THEY WOULD FIX MY CAR AND PURCHASE ANOTHER TIRE, BUT WHAT ABOUT MY PAIN AND SUFFERING AND THE FACT THAT I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE THERE'S A SCRUBBING SOUND AND THE ABS LIGHT, NOR TRACTION LIGHT WILL GO OFF. (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

I JUST PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED A FORM, I TRIED TO MAKE CORRECTIONS DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY E-MAIL ADDRESS WAS WRONG. NO SAFETY DEFECT. *AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )

WHEN DRIVING THROUGH WATER THERE IS A LOSS OF STEERING FOR A SHORT TIME.HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE NEW.WE ARE OLDER NOW & IT IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE.I READ WHERE YOU HAD HAD THE SAME COMPLAINT SEVERAL TIMES.WHEN YOU LOOK UNDER LRIGHT FRONT OF CAR YOU CAN SEE WHY THIS HAPPENS.THE BELT DRIVE PULLEY IS EXPOSED SO THAT WATER IS SPLASHED ON IT.WONDER HOW MANY FATAL ACCIDENTS THIS HAS CAUSED.*AK

CONSTANT FAILURE OF EMISSION RELATED COMPONENTS. REPLACED AT 75K FOR $1000, BUT FAILS AGAIN AT 85K MILES. FORD CLAIMS 100K MAINTAINENCE FREE FOR ENGINE, BUT NOT TRUE FOR 1995 CONTOUR. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THIS CAR, THE MILEAGE IS STILL FAIRLY LOW,,,HOW CAN IT BLOW A HEADGASKET.*AK

WATER PUMP HAS FAILED, CAUSING ENGINE TO OVERHEAT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK. WATER PUMP IMPELLER FRACTURED AT HUB, AND THE CUSTOMER STATES THAT THE IMPELLER WAS CONSTRUCTED EITHER OF IMPROPER MATERIAL OR MATERIAL OF INSUFFICIENT CROSS SECTION. FORD HAS REDESIGNED THE PUMP. *YH

ENGINE OVERHEATED, HEAD GASKET BLOWN, ENGINE COMPLETLY DESTROYED, NO SIGNS BEFORE OVERHEATING, GAUGES DID NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. *AK

WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED THIS 1995 FORD CONTOUR LX IN 1997, IT WAS AN ALMOST NEW CAR. THEN IT ROLLED OVER THE 36,000 MI. MARK AND THINGS STARTED TO BREAK. THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS FIRST. THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON. I HAVE BEEN TO FIX IT AT AN AUTHORISED FORD SHOP AN IT IS IF THEY TURN IT OFF FOR A FEW DAYS TO PASIFY ME. IT COMES ON A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL WITH ABOUT 4 DIFFERENT RECALLS AND WERE TAKEN CARE OF, THEN I LOOK IN YOU GUYS WEB PAGE AND FIND OTHEWR RECALLS. CAN YOU GUYS SEND ME A LIST OF ALL THE RECALLS ON THESE TYPES OF FORD CARS SO I CAN GET ALL OF THIS TAKEN CARE OF??*AK

VEHICLE IS MAKING NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, MAKES NOISES IN GEAR AND WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, DEALER CLAIMED THEY REPAIRED THE PROBLEMS BUT SOON AFTER REPAIR THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P185/70R14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P185/70R14 )

A HOSE BROKE ON THE RADIATOR DRAINING VEHICLE OF ALL FLUID AND RUINING THE ENGINE, NONE OF THE GAUGES INDICATED ANY INTERNAL FAILURE, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT.

THE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED HAVE HAPPENED MORE THAN 10 TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS. I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN 3 WELL KNOWN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOPS, AND NO ONE CAN LOCATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLS, THEN THE PROBLEM IS THERE. UNLESS THE PROBLEM HAPPENS WHILE IT'S IN THE SHOP NO ONE CAN SEEM TO LOCATE ANY PROBLEM. BUT, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I CAN ONLY DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES BEFORE IT STALLS AGAIN. WE THEN HAVE TO REMOVE THE BATTERY AND RECHARGE, AND THE VEHICLE WILL WORK AGAIN. THEN DRIVE FOR ABOUT 25 MILES, AND IT STALLS AGAIN. THIS, AS I SAID, HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 10 TIMES WITHIN 2 MONTHS. I HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR 4 DAYS DURING THIS TIME. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS, AS NOW I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA FORD RECALL, AND I FEEL LILKE MY VEHICLE MAY HAVE MANUFACTURING DEFECTS IN THE WIRING COMPONENTS. THANK YOU SINCERELY!!!

BROKEN SPRING-FRONT SPRING HAS EXTENED WARRANTY BACK DOESNT

GAS SENSOR FAILED EARLY ON, HAD IT FIXED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE EMERGENCY BRAKE FAILED, HAD THAT FIXED. NOW BOTH REAR SPRINGS HAVE BROKEN, ONE FRONT BEARING HAS BEEN REPLACED AND THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH FRONT STABILISER BAR. CONTACTED FORD THIS MORNING AND WAS INFORMED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER FOR "VERIFICATION PURPOSES" UNFORTUNATELY THE VEHICLE POSES A DANGER DUE TO A LOOSE SPRING IN THE BACK. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY "GROSSE POINTE AUTOWORKS" LOCATED 1/2 BLOCK OFF MY HOUSE SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. DEALERSHIPS ARE CA 9+ MILES AWAY AND HAVE NEVER BEEN CONSUMER FRIENDLY WHEN I HAVE CONTACTED THEM. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO RECOURSE REGARDING THE IRRESPONSIVE FORD MOTOR CO.

THERMOSTAT GOES UP TO THE RED. THEN, POWER STEERING WENT OUT. CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND LET CAR SIT FOR A WHILE. GAS TANK HAS BEEN REPLACED, WIRING HARNESS PROBLEM. *AK

COOLING FAN MOTOR REPLACED BY AUTOPACT CAR SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE NC, BUT ENGINE STILL OVERHEATED. CAR THEN TOWED TO HARRELSON FORD IN CHARLOTTE WHERE I WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS "BURNED UP" DUE TO ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILURE. THEY RECOMMENDED ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND COMPONENTS AT COST NEARLY $5000. IN 1999, COOLING FAN RAN ERRADICALLY AND REQUIRED BATTERY TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN GREENSBORO, NC. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED ENGINE THERMASTAT. RATHER THAN A THERMASTAT PROBLEM, I SUSPECT ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE OVER TIME. DESPITE HISTORY OF FAILURE, FORD DID NOT MAKE ANY OFFER TO REPLACE.

HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE NOW GREENISH COLOR AND SIGNIFICANTLY DIMS THE HEADLIGHTS. NEW LIGHT BULBS DO NOT HELP. IN RAIN AND RURAL AREAS, LIGHTING RANGE IS SO DECREASED, SPEED HAS TO BE REDUCED. NO ACCIDENTS AT THIS TIME. I FEEL THIS IS SIGNIFICANT AND THE MATERIALS THE HEADLIGHT COVERS ARE DISINGRATING AND IMPAIRING NIGHT VISIBILITY.*AK

FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED LEAK AT POINT WHERE FILLER NECK CONNECTS TO TANK. THIS APPEARS TO BE IDENTICAL TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 94V203000 AND RELATED TO 95V232000. FORD HAS REFUSED TO FIX STATING THAT THE RECALLS CITED DO NOT APPLY TO MY VIN. IT APPEARS THAT THEY DID NOT ESTABLISH THE RECALL BROADLY ENOUGH TO COVER ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES.

LOSS STERRING WHEN SUBFRAME WELD SEPERATED

WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTED TO COME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK

NO SUMMARY

COOLING FAN SHORTED OUT - NOTICED THICH BLACK SMOKE - FIRE DEPT DETERMINED FIRE ORIGINATED FROM COOLING FAN MOTOR SHORTING OUT

CONSUMER EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN RECALL 98V233000. WHEN SHIFTING IN FOWARD IT ACTUALLY IS IN REVERSE.*AK

AIR CONDITIONER HOSE IS ROUTED AGAINST THE BRAKE BOOSTER VACUUM HOSE, CAUSING IT TO GET HOT AND BURN A HOLE THROUGH THE BRAKE HOSE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKES. *AK

STOPPED@STORE, SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING (THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT), DROVE HOME, NOTICED SAME SMELL, OPENED HOOD AND NOTICED FAN WAS SMOKING, DISCONNECTED BATTERY AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN SINCE. - FORD REALLY NEEDS TO RECALL THE FAN.

BOTH REARS DOORS SQUEAK, HAVE TRIED WD40;MACHINE OIL;SILICON LUBRICANT, VERY LOUD

BLOWER MOTOR DOES NOT WORK; A WHILE BACK, SMELLED LIKE A SHORT CIRCUIT OCCURED

I HVAE HAD PROBLEMS EVER SINCE I FIRST PURCHASED THE CAR 8 MONTHS AGO, STARTING WITH ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A MISSING VACUUM CAP. NEXT, I ENCOUNTERED A DRIVE BELT THAT WAS ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING, IT WAS SEVERLY CRACKED. THE BRAKE CALIPERS WERE STICKING CAUSING MAJOR VEERING WHEN STOPPING AT SPEEDS OVER 40, AND THIS ALSO RESULTED IN WARPING MY ROTORS. ALSO, FOR THE FIRST 7 MONTHS, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WOULD COME ON PERIODICALLY, BUT AFTER A COUPLE OF FUEL INJECTOR CLEANERS, IT WAS MUCH BETTER. THEN, ON A CROSS COUNTRY TRIP, THE CAR'S IDLE WORSENED, ITS POWER DECREASED,AT A STOP, THE CAR WOULD START HAVING A CONVULSION LIKE FEEL AND SOUND, FROM A STOP, IT WOULDN'T ACCELERATE UNTIL A CLICK IN THE ENGINE COULD BE HEARD. THEN THE ACCELERATION WAS VERY LURCHING AND SPUTTERY. AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC, I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS NOT THE ORIGINAL ENGINE. THE MECHANICS SENT ME TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND THE SUPPOSED CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. $400 LATER, MY AIR MASS SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR SEEMED TO DO MUCH BETTER. HOWEVER, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON THE ENTIRE DURATION OF DRIVING, AND THE CAR HAS CONTINUED ITS LURCHING ACCELERATION AND CONVULSION LIKE PROBLEM. THE UNPREDICTABLENESS IN MY CAR HAS MADE ME SOMEWHAT FEARFUL TO DRIVE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT, AND IF I CAN AFFORD TO FIX IT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW MY BUYER'S RIGHTS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY RESOLUTION TO BE HAD..

WHILE IN REVERSE FRONT COIL SPRING SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE . DEALER HAS REPLACED COIL SPRINGS. *AK

VEHICLE DOES NOT INDICATE THE CORRECT GEAR, IT SHOWS ONE GEAR LESS THAN ACTUALLY IS.*AK

CONSUMER HAD A/C ON & WENT TO TURN IT DOWN, AND KNOB WOULDN'T TURN. KNOB HAD STARTED TO BURN & MELTED DOWN TO THE SWITCH. DEALER BASICALLY SAID IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT.*AK

TRANSMISSION PLASTIC FLOOR SHIFT GEAR INDICATOR CRACKED. CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL WHAT GEAR IT WAS IN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN HOT WEATHER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THEN SAW COOLING FAN ON FIRE. *AK *ML

DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG IS LOOSE AND CONSUMER CAN STICK HAND BEHIND AIRBAG. CONSUMER IS SCARED AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY AND INJURE SOMEONE. TWO WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING AT 50 ANOTHER DRIVER HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM THE FRONT AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.*AK

AT TIME OF ACCELERATION TRANSMISSION WILL SWITCH GEARS AND WILL JUMP. FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK *ML

PE00023, WIRING HARNESS WHICH CONNECTS TO THE FAN SHORT CIRCUIT AND CAUSED A FIRE. THERE IS AN IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN 99M03 WHICH STATES THAT THEY WILL FIX THE WIRING HARNESS. BUT, FORD IS TRYING TO COVER UP THE DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN IN 3 PIECES ON DRIVER'S SIDE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. *AK