2000 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

EVERY TIME I TAKE MY CAR IN FOR MAINTENANCE THEY TELL ME THERE IS A LIST OF RECALLS ON IT SO I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NONE BUT MY CAR HAS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE LISTED ON THEIR RECALL,SO I CALL THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE RECALLS BUT THE TIME HAD LAPSED FOR ME TO GET IT FIX,I NEVER RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE DEALER AND BECAUSE I WAS NOT THE ORIGNAL OWNER AND THEY HAD NO SERVICE RECORDS ON THE CAR.BUT THEY SHOULD STILL HAVE TO FIX THE RECALLS FOR SAFETY REASONS.I HAVE ALREADY PAID TO HAVE BRAKES AND BURNT VALVES IN A MOTOR THAT IS 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 67,000 MILES. *AK

DASH IS WARPING, RECEIVED RECALL BUT AT THE TIME IT WAS NOT WARPING SO I DIDNT FEEL IT NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO FUEL PUMP HAD TO PE REPLACED AT 70,000 MILE. DEALER CHARGE $800. WHICH IS UNBELIEVEABLE FOR A VEHICLE IN THE PRICE RANGE. DEALER SOLD ME AN AFTERMARKET EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2001. THEY DIDNT INFORM ME IT WAS NOT A FORD WARRANTY. WHEN I TRIED TO FILE A CLAIM I WAS INFORMED THEY WERE IN BANKRUPCY AND WOULD NOT PAY. THIS WILL BE THE LAST FORD I WILL OWN. *AK

LTR FROM DOUG HOLT (GA) RE DEFECTIVE DASHBOARD IN HIS 2000 FORD CONTOUR, DASHBOARD HAS CURLED UPWARDS 2 INCHES IN FRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD OBSTRUCTING WIFE'S VIEW WHEN DRIVING CAR, REPLY ATTN SHANNON BOWEN/TOCCOA DIST. OFC. DOT/I/#2004-511. *PH THIS OCCURRED DURING THE SUMMER HEAT. FORD WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAD A REPAIR PROGRAM WHICH ENDED THE MONTH THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS CLASSIFIED AS A NON-RECALL ISSUE AND WOULD POSSIBLY DENY THE CONSUMER FOR REPAIRS. *SC *JB

WHEN VEHICLE GETS TO ABOUT 1/4 TANK OF GAS IT STARTS HESITATING USUALLY WHEN I AM ON THE ON RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE... NOT GOOD MERGING INTO TRAFFIC GOING 80MPH AND YOUR ONLY GOING 40. I AM TOLD I NEED TO REPLACE FUEL PUMP HOWEVER THIS FUEL PUMP ALONE FROM FORD IS $314 FOR PART ONLY. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 70 MPH DASH INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN AND THEN STALLED. THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. A TECHNICIAN TRACED THE PROBLEM TO THE FUEL TANK. *AK

2000 FORD CONTOUR-SERVICE BULLETIN 01B78 WAS ISSUED FOR WARPED DASHBOARD. THE WARPING OCCURS NEAR THE WINDSHIELD AND VENTS FOR THE DEFROSTER. THE WARPED DASHBOARD OBSCURES THE DRIVER'S VIEW. IN ADDITION, THE DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY. FORD HAS DISCONTINUED REPAIRS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED THE SEAT BELT. CONSUMER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN THE FUEL PUMP MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE FUEL PUMP HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. IT APPEARS THAT WHEN FUEL GETS DOWN TO APPROX. 1/2 TANK, IT WILL STALL OUT AT ANY TIME. FILL TANK AND IT WILL BE OKAY. CHAPMAN FORD IN COLUMBIA PA. SAID IT WOULD COST ABOUT $500.00 TO FIX. I ASKED WHY AND THEY SAID THATS THE WAY FORD MADE IT. HE ALSO SAID THE FOCUS HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACCIDENT, WE HAVE HAD CLOSE CALLS. VARIOUS INCIDENT DATES FOR PAST SIX MONTHS. EVEN IF ITS FIXED, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. I THINK IT'S A LOUSY ANSWER. *AK

PANEL NEAR THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WARPED IN TWO PLACES. *PH SINCE THE PANEL WAS WARPED, IT CAUSED THE HEAT VENT TO BECOME PARTIALLY BLOCKED AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE WINDOWS DID NOT DEFROST. *JB