2000 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW UP. VEHICLE WAS 14 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 28 MILES ON IT. *LA *JB

DASH BOARD IS CURLING UP FROM WINDSHIELD AREA, DEFROSTER DOES NOT WORK AS WELL, GRILL IS DETACHED ALSO. *AK

VEHICLE HAS DASHBOARD THAT IS WARPED UP TOWARDS THE WINDSHIELD AROUND THE DEFROST VENT. PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE AND FORD WILL ONLY COVER 60% OF REPAIR (TOTAL COST $1000). THIS IS A KNOW MANUFACTURING DEFECT BY FORD HOWEVER, THEY CLAIM THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED THUS ONLY A GOODWILL OFFERING.

THE DASHBOARD IS LIFTING UP AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE GLUE WAS HOLDING IT IN PLACE AND NOW IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WHEN WE CONTACTED FORD DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY WILL FIX IT AT A COST TO ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS EVEN AS BAD AS IT HAS BECOME SINCE WINTER HAS COME AND THE HEATER IS BEING USED NOW. IT STARTED TO GET BAD WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. I ALSO HAD THE BACK WINDOW FROSTED UP WHEN IT GOT COLD OUT AND ALL WINDOWS WERE SHUT AT THE TIME, CAUSE THE CAR WAS JUST SITTING IN THE DRIVE OVERNIGHT.

THE DASH BOARD OF THE VEHICLE IS CURLING UP AND AWAY FROM THE FRAME STRUCTURE SUPPORTING IT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM. *PH

2000 FORD CONTOUR SE SPORT AUTOMATIC, 64,200 MILES. MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE REAR ENDED BY A MAN IN A FORD CARGO VAN DOING ABOUT 40 MPH, NOT PAYING ATTENTION. CONDITIONS WERE SUNNY AND WARM, ABOUT 1:15 PM. I WAS THE DRIVER AND WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP, WAITING FOR A FORD TAURUS IN FRONT OF ME TO TURN LEFT ONTO A SIDE STREET. DURING THE COLLISION THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS BROKE INTO A RECLINED POSITION (WE BOTH ENDED UP LOOKING AT THE ROOF BECAUSE OF THE SEAT POSITION) WHICH WOULD HAVE CRUSHED THE LEGS OF REAR SEAT PASSENGERS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT BECAME UNBUCKLED AS WELL. I WAS PUSHED INTO THE TAURUS BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *LA

WHILE DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC VEHICLE STALLED. DEALER HAD DIFFICULTY IN DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM, AND CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER FOR ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT VEHICLE STALLED DUE TO A MALFUNCTION IN THE WIRING HARNESS. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED THAT DASHBOARD WAS WARPED, AND SEPARATED FROM PANEL. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK THE INTERIOR.*AK

I,TOO, HAVE THE DASHBOARD PEELING ISSUE. I DID RECEIVE A LETTER, BUT AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. 2 MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE, MY DASHBOARD WAS WARPING. I CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAID IT WAS TOO LATE.THE CAR IS A 2000 AND THIS DEFECT WAS OCCURRING 2 YEARS LATER. I CERTAINLY BELIEVE FORD SHOULD FIX THIS.*AK

DEALERSHIP WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL TO REPLACE THE DASH BOARD. DEALER SAID THAT THIS RECALL WAS VOLUNTARY, AND THE TIME LIMIT WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. HOWEVER, OWNER WAS NOT NOTIFIED IN A TIMELY MANNER. DEALER SAID SORRY, TOO BAD. FORD INDICATED THAT IT WILL NOT PAY FOR WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE.*AK