2000 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

I HAVE A FORD CONTOUR 2000. I BOUGHT IT TWO YEARS AGO, AND IT HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF FORD REPAIR SHOP SINCE I HAVE IT. HAD TROUBLE WITH FUSE IN DRIVER DOOR-FUSE BURNED AND SHIFT WAS HARD TO PUT INTO GEAR;CRUISE,BLINKERS,AC AND HEAT DID NOT WORK.AND FOR A YEAR NOW,IT IS STALLING. DEALER HAS REPLACED WIRE HARNESS FROM WIRES TO GAS TANK. WORKED WITHOUT STALLING FOR FEW MONTHS,NOW IS STALLING AGAIN. DOES NOT STALL WITH DEALER-DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE. ALSO, DASHBOARD HAS WARPED AND DEFROSTER GRILL HAS POPPED UP.AS OF TODAY, DEFROSTER STILL WORKS.

DASHBOARD WARPED AND SEPARATED FROM THE BODY OF VEHICLE. THIS CAUSED THE DEFROSTER NOT TO WORK PROPERLY AND MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE DRIVER TO JUDGE THE DISTANCE OF THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. THE TRANSMISSION ALSO EXPERIENCED DELAYED SHIFTING. *AK *NLM

VENTS INSIDE OF THE DASHBOARD COMPARTMENT POPPED OUT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE PANEL FELL OUT ONTO THE FLOOR. DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT WHEEL BEARING WAS DEFECTIVE. *AK

THE DASHBOARD PEELED BACK AND CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM THE STRUCTURE AND LIFTED UPWARDS. DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE CLEARLY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. OBSTRUCTION CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY . CAUSE OF THE SEPARATION WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK HEAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THE SEPARATION. *SCC *JB

MOLDED DASHBOARD WAS SHRINKING AND LIFTING OFF OF THE FRAME . CONSUMER WAS AFRAID THAT AIR BAGS WOULD DEPLOY PREMATURELY IF THE SHRINKING PERSISTED. MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

BOUGHT A 2000 FORD CONTOUR TWO YEARS AGO AND HAVE HAD CONTINUAL FUEL SYSTEM PROBLEMS. THIS VEHICLE WILL RUN FINE FOR AWHILE...SOMETIMES DAYS OR WEEKS....THEN JUST SUDDENLY WITHOUT ANY WARNING STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSTATE OR HIGHWAY LIKE IT IS NOT GETTING FUEL. TWO FUEL PUMPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS TO NO AVAIL AND THEY GO OUT IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR. THE MECHANICS I HAVE TAKEN THIS CART TO ARE PUZZLED AND DON'T NO WHAT THE PROBLEM IS...I PAY TOP HAVE IT FIXED...THEY THINK THEY HAVE IT FIXED AND IT WILL RUN OK FOR A WEEK OR TWO THEN STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AGAIN. THE CAR HAS BEEN PARKED A YEAR AND A HALF OF THE TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN PAYING ON IT. WE HAVE HAD NEAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. CURRENTLY WE TAKE THE CAR NO MORE THAN A MILE FROM THE HOUSE WHEN IT IS RUNNING.*JB

THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER THE TSB 10001899 INSTRUMENTAL PANEL WARPAGE REPAIR WARRANTY, BUT THE FAILURE HADN'T OCCURRED, SO THE PART WASN'T REPLACED. FAILURE OCCURRED, AND THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO HONOR THE WARRANTY BASED ON THE CAMPAIGN ENDING. *AK *SCC *JB

THE DASH IS LIFTING OFF WHERE WINDSHIELD AND DASH MEET, ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE WINDSHIELD. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THERE WAS A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM BUT IT HAD EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF 2002.*AK