1995 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

THE WIRE HARNESS HAS EXPOSE WIRES UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. PLEASE FURNISH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. PH

HAD RECEIVED A NOTICE (00V367000) AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. THE MECHANIC REFUSE TO DO THE RECALL REPAIR AND INDICATED NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. CONTACTED FORD AND A REPRESENTATIVE WAS SENT. MECHANIC FINALLY INDICATED HAD PARTS FOR REPAIR. ONCE RECALL WAS REPAIRED AND WAS DRIVING, STARTED SMELLING SMOKE. HAD PARKED AND LEFT VEHICLE. NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. RAMEY FORD TAZEWELL VA 24651 PHONE #276 988 2572 TS

CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO FORD DEALER REGARDING RECALLS. DEALER REPAIRED 2 RECALLS BUT STATED THEY WOULD NOT FIX REMAINING BECAUSE CONSUMER HAS DRIVEN VEHICLE 105K MILES SINCE PURCHASE. CONSUMER STATES THE FOLLOWING RECALL REMEDIES WERE REFUSED 95V232000, 94V203000 AND 94V184000. TS

THE ENGINE MOUNT ON THE BELL HOUSING IS WEAKLY MADE, POSSIBLY FRACTURES CAN OCCUR IN THE ALUMINUM. IT WILL BREAK UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE BELL HOUSING IN MY PERSONAL VEHICLE BROKE AND CAUSED A DOMINO EFFECT OF OTHER PROBLEMS.

CONSUMER STATES THAT ALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WIRE ARE BURNED IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING DASHBOARD DAMAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

WQHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON THE HIGHWAY WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. DEALER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. TS

THE CAR HAD JUST BEEN TURNED OFF, A FAINT ODOR OF SOMETHING HOT WAS NOTICED BUT FIGURED THE HEATING FAN MOTOR WAS MALFUNCTIONING. APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES LATER, THE BICKNELL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED US THAT THE CAR'S ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ENGULFED AND TOTALLY DESTROYED EVERY THING IN IT. ----DIMS 11 IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS------769736. *AK

CONTOURS HAVE A HISTORY OF HEATER RESISTOR DEFECTS AND I BELIEVE IN MY CAR THIS IS RELATED DAMAGE TO THAT DEFECT. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD LIGHTS COVER GETS FOGGED UP,RESULTING IN A DIM REFLECTION FROM THE LIGHTS. CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY.CONTACTED DEALER, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. NLM

CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED WHAT WAS DIAGNOSED AS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE SERVICED, SOON AFTER, THE VEHICLE BEGAN PERFORMING POORLY AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS THEN REPLACED ENTIRELY, AFTER LESS THAT 500 MILES THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE ALTERNATOR, BATTERY AND RELAY WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO IMPROVEMENT WITH THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER THEN INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE ACTUAL PROBLEM WAS THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS THAT WAS CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS AND THAT FORD HAD ISSUED A SECRET WARRANTY REGARDING THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER CONSUMER HAD MISSED THE DEADLINE.*JB