1996 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

A FAILURE IN WIRING HARNESS RESULTED IN WIRES OVERHEATING, DAMAGING WIRING HARNESS. FORD CUSTOMER RELATIONS ARE NEGLECTING SERVICE BASED ON A LETTER FROM THEM WITH A MILEAGE RESTRICTION OF 100,000 MILES. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

THE FRONT PART OF THE VEHICLE MAKES A DRAGGING SOUND WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER INDICATED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. *YH THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED. UPDATED *JB

MULTI-FUNCTION TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IN THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED AND CAUSED BRAKE LIGHTS TO FAIL. THE PART # IS: SW-5042.*AK

BOTH REAR SEAT BELTS FAILED TO EXTEND OUTWARD WITH ONE OF THE SEAT BELT RETRACTORS TRAPPING A CHILD AT ONE POINT. SECOND FAILURE WAS THAT SEAT BELT BUCKLES/LATCHES HAVE FALLEN APART. REAR SEAT BELTS WERE NOT USABLE AT ALL EXCEPT MIDDLE LAP BELT. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS.*AK

TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED IN JANUARY, 2001, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT A COST OF $2,600. FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE TORQUE CONVERTER AGAIN REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. REPLACED WITH FORD PARTS. NOW IN APRIL, 2002, THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH STALLING IN TRAFFIC, OVERDIRVE LIGHT FLASHING, VERY ROUGH SHIFTING. DIAGNOSTICS INDICATE THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAME APART AND DAMAGED THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AGAIN. REPLACEMENT COST WILL BE $2,400.*AK

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR RECALL # 99 V 103 000 FOR THE HEAD LIGHTS. HEADLIGHTS AND WIRING HARNESS WERE REPLACED. A MONTH LATER , HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS AND ALL DASH LIGHTS WENT OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A GAS SMELL COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FEELS ITS RELATED TO THE RECALL FOR THE FUEL VENT HOSE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NLM

THE CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE IS STALLING INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING HEADLIGHTS/ TAIL LIGHTS, AND DASH LIGHTS COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING, THERE WAS NO WARNING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS HAD THREE ALTERNATORS WITHIN THREE MONTHS. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED AS OF YET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE CONSTANTLY VIBRATED, WHEN COMING TO A STOP IT VIBRATED SO HARD AS IF IT WAS GOING THROW CONSUMER OUT OF THE CAR. MECHANIC INDICATED THIS WAS THE WAY VEHICLE WAS OPERATING. *AK