1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

ROTORS HAVE WARPED, AND CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES LATER. NEW ROTORS ALSO WARPED. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK THE ORIGIONAL ROTORS WARPED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT BUILD UP AND WAS REPLACED, BUT THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. *YH

WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY THROUGH A PUDDLE THE CAR CAN EXPERIENCE A SUDDEN, TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER STEERING. THIS RESULTS IN DIFFICULTY CONTROLLING THE CAR.*AK

ENGINE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND BRAKES. HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK TO CHARAPP FORD NUMERIOUS TIMES FOR SAME COMPLAINT. FIRST TIME VCT SOLENOID WAS REPLACED, SECOND TIME VCT REPLACED AGAIN. THIS PAST WEEK WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER TALKING WITH TECHICIAN HE CONFIRMED THE STALLING PROBLEM. WAS TOLD IT WAS A CARBON BUILD UP AND TO TRY DRIVING WITH GAS TREATMENT IN CAR. STALLED TWICE LEAVING CHARAPP. CONTINUED STALLING 6 TIMES THAT DAY. DROVE FOR OVER TWO HUNDRED MILES AND NO CHANGE. THIS PROBLEM HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. PEOPLES LIVES ARE AT STAKE! MY CAR STALLED WHILE TURNING INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC FROM A STOP SIGN. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET OFF THE ROAD.*AK

99 V 243 000/AIR BAG SENSOR ASSEMBLY: AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINS ON WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE CONSUMER FIRST REPORTED THE PROBLEM TO NHTSA AND THE FORD COMPANY. THE WARNING LIGHT IS STILL BLINKING. CONSUMER REFUSES TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE THE FORD COMPANY KNOWS IT IS A PROBLEM. *JG

TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER FOR RECALL 99V243000 REPAIRS IN MARCH OF 2000. DEALER REPLACED DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR FOR AIRBAG SYSTEM. 15 MONTHS AFTER ORIGINAL PARTS WERE REPLACED. AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WAS FLASHING. TOOK BACK TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR FAILED, WHICH HAD BEEN REPLACED PRIOR. *AK

SEATBACK COLLAPSED DUE TO A REAR END COLLISION FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE SITTING STILL. SPEED FROM OTHER VEHICLE WAS 55 MPH. TRUNK CRUMBLED, AND VEHICLE HAD BEEN TOTALED FROM THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE. DRIVER DID SUSTAIN A SEVERE HEAD INJURY.*AK

PLASTIC IMPELLER BLADES ON WATER PUMP HAVE REPORTEDLY FAILED ON NUMEROUS CONTOURS, RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEATING. COOLANT FROM RESERVOIR SPRAYED INSIDE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. UPON LIFTING HOOD, BOILING COOLANT WAS VISIBLE IN RESERVOIR. THIS PRESENTS AN INJURY HAZARD FROM THE HOT COOLANT, AS WELL AS FROM POSSIBLE ENGINE FAILURE DURING VEHICLE USE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE POPPED OUT OF GEAR AND WENT INTO NEUTRAL WHILE MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN, CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THERE ARE INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH GETTING VEHICLE INTO GEAR, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SHIFT AND CLUTCH PROBLEMS. *SLC

AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON/OFF INTERMITTENTLY. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. CONSUMER CONCERNED THAT AIR BAG MAY OR MAY NOT DEPLOY.*AK

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. ONE DAY THE VEHICLE STALLED 12 TIMES. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED SINCE PURCHASED. NLM THE VEHICLE STALLED THE SECOND DAY THE CONSUMER EVER DROVE IT. THE BLOWER ON THE A/C AND HEATER FAILED. ON ONE OCCASION THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. IT TURNED OUT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE ALARM SYSTEM. *NM