1995 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

ACCESORY WIRE HARNESS INSULATION WORE OUT. THEREFORE BARE WIRES TOUCHED FRAME OF CAR AND SHORTED OUT. THEREFORE CAUSING FIRE. AFTER INSPECTION, ALL OTHER WIRES SEEM TO BE CRACKING AND WEARING OUT. *AK

MY CAR WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE ENGINE COOLING FANS. THIS DEFECT WAS NOT DISCOVERED AND CORRECTED UNTIL AFTER IT HAD ALSO CAUSED $1900 OF COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO THE WATER PUMP AND THE A/C CONDENSER AND SYSTEM. FORD CONTENDS THESE OTHER ITEMS ARE MY RESPONSIBILITY TO REPAIR ($1900). I CONTEND THEY WOULD NOT NEED REPAIR HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE DEFECTIVE FAN ASSEMBLY THAT FAILED.*AK

FRONT COIL SPRINGS COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY. REAR SPRINGS ARE SIMILAR AND SUBJECT TO THE SAME ENVIRONMENT. FAILURE OF REAR SPRINGS CAN BE HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IF VEHICLE IS USED FOR LIGHT TOWING. *AK

I OWN A 1995 FORD CONTOUR SE, 2.5L V6, WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISION. I AM A MEMEBER OF A CAR ENTHUSIASTS CLUB CALLED THE CONTOUR ENTHUSIASTS GROUP. AFTER READING A POST IN THE WEB SITE ABOUT BOKEN REAR SPRINGS I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THE NOISE I HAD BEEN HEARING COMING FROM THE REAR OF MY CAR MIGHT BE THAT MY SPRINGS WERE BROKE. UPON INSPECTION I FOUND BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT REAR SPRINGS TO BE BROKEN IN ALMOST THE SAME EXACT SPOT. I HAVE YET TO REMOVE THEM BUT THEY LOOK TO BE BROKEN ATLEAST A FULL REVALUTION UP THE SPRING. I HAVE NEVER HAD A CAR THAT THE SPRINGS BROKE ON. AND FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING ON THE CEG WEBSITE IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THESE WERE TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING AND CUT DOWN A TIRE. HERE IS THE WEB ADDRESS FOR THE THREAD ABOUT BROAKEN SPRINGS HTTP://CONTOUR.ORG/FORUMS/FORUM3/HTML/002627.HTML AND THE ADDRESS FOR THE CONTOUR ENTHUSIASTS GROUP WEB PAGE HTTP://WWW.CONTOUR.ORG/ THERE ARE OTHER POSTS ABOUT BROKEN SPRINGS IN THE "PROBLEMS" FORUM.*AK

DURING AUGUST, 2000, I WAS DRIVING FROM MARIETTA, GA TOWARD STONE MOUNTAIN, GA AND HAD GONE FROM I-285 TO 85 NORTH. THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 7:00 AS I HAD NOT LONG GOTTEN OFF OF WORK WITH THE INTENTION OF DRIVING SAID VEHICLE TO STONE MOUNTAIN. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING PRETTY SLOWLY--SOMETIMES COMING TO A COMPLETE HALT. AFTER DRIVING AWHILE I NOTICED SOME WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE. IT SCARED ME PRETTY BADLY AND I ATTEMPTED TO GET OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DID FINALLY SOME TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF I-85. I WAS STRANDED WITH NO MOBILE PHONE. I HAD TO WAIT ON THE HIGHWAY BY MYSELF FOR SOMETIME BEFORE GETTING INTO SAFETY. WHAT I LEARNED AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO BOTH A DEALERSHIP, THEN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT MY VEHICLE HAD OVERHEATED AND BLOWN A "HEAD." I RECEIVE AN ESTIMATE FROM COBB GALLERIA AUTOMOTIVE IN SEPTEMBER, 2000 FOR A MINIMUM OF $2,400 NEEDED IN ORDER TO FIX THE ENGINE. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED REGARDING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NO 00V367000 , WITH OWNER NOTIFICATION DATE BEING JANUARY 2000. I NEVER RECEIVED THIS RECALL; HOWEVER, I BELIEVE I SHOULD HAVE. FURTHER, I BELIEVE THE OVERHEATING WHICH OCCURRED IN AUGUST OF 2000 IS A RESULT OF TIGHTENING OF THE ENGINE COOLING FAN MOTOR BEARINGS, AND THE RESULTING OVERHEATING. I AM ATTEMPTING TO FIND OUT ANY AND ALL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO ANY DEFECTS FROM 95 FORD CONTOURS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN A CAUSE FOR MY OVERHEATING. I AM INTERESTED IN BEING COMPENSATED FROM FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR COVER COST OF REPAIR, AND TO MITIGATE THE DANGER I WAS PUT IN WHILE STRANDED ON THE HIGHWAY, AS WELL AS HARDSHIP WHICH I HAVE ENDURED BECAUSE I WAS NOT FINANCIALLY ABLE TO PAY FOR THE EXPENSIVE COST OF REPAIRS. PLEASE REPLY BACK OR WRITE TO JOYCE GOURDINE, 2101-A POWERS FERRY ROAD, MARIETTA, GA 30067. THANK YOU. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND TEMPERATURE LIGHT CAME ON, AND ENGINE GASKET BLEWOUT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99MO3. VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING POOR TRACTION CONTROL, AND ABS LIGHTS WERE ON CONSTANTLY. DEALER SAID WIRING HARNESS COULD CAUSE IT NOT TO WORK. DEALER WON'T DO RECALL BECAUSE TITLE WAS BRANDED. DEALER WAS WOOD HOUSE FORD IN BLAIR NE. PHONE NO. 402-926-4126. *AK *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A NOISE AROUND FRONT TIRE. WHILE PULLING IN DRIVEWAY NOTICED A PICE OF COIL SPRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOTH REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKEN. SEE WWW.CONTOUR.ORG AND GO TO THE PROBLEMS FORUM FOR MORE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00V-367), HOWEVER DEALERSHIP WILL NOT REPLACE UNTIL PART ACTUALLY FAILS. *JB