1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

BLOCK EATER FELL OUT AND BURNED CYLINDERS. HOWEVER, ENGINE LOCKED UP AND LOST ALL POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER STATE WHILE VEHICLE WAS STOPPING NOTICE TEMPERATURE GAUGE RISING. CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE ONE HOUR LATER VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND WHILE DRIVING THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN TO RISE AGAIN. CONSUMER RETURNED HOME AND LOOK UNDER HOOD AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE FAN WAS ON FIRE. DEALER REPLACE ENGINE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. NLM

RECALL 99V243000/AIR BAG SENSOR ASSEMBLY:DEALER:M&M FORD, MUSCATINE, IA; PHONE 563-263-5324 REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL BECAUSE VEHICLE HAD TOO MUCH MILEAGE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THE CONSUMER STATES THERE WAS A RECALL ON WARNING LIGHT BUT THE DEALER DID NOT FIX THE RECALL DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. *YH

FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF RECALL SUMMARY 99V243000 AND 99S23 ARE THEY THE SAME RECALL? THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING ON AND OFF FOR SOMETIME NOW. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WE TOOK IT TO M & M FORD AND THE SERVICE PERSON SAID IT WAS THE SENSOR AND IT WOULD COST AROUND $95.00 TO FIX. WE TOLD HIM THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SENORS BUT HE SAID WE HAD TOO MANY MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE DID NOT HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED UNTIL NOW WHICH IS WHY I'M WRITING YOU. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR IT STATES IN THE REPAIR ORDER THAT SINCE WE HAD IT LAST CHECK IT SHORTED OUT THE CRASH SENSOR MOINTOR. THIS WAS NEW NEWS TO US SO WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ORDERED. WE CHECKED YOUR WEB SITE THAT NIGHT AND FOUND RECALL 99V243000. IN YOUR RECALL SUMMARY IT STATES VEHICLES WHICH HAVE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WILL HAVE A NEW AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR INSTALLED. NOW THE FORD COMPANY SAYS WE HAD THE RECALL DONE IN OCTOBER OF 1999 UNDER RECALL 99S23. UNDER THAT RECALL IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE MONITOR PROBLEM. WHEN THIS ALLEGED REPAIR WAS DONE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WARNING LIGHT TO THE AIR BAG. THIS REPAIR THEY SAY WAS DONE IN DAVENPORT IA. WHEN WE HAD THE CAR BRAKE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BAD WATER PUMP. I FEEL THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM WITH THE FORD CONTOUR AND THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HONOR YOUR RECALL.*AK

FUEL PUMP WENT OUT AND CONSUMER FOUND OUT BY TRYING TO START VEHICLE. HOWEVER, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO THE DRIVER. IN WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *JB

INTERMITTENTLY THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY SHUTTING DOWN AT HIGH SPEEDS WITHOUT WARNING ON FREEWAY. PROBLEM HAS PROGRESSED TO 3 EXACT INCIDENTS AND CUTTING OFF AT ANY TIME. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

TURN SIGNAL/BRAKE LAMPS BURN OUT VERY FREQUENTLY (ONCE EVERY MONTH OR TWO). IN MID-OCTOBER, THE TURN SIGNAL BURNED OUT, AND CHANGING THE BULB DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. DEALER SAID THAT PART OF THE FITTING THAT THE TAIL LAMP PLUGS INTO HAD MELTED, THUS SHORTING OUT THE CIRCUIT AND RESULTING IN FAILURE OF THE SIGNAL. *AK

TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND SOON FAILED ENTIRELY UNDER NORMAL CITY DRIVING CONDITIONS; TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT AND CAR IS STILL IN SERVICE. *AK

A FAULTY OXYGEN SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALER NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK