1999 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

DASHBOARD IS CURVING UP AND ITS IS PROGRESSIVLY GETTING WORSE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER IS AWARE OF DEFECT, AND STATES DEFECT IS COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

THERE WAS A BAD OIL LEAK THAT COULD CAUSE A FIRE, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS CRANKSHAFT SHIELD. *AK CONSUMER STATES SHE CONTACTED THE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BOARD AND WAS DENIED HER ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. *JB

ENGINE WILL STALL WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED/TEMPERATURE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND CANNOT DETERMINE A CAUSE FOR THIS DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHENEVER TURNING ON AIR CONDITIONER CAR HESITATES AND ON HIGHWAY, IT WON'T PICK UP SPEED.*AK

WE WERE DRIVING (ONE MILE FROM HOME) WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE WE HAD A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED OVER AND CHECKED. TIRES WERE FINE. HEARD THUMPING AGAIN. TURNED CAR AROUND BECAUSE OF 87 YEAR OLD FATHER IN VEHICLE. SMOKE CAME THROUGH THE VENTS. I PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY. SMOKE CAME OUT FROM UNDER HOOD. HUSBAND WAS DOING YARD WORK. MY SON ADAM YELLED THAT THERE WERE FLAMES. MY HUSBAND RAN TO THE GARAGE AND GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. PUT FIRE OUT. HAD TO CUT TWO WIRES TO STOP THE SMOKING AND SIZZLING. CONTACTED STATE FARM. A FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAID HE BELIEVES THAT THE WAY THE WIRES WERE ROUTED ONTO THE FIRE WALL, RUBBED AGAINST A SCREW THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE FIRE WALL AND OVER TIME WORE THE WIRE, CAUSING A FIRE.*AK

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN IT SUDDENLY STALLED OUT FOR NO REASON. HAD NO PRIOR WARNING OF ANY PROBLEMS. VEHICLE CAN BE RESTARTED AFTER WAITING FOR A WHILE. HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR STALLING, BUT CAUSE OF PROBLEM COULD NEVER BE LOCATED. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS TO CONSTANTLY UNJAM OR UNTWIST THE SEATBELTS TO BE ABLE TO PULL OUT OR RETACT PROPERLY TO BUCKLE OR UNBUCKLE. *MJS

CONSUMERS HAS BEEN TO DEALER FOR THE SAME BRAKE PROBLEM 7 TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER RECALL 00V075001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S03/ REAR BRAKE VALVES WAS DONE. BRAKES SQEUAL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. DEALER COULDN'T FIND A REMEDY.*AK CONSUMER STATES BRAKES SQUEAL AND SOMETIMES THEY FEEL LIKE THERE IS AIR IN THEM, DEALER HAS REPLACED REAR BRAKE DRUMS, PROBLEM STILL CONTINUES. *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (TIRESIZE: 2056015T)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2056015T )

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, SPEED WAS UNDETERMINED IN WHICH BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK