1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

RECALL 01 V 255 000/FRONT COIL SPRING CORROSION: UNABLE TO GET DEALER; SALCONIS FORD; MOON TOWNSHIP, PA; PHONE# 412/269-2255 TO HONOR RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFOIRMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE. DEALER/ MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT HAVE ILLUMINATED ON INSTRUMENT PANEL. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED FOR CAMPAIGN 99V243000 PREVIOUSLY, CONSUMER DID NOT KNOW DATE. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT EXAMINED VEHICLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY, STEERING WHEEL GOT REALLY HARD TO TURN, CONSUMER ALMOST HAD AN ACCIDENT. CONSUMER PULLED VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD AND NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID POURING OUT OF VEHICLE. *AK *JB

CONSUMER IS CALLING TO REPORT THAT DEALERSHIP REFUSES TO PROVIDE RENTAL CAR FOR THE TIME THAT THE VEHICLE WILL BE REMEDIED UNDER RECALL FOR THE HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE EXITING HIGHWAY STEERING WHEEL WAS SO TOUGH TO TURN THAT CONSUMER ALMOST HAD A COLLISION. CONSUMER PULLED OVER, AND NOTICED POWER STEERING FLUID WAS POURING OUT OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

DEALER PUT A SHIELD ON FRONT COIL SPRING. SINCE THEN EVERYTIME CONSUMER HITS A BUMP THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM THAT AREA. SHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, AND NOISE IS STILL PRESENT. *AK *YH

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 01V230000. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR AND AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WERE INOPERABLE. DEALER NEEED TO REPLACE BLOWER SWITCH.*AK

VEHICLE STALLED AT ANY SPEED/ ANY TIME. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, CANNOT REMEDY PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED FUEL PUMP. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK