1995 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

CONSUMER CONTACTED FT MILL FORD FOR RECALL00V367000/ COOLING FAN SEVERAL TIMES, BUT DEALER HAS NOT SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS IN TIMELY MANNER . IN MEANTIME CONSUMER IS DRIVING AN UNSAFE VEHICLE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM STARTED TO ACT UP, AND TEMPERATURE GAUGE INSIDE VEHICLE STARTED TO REACH THE OVERHEATING AREA, AND THEN ENGINE BLEW. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THEY WILL TAKE A LOOK AT VEHICLE. *AK THERMOSTAT HAD BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND GALLONS OF WATER AND ANTIFREEZE HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE RADIATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE INCIDENT OCCURED. *YH

THIS VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAD TO REPLACE WITH A NEW VEHICLE IN JUNE 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

RECALL 98V233000/TRANSMISSION. EVEN THOUGH CONSUMER IS SUFFERING THE SAME PROBLEM THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT FALL UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

ONE OF FRONT AND TWO OF REAR COIL SPRINGS BROKE, CONSUMER STATES THE SPRINGS WERE SO SHARP THEY COULD OF RUPTURED TIRES.*AK THE REAR STRUTS AND THE TWO REAR COIL SPRINGS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER AT CONSUMER'S COST. *YH *SLC

WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH VEHICLE STALLED, NOT ABLE TO START VEHICLE AGAIN. IN FOR REPAIRS AT THIS TIME. 2 CABLES UNDER HOOD HAD MELTED. ALSO SEAT BELT CASING ON REAR MIDDLE SEAT FELL APART. *AK

FIRST START OF DAY WHILE ENGINE WAS RUNNING FAN MOTOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, CAUSING ABOUT $4000 DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE WILL OVERHEAT. TEMPERATURE GAUGE WILL GO ALL WAY TO RED PART, AND A DARK SMOKE WILL COME FROM DASHBOARD WITH A PLASTIC SMELL. COOLING SYSTEM WILL NOT WORK. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO OVERHEAT. PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDERS, AND VEHICLE COOLED DOWN. ABOUT 25 MINUTES LATER, THERE WAS A BURNING SMELL INSIDE OF VEHICLE COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. ALSO, ENGINE WAS REPLACED. *AK THE MANUFACTURER HAD ISSUED RECALL NOTICE AND THE VEHICLE WAS FIXED. RECALL # 00V-367. *YH

WATER PUMP FAILED CAUSING THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND CRACK, DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACED. *SLC