1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

THE VEHICLE WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLACE IN EITHER FIRST GEAR OR REVERSE DUE TO WORN OUT CLUTCH. *YH

AFTER RECEIVING RECALL 01V23000 NOTIFICATION FOR HEATER BLOWER RESISTOR, AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS DONE BY LOCAL DEALER, DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT UNLESS PROBLEM DESCRIBED IN RECALL WAS OCCURRING, VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE SERVICED, *AK CONSUMER CONTACTED NHTSA WHO SUGGESTED ANOTHER DEALER AND WAS GIVEN AN IMMEDIATE SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT, VEHICLE HAS HAD RECALL REPAIRS. *SLC

PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TURN SIGNAL HAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN WIRING THAT CAUSES BULBS TO CONSTANTLY BE REPLACED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND NOTICED THAT SPEEDOMETER WOULD INDICATE A DIFFERENT SPEED; EITHER HIGHER OR LOWER THAN ACTUALLY TRAVELING. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND MECHANIC TEST DROVE VEHICLE. HAD SPEEDOMETER REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM HAS SINCE REAPPEARED.*AK

VEHICLE FILLED WITH SMOKE, NO FLAMES JUST WIRES BURNING. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE 01V230000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 01S22.MADE AND APPOINTMENT, AND PART WAS ORDERED 4 DAYS AHEAD, AT THAT TIME INFORMATION CAME UP AS A RECALL. ONCE CONSUMER ARRIVED AT DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PULL UP RECALL, AND DENIED RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING IN FOG AND TURNING ON DEFROSTER IT WON'T WORK ON LOW, BUT WILL WORK ON HIGH. THIS COULD CAUSE A BAD ACCIDENT BECAUSE DEFROSTER HAS A DELAYED REACTION, AND WHILE DRIVING WINDOWS ARE STILL FOGGED UP. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V243000. DEALERSHIP WAS REFUSING TO INSTALL A NEW DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR AS DESCRIBED IN RECALL CORRECTIVE ACTION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A PUDDLE AND TURNING A CORNER, WATER WAS SPRAYED INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DISABLED THE POWER STEERING. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO ONE AT THE CORNER OR I WOULD HAVE HIT THEM, WITH THE SUDDEN LOSS OF STEERING. FORD HAS A TSB, BUT THIS IS A LIFE-SAFETY ISSUE.

VEHICLE HAS STALLED AT LEAST 7 TIMES, MOSTLY AT SLOW SPEED, TAKEN TO DEALER 3 TIMES, CANNOT FIND CAUSE. *AK

STALLS FOR NO REASON, WHEN I PUT IT IN GEAR OR WHEN I COME TO A STOP. ALSO AT A SLOW SPEED.*AK