1995 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING AND VEHICLE OVERHEATED. ALSO, CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A SCREECHING NOISE, AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT, AND HEATER MOTOR BURNED OUT, THERE WAS NO HEAT. SHE HAS CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK

DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE, AIRCONDITIONER WENT OUT, SMELLED SOMETHING MELTING, SMOKE FROM UNDER HOOD WHEN OPENED, TOLD IT WAS AIR, COULD DRIVE, BLEW 2 HEAD GASKETS DUE TO COOLING SYSTEM NOT WORKING, COST OVER 600$. FAN ONLY RUNS ON HIGH AND LOW. HEATER MOTOR GOING OUT. MANUAL TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. BACK DOORS SQUEAK REALLY LOUD, AND OIL DON'T WORK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON ALWAYS. AIRBAG LIGHTS ON ALWAYS. BACK SEAT BELT BROKE. ALTONATOR GOING OUT. RADIATOR LEAKS THEN STOPS, LEAKS THEN STOPS. FAN MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN RUNNING.

CONSUMERS SON LEANED FORWARD AND THE SEAT BELT LATCH CAME OUT OF THE BUCKLE, CONSUMER TRIED TO REFASTEN THE BELT BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY BUCKLED. NLM

WHEN DRIVING ON WET ROADS AND GOING THROUGH STANDING WATER CONSUMER LOOSES POWER STEERING, THE POWER STEERING BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE, A SPLASH GAURD WAS INSTALLED BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. NLM

AIR CONDITIONER, HEATER, AND DEFROSTER WILL NOT WORK, CONSUMER SOMETIMES CAN NOT SEE WHILE DRIVING DUE TO WINDOWS FOGGING UP. *SLC

WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH A PARKING LOT SMOKE PERMEATED PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT OPENED HOOD, AND STATED THAT AN ELECTRICAL FIRE HAD OCCURRED. NO INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. UNDER INVESTIGATION AT PRESENT. 059749 # FIRE DEPARTMENT, REPORT STATION 46 LOOP, 1604 US 281 NORTH, STONE OAK, TX. *AK

GASOLINE SPURTS BACK OUT OF THE FILLER LINE EVERYTIME I GAS UP. IT IS NECESSARY TO JUST LET THE GAS TRICKLE IN FROM THE PUMP TO AVOID THIS. *AK

IN OCT 1999 AMERICAN FORD TOLD US THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SUSPENSION SPRING WAS BROKEN AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. COSTIN US $262 FOR FIX. NOW A YEAR LATER THEY TELL US THE REAR SPRING IS BROKEN AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. THIS TIME FOR A COST OF $400 APRX. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH REAR DIFFERENTIAL BLEW OUT. ALSO AXLE TOPPLED OUT. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THERE HAD BEEN TROUBLE WITH CD4E TRANSMISSIONS. *AK

ENGINE COOLING FAN BURNED OUT, CAUSING OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENTS TO FAIL AND TOTAL REPLACEMENT OF ENGINE NEEDED.*AK