1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

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  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - PITTSBURGH, PA

    CONSUMER HEARD A KNOCKING SOUND FROM FRONT RIGHT OF VEHICLE, HAD IT INSPECTED, AND WAS TOLD THAT RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - PORTLAND, OR

    THE GAS TANK SUPPLY SPOUT ACTS LIKE IT IS PLUGGED WILL NOT TAKE THE GAS VERY FAST. HAS NEVER SEEMED TO BREATHE PROPERLY.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - CHICAGO, IL

    AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND FLASHED ON/OFF. BASED ON INFORMATION FROM MECHANIC, AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS DONE BEFORE REPLACING SENSOR. PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED AFTER TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - NORFOLK, VA

    INTERIOR AND COURTESY LIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY FLASH RAPIDLY ON AND OFF, CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK *SLC

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - YPSILANTI, MI

    RIGHT COIL SPRING BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. "NO RECALLS AND OUT OF ITS WARRANTY". *AK *SLC

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - THOMASVILLE, AL

    HEADLIGHTS CANNOT BE ADJUSTED TO PRODUCE PROPER LIGHTING AT NIGHT, CONSUMER NOT ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE AT NIGHT. TO DEALER 3 TIMES, REPLACED HEADLIGHTS, DID NOT REMEDY. THEN DEALER STATED IT WAS A DEFECT BECAUSE LIGHTS WERE NOT ADJUSTABLE. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - W. VALLEY CITY, UT

    STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM LOCKED POSITION. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - WILLOW GROVE, PA

    RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE WHILE PULLING FROM PARKING SPACE; TIRE WAS PUNCTURED.*AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - DE BARY, FL

    THE VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO 5 RECALLS (98S26, 99S14, 99S19, 99S23 AND 00S03), THE CONSUMER IS NOT HAPPY WITH FORDS UNWILLINGNESS TO COVER THE EXPENSE OF A RENTAL CAR WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED. NLM

    Source: RESULT OF A RECALL INVESTIGATION
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - BONFIELD, IL

    VEHICLE WAS PARKED. IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE. NEXT MORNING HE STARTED VEHICLE, PUT IT IN GEAR ,BUT VEHICLE DID NOT MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. CONSUMER THEN NOTICED THAT WHEEL WELL ON LEFT FRONT WAS LAYING ON TOP TIRE, VEHICLE STILL AT DEALER, COIL SPRING BROKE OR STRUT. *AK CONSUMER ALSO HAD FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED,*JB

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE