1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

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  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - ROUND ROCK, TX

    FOG LAMPS HAVE NOT WORKED SINCE RECALL. DEALER HAS NOT FOLLOWED THROUGH ON PROMISES. *AK

    Source: NHTSA WEB SITE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - LAUREL SPR, NJ

    TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT WARNING, THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT BUT WAS DENIED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS BEYOND WARRANTY. NLM

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - MONTELLO, WI

    WAS DRIVING WHEN DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS CAUSED DRIVER TO CONTACT VISIBILITY WITH ROAD. LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALED. CONTACTED MANUFACTURER & INFORMED SOMEONE WILL GET IN TOUCH. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - WEST SENEC, NY

    AFTER NOTICING A WHINING SOUND AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH IN SECOND GEAR AND AN INCREASE IN VIBRATION WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ON 10/10/98, ON 8/3/2000 THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BECAUSE OF SUDDEN AND VIOLENT SLIPPING, ON 8/28/00 CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON BECAUSE OXYGEN SENSOR HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED WHILE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, SENSOR RECONNECTED/REPLACED. CJ

    Source: CONSUMER LETTER
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - MAYBEE, MI

    WHEN FILLING GAS TANK WITH FUEL FUEL WOULD SPIT BACK OUT. DOOR CHIME FAILS TO WORK WHEN KEY IS IN IGNITION. HEATING SYSTEM WOULD GO OFF, AND THEN ON WHENEVER HEAT IS ON.*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - LOUIS RUN, PA

    HAD TO SLAM ON BRAKES SUDDENLY/ABS LIGHT CAME ON, AND FUSE BETWEEN BLOWER AND HEATER POPPED OUT. THIS HAPPENED EVERY TIME BRAKES WERE APPLIED SUDDENLY. WOULD HAVE NO CODES. WOULD PUT 80 AMPS FUSE IN & SAME THING HAPPENED. HEATER MOTOR WOLD STILL BE RUNNING & ABS LIGHT ON. FRONT END BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP. BACK BRAKES DID NOT WORK. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - KEMPNER, TX

    DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT TRACK AND ANCHOR SYSTEM IS RUSTING OUT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED .*AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - LOS ANGELES, CA

    CONSUMER STATES A NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHEN THE WHEELS ARE TURNED LEFT OR RIGHT, WHEELS WERE REPLACED ONCE BY THE DEALER, WHEN DRIVING, SOMETIMES VEHICLE WILL SHAKE VERY BAD. VEHICLE HAS BAD BRAKES. *SLC

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - LOS ANGELES, CA

    WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED WOULD STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL TO STOP OR TO SLOW DOWN, BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT OPERATE AS BEFORE AND PULL TO SIDE.*AK THE DEALER REPLACED WHEELS BUT THE VEHICLE MAKES LOUD NOISE ALSO. *YH

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE
  • 1998 FORD CONTOUR
    - CORPUS CRISTI, TX

    WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED. *AK

    Source: HOTLINE VEHICLE OWNERS QUESTIONNAIRE