1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN CONSUME R STEPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL TO REDUCE SPEED OR TO STOP VEHICLE, HE COULD HEAR NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES, LIKE THEY WERE FALLING APART. *AK

AIR BAG SENSOR IS ON BACK ORDER SINCE OCTOBER 1999. AS OF YET DEALER HAS NO PART. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

IT SEEMS TO BE A RECOURING PROBLEM IN THAT THE DESIGN OF THE GAS TANK MAKES IT VERY HARD TO FILL UP THE TANK WITHOUT GASOLINE EJECTING FROM THE TANK WHILE FILLING. I FIND MYSELF PUTTING IN 5 CENTS OF GAS AT A TIME. 4/5 TIMES FILLING THE TANK I HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND A GOOD AMOUNT OF FUEL IS SPILLED EACH TIME. I HAVE TRIED MULTIPLE BRANDS/OCTANES OF FUEL, AND NOTHING SEEMS TO WORK.

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES THE PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR, AND CAR MAKES A HARD NOISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OIL LIGHT CAME ON. ENGINE STALLED OUT. NOTICED A REFLECTION OF FLAMES ON THE GROUND. LIFTED HOOD OF VEHICLE & NOTICED THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. DRIVER PUT FLAMES OUT. THE ALTERNATOR WAS JUST REPLACED, TWICE, PRIOR TO FIRE. WAS NO WARNING. *AK

AFTER ANY OIL CHANGE, WITH A LITTLE OIL PRESENT ON UNDER-HOOD COMPONENTS, THERE IS A STRONG BURNT-OIL SMELL INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, ONLY WHEN THE CAR IS STOPPED. I BELIEVE I HAVE FOUND A ROUTE WHEREBY UNDERHOOD AIR CAN BE PASSED INTO THE PASSENG

CONSUMER HAD REAR END COLLISION, AND BOTH FRONT SEATS COLLAPSED BACKWARD. CONSUMER INJURED HIS BACK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO FALL BACK, AND THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. ALSO ENGINE CUT OFF SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING DRIVER'S SEATBACK SURPORT BROKE ,CAUSING CONSUMER TO LAY DOWN WHIEL, VEHICLE WAS STILL TRAVELING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK