1998 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT WAS PULLED OUT AND WOULD NOT RETRACT ON ITS OWN. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

UPON PUSHING IN THE CLUTCH, VEHICLE WILL INTERMINTENTLY MAINTAIN RPM OR GAIN RPM UNTIL VEHICLE COMES TO A COMPLETE STOP OR UNTIL IT DECIDES TO FALL BACK DOWN. DRIVING CONDITIONS DO NOT AFFECT THE PROBLEM, BUT VEHICLE DOES NOT MAINTAIN AN RPM OVER 5000. VEHICLE WILL ALSO MAINTAIN CURRENT SPEED WITHOUT PRESSING THE GAS FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME CAUSING THE DRIVER TO TAKE IT OUT OF GEAR TO STOP WHILE CAR MAINTAINS AN RPM OVER 3000. CONSULTED SVT SERVICE MANAGER WHO STATED PROBLEM WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF VEHICLE. MANAGER OWNS SAME VEHICLE AND HAS SAME PROBLEM, AND STATES MANY CUSTOMERS HAVE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL. HE HAS FOUND NO FIX FOR VEHICLE DESPITE MANY ATTEMPTS. *AK

LOOSE SEAT TRACK, I FEAR THAT IT MAY FAIL DURING CORNERING AND CAUSE A CRASH. *AK

THE DRIVER'S SEAT ROCKS BACK AND FORTH AS IF THE ENTIRE UNIT IS LOOSE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT MIGHT BE THE SYSTEM THAT MOUNTS THE SEAT TRACKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. IF I HAVE A COLLISION AND THE SEAT TRACK BREAKS LOOSE WILL I BE PROTECTED? *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR THAT THE ROTORS HAD WARPED, IT CAUSES THE STERRING WHEEL TO VIBRATE VOILENTLY ON THE FREEWAY. I HAVE FREIND THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SAME CAR. *AK

THE SEAT TRACK OF THE CONTOUR ALLOWS THE SEAT TO ROCK BACK AND FORTH CONSIDERABLY, ESPECIALLY DURING BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A SEAT THAT ROCKED BACK AND FORTH LIKE THIS. SO I BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE DEALER. THE DEALER CHECKED FOR PROBLEMS AND FOUD NONE. THE LOOSE SEAT PERSISTS AND WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER ABOUT IT AGAIN I WAS TOLD THAT IT IS 'NORMAL' FOR THE THE SEAT TO SEEM LOOSE AND ROCK BACK AND FORTH ON THIS CAR. THIS DOESNT SEEM RIGHT TO ME, IT IS VERY DISCONCERTING ESPECIALLY SINCE OVER TIME THE SEAT ROCKS MORE AND MORE. I AM CONCERNED THAT EVENTUALLY IT WILL COME LOOSE COMPLETELY. *AK

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. PROBLEM SIINCE PURCHASE. *AK

AT 10,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS TOTALLY MALFUNCTIONED CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A SEMI -TRUCK, AND THE DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH THE VEHICLE DIED OUT WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, THERE IS SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION, AND THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER AND OVER AND THE TRANMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. BUT DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK