2000 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

MY DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSES A VISIBILITY PROBLEM AND THE VENT CAME DETACHED FROM THE DASH

THE DASHBOARD PANEL ON MY 2000 FORD CONTOUR IS WARPED AND BLOCKING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENTS. THIS IN TURN CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY, ESPECIALLY DURING RAINY OR SNOW. I NOTICE THIS PROBLEM IN SEPTEMBER 2002 SHORTLY AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR USED, FROM THE ON-BASE AAFES EXCHANGE CAR DEALERSHIP AT THE US ARMY BASE IN MAINZ-KASTEL, GERMANY. APPARENTLY, WHAT THE CAR DEALER HAD DONE BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS TO PUSH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENTS DOWN INTO THE MOLDED DASHBOARD PANEL, SO THAT MOLDED DASHBOARD PANEL DID NOT LOOK WARPED. AFTER A COUPLE WEEKS, I NOTICE THAT FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENTS WERE SEPARATING FROM THE MOLDED DASHBOARD PANEL, SO I PUSH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENTS DOWN INTO THE MOLDED DASHBOARD PANEL, AND IT STAYED DOWN FOR A WEEK AND THEN THE VENT WOULD POP-UP. I HAVE SINCE GIVEN UP PUSHING, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENTS DOWN INTO THE MOLDED DASHBOARD PANEL. IN MAY 2005, I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN MAINZ, GERMANY THAT HANDLES US SPEC FORD'S, TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT THERE WAS AS CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR THIS, BUT IT HAS SINCE EXPIRED. ON MAY 19, 2005, I CONTACT THE FORD BY PHONE (1-800-392-3673) AND WAS INFORMED THAT UNDER THE CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION # 01B78, FORD REPAIRED INSTRUMENT PANEL WARP AGE. THIS NOTIFICATION WAS ISSUED ON JUNE 10, 2002 AND EXPIRED ON AUGUST 31, 2002 FOR THE 2000 FORD CONTOUR CAR THAT I OWNED. SINCE THE NOTIFICATION HAD SINCE EXPIRED, I WAS NOT ELIGIBLE TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED AND PAID FOR BY FORD. BY FORD ISSUING CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION # 01B78, THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, THAT THIS PROBLEM IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND SHOULD REPAIR IT AT NO COST TO THE VEHICLE OWNER, REGARDLESS OF WHEN THE CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION PERIOD EXPIRED.

THE DASHBOARD IS SEPARATING AFTER BEING REPAIRED ON A RECALL. WINDSHIELD IS VERY HARD TO DEFROST BECAUSE OF THIS CONDITION. *AK

FUEL TANK WARPAGE - PLASTIC FUEL TANK CAN WARP CAUSING FUEL TO FAIL TO FEED. BECAUSE USABLE FUEL QUANTITY IS UNKOWN, ENGINE CAN STALL AT UNPREDICTABLE INSTANCES. REPLACED FUEL TANK & PUMP/SENDER ASSEMBLY.*AK

MY 2000 FORD CONTOUR DASH CAP IS LIFTING FROM HEAT ITS GETTING WORSE I FIND IT AS A DISTRACTION I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A RECALL I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND A LOT OF FORUMS STATING THAT THE DASHES ARE BEING WARPED THE YEARS ARE 96 AND UP. *JB

FORD CONTOUR 2000 WITH ONLY 60,000 MILES ON IT..IGNITION FROZE UP AND NEEDS $300-500 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO FIX IT.. IN CHECKING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE CONTOUR AND THE FOCUS..THIS IS A MANUFACTURE DEFAULT AND COSTING CONSUMERS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND FORD HAS DONE NOTHING TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND FIX IT PROPERLY......THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STEP IN AND FORCE THIS ISSUE.....

DASH IS SEPARATED FROM THE CAR AND IS CURLING UP. THE DEFROST VENT HAS POPPED OUT AND VISIBILITY IS NOW POOR. CALLED FORD AND WAS TOLD THAT AN ADVISORY WAS PUT OUT WITH I NEVER RECEIVED. THAT THEY WERE AWARE OF THE DEFECT BUT WOULD NOT FIX IT. *JB

DASHBOARD CRACKED OPEN AND WAS BLOCKING THE VENTS IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO STATED THERE WAS A CUSTOMER CAMPAIGN AT ONE TIME, HOWEVER, THE TIME EXPIRED. CONSUMER WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A PROBLEM WITH THE DASHBOARD AT THE TIME.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HER DEFROSTERS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY DUE TO THE PROBLEM. THE ENTIRE VENT IS OUT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE CAN NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDSHEILD PROPERLY. *TC

WE OWN A 2000 FORD CONTOUR SE. THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD NEAR THE WINDSHIELD SEPARATED AND CURLED UP, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. I HAVE CHECK FOR A RECALL OR REPORTED OTHER PROBLEMS AN FOUND ONLY A HANDFUL OF COMPLIANTS. WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. VISUALLY THE GLUE USED TO SECURE THE DASHBOARD FAILED. WHAT IS OUR NEXT STEP TO FIX THIS PROBLEM? *AK

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH FRONT AIR BAGS INADVERTENTLY DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVABLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK