2000 FORD CONTOUR Complaints

DASHBOARD HAS COME UNGLUED, EFFECTING DRIVING VISABILITY AND PREVENTING THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER FROM DEFROSTING WINDSHIELD.NOTHING DONE TO CORRECT YET .APPEARS FORD DOES NOT WANT TO TAKE RESPOSIBILITY FOR THIS HAZZARDOUS DEFECT. *AK

THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMERS VIEW. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *JB

THE CONSUMER STATED THE DASHBOARD IS BEGINNING TO BUCKLE UP. AS A RESULT, THE DEFROSTER IS BLOCKED AND VISIBILITY IS IMPAIRED. *JB

THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE FILLING UP AT THE GAS STATION, WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE A FUEL ODOR WAS COMING INSIDE THE VENTS. GASOLINE WAS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK ONTO THE GROUND. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY NEEDED REPLACEMENT. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB

VEHICLE SAFETY DEFECT WITH 2000 FORD CONTOUR. *MR THE DEFECT INVOLVED THE SEPARATION OF THE TOP OF THE DASHBOARD AND UPWARD CURL OF THE SEPARATED PIECE. ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THE DEFECT WAS A DEFLECTION OF ALL AIR OUTPUT FROM THE DRIVER-SIDE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER VENT AWAY FROM THE GLASS WINDSHIELD IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THE DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER UTILITY WAS INOPERATIVE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. *SC *JB THE CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT FORD WAS UNWILLING TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY DEFECTS IN THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER FILED A CIVIL SUIT AGAINST FORD MOTOR ON AUGUST 23 AFTER TRYING TO ATTEMPT DIALOGUE WITH THEM ON VEHICLE SAFETY DEFECTS OF THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE. *TC *JB

ON 09/09/2004 THE WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME IN OUR 2000 FORD CONTOUR 2.0 LITER WHEN THE AC AND RADIO SHUT OFF, THE SPEEDOMETER QUIT WORKING AND ELECTRIC WINDOWS OPERATED SLOW. SHE MADE IT TO THE DRIVEWAY WHEN THE CAR SHUT ITSELF OFF. IT WOULD NOT RESTART UNTIL IT SET FOR A FEW HOURS. NEXT MORNING SHE MADE ALL BUT 100 FEET OF 1 MILE TO A LOCAL GARAGE, WHO SAID ALT IS PUTTING OUT 12 VOLTS WHEN IT SHOULD BE AT 14, BUT ALT MAY BE OK. THE IDIOT LIGHTS IN THE DASH WILL NOT LIGHT UP WHILE STARTING THE CAR. GARAGE THINKS A SHORT TO THE IDIOT DASH LIGHTS IS WHERE THE MISSING 2 VOLTS IS GOING, BUT THEIR NOT SURE. THEY NEVER SEEN THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. ALL FUSES AND CONNECTIONS SEEM OK. GARAGE CHARGED UP BATTERY TO DRIVE 1 MILE BACK HOME. ELECTRIC SHOP WILL LOOK AT IT MONDAY. ELECTRIC SHOP SAID THERE HAS BEEN PROBLEMS OF CONNECTIONS IN BACK OF THE FUSE BOX BURNING OPEN. I LOOKED; NO BURNT CONNECTIONS, AND METER SAID ALT CONNECTIONS ARE GOOD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DASHBOARD UNEXPECTEDLY BECOME UNATTACHED FROM THE CONSOLE. THIS CAUSED POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. THE DASHBOARD UNRAVELED ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL, AND THE WARRANTY WAS VALID. *AK

WHILE DRIVING,THE DASHBOARD PANEL FAILED TO STAY IN PLACE. THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD MOVE FROM SIDE TO SIDE ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE COMPONENTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD NEEDED REPLACING. *JB FORD PROGRAM 01B78-52, INSTRUMENT PANEL WARPAGE REPAIR, AFFECTED VEHICLES: ALL 1999-2000 MODEL YEAR CONTOUR'S AND MYSTIQUE'S. *NM

2002 FORD CONTOUR, DASHBOARD STARTED PEELING UP. IT GETS WORSE EVERY MONTH. *JB

THE DASHBOARD WAS PEELING AND IT WAS ROLLING INTO THE WINDSHIELD COVERING UP THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. A SERVICE BULLETIN WAS DISCOVERED AND THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY DENIED THE CLAIM AT THE TIME OF THE BULLETIN. *JB