1995 Ford Contour Vehicle speed control Problems

“My throttle cables were replaced in september of 1998 pursuant to a recall. In less than one year, the throttle cables completely severed. Because the mileage was beyond the 12000 miles Ford allows under warranty, I had to pay $225 to have my throttle cables replaced, again, and incurred $150 towing bill. The recall on my throttle cables was for the 1995-1996 Contour. This month, another recall of the 1997-98 Contour (NHTSA-99v194000) was issued for the same problem. …”

“This vehicle was subject of recall for throttle link cable. Ignition/plug cables also failed and had to be replaced. The speedometer/odometer cable that failed failed because of a link. This leads to a question about the overall fitness of cables that Ford is using on this vehicle. I've never before heard of a non-traumatic failure of a speedometer/odometer cable at under 100,000 miles. I am not sure of dates or mileage as submitted. This happened a while ago, and I only saw notification of your website on a public bus this evening (8 feb). …”

“The contact stated while driving away from a stop sign, the gas pedal became stuck, the engine raced and the vehicle accelerated. The contact turned the ignition off and pulled off of the road. The vehicle was towed to a dealership where they determined the problem was with vehicle speed control: cables. There is an NHTSA recall, # 97v225000, regarding the vehicle speed control: cables. The vehicle was not included in the recall due to the VIN. Updated 1/17/2007 -”

“When gas pedal is depressed, car does not move. The engines idle doesn't change. It fills like the throttle cable is binding. Will even happen at highway speeds. Contacted the dealer and was told to change the brand of gas after spending $70.00 in diagnostic testing. After doing some research found that manufactor posted recalls for cars with similar problems with same manufactor date. Contacted dealer and was told that my vehicle was not one of the cars involved. The car is dangerous to drive. What bothers me more than anything is there inability to find the problem. …”

“I bought this car in november of 1997 with 36000 miles on it almost 2 years later I am approaching 60000 miles and it seems the car is breaking down surely the car was made to last longer than this the driving that has been done has been easy driving mostly interstate I am also worried about whether or not my car will last past the year 2000 I havent rcvd any info from Ford motor company on whether I need a new computer for the car this car was a big investment for me and I still owe 8000.00 dollars on it do I need to look into getting another car with all the recalls on the web and the ones…”