1997 Ford Contour Equipment Problems

“This has got to be the worst car we ever owned. Recently the A/C compressor made a grinding noise. The dealer said it would be $1200 to fix. They then said it would only be $950 because some parts were not needed. We later found out A/C isn't fixed and the dealer is demanding an additional $1200 to fix because they said we refused to fix the A/C the first time around. I would really like to know what we paid for the first time. We will never buy another Ford again!!!”

“The wires to the a\c and the alternator have recently burned up..completly melted..I am afraid that the car is going to catch fire..also if you could look at my warranty through auto nation you could see how many problems I have had with this car..it's outragous.. If I did not have warranty I do not know what I would do..I want to trade it in all though I have only had it for about a year in a half..but I can't aford to keep fixing it....thank you c.j stafford.”

“Compressor froze-up which locked up the engine and would not run. The dealer that I took my car to, said that they had had other contours with the same problem. I was fortunate that I was stopped, at my sister's house and not on the road. I had just travelled 130 miles, when the car cratered. My problem with this is that if Ford knew the design would render the engine useless, it would be a design problem. There's no way to by-pass the compressor as it is on a pulley system with one serpentine belt for everything. …”

“Hi, we have had so many problems I can't believe that Ford dosen't recall the 97 contours.we only had the car 1 month and the e.g.r valve to the exhaust manifold was replaced.the p.c. Valve has been serviced 4 times.the EGR pressure feedback /back pressure was replaced.the rotor on the brakes was cracked and had to be replaced.we have had the car in the shop a total of 58 days.we took the car in 5 times telling them about this burning odor coming from the A/C vents. Recall about wire harness. They said could not verify concern. …”

“The contact owns a 1997 Ford Contour. The contact stated the vehicle repeatedly decelerates and accelerates without warrant. When the air conditioner was being operated, the vehicle would begin to shake violently. It would also take an unusually long time for the air conditioner to engage and would blow only hot air. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 91,000 and the current mileage was 92,000.”