1998 Ford Contour Equipment Problems

“There were no traumatic events such as crashes or injuries. My complaint is about an equipment failure due to a defect of which Ford was aware. The front coil springs of my 1998 Ford Contour broke early in july 2004. The car had 164000 miles on it. Although they did not issue a recall, Ford did issue an extended warranty on the front coil springs for 10 years, 150,000 miles. (this is documented in NHTSA campaign id number : 01i013000) this was issued on august 3, 2001. That is also the date for a recall for the installation of spring catcher brackets in case the springs broke. …”

“I am the owner of a 1998 Ford Contour. I bought it used, and within a 1 year remainder of a 3 year warranty. I was never officially notified of several defects and NHTSA recalls that are still in effect for this car model year. One of the repairs for the blower resistor was performed twice, however it was never done to my satisfaction and it did not meet the standards of quality as expected for the recall. There are several safety issues with this car, and I am now afraid to keep driving it after what I have read. …”

“We have a 1998 Ford Contour. The check engine light goes on. It first came on in oct 01 we took it to the Ford garage in delhi. They said it needed a cam sensor/ solenoid sprockets etc. Since that was a lot of money we decided to take it to canadian tire to see what they thought. They thought it was a cam sensor. We had them put that in. $58. Mileage 111346. It worked fine for a couple weeks. We complained to Ford and found out about the awa.. After warranty adjustment. This had not been mentioned earlier. So we a new solenoid sprocket etc. Put in by Ford,, (jan /02) . …”

“The contact owns a 1998 Ford Contour. In march of 2006, the blower motor failed and caused the air conditioner not to work. The contact just found a safety recall for his vehicle and will call the dealer to determine if his VIN is included. The VIN, powertrain, NHTSA recall number, and purchase date were unknown. The current mileage was 80,207 and failure mileage was 67,300.”

“My compliant is that I was backing my car up and the front brakes locked up specifically the right front. The car would not move. You could smell burning and see smoke from the right front wheel. I had to have the car towed to my mechanic. After extensive work on the car we found out that the brake caliper piston would not retract into the caliper, after the mechanic reassembled the car, he found out the right caliper would not bleed out, after extensive testing the conclusion was reached no fluid would come out of the port on the hydraulic control unit to that wheel. …”