1999 Ford Contour Latches, locks and linkages Problems

“Well I had the worst experience ever in my life since I bought this car. I had this car repaired so many time I cant start to name off dates. I do know less than 6 months after I bought this car I drove to the beach less than 30 minutes always and it cut off. It started back up, but cut off 4 time before I got home. Next day I had to take it to the dealer to repair it. Since I had this car it has been nothing but a burden. I had to replace the ball joint once before, and as I write this letter it is being done again for a 2nd time. My heat and air stop working. …”

“Dt: the contact stated that all of the door handles did not operate properly. This problem began intermittently, and now resulted in a complete failure on two of the door latches. The front driver's side door handle must have both the inside and the outside door latch pulled to gain entry into the vehicle. She took the vehicle to the dealer for this problem. The dealer suggested this was a design flaw. The dealer was replacing the door latches at this time.”

“The car is a 1999 Ford Contour. I had my 4 year old daughter buckled in the rear seat. We were driving when she reached over and thought she was pulling for the window. She grabbed for the door handle instead, and to my surprise opened it. The door flew open,,she was buckled in and not one was hurt..just upset. I check the chikd door locks....and to my surprise the label is backwards. It points in the lock direction, but this is the open direction. I looked at a friends Contour, all the labels are incorrect!!!!!”

“The vehicle had poor gas mileage. The drivers window jammed. The rubber piece around the frame of the right side rear passenger's seat constantly came off. The shoulder harness on driver's side and in the rear seats twisted and jammed. The dashboard cover came loose. The radio operated poorly. The trunk latch often required multiple pulls to open the trunk. The air bag light intermittently came on. While driving there was a whining/grinding noise.”

“Consumer stated that the hood flew up and broke the front windshield. Ph collision shop advised that the hood latch and safety latch seized open. Other vehicles were recall due to this defect, however consumer's vehicle was not one of them.”