2000 Ford Contour Brakes Problems

“I was driving in the evening returning home-I braked for the red light and heard metal on metal on the passenger side of my vehicle and jerked to a stop-I had to have emergency repairs done-failure of the calipers, roger and laser only on the passenger side of the car.”

“The contact owns a 2000 Ford Contour. The contact stated that when the brake pedal was depressed, there was an abnormal noise. In addition, the vehicle traction control activated when the brakes were activated. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the ABS system needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 94,800.”

“Every time I take my car in for maintenance they tell me there is a list of recalls on it so I took it to the local dealer and was told there were none but my car has the problems that are listed on their recall,so I call the dealer and was told there were recalls but the time had lapsed for me to get it fix,I never recieved a recall notice from the dealer and because I was not the orignal owner and they had no service records on the car.but they should still have to fix the recalls for safety reasons.I have already paid to have brakes and burnt valves in a motor that is 4 years old and has…”

“The contact stated several problems occurred to the vehicle. While driving at 20mph, a humming sound was heard coming from the right side of the vehicle. It was taken to a local independent repair shop where it was discovered both right front and rear wheel bearings needed replaced. The brake rotors on the rear were replaced 5 times within a 6 month period. The heater blower malfunctioned and would not blow hot air. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop were the sensor to the heater blower was replaced.”

“Brakes failed causing consumer to rear end another vehicle, causing damage to the front end, air bag did not deploy, the brakes were inspected and said to be ok but another accident happened, consumer believes the pressure reducing valves malfunctioned prior to recall resulting in the two accidents. Nlm”