1995 FORD CONTOUR Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE IS LEAKING GAS FROM THE TAIL PIPE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

I PURCHASED CAR 1998 AND NOW I HAD TO GET A ENGINE PUT IN MY CAR. DT

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE JUST STALLED OUT. HAD VEHICLE TOWED. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP,COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS SMOKE , AND VEHICLE CUTS OFF, WHICH IS CAUSED BY VEHICLE OVERHEATING, AND HEAD GASKET FAILING. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP.*AK

WAS DRIVING 60MPH ON HIGHWAY WHEN ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. 30 SECONDS LATER, I HEARD NOISE WHICH SOUNDED LIKE BICYCLE CHAIN SWITCHING GEARS. 90 SECONDS AFTER THAT, THE OIL LIGHT LIT , TEMPERATURE GAUGE REGISTERED HOT SUDDENLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ENGINE DIED. FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPT. DIAGNOSED "WATER PUMP FAILURE". REMOVED WATER PUMP. THE PLASTIC IMPELLER HAS MULTIPLE CRACKS AND NO LONGER SPINS WITH SHAFT. FORD DEALER HAS SERVICE BULLETIN ACKNOWLEDGING PROBLEMS WITH WATER PUMPS ON MY TYPE VEHICLE, AND EXTENDS WARRANTY TO 6 YEARS/75,000 MILES. MY CAR IS "TOO OLD" TO QUALIFY FOR COVERAGE, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDER THE MILEAGE LIMIT, AND I THINK IT IS UNFAIR. ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS I PURCHASED THIS CAR WAS THE 2.5L ENGINE THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A TUNE-UP UNTIL IT REACHES 100,000 MILES. THIS ENGINE BLEW AT 70,381 MILES BECAUSE OF A LITTLE PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT...

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE GETS HOT AND STALLS. *YH

VEHICLE STALLED OUT AND WILL NOT START UP AGAIN/HAS BECOME INOPERABLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE GETS HOT AND STALLS. *YH

VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN RAINING HEAVY WHILE DRIVING. ALSO CONSUMER GOT A SAFETY LETTER TO GET CORRECTION ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED FORD HAD PART THAT COULD CORRECT PROBLEM. PLEASE ADD VIN. *AK

CONSUMER EXPLAINS THAT ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, MECHANIC ORDERED PART WHICH WAS PART OF A RECALL AND REPLACED, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ONCE AGAIN DUE TO SHORT IN THE WIRE. *JG

CONSUMER EXPLAINS THAT ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE BROKE DOWN, MECHANIC ORDERED PART WHICH WAS PART OF A RECALL AND REPLACED, VEHICLE BROKE DOWN ONCE AGAIN DUE TO SHORT IN THE WIRE. *JG

AIR CONDITIONER WAS NOT PRODUCING COLD AIR . ALSO, VEHICLE WAS STALLING, AND ENGINE WAS CRACKED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OVERHEATS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE BURNED WIRING UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ENGINE CONTINUALLY OVERHEATED AND WOULD STALL WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH 78,200 MILES ON ENGINE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. SECOND ENGINE EXPERIENCED OVERHEATING AND STALLING APPROXIMATELY 38,000 MILES AFTER ENGINE COMPONENTS HAD BEEN REPLACED. CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 00V367 FOR ENGINE COOLING FAN AFTER THESE PROBLEMS HAD HAPPENED, AND WAS INFORMED BY DEALERSHIP THAT THIS VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL BECAUSE IT HAD OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. *AK *JB

THE ENGINES COOLING FAN BECAME INOPERATIVE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO OVERHEAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIR (00V-367), BUT THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED TWICE AFTER REPAIR. NLM

DURING AUGUST, 2000, I WAS DRIVING FROM MARIETTA, GA TOWARD STONE MOUNTAIN, GA AND HAD GONE FROM I-285 TO 85 NORTH. THE TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 7:00 AS I HAD NOT LONG GOTTEN OFF OF WORK WITH THE INTENTION OF DRIVING SAID VEHICLE TO STONE MOUNTAIN. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING PRETTY SLOWLY--SOMETIMES COMING TO A COMPLETE HALT. AFTER DRIVING AWHILE I NOTICED SOME WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE. IT SCARED ME PRETTY BADLY AND I ATTEMPTED TO GET OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I DID FINALLY SOME TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF I-85. I WAS STRANDED WITH NO MOBILE PHONE. I HAD TO WAIT ON THE HIGHWAY BY MYSELF FOR SOMETIME BEFORE GETTING INTO SAFETY. WHAT I LEARNED AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE TOWED TO BOTH A DEALERSHIP, THEN AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP THAT MY VEHICLE HAD OVERHEATED AND BLOWN A "HEAD." I RECEIVE AN ESTIMATE FROM...

THE HEAD GASKET AND SENSOR FAILED CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

THE VEHICLE FEELS AS IF IT'S GOING TO STALL INTERMITTENTLY WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT CAUSING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. NLM

CAR WAS SOLD WHEN THEY KNEW IT WAS DEFECTIVE-THEY ARE NO LONGER MAKING THEM. NO SAFETY DEFEC TMENTIONED. *AK

DESIGN FLAW IN ENGINE IS CAUSING A VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL ,GEAR SHIFT AND DOWN IN BRAKE PEDAL. IT HAS BECOME WORSE. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS AND PULSATES WHILE BRAKING. *SLC

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE OR MAKING A TURN WHEN VEHICLE WOULD STALL. WOULD HAVE NO PRIOR WARNING. ALSO, STEERING WOULD LOCK UP. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

THIS VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. I HAD TO REPLACE WITH A NEW VEHICLE IN JUNE 2000. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

THE VEHICLE NEARLY STALLED ON COLD START AND THE BATTERY SES LIGHT ILLUMINATED, CONSMER ALSO NOTICED A SMELL IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, CONSUMER TURNED VEHCLE OFF AND RESTARTED IT WITH NO PROBLEM AND THE SMELL WAS NO LONGER PRESENT, CONSUMER LEFT THE VEHICLE PARKED FOR SEVERAL DAYS, BUT WHEN IT WAS WARMED UP FOR 15 MIN. CONSUMER NOTICED UNEVEN ACCELERATION AND MISFIRING, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN PARKED EVER SINCE. NLM

CAR OVERHEATED WITHOUT WARNING AND STALLED. CAR WOULD NOT CRANK BACK UP AND HAD TO GET TOWED. COMPRESSION TEST REVEALED ZERO PRESSURE IN 2 CYLINDERS THUS MEANING COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. CURRENTLY, CAR IS AT REPAIR SHOP WHERE ENGINE IS BEING COMPLETELY TORN DOWN TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF ENGINE FAILURE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. VEHICLE CUT OFF IN MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY. IT WS RAINING AND ENGINE WAS A V-4. RECALL WAS FOR A V-6 ENGINE. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. VEHICLE HAD A NEW ENGINE. CONSUMER STATED THAT ENGINE WAS DEFECTIVE FROM BEGINNING, AND ENGINE WAS REPLACED AT HIS EXPENSE. *AK *SLC

ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK

COOLING FAN MOTOR REPLACED BY AUTOPACT CAR SERVICE IN CHARLOTTE NC, BUT ENGINE STILL OVERHEATED. CAR THEN TOWED TO HARRELSON FORD IN CHARLOTTE WHERE I WAS TOLD ENGINE WAS "BURNED UP" DUE TO ENGINE COOLING FAN FAILURE. THEY RECOMMENDED ENGINE REPLACEMENT AND COMPONENTS AT COST NEARLY $5000. IN 1999, COOLING FAN RAN ERRADICALLY AND REQUIRED BATTERY TO BE REPLACED ACCORDING TO FORD DEALERSHIP IN GREENSBORO, NC. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO REPLACED ENGINE THERMASTAT. RATHER THAN A THERMASTAT PROBLEM, I SUSPECT ENGINE COOLING FAN WAS DEFECTIVE AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO ENGINE OVER TIME. DESPITE HISTORY OF FAILURE, FORD DID NOT MAKE ANY OFFER TO REPLACE.

THE ENGINE RACES IN WARMER WEATHER (65 AND UP) AT STARTUP AND WHEN IDILING AT STOPS, AT THE SAME TIME THE VEHICLE BUCKS AND WANTS TO TAKE OFF, DEALER HAS RESET THE COMPUTER CODES, REPLACED THE COMPUTER CONTROLS AND CLEANED THE THROTTLE BODY BUT NONE OF THIS HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. NLM

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY ( 70 MPH ) ENGINE JUST STOPPED . DEALER SAID ENGINE LOCKED UP .WITHOUT WARNING,NO NOISES .*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES LOSS OF POWER AND RUNS ROUGH. I HAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPAIRED FROM RECALL. IT HAS BECOME ONCE AGAIN DEFECTIVE. *AK

ENGINE CONTINUALLY DIES, REPLACEMENT OF SPARK PLUGS AND H20 SENSOR DID NOT RECTIFY STALLING. MJS

"DURATEC" ENGINE ADVERTISED TO GO 100,000 MILES - REQUIRED TUNE UP AT 44,000.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHY MY ENGINE CUTS OUT. I BELIEVE PROBLEM IS LEFT OVER FROM ALL THE WORK THEY DID ON ABS AND CAT. CONVERTER CHANGEOVER. THEY WILL NOT WARRANTY CAR NOW THAT FACTORY WARRANTY EXPIRED. REFUSED TO INSTALL "FLIGHT RECORDER" TO TROUBLESHOOT. DEALER REFUSED TO OFFER EXTENDED WARRANTY AT NO CHARGE SINCE THEY ARE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS. DEALER REPLACED ENTIRE LH WIRING HARNESS WHEN REPAIRING ABS, LEFT MANY "LOOSE ENDS" ALL OVER THE CAR. *AK

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH VIBRATION IN MY CAR FROM WHEN I PICKED IT UP. I HAVE TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHILE STOPPED IN ORDER TO KEEP THE STEERING WHEEL FROM SHAKING TERRIBLY. AFTER HAVING IT IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL TIMES, I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH CONTOURS AND DID NOT PURSUE IT ANY FURTHER. I HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET ALONG WITH A REBUILT ENGINE. I CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER IF ALL THE VIBRATION IN THE CAR WEAKENED THE SEAL CAUSING LEAKING FROM THE HEAD GASKET. THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND HAS 65,000 MILES, IS MAINTAINED PROPERLY AND HAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I'VE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, FORD MOTORS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR AUTO COMPLAINTS, WBZ CALL FOR ACTION, AND THE CENTER FOR AUTO SAFETY IN WASHINGTON, DC ON THIS MATTER. THE...

ENGINE BEARING FAILED RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE.

CAR WILL NOT START AT ALL I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND THEY HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT IS WRONG YET.

MADE A LITTLE NOISE AT START-UP/HAD WOBBLY ROUGH FEEL/ CAR HAS BEEN IN SERVICE DEPT. SINCE OCT.21/REQUESTS TO SEE VEHICLE WERE DENIED /SNEAKED IN BEHIND DEALERSHIP TONIGHT AFTER WORK/CAR WAS SUPPOSEDLY BROKEN DOWN FOR INSPECTION &REBUILD /I CRAWLED UNDERNEATH WITH SPOTLIGHT AND THE OILPAN HAS BEEN REMOVED/PHANTOM PARTS CAN'T BE LOCATED ANYWHERE IN U.S. ACCORDING TO SERVICE DEPT./AM TOLD A DIFFERENT STORY EACH WEEK/ CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

HAVE NOT RECIEVED OFTEN REQUESTED TECHNICIANS REPORT ON MECHANICAL BREAKDOWN COSTS AND REPAIR AND ESTIMATED TIME FOR PICKUP

VEHICLE STALLS CONTINUOUSLY.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCES FREQUENT LOSS OF POWER AND STALLS.

CV RETAINING BRACKET BROKE. CAUSE: CV BOUNCES UP/DOWN AND VEHICLE VIBRATES AND OIL LEAKAGE DEVELOPED. END RESULT: POTENTIAL FIRE. ALSO, RENDERED ENGINE INOPERATIVE.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CUTS OFF ERRATICALLY. VEHICLE'S ENGINE GETS EXTREMLY HOT AT TIMES. OWNER HAS HAD THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER FOE REPAIRS SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEALER NEVER GAVE OWNER EXACT CAUSE OR A REASON WHY VEHICLE CUTS OFF. *AK

VEHICLE STALLED IN RAIN REPEATEDLY AND THE LATEST INCIDENT CAUSED A CRASH.

ENGINE NOISE IN COLD WEATHER. *SD

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . 8AK

WHILE DRIVING, AT APPROX. 35MPH, THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER, SUDDENLY EXPERIENCED MOMENTARY LOSS OF POWER, WHEN ENGINE SHUT DOWN, NO PRIOR WARNING. TT *SLC