1999 FORD CONTOUR Structure Problems

THE DASHBOARD CURLED CAUSING THE VENT TO COME OUT. *PH *MR

DASHBOARD ON 1999 FORD CONTOUR HAS BUCKLED AND THERE WAS A CUSTOMER SATISIFACTION RECALL FOR THE WORK AND WAS NEVER TOLD THERE WAS AN EXPIRATION AND I WANT TO HAVE IT FIXED AND FORD WILL NOT. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE VIEW IS BLOCKED.*AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL AND DASHBOARD WARPED ON A 1999 FORD CONTOUR.*MR THE DEALER WAS SUPPOSE TO REPLACE THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AGAIN BUT THEY REFUSED TO AND THE CONSUMER NEEDS REPAIRS BECAUSE IT'S DEFECTIVE. *CB *JB

THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A DASHBOARD PROBLEM WHICH AFFECTED THE USE OF THE DEFROSTER. THERE WAS NO AIR MOVEMENT.*AK

IN SUMMER, 2003, THE DASHBOARD WARPED WHICH CAUSED THE DEFROSTER GRILL TO SEPARATE AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD. *NLM

VEHICLE'S DASHBOARD IS CURLED UP AND THE AIR VENT HAS POPPED OUT. *MR THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE WINDOWS DID NOT DEFROST PROPERLY AND THE AIR CONDITION FOGGED THE WINDOW BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD CURLED UP TO THE POINT IT TOUCHED THE WINDSHIELD. *JB *NM

THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS WARPED. THIS ALLOWED BIG PIECES OF PLASTIC TO FLY THROUGH. SOME OF THE PLASTIC PIECES WERE SHARP AND CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS. THE DASHBOARD WARPING IS DUE TO THE SUNRAYS AND HEATER BLOWER. *NLM

FORD CONTOURS AND ALIKE EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE DASHBOARD WARPING. FORD SHOULD FIX THIS DEFECT AT NO CHARGE. THE WARPED DASH CAUSES OBSTRUCTION OF VIEW OUT OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. *LA

WARPAGE OF INSTRUMENT PANEL (DASH) NEAR THE WINDSHIELD IS SEVERE. *LA

CONSUMER STATED THAT DASHBOARD WAS DETACHING FROM THE GRILL, AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT DASHBOARD WAS DETACHING FROM THE GRILL, AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT DASHBOARD WAS DETACHING FROM THE GRILL, AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE DASHBOARD WAS DETACHING FROM THE GRILL, AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK FORD DEVELOPED A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION PROGRAM SO CONSUMER'S AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM COULD GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED AT NO COST TO THEM. *PH *NLM

DASHBOARD WAS CURLING UP. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT AIR BAG WILL BE DEFECTIVE. *AK THE DASHBOARD WAS CURLED SO BADLY THAT AN AIR VENT POPPED OUT. THE WINDOWS DO NOT DEFROST PROPERLY AND THE AIR CONDITIONER FOGS THE WINDOWS BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD CURLED TO THE POINT THAT IT TOUCHED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THIS CURLING MAY AFFECT THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED HE WAS AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE MATERIAL THAT COVERED THE DASHBOARD WAS PEELING BADLY. HE IS AFRAID THE AIR BAG WILL PREMATURELY DEPLOY, AND CAUSE HIM HARM. *AK *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT DASHBOARD PROBLEMS ON PASSANGER'S SIDE.*AK

DASHBOARD HAS WRAPPED AND SEPARATED FROM THE STRUCTURE. THIS IS REDUCING DRIVER'S VISIBILITY BECAUSE THE DASHBOARD HAS LIFTED UPWARDS INFRONT OF THE WINDSHIELD. AN OWNERS NOTIFICATION LETTER WAS SENT OUT PRIOR , BUT THE FAILURE HAD NOT OCCURRED, SO IT WASN'T REPAIRED. *AK

THE DASHBOARD IS BLISTERING AND FLAKING. CONSUMER IS BARELY ABLE TO SEE OVER THE DASHBOARD BECAUSE OF THE WARPING.*AK

THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED THE DEFROSTER TO FAIL. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *SCC *JB

THE DASHBOARD WARPED WHICH CAUSED THE DEFROSTER GRILL TO SEPARATE AND RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD. *AK *TS

THE DASHBOARD SEPARATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD WHICH CAUSED THE DEFROSTER VENT TO MALFUNCTION AND BLOCKED THE DRIVER'S VISION. AK THE DEFROSTER VENTS POPPED OUT OF THE DASH. THE DASH SLID UP INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A SIZEABLE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO WHICH RESTRICTED THE DRIVERS VIEW. THE PROBLEM MAY CAUSE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. OWNER OF THE VEHICLE/DANIEL VIRES *SCC *JB

SEVERAL ITEMS FIRST THE DASH BOWED IN FROM BOTH SIDES,A MONTH AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP THE AIR CONDITIONER WENT OUT THE DEALERSHIP SAID MY PROBLEM, THE TIRES WERE BAD WE REPLACED THEM THEY ARE BAD ALL THE TIME HAVE TO BE REPLACED MORE THEN A NORMAL TIRE SHOULD , THE CAR BROKE DOWN LAST YEAR ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN MY PROBLEM THE ROTORS AND OTHER THINGS WERE BAD SOMTHING I AS A CONSUMER WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT , CANNOT GET CAR INSPECTED BECAUSE THE HORN DOES NOT WORK AND CANNOT BE FIXED DUE TO AIRBAG AGAIN MY PROBLEM O YES WAS IN A FINDER BINDER AIRBAG DID NOT WORK MINOR INJRIES , THE DRIVERS SEAT ROCKS THE REAR SEAT BELT WILL NOT WORK MORE PROBLEMS THIS CAR IS WORTH NOTHING I ON;Y DRIVE TO AND FROM WORK IN IT AND THE WAY IT IS FALLING APART YOUD THINK...

SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2002 DASHBOARD CURLS UP WHICH CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 7/3/2003. DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT ON RECALL, AND COULD BE FIXED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *AK

INSTRUMENT PANEL WARPAGE - UNSAFE, BLOCKING FORWARD VIEW OF VEHICLE.FORD WILL NOT HONOR RECALL 01B78 BECAUSE IT EXPIRED IN AUGUST OF 2002.THIS IS NOT A COSMETIC ISSUE, AN ACCIDENT COULD EASILY OCCUR IF NOT PROPERLY REPAIRED.*AK THE PANEL WAS ALREADY REPAIRED ONCE UNDER WARRENTY AND WAS NOT REPAIRED PROPERLY.

DASHBOARD HAS WARPED UPWARD AND RIGID AIR PLASTIC GRIL POPPED OUT OF LOCATION. WARPING HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME AND IS BEGINNING TO OBSTRUCT LOWER EDGE OF WINDSHIELD AT CENTER OF DASH. DEALER SAYS THEY ARE AWARE OF PROBLEM BUT SERVICE BULLETIN AUTHORIZING REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED. THEY SAY CUSTOMER MUST PAY $1,400 TO REPLACE ENTIRE DAHBOARD TO EFFECT REPAIR. CAR IS 40 MONTHS OLD AND HAS ONLY 28,000 MILES.*AK

THE DASH BOARD ON MY 1999 CONTOUR HAS CURLED BACK AND THE VENT MECHANISM HAS COME OUT. NOW, THE DEFROSTER IS OBSTRUCTED AND DOES NOT DEFROST MY WINDSHIELD PROPERLY. MY WINDSHIELD HAS NOW CRACKED. THE DEALER SAID THIS WAS THE SUBJECT OF A RECALL, BUT THE RECALL IS NOW "EXPIRED".OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR: THE RADIO SPEAKERS HAVE FAILED. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WERE REPLACE UNDER MY WARRANTY, BUT NOW THAT I AM OUT OF THE WARRANTY, THE PASSENGER SIDE SPEAKERS ARE SHOT; THE DOME LIGHT DOES NOT TURN ON WHEN I OPEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR BUT IT DOES WHEN THE OTHER DOORS ARE OPENED; MY BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AND I HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED, AND IT NOW SMELLS LIKE IT IS BURNING WHEN I USE IT.*AK

OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS, THE DEFROSTER PANEL IN MY 1999 FORD CONTOUR HAS WARPED AND BECOME LOOSE. THE DEALER HAS FIXED THE COMPLAINT 5 TIMES, BUT THE RECURRENCE LEADS ME TO BELIEVE, THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A FLAW IN THE DESIGN. WHEN THE PANEL WARPS, THE AIR FROM THE DEFROSTER IS NOT DIRECTED PROPERLY AND DOES NOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD EFFICIENTLY, THUS LEADING TO A VISIBILITY HAZARD. *JB

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. *AK *NLM

THE DASH BOARD CAME APART WHICH RESULTED IN POOR VISIBILITY THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

DASHBOARD IS CURLING UP FROM THE WINDSHIELD. SINCE THIS HAS STARTED THE VENT FOR THE DEFOGGING SYSTEMS HAS POPPED COMPLETELY OUT, THE WARNING BELL FOR THE LIGHTS LEFT ON AND KEY IN IGNITION HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND THE RADIO CUTS IN AND OUT. I TOOK IT TO MY AUTO REPAIR SHOP WHO CONTACTED MY EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY (WHO SUPPOSEDLY COVER ME BUMPER TO BUMPER ACCORDING TO THE DEALER I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM) WHO STATE IF IT IS NOT SAFETY RELATED THEY DON'T COVER IT. I THEN WENT TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WITH THE PROBLEM AS THE CAR IS A 1999 WITH BARELY 40,000 MILES AND EXPRESSED MY CONCERN ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAVE STOPPED WORKING AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT AS THE DASH ROLLS BACK IT WILL DEPLOY THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS NOT THEIR PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THEY STATED THAT THE EARLIER...

THE DASH IS CURLED UP IN THE FRONT. THE INTERIOR TRIM PEICE THAT GOES AROUND THE DEFROSTER VENT HAS POPPED OUT OF PLACE. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DASHBOARD IS WARPING, CONSUMER STATES THAT DASH IS RISING UP INTO THE WINDOW AND OBSTRUCTING DRIVERS VISION. CONSUMER STATES THE DEFROSTER VENT HAS POPPED OUT OF THE MECHANISM. NLM