1995 Ford Contour

TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS. CAR TAKEN TO DEALER. DEALER REPORTED THAT REAR WHEEL ABS SENSORS AND TRACTION CONTROL SWITCH ON DASH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COMPONENTS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER. UPON RETURN OF CAR TO OWNER TRACTION CONTROL INOPERATIVE LIGHT CAME ON AND ABS INOPERATIVE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER EXAMINED CAR AND SAID THAT HCU UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR RETURNED TO CUSTOMER WHILE PARTS WERE ON ORDER. TRACTION CONTROL AND ABS LIGHTS SUBSEQUENTLY WENT OUT DURING NORMAL OPERATION. SIMILAR OCCURRENCES HAVE PREVIOUSLEY BEEN REPORTED TO NHTSA ON THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL

THIS VEHICLE WAS SUBJECT OF RECALL FOR THROTTLE LINK CABLE. IGNITION/PLUG CABLES ALSO FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER CABLE THAT FAILED FAILED BECAUSE OF A LINK. THIS LEADS TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE OVERALL FITNESS OF CABLES THAT FORD IS USING ON THIS VEHICLE. I'VE NEVER BEFORE HEARD OF A NON-TRAUMATIC FAILURE OF A SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER CABLE AT UNDER 100,000 MILES. I AM NOT SURE OF DATES OR MILEAGE AS SUBMITTED. THIS HAPPENED A WHILE AGO, AND I ONLY SAW NOTIFICATION OF YOUR WEBSITE ON A PUBLIC BUS THIS EVENING (8 FEB). PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND LET ME KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. I'VE LONG SINCE REPLACED THE SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER CABLE AND HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON. NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY A FORD MOTOR COMPANY PRODUCT. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES, THERE IS A NOISE AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER REPLACED BRAKES 5 TIMES. CAUSE UNKNOWN. ALSO PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION, AND THE PASSENGER REAR SEATBELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN WHICH WONT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. DAVID RANDOLPH CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS SISTER MARY HATZELL. PLEASE DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS TO HIM. *AK

CAR HAS HAD MULTIPLE RECALLS. EVERYTIME I WENT IN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CARS COMPLETE SHUTDOWN WHEN WET, I WAS TREATED AS IF I WERE IMAGINING THINGS. EVENTUALLY, A RECALL WAS INITIATED AND THAT PROBLEM WAS FIXED - SEVERAL TIMES. NOW, AT 62000 MILES, ONE DAY I HAVE A TRANSMISSION AND THE NEXT DAY I DON'T. WHEN I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, WAS COMMISERATED WITH, REASSURED THAT REPAIRS WERE COVERED AS I HAD PURCHASED A 60000 MILE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH THEY TOLD ME WAS ADDED ON TO THE 6000+ MILES ON THE CAR, WHEN I PURCHASED IT. YET, WHEN I RESEARCH YOUR DATABASE I AM OVERWHELMED BY THE NUMBER OF RECALLS ISSUED ON THIS CAR, SOME OF WHICH I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT, AS WELL AS THE VAST NUMBER OF ENTRIES IN THE DEFECTS INV. DATABASE CONCERNING TRANSMISSIONS, AS WELL AS THE VAST NUMBER OF TRANSMISSION ENTRIES IN YOUR OTHER DATABASES. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, INITIALLY VERY HELPFUL, HAD CAR TOWED...MADE APPOINTMENT, COVERED UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY, NOW THEY REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR WORD, STATE CAR "OUT OF WARRANTY" AND IT'S MY PROBLEM. SEEMS AWFUL CONVENIENT TO ME. PLEASE HELP. I AM 100% DISABLED WITH LEFT ANTERIOR FRONTAL LOBE BRAIN DAMAGE FROM AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN 1995. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR(1ST AUTO PURCHASE EVER-IN 1996)THE SALESMAN(WHO WAS LET GO APPROX.3 WEEKS LATER)WALKED ME THROUGH THE PAPERWORK,TOLD ME WHERE TO SIGN & TOLD ME OF HUGE SELLING BONUS FOR HIM. I AM THE VICTIM OF A FAULTY TRANSMISSION, FALSE & MISLEADING SALES TACTICS AS WELL AS THE VICTIM OF "BAIT & SWITCH" TACTICS WHEN MY CAR WAS TOWED TO THEIR DEALERSHIP, FIRST BEING TOLD THAT IT WAS WARRANTY COVERED, THEN BEING CALLED & TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT. THEY KNEW THE MILEAGE ON THE CAR. BEFORE THE YOUNG MAN ASSURED ME THAT IT WAS 60000 MILES ON TOP OF ORIGINAL MILES, HE REQUIRED THAT I FIND THE VIN NUMBER SO THAT HE COULD FIND IT IN THE COMPUTER AND CONFIRM ITS COVERAGE. I EXPECT THEM TO HONOR THEIR WORD. OTHERWISE, I FEEL THAT I HAVE BEEN THE VICTIM OF FRAUDULENT PRACTICES.