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Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1631 11/24/01 12:17 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,859 Andover, MA E ElKy-10 months & counting Member
ElKy-10 months & counting Member E Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,859 Andover, MA	Mike Gluck ElKy@mediaone.net 1998 Contour SVT Motor replaced at 48,000: "loose wristpins" wouldn't let me see the motor. After replacement I no longer have ABS, yet they claim everything is normal. Replaced under warranty. Out of the past four months..the car has been in and out of the dealer for almost three of them. Charged me $500 to replace the clutch Bonnell Ford, Winchester MA HELP SAVE CEG!!! DONATE NOW!!! This space for rent Please call... 1-800-FOR-ELKY All proceeds go towards saving CEG

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1632 11/24/01 12:29 AM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 604 S SHADY Member
SHADY Member S Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 604	GradyHBrain@yahoo.com Grady H. Brain 95 Ford Contour SE Engine failure at 74k miles. I PAID for a junk yard engine with 18k miles. I PAID 2k+ for everything to get up. Up to then I really never did have a problem with the car. Athens/GA "The thing from which the work suffers more than from any other evil is not the assertion of falsehood, but the endless and irrepressible repetition of half-truths." – G.K. Chesterton

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1633 11/26/01 06:52 AM
Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 14 Stockton L link209 Junior Member
link209 Junior Member L Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 14 Stockton	S. Contreras Link4973@yahoo.com Blown engine at 68,000 $5000 out of pocket. No help from Ford. Stockton, Ca. f*** Ford

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1634 11/26/01 08:55 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 423 CA S SoCalSVT Member
SoCalSVT Member S Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 423 CA	Alex Latteri socalpyropunk@hotmail.com 2000 engine replaced at 11k full warrenty Laguna Hills, CA Alex L. 01' Audi TT 225 QC ABT coilovers ABT/AMS chip Stop-Tech front brakes ABT SS brake lines Forge DV

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1635 11/29/01 07:58 PM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 10 S skilled Junior Member
skilled Junior Member S Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 10	95 Contour SE Engine DEAD at 82k In the shop right now getting a new engine...approx 4200 smakeroos Not sure yet what happened - but compression is like 20psi.. No help from Ford as it is well out of warranty. shawn

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1636 11/29/01 07:59 PM
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skilled Junior Member S Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 10	Oops - forgot the contact info... Shawn Killam : sakekillam@msn.com Thronton Colorado

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1637 11/29/01 08:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,022 Plattsburgh Ny Right by BFE M Micah Member
Micah Member M Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 1,022 Plattsburgh Ny Right by BFE	Why didnt you do the 3.0 if you are going to be spending $4300! Well here is my list 97 Lx 2.5 Micah Trudell problems: 2 engines blown, 1 timing chain bad (first engine) spun a bearing on the second engine. 97 Lx 3.0 MTX lighten flywheel,udp's,kkm,no cat,true dual,svt tb,80mm maf,19lb injectors,S-afc,svt ground effects, 18's w/ yoko 215/40/18,front/rear strut braces,eibachs,egr gasket mod, 15.2@94 with 2 people in the car and a bad 1st gear wanna race? micah_trudell@hotmail.com

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1638 11/29/01 09:39 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 35 Woodstock, NewYork E ecohn Member
ecohn Member E Joined: May 2001 Posts: 35 Woodstock, NewYork	Evan Cohn krazyk6999@aol.com 1998 SVT W/36500mi replaced sterring rack, every o2 sensor two times, sub frame bushings,still have clicking noise out of front end from the steering rack fix, now valve ticking on cold start up. There is probly more too. Woodstock, New York I hate the people at Johnson Ford. Never can get my car fixed right there!!! 98 SVT kkm intake KVR Brakes shaved trunk lock and ant. removed: ding gards, badges, dealer sticker, mid muffler Cusrom Stero Install: Dyno matted trunk, Sony deck, ADS amp and front, Orion subs, Sony amp, Optima Yellow top Custom grills

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1639 02/16/02 02:33 AM
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 16 Wisconsin (God's Country) D Driver3000 Junior Member
Driver3000 Junior Member D Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 16 Wisconsin (God's Country)	Blown engine (2.5L Duratec) at 23k miles. Happened yesterday - Ford claims that new engine will be installed within a week at no cost to me. Green '99 SE Sport V6/MTX

Re: TO ALL SVT CONTOUR OWNERS WITH DEAD MOTORs!!!!!! PAST & PRESENT!!!! #1640 02/16/02 02:49 AM
Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 66 N. CA. S starsky Member
starsky Member S Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 66 N. CA.	Quote: Originally posted by Dude: WE ARE TRYING TO GET A LIST TOGETHER TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAIN TO FORD. PLEASE CONTACT DUDE OR COORS with the following info: NAME & EMAIL ADDRESS you can be contacted at. YEAR OF CONTOUR PROBLEMS YOU HAD/HAVE With Motor/Ford Dealers. LOCATION(City, State) Please give as much detail as you can. Thanks, Brian Thank goodness I have a zetec . Sorry to hear all the problems the 2.5 engine is giving everyone. 106,000 miles and counting

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