Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting i HATE my stupid ass contour

Wow, amazing to see some Contours haven't had any problems. I think mine has had the most repairs on it. As I just finished paying $700 for repairing the air conditioning, my airbag light is now blinking. It's so funny, after 1 thing is fixed, another thing pops up. I bought my Contour back in 1997, and I have replaced everything under the hood at least 2 times, (except for water pump and alternator - replaced only 1 time). 166,000 miles later. If I didn't like my car so much and if it wasn't paid for, I'd have gotten rid of it back in 1997.

But, if I'd buy another car, I'd just have to fix NEW problems. All cars have them.

Also, my car was probably made on a Monday. :rolleyes:

My 95 felt solid, I rarely had problems with it. IMHO, the first-gen Contours were the best made.

ok with the amp and all that, i don't really blast the raido (sometimes in the day). I'm not "advertising" my car to be stolen.
My mechanic spliced some wires and fixed the problem. I'm still not sure what he said it was(not a starter cylanoid), but some type of problem with the wireing with the starter.

now with the previous owner....i agree that they abused the hell out of the car. in the trunk you can see like melted previous amp wires. Sorry for being so hysterical, but i sure picked a winner give me some time I'll love the tour again fellas. don't worry :rolleyes:

Check you grounds and try bypassing the lines to the starter with jumper cables and see if it starts ok! Then it's only cables!

-Andy

Or it might be like this (I got a kick out of this one!) :

I guess I'll admit, I did have a couple of these moments too like yall. Like when my waterpump impeller cracked (and it took days and $$$ to figure it out), and when my cooling fans burned up (in Arizona before FORD had the recall), and not to mention the defrost not blowing that winter when it was really moist and damp. But all in all, I still dig my ride when it pulls through for me on a nice windey country road

I'm in the same boat. I owe more than it is worth. I've never owned a car with this many problems. One right after another. Big problems, little problems, they just keep comming.

If this site didn't exist, I don't know what I would do.

I wouldn't have never bought the car!

Do the Wiring Harness Recall! My car had charging problem, stalling problem, and hesistation problem. I think the bad wiring harnesses caused all of them (caused the charging problem for sure)! GET IT DONE FIRST before you try to spend money fixing something else.

When did you get your car? I paid $4200 for mine and that was almost 2 years ago. I think you got ripped off for $6000!

My 98 SE V6 is probaby worse than Ladas built in the 80's. Thankfully it's still under ESP Premium - Ford has done over $12,000 Canadian in repairs during the last 10 months. This piece of crap is GONE when the first minor problem arises after ESP is finished. I will lose about 4K but this thing will suck me dry so I perfer to take the hit upfront, not have go to the shop twice a month, and enjoy trouble free foreign built motoring.

I will be buying Japanese, Korean or German car next time. No more Ford junk.

ok i got my car about one year ago. paid 6000 for it, and put 1000 down, finacing is a pain. guess what is wrong with the car now........the temp gage goes past redline before i even start the car. i drove about 1 mile and it went to the "n" in the "normal" but about a mile later as i was pulling in my driveway it went beyond the red-zone again. any ideas??????? o yeah my computer is messed up so i'm getting to post on here a little bit. but i'll try to get back on as soon as i can