Ok...calm down...I didn't MEAN to offend anyone...but I guess I should have known better than to post a message like that on an 'enthusiast' site..which was just plain rude. I am sorry. Anyway, my husband and I had our 'baby' (yes it was our baby) from '96 and we just recently got rid of it. Not really by choice but we just couldn't afford to keep getting it fixed. Three transmissions and several electrical problems later..we decided to trash it. Apparently..(we were informed) on several occasions that we had a real lemon..and that the contour should never have been built with a V6 engine. I'll try to get my husband on here to list the problems we had with ours..in order to find out if any of you '96 V6 drivers had/have similar problems. I realize most cars have problems but common...can they really have as many as our car had?? Sorry...have a nice day..
