Regarding dates:
It isn't 10 years from the car's date of manufacture, it's 10 years from the car's warranty start date. Read it for yourself (from
http://www.contour.org/FAQ/recall/99M03):
This program provides extended coverage on certain under hood wire harnesses through 10 years or 100,000 miles which ever occurs first, from the original warranty start date.
This is an issue for me: My '95 GL Duratec only has 68K miles on it - many of them wintertime miles, so my underhood temperatures haven't been as extreme as some have seen (I prefer my '86 Mustang in the summer). I plan to have it inspected for wire harness issues close to the "10 years from original warranty start date". My car was purchased as a leftover '95 after the '96 models were already out, so I still have some time left - provided the dealership isn't a pain (I plan to take it back to the same dealership that sold it to me).
I'll be sure to post my experiences here!
