Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting 2.5L Water pump failures

I had my water pump fail on my 1995 Contour SE at 65K miles but stopped quickly enough to avoid any engine problems. Cost me $500 to get it fixed at a private mechanic.

My Vin # is 1FALP67L0SK242196

Nora DeClario, wife of Steve D

Here are some stats, posted on the Blue Oval News website:

This report released: 17 January 2001
This report updated: -
2.5L water pump failure reports received to date: 68
2.5L water pump failure reports rejected to date: 4
First 2.5L water pump failure report filed: 06 November 2000
Report description: Premature water pump failure - pattern failure
Vehicles included in this report: 1995-2001 Ford Contour/Mercury Mystique equipped with Ford's Duratec 2.5L V6 (VIN L) and SVT Contour 2.5L V6 (VIN G).

Just wanted to let you know that i'm in if you need more people. Please contact me via email for vin etc...
I have a 97 SE with 54,600 just had to replace the water pump to the tune of $300 bucks. The car started to run HOT after a 6000 rpm run.
Thanks!

Got 2 more here!
Mine lasted 38k miles so I changed Tour #2s at 28k and it has stress cracks on it.

Well, my water pump has just started leaking after being replaced 8 months and 20,000 miles later. I called the Ford "Customer Care" line and there is nothing that they can do as the part is past it's 12 month 12,000 mile warrantee. I am not a happy camper. I spoke to one CSR and a supervisor. She told me that I have no reason to expect Ford to cover the repairs. I said, so let me get this straight, Ford thinks that a part should last for 12,000 miles...no more? Ford will only stand behind the products it builds for 12,000 miles. I know the part put on my car was most likely a newly produced part. Probably the same parts that are on 99 and 2000 Contiques. I'm super PO'd. What can I possibly do?

$500! Holy sh!t. Cost me $70 plus a jog of Dexcool for $7 and 2 hrs. of my time.

I'll probably end up buying an aftermarket pump with metal impellers and installing it myself.....I'm beginning to get a little dis-enchanted.

I had my water pump fail on my 1995 Contour at 60K miles but stopped quickly enough to avoid any engine problems. Cost me $75.00 at the Ford dealer for the pump. Changed it myself...

I think it's time for this thread to die.

EDIT: Elizabeth, I was hoping maybe people would read my post and realize how old this. Oh well, I'll get a kick out of if it keeps going (insert pink bunny here).

THERE IS NOTHING TO BE SEEN HERE, PLEASE MOVE ON

Adding another post will do the opposite... So do you REALLY want it to die? or is it just too depressing??? that our really nice cars have such s-h-i-t parts in them?