Yep, got the same problem with my black '96 SE. It has gotten much worse in the hot Arizona sun where my car has lived for the past 2 years. Now I've got hundreds of cracks in the paint all over the hood, the roof has paint that is coming completely off in blisters the size of quarters down to the bare metal (which is now rusting), and the trunk lid looks only a little better than the hood.
As someone else mentioned, it is defective primer that is causing the problems, and the darker colors are affected the most.
As far as I know, no class action lawsuit has been filed against Ford, and Ford refuses to repaint any cars that are out of warranty.
Since I plan to keep my car for at least another few years, and my car really does look like crap now (horizontal surfaces at least), I plan to have the entire car repainted this summer when I move back to NY. Just going to bite the bullet and pay for it myself, since I don't feel like waiting 5 years to win a class action lawsuit. By that time, there won't be any paint left on my car at this rate.
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'96 Contour SE, black / opal grey, MTX, every option, KKM intake, resonator removed, Flowmaster Series 40 DeltaFlow, BFG Comp T/A VR4's, approx. 90k miles. Driven cross-country 3 times.
'70 Corvette Stingray Coupe, Cortez Silver, 454 bored to 462, Muncie M21, too many mods to list, lots of fun.
