Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General General Message to all SVT owners

Well I guess I will chime in. In the first 6 months of ownership the car was at the dealer at more than 15 times, and to no avail. I still have the problem and they wont do anytime more to attempt to fix it, they just claim I must have done something. I have paid over $500 and the problem persists to this day. I consider the problem a safety concern and the back end sways right and left on right bends at highway speed, I can also get a large feedback if I jerk the steering wheel to the right and I get nothing when I do it to the left.

Above and beyond that one major thing I'll chime in on the tranny problem that my dealer wont do a thing about. I get grinds shifting into 3rd and it is tough to get into gear upon startup.

For the most part I love my car, I am 21 and this is my 4th car. My first was a 96 contour se, which unfortunately was stolen 3 weeks after I bought it, I also had a 99 cougar, but the same as this one I loved it but the same problems just kept coming up, and I had just had enough and sold it. I am now looking to purchase a 01 VW GTI as it feels alot tighter and my mother has had a vw for 2 yrs without 1 problem at all, and my brother has had 2 over 8 years with the same results, not 1 unscheduled trip to the dealer. I wish I could go 2 months.