I took my 97 Contour in for Recall work back 6-8 months ago and had them do everything on the list. They checked over the wiring harnesses and said that everything looked fine with them.
I knew that they just didn't want to replace everything. So about a months and a half later the car started acting up and the battery wouldn't keep a charge. I put a new one in it and then looked at the positive battery terminal leads while it was out. It had no sheilding on it and was grounding out on the car. I removed it and took the wiring harness to the dealer and showed it to them. They agreed they didn't look the car over well enough and did the whole recall to the car. It runs like a top now, but there are still other wiring harnesses that aren't in very good shape under there. Like the IAT Connector, MAF, and main harness.
