I don't know of a V6 contour out there that doesn't have a tranny synchro problem out there. I have the cold start won't go into 2nd gear problem too. Mine takes a good 10 minutes of warm up time while driving to get it to go in. On mild days, it goes in just fine.
Personally I think this is a huge weakness of the contours. I think a recall should have been issued a long time ago. Ford builds a great car and the powertrain is weak as glass. Who has $1500 for a tranny rebuild? If mine does go out permanently, I will get a quaife installed. But with 62K miles already on the odometer, I'd rather have had that installed a long time ago.
