Originally posted by J. Salvi:
I seem to remember Car & Driver doing a review on the Contour back when it first came out and they said that the 2.0 Zetec was "unruly at stop lights" which leads me to believe that it's "normal" for Zetecs to vibrate a bit. Mine also vibrates at stop lights and I would love to find out how I could fix that. My wife's 98 SE V6 purrs like a kitten at lights and I'm soooo envious!
I'd trade her cars... unless she has the pink Contour. Well, mines shakes like mad too, and changing the sparks and wires didn't help one bit. I've ridden in 3 ATX Zetecs, and they all shake a bit at stop lights. Also, I noticed that they had an agressive shifting at 2nd and 3rd gear. I dunno, if it were the ignition coil, you'd KNOW for a fact that it was it, misfires and all could occur... kinda like when one of my spark plugs weren't in all the way.
