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I just bought a used '99 Contour. It has 25k miles on it but is no longer under manufacturer warranty because it has been longer than 3 years. I was wondering if I could still get the dash replaced performed on my car even though it is no longer under the manufacturer warranty.
Chris (AIM: "ToBeHuman")
Long Beach, CA, USA
Current Car: '99 Contour SE Sport V6, ATX, Deep Navy Blue Metallic (AKA Larin)
Previous Car: '94 Taurus SHO, MTX, Green (AKA Sydney)
Previous Car: '99 Cougar I4, MTX, Silver Frost (AKA Suzanna)
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Hay Chris. It doesn't matter if it is still under warrenty or not cause it is a recall. Do what I did just call the dealer and ask for service center. I took mine in today to get the dash fixed and the timming looked at cause the edge of the belt is chewed up. The dash repair takes 6hours and it is a kit and not a new dash, Ford won't let them replace the whole dash anymore.
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Thanks for the info Brad. I wasn't sure if all recalls would be performed after a car's warranty was up. I thought that it might be safety recalls only.
Chris (AIM: "ToBeHuman")
Long Beach, CA, USA
Current Car: '99 Contour SE Sport V6, ATX, Deep Navy Blue Metallic (AKA Larin)
Previous Car: '94 Taurus SHO, MTX, Green (AKA Sydney)
Previous Car: '99 Cougar I4, MTX, Silver Frost (AKA Suzanna)
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Oh, since I'm probably getting a my dashed fixed since Ford won't replace the whole dash anymore let me know how your dash turns out.
Chris (AIM: "ToBeHuman")
Long Beach, CA, USA
Current Car: '99 Contour SE Sport V6, ATX, Deep Navy Blue Metallic (AKA Larin)
Previous Car: '94 Taurus SHO, MTX, Green (AKA Sydney)
Previous Car: '99 Cougar I4, MTX, Silver Frost (AKA Suzanna)
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BTW, You have until 08/02 to have it done. I had mine done in January(I think). Looks better than the old one, but now a soft spot is starting to develop toward the center of the dash.  99 Tour w/ 25k...nice find!  My 2000 has 40+ so far.
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I've wondered about soft spots. Mine all the glue under the cover let go. They say they put rivits across end then a strip. I took it in this morning and they called at about 5:30 said it was done, but not enuf time to pick it up. I'll take pic's after I get it home and post them t-morrow.
....Brad
Aviation Electronic Tech's RULE!!
Your born you die
inbetween you work on cars
how can we be so lucky.
99'Mystique Zetec VCT ATX
"CEG" on front and back windows.
10 inch HED series Cerwin-Vega
My ther car is a 1996 4Runner
Sunfire red pearl
with Bilstein shocks, K&N air filter
and Xenon fender flairs
"There is always room for more mods"
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Great. I look forward to seeing the pics. Mine's developing some dash warp around the air vents. It probably took this long to appear cause the car is always parked inside, and I don't live in a hot climate.
Kerry
99 SVT Contour Silver Frost, #365/2760
91 Isuzu Impulse XS Kammback, Handling By Lotus
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Do dash covers help to keep the dash from warping?
Chris (AIM: "ToBeHuman")
Long Beach, CA, USA
Current Car: '99 Contour SE Sport V6, ATX, Deep Navy Blue Metallic (AKA Larin)
Previous Car: '94 Taurus SHO, MTX, Green (AKA Sydney)
Previous Car: '99 Cougar I4, MTX, Silver Frost (AKA Suzanna)
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Well got it back looks like crap.  It looks so cheesy. I'm going to make a new post with more pics, under problems. ....Brad
Aviation Electronic Tech's RULE!!
Your born you die
inbetween you work on cars
how can we be so lucky.
99'Mystique Zetec VCT ATX
"CEG" on front and back windows.
10 inch HED series Cerwin-Vega
My ther car is a 1996 4Runner
Sunfire red pearl
with Bilstein shocks, K&N air filter
and Xenon fender flairs
"There is always room for more mods"
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In the picture it doesn't look bad. Why do you think it looks bad?
Chris (AIM: "ToBeHuman")
Long Beach, CA, USA
Current Car: '99 Contour SE Sport V6, ATX, Deep Navy Blue Metallic (AKA Larin)
Previous Car: '94 Taurus SHO, MTX, Green (AKA Sydney)
Previous Car: '99 Cougar I4, MTX, Silver Frost (AKA Suzanna)
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