Originally posted by dumped00svt:
well im gonna start out by saying that i completely agree w/this cat dluv!! my 00 svt has been the biggest piece of poo ive ever owned in my time. first off i'll tell you the squeeking noise isnt a cv boot or a spring or anything like that. mine does it on the drivers side and the problem is between the fender and the bumper, theres a clip where it bolts on and that clip rubs on the fender hence making the noise.

now to address the dealership issue.......i dealt w/richmond ford in richmond va and had the same problem w/their horrible service. my list of problems on my car personally have been a blown motor @26k, 2 blown trannys @10k and 36k miles, electrical, etc. i hate this car and its a trap b/c once you take out a loan for it your stuck and automatically upside down unless you find a way to get a really good deal. this car has had sooooo many problems that i cant truly figure out how its still running. i just recently mysteriously broke a tranny mount. the tie rod ends are destroyed as well. this car seems like a lego car made by a 2 year old who only knew how to half a@@ build it.

now im hoping that since you replaced the fuel pump it stopped "bucking". im having the same exact problem and in trying to sell the car it does me no good to have to keep it constantly on full just to try to scam someone to buy it.

bro i'll tell you like this.......i truly understand your frustration and anger and my personal and honest opinion is that its luck of the draw. sometimes you get a good one and sometimes you dont regardless of the make. this i will say though......get out ASAP!!!!! you hold this car too long and you'll pay more on upkeep and repairs than the cars value and what you owe. trust me



He, weird, cause my '95 Contour has been a very dependable car for me. I just keep up on all the maintainance and have had all the recalls serviced, and give it TLC, and mine drives like new, and it has 130,000 miles on it now. And I hammer on mine everyday, everywhere I drive, I'm into the throttle (just not excessive RPMs). I HAVE had a couple of very minor frustrations with it (like new cooling fans- since it was an AZ car for it's first 3 years which later turned into a recall, and typical waterpump problem at 70k mi) but I'm still running the original motor/trans and all right now! And I plan to hit 200k with it before I will freshen up the running gear. I DID hear though that the first Contours (like '95-96ish) were the best ones, but then Ford started loosing their a$$ in lost sales and in the later years had to start deleting all the features and premium equipment. Then they even started doing foolish things like switching to a returnless fuel supply line, and all this other retarded money-saving stuff in an effort to try and save their butt. Maybe I just got lucky with my '95, or maybe the older ones WERE all built better?

'95 CONTOUR SE -Enkei 16s -SVT wannabe -Dual escapes w/ 2 1/2" stainless tips -True LED taillight conversion -Audi Xenon Projector Retrofit -Mp3 deck, dual 10s