1995 Ford Contour

1995 FORD CONTOUR. RECALL 99M03 (UNDERHOOD WIRING HARNESS) WAS COMPLETED BY FORD DEALERSHIP OCTOBER 2000. IN 2003 AND SINCE, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, ABS LIGHT COMES ON, BLOWS FUSES RANDOMLY, FINALLY THE STEERING COLUMN STARTED SMOKING AND THE WIRING CAUGHT FIRE. AFTER INSPECTION, IT APPEARS FORD ONLY REPLACED PART OF THE WIRING HARNESS ON THE RECALL, NOT THE ENTIRE HARNESS AS THE INVOICE SHOWS. PART OF THE WIRING APPEARS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE, WHILE SOME SECTIONS OF THE HARNESS ARE FRAYED, INSULATION IS FALLING OFF, AND BARE WIRE IS EXPOSED. IF THIS IS THE NORM AND NOT JUST AN INDIVIDUAL INCIDENT, IT IS A VERY MISLEADING AND DANGEROUS DECEPTION. IT WOULD APPEAR THEY ONLY PATCHED A PROBLEM THAT WAS, FOR SAFETY'S SAKE SUPPOSE TO BE REPLACED. THE INVOICE THAT WAS PROVIDED WHEN REPAIRS WERE DONE, DOES INDICATE THAT THE ENTIRE HARNESS WAS, IN FACT REPLACED. THE BOTTOM LINE IS, FORD HAS FAILED TO REPAIR WHAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM. THEY ONLY PATCHED THE PROBLEM. NOW THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE TO THE CONSUMER IS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE HARNESS, BECAUSE FORD DOES NOT MAKE SECTIONS OF THE HARNESS AVAILABLE. THE WIRING HARNESS ON AN AUTOMOBILE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT AN OWNER SHOULD HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH FAILING. OF ALL THE AUTOMOBILES THAT CURRENTLY RESIDE IN SALVAGE YARDS, MOST OF WHICH ARE CONSIDERABLY OLDER THAN A 1995 CONTOUR, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT A VERY SMALL PERCENT ARE THERE BECAUSE OF A WIRING HARNESS FAILURE. I STILL HAVE THE ENTIRE HARNESS, PHOTOS OF THE HARNESS, AND THE INVOICE WHERE THE WORK WAS DONE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT RUN UNTIL THE ABS SECTION IS REPLACED. AS I STATED BEFORE, THE ONLY WAY TO REPAIR THE CAR IS TO PURCHASE THE ENTIRE HARNESS FROM FORD, WHICH I HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO DO. IF THIS WAS COMMON PRACTICE, FORD NEEDS TO GO BACK AND REPLACE THE SECTIONS THAT WERE NOT REPLACED. AFTER ALL THAT IS WHAT THE INVOICE SHOWS THEY DID. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

DT: CONTACT STATES THE WIRING HARNESS IS CRACKING , CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHILE DRIVING, GASOLINE FUMES FROM THE FUEL INJECTOR IS COMING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. WHEN IT RAINS OR WHEN WASHING THE VEHICLE IT GETS WATER INTO THE COMPUTER OF THE VEHICLE, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THIS WAS A DEFECT WITHIN THE VEHICLE.*AK

1995 FORD CONTOUR HAD FRONT COIL SPRING FAILURE. *MR DURING AN INSPECTION THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS HAD FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT HE VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF ANY RECALLS. THE CONSUMER HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED A RECALL FOR HIS 2001 FORD TAURUS FOR FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND BELIEVES THIS VEHICLE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *BF *NM

THE TRANSMISSION ON MY 1995 FORD CONTOUR LOCKED UP SUDDENLY ONE EVENING RECENTLY. TRANS SHOP REBUILT THE TRANS FOR ME. I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THEM WITH BAD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS WAS THAT THE MECHANIC REALIZED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE TRANSMISSION WIRING HARNESS BEING DAMAGED. IT WAS DAMAGED IN A WAY THAT THE OWNER OF THE SHOP SAID IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE CAUGHT THE VEHICLE ON FIRE, AND APPARENTLY LED TO THE FAILURE OF THE TRANS (I AM NOT MECAHNIC, SO I CAN ONLY GO WITH WHAT I GATHERED FROM THEM). FORD HAD ISSUED PROGRAM 99M03 WHICH COVERED ENGINE COMPARTMENT WIRING HARNESS FAILURES. THIS PROGRAM WAS FOR 10 YEARS/100K MILES. FORD REFUSES TO TAKE ANY ACTION TOWARDS PAYING FOR THIS REPAIR BECAUSE THE VEHICLE (ALTHOUGH 10 YEARS OLD), HAS EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE (IT HAS 130K MILES). HOWEVER, I DO NOT FEEL THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE MILES DRIVEN, BUT RATHER A POORLY ROUTED WIRING HARNESS. THE HARNESS WAS RUN UNDER THE BATTERY, AND THE SHOP SAYS IT APPEARS AS THOUGH IT WAS EATEN AWAY BY ACID OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CAN YOU HELP ME GET THROUGH THE ENDLESS RED TAPE AT FORD? THS IS A QUALITY AND SAFETY ISSUE THAT I FEEL REQUIRES BETTER "INVOLVEMENT" FROM FORD. *AK