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1996 Ford CONTOUR Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Emis Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	467627
Internal NHTSA #	10062026
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	CONTOUR
Model Year	1996
File date	11/03/04
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMIS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I don't know if any one there can help me, but i just want some one just hear my complaint. I purchase a 96 ford contour in 1999 with very low mileage. A year after i brought that car i begin having problems with that car. It have had 2 transmission. It have had a lot of electrical problems and now yesterday the motor is gone. Over the years i have talk to the ford company but it was always it was not any thing they could do for my car. They should have stood by they cars but they. I first paid to much for the car. The dealership i brought the car from went out of business. I went back to them when the car first start giving me trouble and the next time i went to them they had closed down. The ford company just did not do me right at all. What hurt the most i had paid my last car payment yesterday and now the motor is gone. I feel if they would have listen to me from the beginning maybe it wouldn't had to come to this. I talk to ford on several occasions. I had a lt of electrical trouble and fumes use to enter the car. I just been threw a living nightmare with this. I don't care if i get any money or not i just want for some one to hear my complaint caus no telling how many other peoples may have experience the same problems. Ford people just did me so wrong. But i have learn a good lesson . Never buy a ford again. Even when the call had a recall i don't think they did not fix it right. I know once you buy a car and you have to take care of your car. I have a another 96 honda. I have never , ever had any problems at all. It just no way why a car have to have had so many transmissions and other problems like that ford have gave me. I am so hurt with this whole situation don't no one know at this time how i feel. I am just very, very hurt. Thank you very mush for listening to me. Have a good day!*ak
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	112000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WINSTON-SALEM, NC
VIN pattern	1FALP67L8TKXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	22/01/99
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	6
Drive train type	U
Transmission type	AUTO
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Dealer's name	GANAM AUTO MALL
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Dealer's city	CHARLOTTE
Dealer's state code	NC
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A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1996 Ford CONTOUR Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Emis Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1996 Ford CONTOUR Engine And Engine Cooling Exhaust System Emis Problems, Complaints and Defects

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