Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / CONTOUR / 1999

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002044282 Incident Date: Sep, 30 2002
Consumer's City: WARSAW Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: CONTOUR Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Latches/locks/linkages:doors:latch
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FAFP6539XK Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 26 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 18 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact stated that all of the door handles did not operate properly. this problem began intermittently, and now resulted in a complete failure on two of the door latches. the front driver's side door handle must have both the inside and the outside door latch pulled to gain entry into the vehicle. she took the vehicle to the dealer for this problem. the dealer suggested this was a design flaw. the dealer was replacing the door latches at this time. *ak