Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / CONTOUR / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005044966 Incident Date: Oct, 06 2005
Consumer's City: OELWEIN Consumer's State: IA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: CONTOUR Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3FALP6530WM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 01 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 06 2001
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt: the contact received nhtsa recall 01v230000 . the dealership said that they did not want to fix the recall at this time because there was no problem, and it required them to remove the entire dashboard. she did not start experiencing a problem until 2005. the blower did not work all the time. the new owner of the dealership did not want to do the recall repair. the manufacturer said that the vine was included in the recall, however it expired. they said that the time frame for the recall was either the first six years after the vehicle was manufactured or 72,000 miles. therefore, the repairs have not been done because of the time limit. *ak