Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / CONTOUR / 1998

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006062995 Incident Date: Apr, 09 2006
Consumer's City: LYNNFIELD Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: CONTOUR Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 3FAFP66LXWM Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 18 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 15 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My daughter drove my 1998 6 cyl contour automatic on route 95 from stoneham to wakefield, ma (one highway exit). the car was behaving normally and had behaved normally until that point. a servo cover fell off of the transmission. that allowed all of the transmission fluid to pour out of the transmission in seconds. the servo cover, a three inch diameter piece of heavy metal shaped like a frisbee, nearly hit a motor cyclist. the car coasted to a stop near 128 ford of wakefield, ma. their service writer, ludlow, told me that this is a relatively common occurrence with the ford contour. that opinion was reinforced by two employees of fna transmission repair of wakefield. i called ford. i was told that they have no knowledge of this ever happening to a contour. i asked the customer service rep to file a report, and i told him that i would as well. i am concerned that this defect exists and is a serious hazard to motorcyclists (i am one.) i am worried that the rapid loss of transmission fluid usually leads to serious transmission damage. *jb