Other Engine Info: Fuel Injection Type: Electronic Fuel Injection
Other Restraint System Info: Seat Belts: Active Belts( all designated positions with 3-point belts in all outboard positions)
Plant City: Kansas City, Claycomo
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Missouri
Seat Belts All: Automatic
Trim: GL
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1998
AIR BAGS
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF RECALL SUMMARY 99V243000 AND 99S23 ARE THEY THE SAME RECALL? THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT HAS BEEN FLASHING ON AND OFF FOR SOMETIME NOW. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED WE TOOK IT TO M & M FORD AND THE SERVICE PERSON SAID IT WAS THE SENSOR AND IT WOULD COST AROUND $95.00 TO FIX. WE TOLD HIM THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE SENORS BUT HE SAID WE HAD TOO MANY MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WE DID NOT HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED UNTIL NOW WHICH IS WHY I'M WRITING YOU. WHEN THEY REPLACED THE SENSOR IT STATES IN THE REPAIR ORDER THAT SINCE WE HAD IT LAST CHECK IT SHORTED OUT THE CRASH SENSOR MOINTOR. THIS WAS NEW NEWS TO US SO WE DIDN'T HAVE IT ORDERED. WE CHECKED YOUR WEB SITE THAT NIGHT AND FOUND RECALL 99V243000. IN YOUR RECALL SUMMARY IT STATES VEHICLES WHICH HAVE THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WILL HAVE A NEW AIR BAG DIAGNOSTIC MONITOR INSTALLED. NOW THE FORD COMPANY SAYS WE HAD THE RECALL DONE IN OCTOBER OF 1999 UNDER RECALL 99S23. UNDER THAT RECALL IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE MONITOR PROBLEM. WHEN THIS ALLEGED REPAIR WAS DONE THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WARNING LIGHT TO THE AIR BAG. THIS REPAIR THEY SAY WAS DONE IN DAVENPORT IA. WHEN WE HAD THE CAR BRAKE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BAD WATER PUMP. I FEEL THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM WITH THE FORD CONTOUR AND THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD HONOR YOUR RECALL.*AK
1996
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR A NINE WEEK PERIOD WAITING FOR THE RECALL COMPONENT PART TO ARRIVE (99V-103). *MJS