3.0

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
47,500 miles

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problem #2

Dec 312002

Contour 4-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 95,000 miles
The calipers on the front disk brake system tend to want to roll inward off of the rotors on both sides of the vehicle. This has happened twice to date. Vehicle: 1996 Ford Contour

- Mullan, ID, USA

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problem #1

Sep 092001

Contour

  • miles
Rear calipers locked uo, causing overheating of brake rotors, odor and potential to boil hydralic fluid leading to brake failure.

- Ferndale, MI, USA

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