Faults:

I bought this car from a city pound for $500.00. It had been sitting for 9 months and the air compressor was cooked. This Contour was wrecked, totaled, bought by a car rental company, rebuilt and rented out. When the air went out, it was abandoned in Irving Tx, and towed to the pound.

I bought it to sell it; it was so dirty I couldn't tell it had hail damage, but I opened the drivers door and was amazed how good the interior was, so I thought this might be a little diamond in the rough.

When I got it home, I got out the jumper cables and to my surprise it started right up, and in about 30 seconds was running smooth. I put on a used compressor, a new belt, cleaned it up, and took it for a test drive. I was so impressed with how it ran and felt, that I kept it for a second car. Replaced tires & front brake pads, so after a little polishing, this was a little diamond.

General Comments:

Car handled well for what it was. Very comfortable for its size good power. Just sold it for $1850.00

Faults:

1) Springs broke twice, once @ 153K and again @ 156K. Put second hand strut/springs. Mechanics informed me that the springs for the middle 90's Fords are notorious for breaking.

2) Tune up @ 115K miles

3) Alternator change @130K.

General Comments:

Car has been surprisingly nice to me.

I kept it single hand driven (except for the ocassional friend borrowing). Gives decent gas mileage.

Regular oil changes and coolant flushes have kept the car is good running condition.

Roomy car with less maintainance.

Overall, a good experience so far.

Faults:

Crack in between number two and number three cylinders. Brakes in rear of car all went out resulting in full master cylinder replacements. Starter blew. Replaced alternator. Throttle cable snapped. Loud banging from engine compartment dur to vibration on engine mount bolts. A/C broke three times. Exhaust snapped in half. Rusting badly even with upkeep.

General Comments:

Piece of Crap!!!

Faults:

The third gear would grind when shifting fast at high rpm from 2nd. Check engine and air bag light would turn on and off for no apparent reason.

General Comments:

This car was great to me. I drove it as a courier vehicle and it never let me down. I drove it 200 miles a day + in the Phoenix, Arizona heat with no problems. I did good on gas and had excellent handling. The only problem I had was the bad performance for having 170 horsepower. Turns out from reading other reviews the intake runner solenoid was bad.

Faults:

When first got the car it was wonderful! Had no problems at all. The first to mess up was the after market alarm. It would go off at any given time and no way to cut it off without disconnecting the battery. The next thing was unknown as of right now of what is the matter. The transmission starting jerking in and out of gear rapidly while driving, then that stopped and now it will not go into overdrive. With the jerking of the transmission and the engine it caused one of the power steering lines to bust. that cost over $200. The transmission if fine its all some sort of electrical issue. Check engine light on while driving, EGR valve sensor sup post to be bad. The wiring harness is terrible, cost for just the wires is in excess of $1200. Over all love the car, but it's a piece. The worst of all is the whole engine besides the wires has been redone.

General Comments:

Fast and handles great when running. One of the most comfortable riding cars besides our cadillac.