1996 Ford Contour GL review from North America

Several recalls including the Blower Motor.

Rubber around gear shift was tore by the dealer when I took it in for the recall.

Blown sensors about every 6 months.

Engine light has been on almost continuously since I bought the car.

I take it in for regular service and repairs, but they can't ever seem to make the engine light stay off.

After it hit 100,000 miles it has been in the shop at least once a month. I have replaced all the belts, the battery, spark plugs... this list goes on and on. Now it has a blown head gasket which is going to cost $1,100.00 to fix. This in addition to the $3,000.00 I have spent already this year on repairs since it hit 100,000 miles.

The cup holders are very flimsy and are too small to hold anything, but a 12oz. soda can.

The car jumps and lurches every time you put it into gear. The gear shift sticks and is hard to get into park.

The car runs pretty good, but the engine was built tight so it starts building up pressure in the engine at around every 2,500 miles and is slow to get up to speed.

If you don't change the oil at exactly every 3,000 miles you will blow a sensor.

The inside is fairly comfortable.

There is a lot of road noise, plus my airbag rattled from the day I got it which adds to the noise. The dealers have never been able to fix it.