Transmission Breakdown after a week of purchase.
This car is a trap. Never buy Ford anymore. I believe it could by my biggest mistake to trust Ford. I feel obligated to tell everybody, just STAY AWAY. it's a real lemon. We should all stop dealing with Ford, then when they go bankrupt, they will understand how their cars are weird. Imagine you buy a car runs pretty decent and all of a sudden after passing all purchase tests, check engine light comes on, here we are, a TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. BANG, $2700.00 OUT FROM YOUR POCKET, I actually paid the car price twice within a month. I believe Ford will be paid back for what it did with all Ford customers, sure I will see their factories shut down. They definitely deserve it, no doubt.
You bought the car used, and put 145,000 km on it (in one year, according to you), but you're outraged at what a piece of junk it was... Not sure I quite understand that one. You don't mention any other problem besides the fact that you bought a used car that turned out to have a bad transmission.
Well, I don't agree with the first comment. When you test the car carefully and it passes all known tests and proofs that it's a good car. But all of a sudden, it turns out after a week to be a faulty transmission, this just a PURE TRAP FROM FORD. Even, all rebuilt transmissions by Ford have troubles, just ask whoevre got trapped by Ford. Shame on Ford, I am sure I will see their end, sure it's coming.
I love my ford contour, its great on gas, gets me where I need to go, nice little sports engine. plus I bang chicks in it all the time. I sleep in it when I'm drunk. I've never encountered a problem with it. I have owned one for 2 years now. My contour rules.
The modern age we live in is, ironically, not the best time for the automatic transmission in general. Most manufacturers are designing their transmissions more complex nowadays, albeit fuel efficient and smoother, are far more delicate than those of the past. Many car manufacturers have suffered spotty reliability when it comes to auto transmissions in the last 15-20 yrs, japanese makes included. Of course, the current driving habits of today's cities have further contributed to the additional strain these auto systems fail to endure. The best advice to avoid these unpredictable designs is either, investigate & research the reviews paying particular attention to transmission and engine reliability or learn how to drive a stick manual.
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